<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Tech @ blog.glen-martin.com</title><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/</link><description>(Tech) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 blog.glen-martin.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:19:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Tech @ blog.glen-martin.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>switcher-backer</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/switcherbacker.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/switcherbacker.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=switcherbacker</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A friend switched to a Mac and is waxing rhapsodic. Me, I switched a few months ago, and while there are things I like, there are lots that I don't. Is Mac better for a business user? Not sure. But yes, it is pretty.]]></description><category>macbook</category><category>user experience</category><category>laptop</category><category>gotomeeting</category></item><item><title>Tool for requirements management - not</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/requirements_management.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/requirements_management.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=requirements%5Fmanagement</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sorry to disappoint, but requirements management means more than just capturing, saving and listing requests.]]></description><category>product management</category><category>requirements</category></item><item><title>iTunes and remote media via NFS, not SAMBA</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/itunes_not_samba.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/itunes_not_samba.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=itunes%5Fnot%5Fsamba</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lots of time in Google didn't help at all in solving my pain with iTunes and my Samba server, but this morning I had a flash of insight and replaced SAMBA with NFS Client for Windows. Life is good.]]></description><category>itunes</category><category>samba</category><category>nfs client</category></item><item><title>Bogus Patents: it ain&apos;t just software</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/drug_patents.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/drug_patents.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=drug%5Fpatents</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many have said that patents on software are reprehensible, immoral and probably fattening. Beyond software, patents on drugs seem to have some similar issues.]]></description><category>patents</category><category>generic drugs</category></item><item><title>Hardware RAID is a really bad idea</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/hardware_raid.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/hardware_raid.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hardware%5Fraid</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I used to think hardware RAID was the way to go, and that software RAID only a poor substitute.  A crash and a big array have convinced me that the opposite is in fact true.]]></description><category>software raid</category></item><item><title>Phishing with integrity</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/phishing_integrity.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/phishing_integrity.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=phishing%5Fintegrity</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Truth in advertising is something to be respected, even in a phish.]]></description><category>phishing</category></item><item><title>Traffic Jams</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/tiered_internet.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/tiered_internet.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tiered%5Finternet</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Complaints about tiering internet traffic are well meant, but misguided. Tiered models for traffic throttling abound in the real world, and the real world loves them. Why not the net? Don't we want content we've purchased to arrive faster than spam?]]></description><category>tiered internet</category><category>spam</category><category>traffic</category></item><item><title>Open source companies can&apos;t innovate in technology</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/open_source_innovation_after_rimer.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/open_source_innovation_after_rimer.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=open%5Fsource%5Finnovation%5Fafter%5Frimer</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some believe that open source companies can't innovate in technology. I disagree. I think technology innovations that are open are more easily adopted than those that are proprietary.]]></description><category>danny rimer</category><category>rimer</category><category>open source</category><category>innovation</category></item><item><title>Apples to apples: Do comparisons always need to be fair?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/apples_to_apples_product_comparisons.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/apples_to_apples_product_comparisons.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=apples%5Fto%5Fapples%5Fproduct%5Fcomparisons</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Products are not always intended for the same purpose, and purposes change over time. 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Twins?]]></description><category>crm</category><category>data cleansing</category><category>similac</category></item><item><title>Product management failures: (almost) great coffee</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/sticky_beans.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/sticky_beans.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sticky%5Fbeans</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A story of product management gone awry, taken from one of my more self-indulgent pleasures.]]></description><category>segmentation</category><category>requirements</category><category>coffee grinder</category><category>product management</category></item><item><title>Outlook sucks - or how not to support IMAP</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/outlook_sucks_at__imap.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/outlook_sucks_at__imap.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=outlook%5Fsucks%5Fat%5F%5Fimap</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have this love/hate relationship with MS Outlook. Or hate+hate. 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Instead, make violators advertise their data losses and procedural lapses.]]></description><category>legislation</category><category>theft</category><category>data</category></item><item><title>Free Beer - the Testing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/testfest_june2005.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/testfest_june2005.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 17:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=testfest%5Fjune2005</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Testing while under the influence? Check it out at SpikeSource's next open house, June 17.]]></description><category>testing</category><category>open</category><category>spikesource</category><category>house</category><category>testfest</category></item><item><title>Development as passion, not obligation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/development_as_passion_not_obligation.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/development_as_passion_not_obligation.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2005 19:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=development%5Fas%5Fpassion%5Fnot%5Fobligation</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Quote: Open source as a business model is inheretly flawed and cannot support the development of truly innovative software.Larry McVoy went on to say &quot;It costs a huge amount of money to develop a single innovative software product. You have to h]]></description><category>open</category><category>development</category><category>innovation</category><category>cost</category><category>source</category></item><item><title>VOIP, 911, and Crown Grants</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/voip_911_and_crown_grants.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/voip_911_and_crown_grants.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2005 22:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=voip%5F911%5Fand%5Fcrown%5Fgrants</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There has been some hand-wringing over VOIP telephony and the ability to call emergency services (&quot;911&quot;), with Vonage frequntly cast in the role of villian in this melodrama.The issue seems to boil down to a couple of points for me:First po]]></description></item><item><title>Oracle&apos;s developer competition (or: stupid marketing tricks)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.glen-martin.com/oracles_developer_competition_or_stupid_marketing_tricks.htm</guid><link>http://blog.glen-martin.com/oracles_developer_competition_or_stupid_marketing_tricks.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2005 20:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://blog.glen-martin.com/console/comments/popup/?f=oracles%5Fdeveloper%5Fcompetition%5For%5Fstupid%5Fmarketing%5Ftricks</comments><dc:creator>glen martin</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I want to thank Oracle for the freeze-dried ice cream, but regretfully decline to enter their developer program contest.It seems Oracle wants to shrink its developer program. 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