The Random Musings

TrackThePack – UPS, FedEx, DHL, and USPS Package Tracking
Way to track your shipments in a Google Map centric way.
(tags: tracking shipping package fedex ups web2.0 usps mail mashup)

mark-shepherd.com » SpringGraph Flex Component
Base component used in a Text2MindMap tool.
(tags: flex visualization graph component components graphics)

Text 2 Mind Map – An online text to mind map converter
Tool to take an indented text list and produce a map.
(tags: mindmap tools mindmapping free online)

We Vouch For…
A way to use and establish a reputation system for agile [...]

InfoQ: The Agile Coach, from A to Z
A great summary of the traits that an Agile coach needs to follow to provide value to the teams that they are helping.
(tags: agile coaching scrum infoq)

I ran into this presentation last week from Lyssa Adkins, for project managers that were moving to the role of Agile coach. It is well presented and she articulates the traps that you might fall into, and what you are trying to avoid and promote with your teams.
Anyway, I do not have much to [...]

Dembot – The Real Reason Why friendfeed is Working
An article that provides an honest assessment on why Twitter grew up to be the phenom it did and how friendfeed is about to get the same rush of adoption.
(tags: friendfeed innovation twitter web2.0 article blo)

Episode 98: Stefan Tilkov on REST | Software Engineering Radio
Interview on REST by the SE-Radio guys.
(tags: REST se-radio soa web-services interview podcast)

http://www.sonatype.com/book/reference/public-book.html#
Online book about maven2 written by people at Sonatype.com
(tags: maven java guide book maven2 build development)

Friendfeed streams
Track facebook, twitter, delicious, digg and other information streams for people you know or are interested to follow.
(tags: aggregator aggregation facebook feeds social socialnetwork twitter web2.0 socialnetworking)

100+ Open Courseware Collections for Aspiring Web Devs – Web Hosting Unleashed
Interesting courseware for a number of different tracks.
(tags: tutorials opencourseware webdev learning education reference)

Micro Persuasion: The Hyperconnected vs. 84% of Everyone Else on Earth
Interesting analysis of the widening gap between different levels of engagement on the internet.
(tags: article collaboration internet study)

The Gillmor Gang » Blog Archive » Gillmor Gang 05.15.08
Interview with former Twitter architect, Blaine Cook, about Twitter internals.
(tags: blaine-cook gillmorGang interview podcast to-listen twitter)