The Daily Grind 939

by Mike Gunderloy
Wednesday, August 2, 2006

Things always seems to slow down a bit in mid-week.

Synergy - Keyboard and mouse sharing software to let you control two computers from one spot. I'd been using Win2VNC, but I've been hitting some wacky dropped connection issues; Synergy is so far more reliable for me.
EasyPrototype 1.4 - This rapid-prototyping user interface tool can now export user interface specifications in Word/RTF format, as well as building interactive HTML prototypes from your sketches or digital photos. 30-day trial is here, $149 to register.

Chapter 9: Source Control Integration with IDEs - Eric Sink continues his online book about source code control.

Programming is Hard - del.icio.us style tagging and swapping for code snippets. (via Jon Rowett)
An offer of contribution to a community leader / OS project - There's been a lot of talk the past few days about lack of support for community projects in .NET. Tomas Restrepo is ready to throw in a top-line MSDN subscription for some worthy project and is seeking nominations.

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Mike Gunderloy is the editor of Larkware, the daily .NET newspaper of record.