Private Space Shot a Success. SpaceShipOne climbs to an altitude of 62 miles Monday before dropping safely to the ground. It's the first privately financed manned excursion into space. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California. [Wired News]
Month: June 2004
Rogers Cadenhead
Rogers Cadenhead: “When Buzzword.Com was launched last week, I had a feeling that the good news about restoring service to Weblogs.Com users would have more trouble getting around than the original, over-the-top reports of a blogger's 9/11.” [Scripting News]
Investigating New Blogging Software
Investigating New Blogging Software. After all of my other connectivity problems as of late, now Radio is acting up and not publishing my posts when I post them. As far as I can tell, Userland's upgrade focus is on Manila, not Radio, and while I love using blogging software that integrates a news aggregator, I'm… Continue reading Investigating New Blogging Software
The Taligent Effect
The Taligent Effect Several times this week, I found my self using the term “the Taligent effect.” The Taligent effect is what happens when a group of people put adherence to a software trend first and lose sight of the value of shipping software that people will actually use. Taligent was Apple's (and… Continue reading The Taligent Effect
.NET Tools: Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now
.NET Tools: Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now: 10 Tools you can use to make your development easier, faster and more fun! Source: MSDN: Visual Studio .NET * [Archipelago]
Thesis Project Proposal
Thesis Project Proposal. I've gotten my thesis project proposal (29k pdf) approved! My project will be creating an application prototype for what Don Norman refers to as pile cabinets: a different way of organizing things on the desktop. Instead of file folders and hierarchies, you arrange stacks of documents into thematic piles, just like you… Continue reading Thesis Project Proposal
Thesis Paper Proposal
Thesis Paper Proposal. After seven (7) different ideas and proposals(!), I've selected a topic for my thesis paper: The Role of Metaphor in Interaction Design. My proposal (35k pdf) was signed off by my advisor Shelley Evenson this morning. Hooray! In case you're wondering what the other, unchosen ones were: A Taxonomy of Digital Adaptive… Continue reading Thesis Paper Proposal
SeeNote: Final Presenation
SeeNote: Final Presenation. My team presented our final concept, specifications, and scenario of use (5.76mb ppt) for the Microsoft miLife project. We created a device (that could also be just a software platform) that combines the always-on, flexible nature of post-it notes with the intelligence of software. If you want to know what I've been… Continue reading SeeNote: Final Presenation
Seymour Hersh
Seymour Hersh. Israel's warnings: A former Administration official who had supported the war completed a discouraging tour of Iraq late last fall. He visited Tel Aviv afterward and found that the Israelis he met with were equally discouraged. As they saw it, their warnings and advice had been ignored, and the American war against the… Continue reading Seymour Hersh
A scenario depicting the disruption of Saudi Arabia
An over the weekend post to global guerrillas (in case you missed it). A scenario depicting the disruption of Saudi Arabia. Simple (easy to do with little chance of casualties). High impact. Low cost. High chance of success. It uses an unrefined version of global guerrilla tactics. This year long operations schedule would cost substantially less… Continue reading A scenario depicting the disruption of Saudi Arabia