"Once we break the metaphor that each window needs to belong to one particular application and instead rely on the idea that an object is self contained, free to be embedded in drawers and tabs, rows and columns, docks and icons, or even inside other objects. A new user interface environment could be created, enabling our independent objects to be represented in the best layout according to the user's needs and desires." Read the editorial at TheMacMind.

Robert Burns wrote a review of his experiences with Arch Linux 0.6. Review is here, discussion is here.

If autonomic computing is the process of making computers behave like living, sentient creatures, then you, as a developer, are the doctor who makes sure your products and systems are performing properly. If there's an area of concern, you must diagnose it and make sure it has what it needs to function properly. The article gives a roadmap to integrate autonomic computing concepts into your products.

MyXaml is making available a free designer that generates MyXaml compatible markup. You can lay out controls in the designer, switch to the MyXaml view, edit the markup, switch back to the designer view and see your markup changes. This is an early prototype, so quite a few features are missing, but we're moving forward with a fully functional MyXaml Studio. Our Take: I would also like to see the MyXaml technologies ported to Mono in association with Novell.

Great post about what Google is up to by Rich Skrenta. He argues that Google is building a huge computer with a custom operating system that everyone on earth can have an account on. His last few paragraphs are so much more perceptive than anything that's been written about Google by anyone; Skrenta nails the company exactly.

Conectiva Linux, developed by Brazilian vendor Conectiva S.A., is the most popular distribution in South America, so it’s quite surprising that there aren’t more reviews of their products online. This is really quite surprising – while you may not have heard much about Conectiva Linux itself, you almost certainly know quite a lot about three of their most important contributions to the open source community – the Conectiva Crystal icon set, apt-rpm, and Synaptic.