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In a dark, barely lit room Monday night maestro Twice nightly in Birmingham Sold in cardboard boxes Minimum drink purchase required Gold flakes by the fire Hand crafted using renewable energy And we say Na Na Na Na Na Hard and twisted wrought iron Cannot get through the mesh Yet we can feel the heat. Not much to be said. So much to be written I am writing so fast I am not even stopping To read my writing

I have been working on a prototype for using the Federated Google Account login that uses the OpenID 2.0 standard. Really a nice concept to offer for users who are heavy users of Google, Yahoo or other 3rd party service providers that have adopted OpenID. I am proposing offering a Login Using Google button on all our public application logins which then send a request to Google and allows the user to authenticate our domain(s) under their Google Account. Then they can utilize...

Sit with your back against the brick wall At least I won't get shot in the back Sizing everyone up Establishing the threat level Drink in my hand Light up my smoke Threat level is moderate Drink is sour, what I need TWo more logs on the fire Where is the guy in plaid from I don't know... Bricks are warm Doors are in view Now I can think clearly.

I am currently taking a company and reconstructing its entire server and infrastructure platform to operate in the clouds. It is a lot of planning, work and just readjustment in thinking on how to deploy a server infrastructure. However it is so worth it. It is such a more scalable and resilient platform than depending on your own server infrastructure. I will be outlining more about how and why I am doing this as I get time. Its been a while since I posted because I h...

I have been using a combination of Dreamweaver and Notepad to do my code editing for a few years now. I use Dreamweaver because of employers mandating it mostly. I really don't like the application, or use many of the features. With my new role at WebEvents Global I started using Homesite which I don't much care for either. A couple developers are using Eclipse, so in order to support it I went ahead and downloaded it. Only using for 30 minutes now and I love it. It is really ...

Playing around and organizing my Google Contacts under my Google Apps for Your Domain account. Wish they would have collaboration features in here to share with the rest of my co-workers. Seems like I could have more sharing features with other users within the domain to provide a more CRM for your domain feel. I have contact information I would like to share with others, and get some of their contact information. Get to work on it please Google. Thank you.

So I just signed up for a family social network my mom sent to me. I clicked on link which provided me a simple email / password signup. I signed up and immediately it had thumbnail for me from my Ning profile. Is this good? Does it enforce the fact I should keep my Ning profile up to date and relevant to all relationships?

The debt clock in times square has run out of digits to track the national debt.

I have used several wiki environments to develop projects and provide oversight for several social media marketing campaigns. I am currently using Google Sites pretty heavily for writing several books and for building my strategy for work. I spend a great deal of time cultivating and gardening the wiki to keep up to date and keep my overview. I would like a simple publish or build feature allowing me to choose from Sitemap which sections and pages I would like to publish and h...

I have been through some major changes lately. Feel like I am really moving on into the 2nd half of my life. (Mid-Life...don't like that?). Anyways I recently went through a divorce with my wife Ishbel. I am learning how to spend time with my daughter Kaia both virtually, phone and in scheduled weekend times. For the first time I do not have any entrepreneurial aspirations. I have chosen to end all my business relationships I have had going with various individuals and companies and m...

I have a serious problem with working too much. I have trouble sitting still and watching TV let alone something as simple as reading a book or...

From time to time I publish my personal thoughts on the www.kinlane.com blog. Most of the time I hold back because I try to keep it technical and based upon my professional experience. I am finding the need more and more to record some of my personal reflections and thoughts rather than just letting them go by. So here we go...

So I am always working to get a better handle on how people view me and my personal brand. My brand consists of my profile, work experience, technologies, blog, pics and just the general image of how people view me personally and professionally online. Maintaining my brand is a full time job and I do not always achieve the results I want. When people look for me they usually start at Google, so this is where I start. The first two pages of Google search for my name is where ...

I was just reading another great blog post 2.0 from Dion Hinchcliffe, he always delivers with his posts. This one is called Ten Aspects of Web 2.0 Strategy That Every CTO and CIO Should Know and has some critical 2.0 advice for decision makers in any company.There is one tip that really stood out and rang true for me because it has been something I have battled it at the last two major companies / projects I was working on.

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