Chrome 35 on Linux Breaks Java

Java Doesn't Work on Linux Google Chrome 35, Downgrade Recommended.


If Google's Chrome is your browser of choice and you use a web site on regular basis that relies on the Java plugin, then the newest version is not going to be very useful.

As reported on Softpedia today, users are finding that Java just doesn't work with Chrome 35. Posted a few days earlier on AskUbuntu, the issue has been confirmed and recommended for users that must have Java functionality to roll back to Chrome version 34.

Get Things Done Mashup

I've been reading "Getting Things Done" by David Allen and as a result been spending some time putting together a system to help get organized and more productive.  Previously, I had blogged a comparison between OneNote and Evernote and the latter has won for gathering memos, emails, etc. that need to be acted on (trash anything else).  Also found some good references on how to utilize Evernote (tags, notebooks), like The Secret Weapon.  It's a good start, but still looking for more of a system to put notes, tasks and projects together.

Turns out that there are lots of different GTD systems out there, but I only looked at ZenDone and Nozbe in depth.  Both integrate with Evernote, but in different ways.  The difference was why I choose Nozbe for my Task/Project manager.

So, two pieces of the puzzle ... then I added in If This Then That to funnel things to Evernote by doing one of these:

• Star an email in Gmail
• Label an email in Gmail
• Favorite a Tweet

Next step was to get actionable items from Evernote over into Nozbe.  That's where another part of the integration came into play.  One thing I could do was set a reminder on the note and that would get it over to the Nozbe inbox. From there I could assign it to a project or make it a next action.  Then I discovered TaskClone which allows me to create a note with multiple check boxes, add a specific tag and presto ... each check box item shows up in Nozbe as a separate task.

So, there it is, my GTD system to gather up everything important that needs to remembered and tasks that need to be done.  All that from reading one book (and surfing around the net quite a bit).

The (short) Life and Death of an Internet Startup

This is an interesting story about someone's "next great idea" and how it may or may not actually amount to anything.

How I Killed A Startup In 4 Hours (And Why I Don’t Regret It)

Having lived through the first Internet "bubble" and watching it collapse, I wonder where we're heading now in 2014.  There's a new culture developing in the nether we call the Internet and a younger generation is flourishing (Millennials vs. GenX). 

Other observations in general:

• The use of the "F" word has become ubiquitous, even in business presentations
• Video gaming culture now has become entrenched and the new "elevator music" will soon be theme songs from Zelda and Super Mario
• Almost every daily task is becoming "gamified"
• Cell phones aren't really telephones anymore, they're really micro-computers that you can sometimes talk to someone with
• People rarely "talk" to each other anymore, it's a text or a tweet

Yeah, I'm getting old.