the ‘bee log

I’ve been using Microsoft SharedView since it came out to collaborate on software remotely and it’s fantastic. It generally works without a hitch and I’ve had it going with a fair number of people; we used it for an iteration planning session. It’s notable to say that we also a Skype conference going at the same time through a fairly limited network connection. I’ve tried just about everything under the sun as far as two-way screen sharing solutions go and this one just works. If you can put up with a few ads here and there it’s definitely worth a shot.

I am just getting around to using the rev’d up Live Writer now. I particularly like the UI enhancement to the inline spell check. Notice in the screenshot below how misspelled words become slightly more bold. They have the red-squiggle-underline-thing too so it’s debatable if the bolding is needed but it’s a worthwhile experiment that doesn’t hurt the usability of the app.