Category: Web/Tech

Google Zeitgeist shows Google’s search patterns and trends.

A few months ago I bought a copy of VMware, and now I can’t imagine how I tested my software without it. Previously, I’d create separate partitions for each version of Windows, which required rebooting into the desired OS in order to test – a tedious way to do things.

As this screenshot illustrates, testing is a breeze now. I can quickly start up Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003 and even Longhorn without ever rebooting.

This also simplifies testing my site on different versions of Internet Explorer (although this has become easier anyway thanks to this handy tip).

Looks like the US Patent Office will re-examine the Eolas patent (via JD on MX).

Tim Bray offers his response to Clay Shirky’s recent polemic against the semantic web.

UIWeb.com talks about usability benchmarking (via DigitalWeb).

Clay Shirky is back with a denouncement of the semantic web. Not sure that I agree with his logic, but as with previous articles by Shirky, this one is a must-read.

The new A List Apart is out, this time with an entertaining item about the importance of words on the Web.

I haven’t tried this myself, but several TopStyle users have reported great success running multiple versions of IE on one computer.

If you like the Google Toolbar, be sure to check out the new Google Deskbar (via MetaFilter).