Would you turn down a lot of money?. 37signals recently turned down a big job because the client wouldn’t agree that ownership depended on payment (details in the link). Saying no, even when it means losing revenues, is much, much better than having a difficult client. Good thoughts for everyone who does contract work. [ia/… Continue reading Would you turn down a lot of money?
Month: June 2004
The API War
The API War. “There are two opposing forces inside Microsoft, which I will refer to, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, as The Raymond Chen Camp and The MSDN Magazine Camp.” How Microsoft Lost the API War [Joel on Software]
Thousands of Blogs Fall Silent
Thousands of Blogs Fall Silent. With the flip of a switch Sunday, Dave Winer closed Weblogs.com without warning, leaving bloggers in the lurch. Winer cites personal reasons, but that's not good enough for everyone. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
Lock up your journalists
Lock up your journalists. Reporters in chains. Under Homeland Security orders, journalists from England, Sweden, Holland and other friendly countries are being detained at U.S. airports, strip-searched and deported. [Salon.com] “Most countries that require special visas for journalists tend to be totalitarian states.” said Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of… Continue reading Lock up your journalists
The Lunar Men
The Lunar Men. The time: The early 1700sThe place: England, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In this book, Jenny Uglow details the lives of the group of men – industrialists, scientists, doctors, and others – who made up the “Lunar Society of Birmingham“. Some of them you've may have heard of – James… Continue reading The Lunar Men
Seriously, people trusted this man?
Seriously, people trusted this man?. Michael Pusateri says it better than I ever could. I just found it a bit odd that all the weblogs.com sites were shut down without even the smallest of notices on the high-traffic home page of the man who shut them down; it's a page that's been used as a… Continue reading Seriously, people trusted this man?
Apple: Admin Tools 10.3.4
Apple: Admin Tools 10.3.4. You can download Apple's “Panther” Server Admin Tools 10.3.4 and run them from another Mac OS X computer. [MacInTouch]
Firefox
Firefox. Oh, goody, FireFox 0.9 is here. And it's less than a 5 MB download. I have long since switched to FireFox for web browsing. I switched for the popup blocking but I stayed for the tabbed browsing. Here are three reasons to switch web browsers today: You'll get fewer viruses and you'll get no annoying… Continue reading Firefox
Linksys Network Storage Link, Turn Any USB Harddrive Into Network Storage
Linksys Network Storage Link, Turn Any USB Harddrive Into Network Storage. While they're promoting it with Maxtor, there's nothing stopping you from using Linksys's new Network Storage Link (NSLU2) with any external USB hard drive to turn it into a network storage device (not unlike the Mirra or other backup units). Storage Link even provides… Continue reading Linksys Network Storage Link, Turn Any USB Harddrive Into Network Storage
NYTimes Op Ed
NYTimes Op Ed from Peter Singer on the Aegis affair. He hits the nail on the head here: The strength of systems of democracy and capitalism are that they are supposed to be self-correcting and self-improving. When mistakes are made, lessons are learned so that the errors are not repeated. When it comes to the… Continue reading NYTimes Op Ed