The official book is now for sale . If you’re looking to learn how to do ad-hoc reports in and add reports to your application, this is a great reference and learning tool. (Disclaimer: I was a volunteer proofreader for the book.)
Still on the fence about buying it? There is a free HTML version available on the for you to preview and read, and 25% of the revenue from book sales will go to . The book is also available under the .
, writer of the , posted a nice summary of , and more importantly, who it’s right for. Ruby programmers may also want to check out on .
Hey everyone, . It’s sort of like a cut-down blog. We’ll see how it goes.
has posted his opinions on to freshen up their websites. A bit of discussion and cross-posting ensued, including one by and by Todd.
I’ve written a on the free WiFi scene in Toronto over at Torontoist. Also, I’m for Torontoist! (Profile to be updated shortly)
reflects on some that have become a must for her. I’ve recently purchased a MacBook, and I’ve found the integration between , and has been very useful. We’ve looked into email before.
a blog post by about some . What new ideas would you like to see in your email?
Fulfilling
Microsoft is being helped out by media companies (Music, Television, etc.). Because Apple dominates the and markets, they are able to the content providers and set the prices. Music labels and other media providers would like to see a more balanced market to be able to gain more control over their pricing.
For those of you who don’t know, iTunes and Microsoft-backed stores sell their songs with . These restrictions on the files prevent them from being copied a certain number of times, or can even cause the songs to “expire”, and stop working when the music store owner chooses. This also prevents music downloaded from iTunes from playing on Microsoft “Plays for Sure” players, and music from most other stores working on iPods. So any music you have downloaded from the iTunes music store will probably never work on Microsoft’s new player.
Rather than forcing you to re-buy your iTunes music at their store, Microsoft is planning to , and pay for it, as well.
Would you be willing to switch to a new music player, if they re-bought all of your music for you? Will Microsoft be able to avoid previous traps and create a compelling product? I’m not betting on it, but if they throw as much money at it as they did for the XBox, there might be something that at least will have some presence.
that there will soon be free Wi-Fi access in . The volunteers at Wireless Toronto have also brought us Toronto’s . Find out where else you can get , and .
So the is out. Starting at (all prices Canadian), and with a Intel core duo, full-size keyboard, Bluetooth, wireless, 13″ widescreen and iSight camera all standard, lots of people are going to buy these.
But what’s with the black one? It’s only on the high-end model ($1,649), but according to their , all you get extra is a larger hard drive. You can even configure the white one with the exact same features for $1,509.
I don’t know what’s more sad: that Apple is charging $140 to get a different colour, or the fact that lots of people will probably end up getting it anyways.