Month: April 2003

Verizon Small Business Wiring. Verizon expand small business WLAN installation: Verizon expands nationwide into installing wireless LANs in small businesses from its Boston trial. In Boston, at least initially, they used subcontractors, so this is more like a general contracting business than something they have to build out headcount for — unless their model's changed….… Continue reading Verizon Small Business Wiring

I am willing to pay more for a “professional” version of Radio, by the way. Feature requests? My own domain name. A cool new XHTML theme or two. A chat room. A Ryze-style “about me page.” Better blogrolling (multiple blogrolls and a better interface than one freaking long list). Photo and video posting. .NET scriptability.… Continue reading The Scobleizer Weblog

Technology in the Courtroom. Tom Mighell of Inter Alia points to the Law.com article on the benefits of using technology in the courtroom.  Of course, I think that, properly used, technology can expedite the trial process, and enrich the experiences of the jurors (the article suggests that jurors expect its use at trial).  Improperly used, it… Continue reading Technology in the Courtroom

History of Interaction Design. Marc Rettig is amazing. His history of interaction design (3.3mb pdf) is still something I'm unpacking (and will be for a couple more weeks). At the core is the progression of interaction design as a practice focused on operating the machine, to using the software, to accomplishing a task, to pursuing… Continue reading History of Interaction Design

IA Summit Presentations. The PowerPoint presentations for the IA Summit are being collected on the conference site – look for the “PowerPoint Presentation” link by the name of the talk. Also, the Asilomar Institute has posted the presentations and rough notes from its preconference seminar. Strategy, Architecture and Tomorrow's Web (PPT) by Peter Morville (What's… Continue reading IA Summit Presentations

Snazzy resources. Erika posted that she has a resources page with tons of links to photo sites, clipart sites, fonts sites, script sites, etc. … [scriptygoddess.com]

ComputerUser.com (By Washington Internet Daily via NewsEdge.) – Internet privacy and hacking focus of Congress. Privacy on the Internet is the focus of a new Senate bill and an upcoming House joint hearing. In both cases, the concern is with the vulnerability of personally identifiable information and the increasing ease that such information can be… Continue reading Internet privacy and hacking focus of Congress

Society of Professional Journalists – HIPAA Medical Privacy Regulations Go Into Effect April 14: Are You Ready? On Monday, April 14, an important new set of federal regulations intended to protect the privacy of Americans' personal health and medical information will go into effect. These new rules also will make it harder for journalists to… Continue reading HIPAA Medical Privacy Regulations Go Into Effect April 14: Are You Ready?

From a Slim Black Box, Shared Knowledge Streams Wirelessly. The Martian NetDrive Wireless sounds as if it might be a device capable of connecting you with extraterrestrial neighbors. Its reach is not quite that far, but it does allow people who are not in the same room to share data. By Thomas J. Fitzgerald. [New… Continue reading From a Slim Black Box, Shared Knowledge Streams Wirelessly

Fast Company has an RSS feed too. Bing! [Scripting News]