Month: April 2003

Easy to edit web links

Easy to edit web links.  You might have noticed lots of new features for Manila lately. I guess Dave realizes that he needs all these features – to do his thing at Harvard.  But what about Radio?  Are we still supposed to go into our #HomeTemplates and hack HTML?  Why don't we deserve an easy to… Continue reading Easy to edit web links

Motorola's Cable Modem Plus Wi-Fi

Motorola's Cable Modem Plus Wi-Fi. Motorola releases $350 box: cable modem, Ethernet switch, printer sharing: This device is being sold directly via big-box computer retailers. It's unclear to me which consumers buy their own cable modems; it's more likely that cable operators will offer this as an option or upgrade…. [Wi-Fi Networking News]

A mosaic of new opportunities

News.Com: A mosaic of new opportunities. Ray Ozzie. Even though our current use of PCs, productivity tools, e-mail and the Web seems quite sophisticated, we've only just begun to understand how to apply them and effectively realize their benefits. The next 10 years will find us moving decidedly from an era of personal productivity to… Continue reading A mosaic of new opportunities

Untitled

Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects. The latest book from the heroes of Peopleware, Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister. Makes a brave case that the person (or company, or team) who is responsible for risk management is the person who is going to pay the price when things go wrong. Waltzing With Bears… Continue reading Untitled

throw out SMTP

Larry Seltzer wants to throw out SMTP and start over. I have to support that. If the European Union can change the money that 300 million people use all on one day, we can change our email protocol. Let's find a protocol with decent authentication and with micropayments to make spam uneconomical, and let's set a… Continue reading throw out SMTP

Release 0.1

Chandler Release 0.1 is out. See what all the fuss is about, almost.  [Joel on Software]

Technology at Delta

Technology at Delta.  This week, both InformationWeek and Baseline have feature stories about new technology at Delta Air Lines, so it's a good opportunity to benchmark Baseline, a new IT magazine from Ziff Davis, to its old school press-release republishing counterparts. The difference: while the InformationWeek article is just a poor rewrite of bland warmed-over… Continue reading Technology at Delta

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning. Dave Seidel on moving from Radio to MT [Don Box's Spoutlet]

The disruptive Web

The disruptive Web: If you're creating a Web service that you hope will have a disruptive impact, the lessons are clear. Support HTTP GET-style URLs. Design them carefully, matching de facto standards where they exist. Keep the URLs short, so people can easily understand, modify, and trade them. Establish a blog reputation. Use the blog… Continue reading The disruptive Web