Month: April 2002

New Radio feature:  shortcuts.  I updated Radio by right clicking on the Radio icon in the tray and selecting “update Radio.root”  I then went into prefs and enabled shortcuts.  I then went into the new menu items called “shortcuts” and put some items in.  This is the best way to include stories and major posts in… Continue reading Dave Winer

In response to the news that Oprah will be scaling back her book club, Steven over at Library Stuff has this to say: “Impact on libraries? I think that Oprah turned many ex-readers onto and non-readers back to the printed word. Even though she is not doing her thing anymore, many of her followers will… Continue reading Oprah will be scaling back her book club

I didn’t know about PHPBeginner.com until today. Looks pretty good. [inessential.com]

MyFreePress.com has a great tag line.  “Freedom of the press is only guaranteed to those who own one” [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

I find this weblog intriguing. Centerbeam is a famous company, started by Sheldon Laube, from Novell and US Web. I wonder who the blog is for?   [Scripting News]

Vintage Tourist Poster Stamps “The USPS is issuing these great retro tourist-poster stamps, one for each state, tomorrow (wish they'd do a matching line of luggage-stickers!). The USPS site is down as of this writing, but here's a mirror of the sheet.” [bOing bOing] This is totally cool! I used to collect stamps when I was… Continue reading Vintage Tourist Poster Stamps

Managing Einsteins:Leading High-Tech Workers in the Digital Age “In many workplaces, especially high-tech ones, managers and those they manage are operating on parallel tracks, with different sets of motivations, expectations and rewards. How to keep tech workers happy, given that they likely don't want the same things as their bosses, and certainly would choose different… Continue reading Managing Einsteins:Leading High-Tech Workers in the Digital Age

Wired News: Judges Blast Library Filtering. The U.S. Congress' third assault on Internet pornography appears likely to meet the same ignoble end as the previous two. A two-week trial over library filtering ended Thursday with a trio of judges criticizing the CIPA as an unreasonable intrusion into the rights of Americans to view legal material… Continue reading Judges Blast Library Filtering

Boxes and Arrows: The story behind Usability.gov. Today, Usability.gov has earned a following among technology professionals. For the uninitiated, Usability.gov is a one-stop source for government web designers to learn how to make websites more usable, useful, and accessible. [Tomalak's Realm]

Law Is Free “After following the initial progress of the Radio community, I've come to believe that this type of web publishing will have a widespread and drastic effect on the development of the law. By changing the way court opinions are published, I believe the law itself can be transformed in the same way… Continue reading Law Is Free