Monthly Archives: March 2009
links for 2009-03-31
London CycleStreets: UK Cycle Journey Planner and Photomap Open Streetmap plus cycleroutes. Looks useful, if I ever get off my arse and buy a bike. (tags: maps london cycling travel uk via:tomtaylor)
Current Cost update
After a few weeks away, I’ve had another fiddle with the Python scripts I run to graph data from my Current Cost meter. You can see the results here. Of note, I’ve switched from using the Google Graphs API to … Continue reading
links for 2009-03-28
Dal:dal – The Lamp which turns the Internet into lights – Violet •• Let All Things Be Connected Looks like the ideal toy to show energy consumption, though I'd have to make sure to become more efficient to justify it … Continue reading
links for 2009-03-25
Pop, OpenSSO Account Lock(out) and Drop Using existing user attribute stores to manage account lockout parameters in OpenSSO. Might come in useful one day. (tags: opensso tech work useful sso identity sun) CPAN – Finance::Bank Hadn't seen this until it … Continue reading
links for 2009-03-21
Ian Yip's Security and Identity Thought Stream: What does an IBM acquisition of Sun mean for Identity Management? (tags: sun idm tech identity)
links for 2009-03-18
Wesabe: Your money. Your community » Archive » Introducing Wesabe SpringBoard, our new platform for credit unions and banks Wesabe launching a platform for banks to use their analysis tools with your real banking data. If only First Direct were … Continue reading
links for 2009-03-17
Death Switch Somewhat morbid system – pay annual subscription, company prompts you to log in every so often. If you don't respond, it emails your chosen contacts. Seems a sensible service, but there's something a bit wrong about it. Perhaps … Continue reading
links for 2009-03-16
On-demand Help desk, Customer Support & Service SaaS from Zendesk (tags: web tech business useful tools helpdesk support ticket)
Networks and communities
I recently listened to a series of lectures from Warwick Business School on the way communities can be built within large organisations, as distinct from the management hierarchy / team structure. They cover some interesting ground, looking at how communities … Continue reading
links for 2009-03-14
Lovely Charts | Free online diagramming application What it says on the tin – might come in useful one day. (tags: charts diagrams visualization tech web useful tools)