Month: June 2003

Rich Wage Class War on Poor and Middle Class. Michael Kinsley: Bush and the new tyranny of the rich. The recently enacted tax bill is such a shocking and… [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] Is it wishful thinking to think that they would realise by the next election?  [Curiouser and curiouser!]

Notes and Tips: OnStream Bankrupt. OnStream Data is apparently in bankruptcy. [MacInTouch]

How Pottery Barn Wins With Style. Plenty of companies compete on price and features. How do you keep demanding customers coming back for more? Pottery Barn's secret for growth in a brutally competitive business: “Our brand is a state of mind,” says one top executive. “And customers can make it their own.” [Fast Company]

A Theory of Everything. Thomas L. Friedman outlines some of the reasons much of the world has come to dislike the United States. Unfortunately the current Bush administration's policies and behavior are doing little to reverse the trend. Why didn't nations organize militarily against… [CamWorld: Thinking Outside the Box]

EU Declaration on Freedom of Communication on the Internet. Declaration on freedom of communication on the Internet, Strasbourg, May 28, 2003, Adopted by the Committee of Ministers at the… [beSpacific]

Cross-platform, cross-browser XML apps. Firebird Mac running an XSLT app Let's review what's happening in this screen shot. I'm running Mozilla Firebird on my Mac. The application is a structured search of my OSCOM slides. There's no search engine beyond the browser itself, which provides the JavaScript UI, the XPath-based search, and the XSLT-driven results… Continue reading Cross-platform, cross-browser XML apps

Communications Central in a Small, Colorful Package. Danger now comes in 65,536 colors – that is, the new T-Mobile Sidekick from Danger Inc. The Sidekick, a wireless communicator for telephone, e-mail, Web browsing and instant messaging tasks, first appeared last year with a monochrome screen but has upgraded to a 240-by-160-pixel color display. That is… Continue reading Communications Central in a Small, Colorful Package

Cocktail Season on the Virtual Terrace. It's not only easy to buy patio furniture on the Web; the selection is good, too. By Michelle Slatalla. [New York Times: Technology]

Adobe's Stupidity. I was going to write a long commentary on how stupid Adobe is being with version 6.0 of Acrobat Reader. Err, I mean “Adobe Reader” I guess. Just read this and you'll see. I can't add much more to the discussion without using using a lot of four letter words. Think about what… Continue reading Adobe's Stupidity

Building a TiVo, a Step at a Time. Thanks to free software, intrepid do-it-yourselfers can build their own digital video recorders that promise to blow Tivos and ReplayTVs off the shelf. All you need is a lot of cash, some programming savvy and a little patience. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]