Month: February 2003

BuddySpace. Now that the notion of presence is beginning to infuse our electronic communication, an inevitable next question is: presence where? Marc Eisenstadt, chief scientist at the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University in the UK, wrote to show me a Jabber-based system called BuddySpace that locates presence indicators on maps. In the map… Continue reading BuddySpace

London Tate Modern Museum's Wireless, Location-Sensitive Tour Devices. While multimedia tours have been trialled in the USA, this is the first in the world to use a location-sensitive wireless network. This means that visitors no longer need to spend time searching the multimedia tour to find the relevant information for a room, because the network… Continue reading London Tate Modern Museum's Wireless, Location-Sensitive Tour Devices

I've moved Joel on Software to a new server, at a colocation facility operated by Peer 1 Network. In the process of finding a new home and getting it up and running I've learned quite a bit about how web hosting works, so I thought I'd describe a bit of it here and in the… Continue reading Peer 1 Network

Speaking of RSS advancements at Microsoft, has anyone noticed that there are five different RSS news aggregators built using Microsoft's .NET technology? Oh yeah, Ziv Caspi did. [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Brad (the .NET Guy) reports that there is an RSS feed of updates at the MS Download Center. It's updated every four hours, he says.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Speaking of Abderaware, I like its web site. Clean. No hypy marketing text. Just a focus on the product. He doesn't advertise, either, so the only way you'll hear about it is to hear about it from a friend. Which you just did.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

How sweet. My brother is sticking up for me. The truth is, I told IT guys to update their servers and I got pounced on. Funny enough, today it was reported that Microsoft had trouble updating its own servers. Yeah, it's tough. Yeah, when you load patches it'll probably screw things up. Wait a second,… Continue reading My brother is sticking up for me

The Economist.  A new type of war in Iraq.  The upshot: This war may not (or should not if the Iraq learned anything from the last war) be fought in the open.  It will likely be fought in urban environments. Second, strong controls on civilian casualties will make it difficult for US soldiers to prosecute the… Continue reading The Economist

Googling the Library Catalog. Breaking Through the Invisible Web “More and more web content, including library content, never sees the light of day. It is hidden behind proprietary database interfaces where it can't be found by popular Internet search engines. Librarians must bring the deep, invisible web to the surface so that our public can… Continue reading Googling the Library Catalog

To the crew of the Columbia – What is there to say but we are humbled and saddened by the sacrafice you made for us in the pursuit of knowledge. Rest in peace with our thanks. Rick D. HusbandWilliam C. McCoolMichael P. AndersonDavid M. BrownKalpana Chawla Laurel Clark Ilan Ramon [Matt Brown's Radio Weblog]