Paying for Web Services. Jon Udell: Paying for Web Services” Web services and generic local components are two sides of the same coin. Both can be powered by free software, and both can create business opportunities.When technology hype reaches a crescendo, I instinctively reach for a touchstone ? a humble example that grounds me in [...]

Mark Pilgrim: Complicate your web site. (sigh) All good points, but I was reading articles like this about client-server systems in 1996. I guess it's really true that the web set us back five years in usability. And I fear that by the time we almost get our act together, we will move on to [...]

63 uses for a dead Mac. Unfortunately, I can't contribute anything to this gallery, because the 1989 Mac IIci I bought in 1992 is still working in 2001. Right next to my Apple //e. Sadly, it's not the actual Apple //e I grew up with, because the 1983 Apple //e I grew up with is [...]

Ask Tog: Core Decisions. What went wrong? Probably the same thing that goes wrong with so many computer products and services. The user experience people were either brought in after all the critical decisions had been made, or else they simply weren't listened to. [Tomalak's Realm]

Total Cost of Ownership. Userland: Total Cost of Ownership ” The total cost of ownership (TCO) of a Website is more than the purchase price of a content management system. Here is a quick rule of thumb estimate of what it costs to build and operate a Website using either Manila or another content management [...]

Using Zope with Amaya, Dreamweaver, and Other WYSIWYG Tools. Michel Pelletier: Using Zope with Amaya, Dreamweaver, and Other WYSIWYG Tools “To enable users to use their own editing tools, Zope supports the HTTP PUT method, FTP, and WebDAV protocols for editing templates. Based on its support for HTTP PUT, HTML WYSIWYG editing tools like Dreamweaver [...]

QuickTime and IE 5.5SP2 and above. Apple: QuickTime and IE 5.5SP2 and above “Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, versions 5.5 SP2 and 6.0 (soon to be released) no longer support Netscape-style plug-ins, such as the plug-in installed as part of QuickTime 5.0.2 and earlier versions. Consequently, Windows customers using these versions of Explorer who visit [...]

The gentoo.org redesign, Part 4: A site reborn. developerWorks: The gentoo.org redesign, Part 4: A site reborn “Have you ever woken up one morning and suddenly realized that your cute little personal development Web site isn't really that great? If so, you're in good company. In this series, Daniel Robbins shares his experiences as he [...]

Bridging 802.11 Networks with Linksys. Glenn Fleishman: Bridging 802.11 Networks with Linksys “My downstairs office neighbor, a running coach named Tony, has an inquiring mind. He has heard me and my officemates wax sci-fi about wireless IEEE 802.11b networking. We somehow got him jonesing for it for when he expanded his coaching facilities to a [...]

XML for Data: Four tips for smart architecture. developerWorks: XML for Data: Four tips for smart architecture “This column tells how to avoid some common mistakes that even smart architects make when designing an XML solution. XML architect and author Kevin Williams offers four tips for designing flexible and high performance systems.” [QubeQuorner]