News Roundup
APPLE
- Business 2.0 What Works: The Floor Plan With a Plan - "Retail design guru Paco Underhill explains the little things that make such a big difference in Apple's newest and best-performing boutique"
MOVABLE TYPE
- MTThreadedComments "adds full-fledged threaded commenting features to a Movable Type weblog. Inspired by the comment features of LiveJournal, it adds threading and subject lines to Movable Type comments. This means your readers can carry on more complex discussions, adding their own titles and replying directly to other comments." - See an example
WEB BUILDING AND PROGRAMMING
- "Based on the article How to Interview a Programmer, both Eric Albert and Erik Barzeski have some interesting comments that are worth reading", says The Furrygoat Experience
- Netscape DevEdge Redesign: Eric Meyer on DevEdge CSS and DevEdge JavaScript
INSTANT MESSAGING
- IBM's Ed Brill on the Instant Messaging culture in his company: "The culture at IBM has shifted such that, for many of us, Instant Messaging is the first route-of-contact, especially with some of the presence-based applications in our intranet's e-workplaces." He links to some of those tools and will stick to the topic: "Over the next few days, I'll discuss culture around IM visibility, mobility, and IM 'overload'." Via Vowe
SCHLECHTE VERKAUFSARGUMENTE
- Martin Röll: "Schlechte Verkaufsargumente, Folge 72457. Heute: Thomas Burg: 'Wir sind billiger'". Und in Folge 72458: Markus Stolpmann mit "Ich lege Ihnen [diese Software] wärmstens ans Herz. [...] Der Erfolg stellt sich automatisch und unmittelbar ein!"
FRIDAY
- The other Hebig: "about:blank - a very well designed monthly e-zine, by webloggers, for webloggers. Brought to you from the Netherlands" in Dutch language
- Fake Club is another interesting online magazine Heiko points us to. Might not be exactly workplace-safe
