JoshPaul

• MacDevCenter.com — Bringing Ruby on Rails with FastCGI into Mac OS X Server
  using Darwin Ports, install RoR w/ FastCGI
  (tags: rails osx server fastcgi instructions reference darwinports oreilly)
• Mac OS X Server 10.3: Reconstructing cyrus mailboxes
  should you ever run into the fun DB_RUNRECOVERY message in your mail logs in OSX 10.3.x
  (tags: osx server mail recover cyrus email corrupt)

• Index of /~wonder
  project wonder nightly builds
  (tags: wo webobjects wonder projectwonder)
• Prototype Javascript Windows
  oh, some javascript fun: skinned ‘windows’ on a page
  (tags: javascript prototype design window skin)

A friend of mine from high school was a producer on BANGKOK The Movie. It’s going to be showing at MethodFest on April 1st.

If you’ve picked up a copy of Digital Video Hacks, you can read a little about the great (portable and expendable) lighting kit he assembled while traveling around Asia shooting the movie — it’s on page 62.

• Apple iPod: One Giant Leap for Advertising – boakes.org
  direct link to Googe Earth image (http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=-30.516354,121.336956&spn=0.051463,0.080509)
  (tags: classic funny image advertising google_earth australia stevejobs ipod)
• Overview of Roles and Responsibilities of a Board of Directors
  good overview of roles; list of 10 responsibilities for a board
  (tags: corporation board directors reponsibility boardofdirectors list management)
• JSAN – HTTP.Push 0.04
  looks like a nice hack to bring back some push technology, while maintaining the browser
  (tags: ajax push jsan http)

I just posted this to del.icio.us, but I wanted to also create a quick post here about it, too. I think it’s a good list to refer to, especially when considering someone for your board. Will the person help fulfill these goals? Do you trust him/her to?

From Management Help – 10 points for a Board of Directors:
1. Determine the Organization’s Mission and Purpose
2. Select the Executive
3. Support the Executive and Review His or Her Performance
4. Ensure Effective Organizational Planning
5. Ensure Adequate Resources
6. Manage Resources Effectively
7. Determine and Monitor the Organization’s Programs and Services
8. Enhance the Organization’s Public Image
9. Serve as a Court of Appeal
10. Assess Its Own Performance

Whoever believes that you need to live in Hollywood, have an agent, make a deal with a major network, and drink double-tall-soy-peppermint-mocha-lattes to distribute a show on television is in for a big surprise.

• X-Entertainment’s Download Center – Watch Hundreds of 80s Commercials, FREE!
  a collection of 80s commercials
  (tags: tv commercials nostalgia 80s media fun video television)
• [ANN] Availability of “Free Culture” Audio Stream – O’Reilly XML Blog
  Lessig’s “Free Culture” as an audio book; great!
  (tags: audio free mp3 lessig creativecommons book oreilly)
• Feature Story: Click and Sell: Marketers shift ad dollars and take advantage of Internet’s ability to target potential customers
  A little history of internet advertising, along with good numbers
  (tags: advertising internet education texas aweli tv iab)
• Apple – iTunes – Podcasts – Tips
  tips for podcasts; good introduction for non-techies
  (tags: ipod rss podcast apple tunes tips reference)

• Sparkle
  nice cocoa “module” for updating apps
  (tags: cocoa framework freeware code development todo)

Okay, so Microsoft has put up a videoblog at on10.net. In the videoblogging newsgroup there’s recently been a thread about it:

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“It’s funny how they use Quicktime and there’s no M$ branding on the site, that’s really unmicrosoft like… I bet 10$ they’ll switch to WMV within 6 months… they must be far under the radar.”

Um, nope, we have support going all the way to the top of the company.
This is VERY visible inside Microsoft. I’ll try to get the other stuff fixed
that was brought up on this thread.

Robert Scoble

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If Scoble is saying it’s going all the way to the top, I’m fairly confident that means Bill is aware of the project. Why Microsoft is looking to create content I’m not sure, but I’m going to guess that it’s because the distribution arm is being sought by Apple, Google, and Yahoo. A content play is a big, and very interesting, move in my opinion.

• Forget the Long Tail! :: AO
  interesting take on video from a longer-term perspective
  (tags: video advertising videoblog aweli iptv)
• MARKETERS LOSE CONFIDENCE IN TV ADVERTISING
  78% Say Effectiveness Is Diminishing; Clutter, DVRs to Blame
  (tags: television advertising survey)