Jeffrey McManusThe new thingDownThemAll! Firefox Extension Makes IRS.gov Less Tedious- January 31, 2008 For business owners in the United States, the last day of January means it's time for you (or your accountant) to issue 1099s and W-2s to your contractors and employees. For me, this means I get to do my annual...http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/downthemall-fir.html Steer Escapes From Ohio Slaughterhouse- January 28, 2008 Link: Steer Escapes From Ohio Slaughterhouse "Searchers on the ground and in a sheriff's department helicopter Monday were looking for an Angus steer that postponed its date with a slaughterhouse by bolting out a gate that had been inadvertently left...http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/steer-escapes-f.html Yahoo! Calendar API Coming "Soon"- January 28, 2008 While browsing one of the Yahoo! developer groups for information on something else, I noticed that somebody accidentally published a spec for an upcoming Calendar API. I tried to move this forward way back in 2005, so it's exciting to...http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/yahoo-calendar.html Mono's "Usability Disaster" and Platform Discovery Optimization- January 25, 2008 Seeing this post from Miguel about a major cock-up pertaining to the developer download experience in Mono made me think about the platform companies we've been advising. Companies often trick themselves into thinking that every developer who discovers their stuff...http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/monos-usability.html Yahoo Reported to Plan Hundreds of Layoffs- January 21, 2008 Link: Yahoo Reported to Plan Hundreds of Layoffs "Over the weekend, some blogs reported that Yahoo was considering layoffs of 10 to 20 percent of its work force. But the people close to the company, who discussed Yahoos layoff plans...http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/yahoo-reported.html Let's Caucus- January 19, 2008 I don't even think it's necessary to comment about how perfect this photo is of Hillary in Las Vegas. Study it for a moment. There is absolutely nothing about it that is not hilarious. From the NY Times' election blog.http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/lets-caucus.html Politics Wrapped in a Clothing Ad- January 18, 2008 Link: Politics Wrapped in a Clothing Ad - New York Times. "In a new series of ads, American Apparel is moving in a political direction. The cause is immigration reform, and the ads say in part that the status quo...http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/politics-wrappe.html SunMySQL and .NET- January 16, 2008 Woke up this morning to the SunMySQL news; my initial thought was "uh oh". My big concern is whether Sun will continue to support languages-that-are-not-Java as well as MySQL has been doing. But my concerns were at least partially laid...http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/sunmysql-and-ne.html Fake Steve Twittering Real Steve- January 15, 2008 This is not to be missed: Fake Steve Jobs attended today's MacWorld keynote and live-Twittered it. It's vulgar and hilarious. I think that Dave was one of the twelve people who bought an Apple TV before they made it work...http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/fake-steve-twit.html Speaking at VSLive SF- January 12, 2008 I'll be speaking at VSLive San Francisco the first week of April. This time around I'll be giving three talks: Creating Facebook Applications Using .NET Data-Driven ASP.NET Ajax (an updated version of the talk I gave in New York last...http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2008/01/speaking-at-vsl.html |