An EDGE card from Apple?. While we're on the topic, PowerPage is reporting that Apple is getting ready to release a wireless laptop card that will connect to AT&T Wireless' EDGE network. No word on when this might become available, though. [Gizmodo]
Month: December 2003
PC Mag chooses TypePad
PC Mag chooses TypePad. Congratulations to TypePad for being named PC Magazine's Editor's Choice in their recent roundup of blog tools. Well deserved, IMO. [Nick Bradbury]
To those calling for revolution
To those calling for revolution. David R. Remer is calling for a revolution at the ballot box, but that stirred commenter Son of Liberty to say, “It's almost time to get the guns out. 2005, regardless of who's elected.” This is incitement to violence. . . . And that leads to my final argument. Bush… Continue reading To those calling for revolution
Zero Install
Zero Install. Zero Install is a Java Web Start-like system for running Linux applications without any manual installation. [Hack the Planet]
Listening
Listening. I’ve written before about how listening is the most important skill a software developer can have. One part of listening is the art of listening to feature requests. Sometimes you get a feature request that describes a problem and proposes a solution that’s right on the mark: all you have to do is implement… Continue reading Listening
mini ice age
Of course, one of the earliest blizzards since the 40's (and last year's snow that was continuous from Thanksgiving to early March) may make you think of the mini ice age predicted by Wood's Hole. [John Robb's Weblog]
10 hottest wireless applications for 2004
10 hottest wireless applications for 2004. According to Dan O'Shea in Telephony magazine Dec. 1 1. Multimedia messaging 2. Voice over WLAN3. Localized content 4. Multicasting5. Group press-to-talk6. Remote networking 7. Wireless printing8. Mobile blogging9. Mobile community services 10. Industrial productivity “MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING MMS is sort of like hot apps 1 through 5. The kids… Continue reading 10 hottest wireless applications for 2004
How public's choice was ignored
How public's choice was ignored. ALMOST a third of all the responses to a consultation process for the design of the new Holyrood parliament were so derogatory that they had to be discarded, it emerged yesterday. [The Scotsman]
Holyrood inquiry grilling for First minister
Holyrood inquiry grilling for First minister. JACK McConnell will be called to give evidence to the Fraser Inquiry, which is investigating the Holyrood building fiasco. [The Scotsman]
Visiting Down Under
Visiting Down Under. Please visit the long-promised cloudtravel guide to why you should visit Australia and New Zealand. Here are some photographs from down under to get you started. While it turns to early summer in Australia and New Zealand, we're getting bombed with fluffly inches of holiday snow here in New York. Stay tuned… Continue reading Visiting Down Under