Sells Talks Avalon. Chris Sells has more on Longhorn and Avalon: On Genghis, WinForms, and how to move toward Avalon Chris is the guy who runs MSDN's Longhorn Developer Center. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Month: January 2004
Bush Grabs New Power for FBI
Bush Grabs New Power for FBI. As the nation sat transfixed by Saddam Hussein's capture last month, President Bush quietly passed legislation granting the government new and sweeping surveillance powers. By Kim Zetter. [Wired News]
Why I’m switching to Mailsmith and SpamSieve
Why I’m switching to Mailsmith and SpamSieve. I’m switching from Apple Mail to Mailsmith and SpamSieve. I had grown increasingly unhappy with Mail back in the Jaguar days. Performance was a big issue, but there were also user interface issues—the big one being that I couldn’t navigate the mailbox list via the keyboard. Another issue… Continue reading Why I’m switching to Mailsmith and SpamSieve
Behr Paint gets press
Behr Paint gets press. More Interaction Equals More Value. More Interaction Equals More Value “A new generation of development tools is emerging for building dynamic, highly interactive Web applications with rich-client interfaces incorporating data, graphics, audio, and video. … Analysts at research firm IDC predict this segment will make up a big part of the… Continue reading Behr Paint gets press
Keynote Thoughts
Keynote Thoughts. Everyone has the same thoughts today I think: total let down. No cool-ass products, and the miniPod is too expensive. [Russell Beattie Notebook]
Securing Library Workstations
Securing Library Workstations. Any law firm intranet and/or document management system contains confidential documents not meant for general consumption. Any micreant can gain valuable information by simply sitting down at a computer connected to a law firm's network. Accordingly, all workstations on the network should be secured. This raises an interesting problem for law firm libraries.… Continue reading Securing Library Workstations
Web Services? What has the industry been smoking?
Web Services? What has the industry been smoking?: Let’s take an old idea, like RPC, and wrap it with some new hype and nomenclature, and then mediate it with a completely orthogonal protocol! Yeah, lets! Source: Robert C. Martin’s Weblog * [Archipelago]
Wired
Wired: “Consider it a 21st century Dewey Decimal System designed to fight information overload. But unlike libraries, Vivisimo doesn't use predefined categories. Its software determines them on the fly, depending on the search results.” [Scripting News]
Here are the features that I want to see on a weblog profile system (in process):
Here are the features that I want to see on a weblog profile system (in process): A simple XML profile for public consumption. A simple XML profile that is password protected that includes restricted profile information (contact information in particular). An easy-to-use profile publishing page on my weblog tool of choice. I should be able… Continue reading Here are the features that I want to see on a weblog profile system (in process):
K-Logs: How Social Networking Software Helps and Where it Doesn't
K-Logs: How Social Networking Software Helps and Where it Doesn't. M2M. David Weinberger critiques social networking software (rightly). My take: There isn't any magic in social networking software. The value this software provides is much more basic than many people think. Here's what it provides: It contains solid (but private) contact information on all members. Profiles are… Continue reading K-Logs: How Social Networking Software Helps and Where it Doesn't