Chronicles of a Wandering Mind

Interesting links for February 8th through February 11th:

• The Definitive Guide to Bash Command Line History – good coders code, great reuse – In case you are a first time reader, this is the 3rd part of the article series on working efficiently in bourne again shell. Previously I have written on how to work efficiently in vi and emacs command editing modes by using predefined keyboard shortcuts (both articles come with cheat sheets of predefined shortcuts).
• Raible Designs | How To Setup Your Own Software Development Company – For payroll, I use PayCycle and have nothing but good things to say about them. Having a good Accountant and Financial Advisor (for your retirement plan) will likely be an essential part of your business.. LinkedIn's Service Providers is a good way to find recommended professionals in your area. Finally, you'll need insurance. The Hartford has a good Small Business package that costs around $500/year. It's liability limits have worked for all of my clients and I'm covered if my laptop ever gets stolen. For Health Insurance, I recommend using eHealthInsurance.com to find a good provider for you.
• What Does IBM Mean By Dynamic Infrastructure? | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog) – As technology becomes cheaper more and more devices will have embedded processors and sensors, and they’ll self regulate – so they’ll be a little better at what they do or even a lot better. Devices will “phone it in” when any component fails and they’ll also know where they are, so stealing such devices is going to be a challenge. Most of that is easy to see.

  What is not so clear is what the benefits will be when you aggregate all of this together. So hats off to IBM Tivoli for providing a good analysis of what it may mean. The picture that Tivoli paints is of a grand convergence between 5 distinct worlds: