Month: May 2004

On thinking big….  I just finished giving a talk to a group of 400 high-powered (high-leverage, high-paid) credit card execs. As I left the hotel, I passed a much smaller room, where a seminar for local CPAs was going on. The snacks didn't seem as good. The booklets weren't that interesting either. apparently. But what… Continue reading On thinking big…

Advice on ID cards came from firm 'set to make millions'. The Home Office was advised on David Blunkett's controversial identity card scheme by a company that stands to make millions of pounds from the project, The Scotsman can reveal. [The Scotsman]

Open warfare as rivals line up to succeed Blair. Tony Blair's premiership appeared to be entering its final phase yesterday, with Cabinet ministers led by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, openly manoeuvring to succeed him. [The Scotsman]

eWeek – Cisco Source Code Reportedly Stolen. SecurityLab is reporting that the source code for Cisco Systems Inc.'s main networking device operating system was stolen on Thursday. According to the report, criminal hackers broke into Cisco's corporate network and stole 800MB of source code for IOS 12.3 and 12.3t (an early deployment version containing features… Continue reading Cisco Source Code Reportedly Stolen

Fraud in Online Job Listings. Some job seekers who turn to the Internet for help-wanted listings are learning about fraud the hard way. By Bob Tedeschi. [New York Times: Technology]

NY Times: Intel's Big Shift After Hitting Technical Wall. Last week after the company said that it was making a fundamental break with its traditional chip design approach, some analysts and former Intel designers said that Intel was coming to terms with escalating heat problems so severe they threatened to cause its chips to fracture… Continue reading Intel's Big Shift After Hitting Technical Wall

Welcome to the 'Smart Ploggers'. No, it's not a typo. A plog is short for 'project log' like a blog is short for 'weblog' or 'web log.' And plogs start to be used as tools to manage projects, especially in the IT world, as discovered Michael Schrage of the MIT. He reports his findings in… Continue reading Welcome to the 'Smart Ploggers'

Frontier kernel open-source. Dave Winer announced that the Frontier kernel—the C code, the internals of the application—will be made open-source. I’m glad: I think it’s a good thing for Frontier and Radio and their users. During the latter part of my stint at UserLand I worked on the Frontier kernel. A big part of my… Continue reading Frontier kernel open-source