February 18, 2005
Desktop Applications
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Anyone who works in IT has a lot of information to keep track of. Passwords, account names, server addresses, license and serial numbers, snippets of useful (sometimes vital) PHP or mySQL code, to-do lists (usually 4 or 5 of these), and of course, links to various web sites. The mainstay PIM’s like Outlook are actually badly suited for this task. They are too big, not flexible enough, and the files are enormous - which is an issue when you need to sync once or twice a day, or want all your data on a USB drive to take with you.
Enter MyInfo 3, written by independant developer Milenix Software in Bulgaria.
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February 11, 2005
News
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{mosimage}For 2005 I’m trying out a new code base for the Silicon Chisel site. This CMS is called “Mambo” - it’s undergone a massive re-write since the last time I looked at it. I switched because I liked Mambo’s presentation and content handling a little better than LDU for this kind of application. So much of LDU’s power was not being used, but managing the actual news items was more work than it should have been because of what that system was meant to do best. So Mambo seems like a good thing to try for a year.
Also, the themes for Mambo had a cleaner, more professional look than what was available for LDU. LDU themes are more game-related … while they look nice, they aren’t very “corporate.”
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