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Managing Passwords Easy
A recommendation for 1Passwd, a Mac app that leverages the system Keychain to manage web passwords with support for multiple logins per site and responsive developers.
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Sorry if Your Google Ranking Slipped
A short account of being accused of harming someone else Google ranking, requiring a moment of genuine reflection before concluding that no individual blogger has any influence over how Google ranks pages.
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Intellectual Property
A surgeon and independent contractor recounts a dispute with his former employer over ownership of a domain and website he built unpaid on his own initiative, revealing at the end that the former employer is his father.
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Hindsights
Guy Kawasaki commencement speech highlights are shared as a top-ten countdown of life lessons, ranging from cherishing family and obeying absolutes to pursuing joy rather than mere happiness.
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Flipping the switch
An announcement that the blog has been quietly switched from Radio UserLand to Squib, a Ruby on Rails replacement, with an invitation for tech-savvy Radio users frustrated with that platform to ask about the alternative.
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VoodooPad as CMS
VoodooPad, a desktop wiki application, is highlighted as a surprisingly capable CMS for static sites through its template-driven Web Export feature, while also mentioning involvement with Squib, an open-source Ruby on Rails replacement for Radio UserLand.
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My Trip to the Apple Store
A first visit to the Apple Store at Fashion Island results in spending more than ten times the planned budget, prompting the rueful observation that it is probably a good thing there is not one nearby.
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Happy Birthday Dave!
A short belated birthday message to Dave Winer on his 50th birthday, with thanks for the opportunity to beta test Pike years earlier.
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MarsEdit 1.0 Released!
A brief enthusiastic endorsement of the newly released MarsEdit 1.0 blog editor from Ranchero Software, praising it for simply working like all of Brent Simmons software.