Month: April 2004

Cut the Bull, There's More Than Longhorn. Mary Jo Foley takes the Windows client team to task about new releases of Windows. Some of which–like XP SP2–will be released as patches: I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Windows client team needs to stop the waffling and the double speak. It's just… Continue reading Cut the Bull, There's More Than Longhorn.

Mary Jo Foley

The Joys of Apple Computers.  So I've been using my Apple Powerbook for over a year now. I obviously like Apple or else I wouldn't have added to my collection by getting an iMac desktop last Christmas. At first, my kids weren't too happy about the iMac, but now they like it more than the… Continue reading The Joys of Apple Computers

Recognition. I've been busy, as you can probably tell from my not posting at all yesterday, but something that I've been thinking a lot about is the “mystery” of technology work. I'm reminded of something my driver's education instructor told me many, many years ago. He said the goal of good driving was never to… Continue reading Recognition

Always-on identification.  David Weinberger's recent essay, There's No “I” in “Identity”, advances a notion of real-world identity that's so different from mine I had to sort out why. David writes: In the real world, we don't identify everyone. We only identify those about whom we have doubts that we have to resolve for some purpose.… Continue reading Always-on identification

Can E-Mail Be Saved?. The cover story of Monday's InfoWorld is Can e-mail be saved? Reporter Paul Boutin solicited the opinion of six industry insiders to answer the question. Here's the section of the article that includes Ray Ozzie's viewpoints on the topic: Creator of Lotus Notes, the groupware used by 100 million people, Ray… Continue reading Can E-Mail Be Saved?

Rural Folk May Yet Get Broadband. In the latest effort to bring high-speed Internet access to rural areas, the FCC proposes letting wireless service providers share airwaves currently used by satellites and radar. Satellite companies hasten to protect their slice of the spectrum. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]

Why your mass e-mail requests get ignored. Harvard researchers have discovered that a long-used practice in e-mail communications actually discourages responses. [CNET News.com] I have always wondered about this – now some research. [Scott Young's Radio Weblog]

Why Content Management (& KM) Fails. Jeffrey Veen at Adaptive Path discusses why content management endeavors fail. With respect to web site content, many organizations complain that their sites are “woefully out of date, growing out of control, and generally a complete mess. Almost unanimously, these companies have chosen to solve the problem by handing… Continue reading Why Content Management (& KM) Fails

Blog vs. Conventional Web Site. Jeff Beard has a typically well-thought-out summary of the reasons why a lawyer might want to use a blog instead of a conventional web site…. [Netlawblog]

InfoWorld: Can e-mail be saved? Paul Boutin. Instead of tinkering with ever more complex anti-spam filters and gateways, it's time to rethink the way e-mail works in the enterprise. With that in mind, we rounded up a half dozen successful software entrepreneurs — plus one unrepentant spammer — and asked them how they would change… Continue reading Can e-mail be saved?