Month: June 2003

Udell on Blind Ignorance. Okay, he doesn't call it that, but I do. After all these years, the Unix and Windows cultures are still profoundly unaware of one another's strengths. Read the whole story in Jon's Towards a unification of strengths article…. [Jeremy Zawodny's blog]

Amazing spam quote. Amazing spam quote: “Ninety percent of spam is sent by fewer than 200 people, according to Mozena of CAUCE, the anti-spam coalition. That represents an astounding degree of concentration, but virtually everyone who fights spam for a living agrees it… [JD on MX]

Toot horn. Toot horn: The Association of Support Professionals, a cross-industry tech support group, surveys and documents advances in web-based help systems each year. This year they cited the Macromedia Support Center as one of the “Ten Best Web Support Sites of… [JD on MX]

Aesthetics Can Make You Rich. The meek may inherit the earth, but creative types will take over the economy. By Virginia Postrel from Wired magazine. [Wired News]

Business Weblogs and Social Software. Interesting post over at “How To Save the World”, Dave Pollard's weblog, on business weblogs and social software, detailing the areas where social networking and knowledge management could (or should) intersect: Social Software Tool #4: Knowledge Traffic Management Tool This tool would identify areas of knowledge sharing 'congestion' (people who… Continue reading Business Weblogs and Social Software

More IE5/Mac perspectives. Tantek, father of the Tasman rendering engine, tells how he learned his product was dead. Eric Meyer explains the benefits of innovations IE5/Mac introduced, all of which helped the cause of web standards, and most of which found their way into the browser you probably use, no matter which browser or platform… Continue reading More IE5/Mac perspectives

Conspiracy theory. Dave Winer puts the death of IE5/Mac into context, concluding it took Bill Gates ten years to erase the web as a threat. The timing of recent events bears out Dave's thesis, at least as far as Microsoft's INTENTIONS are concerned. A blow by blow analysis of who did and said what when.… Continue reading Conspiracy theory

R.I.P.. The rumors flew all day, but we held off writing about this until we had it from an unimpeachable source. Jimmy Grewal is a key member of the Mac Internet Explorer team and a stand-up guy. He confirms that IE5/Mac is dead. There is much that could be said, and we say some of… Continue reading R.I.P.

2005? Are they kidding?. Scoble says Longhorn will be available in 2005. Which is another way of saying IE/Win won't change for at least two years. It is not good enough to stay as it is. [Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report]

Take My Data Center, Please. These are glum times for Web hosting businesses in the United States, with two of the industry's largest players announcing they are pulling up stakes. It's yet another example of continuing fallout from the dot-com bust. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]