Month: March 2002

Globe and Mail: Intranets become 'intramess'. Many intranets fail to live up to their potential because they don't have the content that is supposed to help people perform their work, and users often can't find what they're looking for even if it's on the sites, says Bobbie Merilees, a Vancouver-based consultant who advises companies on… Continue reading Intranets become 'intramess'

digitalMASS: Antipiracy bill a high-tech threat. Millions of people already steal their products with digital assistance, and the problem is getting worse. But the proposed alternative would turn our personal computers, and all our other personal technologies, into digital busybodies that probably would forbid even legal copying. [Tomalak's Realm]

McGee's graduate level KM course. Quote: “I'm introducing a course on Knowledge Management at the Kellogg School in April. You can see the syllabus here, which is part of a Manila site I am using to manage most of the course development. One item that I thought would be of more general interest is my… Continue reading McGee's graduate level KM course

Lies. Who cares who is in charge? Your papers, please? [Mark Bernstein]

Open Source Databases Review (3 Parts). Shane McChesney reviews several Open Source databases (SAP DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, mSQL, Berkeley DB, Interbase). Part2 Part3 [PHP Everywhere]

Smarty 2 released – the PHP compiling template engine. This release is a huge milestone for Smarty. Most notable new things are a plugin architecture, removal of PEAR dependency, and optimizations that drastically improve the performance (see benchmarks) of Smarty in most cases. The plugin architecture allows modifiers, custom functions, compiler functions, prefilters, postfilters, resources,… Continue reading Smarty 2 released – the PHP compiling template engine

The Internet Amenity “Within 10 or 15 years’ time, practically every computer and every handheld device will be online all the time. What many people don’t realize, however, is that this visionary network is increasingly up and running today. And it doesn’t even require any new technology, business models or significant investment. Indeed, if there… Continue reading The Internet Amenity

Rural Area Have-nots Lose Out on the Net “The internet revolution has created a new underclass of people in rural and remote areas who are being excluded from the brave new world of teleworking, virtual shopping and online public services by lack of access to technology. That is the conclusion of research, to be published… Continue reading Rural Area Have-nots Lose Out on the Net

Dave P. says: “If you're looking to get wireless in libraries, the simplest solution is probably to get some local nerds to stop by on a Saturday afternoon and hook up a donated Airport Base Station or two. Much easier than trying to find a tech-person on a regular basis, or trying to procure the… Continue reading Dave P.

The Sacred Heart Palm Project “Walk into the main hall at the Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (CSH) in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood on any given Monday morning and you’ll see a huddle of students holding their Palm IIIc PDAs toward a wall-mounted, infrared beaming station. Like bees around a hive, the… Continue reading The Sacred Heart Palm Project