Ah, I’m sure that catchy title has your attention. The more in depth title is “Gmail is worse than stupidity OR Cloud computing is a trap”. Or, so says GNU founder Richard Stallman.
The concept of using web-based programs like Google’s Gmail is “worse than stupidity”, according to a leading advocate of free software.
Cloud computing – where IT power is delivered over the internet as you need it, rather than drawn from a desktop computer – has gained currency in recent years. Large internet and technology companies including Google, …

Well, I’m off to Pennsylvania tomorrow and will be spending time with friends and family for the next 5 days. I plan to be less “plugged-in” than usual. But, I’m sure I’ll be Twittering away and catching up on my RSS feeds.
I have a *ton* of blog posts I want to get done by the end of the year. I may spend some of my supposed down time fleshing out my fountain of ideas. Stay tuned!

Thanks to Luciano at Litemind, I recently discovered an excellent resource that lists some of the top personal development blogs out there. PluginID has put together a page that lists the top (currently 65) personal development blogs according by Google PR, Technorati and Alexa ratings.
I quickly discovered that while I was aware of most of the blogs in the top 20, I wasn’t subscribed to many of them. I was looking for an easy way to import this list into Google Reader, and didn’t feel like subscribing to …

Learn how to sync your iPhone3g using Ubuntu Linux and VMWare.

Raj Dash at Freelance Switch recently posted an article on why freelancers should use mind mapping.
Einstein once said something to the effect of, “you cannot solve problems by thinking within the same framework or mindset that discovered the problems.” The implication is that you need to step into another mindset, another level of thinking. So how do we step into another mindset, as Einstein implies we should? One possible method is mind-mapping, which arguably triggers a much more natural way of thinking and problem solving.
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Last April I blogged about Piotr Wozniak, a Polish Renaissance Man of sorts, who developed an algorithm and software product to help people learn and retain knowledge at amazing levels. His software SuperMemo can help turn people into geniuses.
Well, it turns out that there are some people out there with *amazing* memories who can do incredible feats of mental gymnastics on their own (think about the amazing Rainman - Kim Peek, or Brainman - Daniel Tammet). The latest brain wiz to add to the list is Brad Williams.
For …

It took a little bit of work, but the face lift is complete! The new eric-blue.com redesign is finished, and both my original website and blog have been migrated to the Wordpress blogging platform. I’ve been meaning to make the switch for a while, but was recently motivated to follow in the steps of some fellow bloggers (namely Chuck Frey and C4Chaos).
I was lucky to have found an amazing magazine-style theme, and am hoping that the new layout makes the site much easier to navigate and find content that’s …