Speeding up Zend Engine 1: Faster, Stronger, Harder. Sterling and Thies rewrite large parts of the core engine of PHP, resulting in amazing speedups. PHP 4.4 anyone? [PHP Everywhere]
Month: August 2003
some good ideas of things it can do
Ian Fogg, another Jupiter blogger, gives Microsoft some good ideas of things it can do for new users to make them more secure. I agree: our OOBE (out of box experience) gets worse and worse as Windows ages. Why? Because you have to download dozens of megabytes of patches and fixes. Our OOBE should get… Continue reading some good ideas of things it can do
The Origin of Personas
Alan Cooper: “The Origin of Personas.” All you have to do is walk around one of Microsoft's buildings to see how important personas are to developing software here. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Metadata: Promises and Perils
Speaking of Tim Oren, his “Metadata: Promises and Perils” article is pretty interesting. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
points to and comments on
Alec Saunders points to and comments on “Oren's Laws of Microsoft.” Law #1: you always see Microsoft coming. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Philosophy of Yes
Philosophy of Yes. I liked Mena Trott’s post on NetNewsWire and some other thoughts—particularly the description of Six Apart’s “Philosophy of Yes”: For the most part, we try to accommodate what our users want and have a hard time saying no to features. We support a number of protocols and formats because we feel it… Continue reading Philosophy of Yes
New Kind of Electricity Market Strains Old Wires Beyond Limits
New Kind of Electricity Market Strains Old Wires Beyond Limits. Consumers have learned a difficult lesson about the electricity grid: it was an afterthought during the decade-long process of deregulating the power industry. By Neela Banerjee and David Firestone. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
MDJ Power 25
MDJ Power 25. I was totally flattered to have been on John Gruber’s ballot for the MDJ Power 25. Below is my ballot. (I didn’t vote for Steve Jobs, by the way. Of course he’s most powerful in the Mac community, but I felt like voting for people who I actually see when I look… Continue reading MDJ Power 25
Microsoft Insecurity: Is There No End in Sight?
Microsoft Insecurity: Is There No End in Sight?. A sobering collection of recent articles on Microsoft security issues. Law firms and Microsoft security problems: how dangerous is this mixture? Did you get any email from your lawyer lately? [DennisKennedy.blog]
Good Critique of Windows Update Issues
Good Critique of Windows Update Issues. From ZDNet.com, a very good critique of Windows Update. Also, given that we have to have the critical updates, is the Microsoft user agreement we click “accept” on really enforceable? [DennisKennedy.blog]