O'Reilly covers XAML. O'Reilly's Ian Griffiths: Inside XAML. [The Scobleizer — Geek Aggregator]
Month: January 2004
Workstrip
Workstrip. I think Workstrip might be the Dock replacement to end all Dock replacements. I dunno yet. Give me a couple more days trying it out. So far, so good, though. It does dock-ish things plus a whole bunch of useful stuff. And it looks good. And it puts the trash on the desktop. [Ceejbot]
New sites fact check politicians, journalists
Christian Science Monitor: New sites fact check politicians, journalists. [Scripting News]
Bye Bye Blackberry
Bye Bye Blackberry. I had lunch yesterday with my Mac-loving and techno-wizard friend Jeff Richardson, and he was raving about his new E-mail device. His large law firm recently got rid of their Blackberries for something that is called the 'Good G100.' … [Ernie The Attorney]
Prospect, Then Pitch
Prospect, Then Pitch. Expanding on the discussion about my recent entry about cold calling and the resulting poll, Michele Harris of MarketingDeptNYC outlines 10 tips and tactics for better selling in the January edition of her email newsletter Marketing Marvels: Retention. Your best prospects are your current customers. What else can you do for them?… Continue reading Prospect, Then Pitch
Lessons from the Online Retailing Field
Lessons from the Online Retailing Field. Last January, we re-connected with Hilary Billings (keep scrolling down!), a customer experience guru who had migrated from Pottery Barn to Red Envelope, the tony, high-touch Web-based gift shop. Billings expressed her concern that as the company grew, its ability to offer such appealing elements as hand-tied bows would… Continue reading Lessons from the Online Retailing Field
Bush Campaigns in Ohio, a Key State for Re-election Hopes
Bush Campaigns in Ohio, a Key State for Re-election Hopes. The president today followed up his State of the Union address with a message tailored to Midwestern hopes and fears. By David Stout. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Kan Do
Kan Do. KanGuard “Kansas has provided a model for all libraries to follow. Using open source products, Linux and Squidgauard, they are providing free filtering to all public libraries for a narrowly defined collection of websites that a group of librarians believes must be blocked in order to comply with CIPA. Here's the link: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/libtech/kanguard… Continue reading Kan Do
OCLC's xISBN Service Could Affect Almost Any Book-Related Site
OCLC's xISBN Service Could Affect Almost Any Book-Related Site. Thom Hickey from OCLC left a comment about their xISBN service, something I've been dying to discuss publicly but didn't think I could. Little did I know that they've got an entire project site for it available to anyone and everyone! (Emphasis below is mine.) “xISBN… Continue reading OCLC's xISBN Service Could Affect Almost Any Book-Related Site
A true story; selling open source
A true story; selling open source. Here is the scene: Several of us programmers at a small custom software business have been advocating that we open source our code. We advocate it gently and consistently, and have done so for years. The owner of the company is finally friendly to the idea, but would never… Continue reading A true story; selling open source