Entry into the US Becoming More Complicated: No Exceptions for Allies. Starting this month travelers from 27 nations are to be photographed and fingerprinted for the first time at American airports. This includes visitors from Germany and Japan, two of the biggest sources of overseas visitors to the United States. It also includes visitors from… Continue reading Entry into the US Becoming More Complicated: No Exceptions for Allies
Month: November 2004
Behavioral Assessment Profiling
Behavioral Assessment Profiling. On Dec. 14, 1999, Ahmed Ressam tried to enter the United States from Canada at Port Angeles, Wash. He had a suitcase bomb in the trunk of his car. A US customs agent, Diana Dean, questioned him at the border. He was fidgeting, sweaty, and jittery. He avoided eye contact. In Dean's… Continue reading Behavioral Assessment Profiling
How Much Harm Can One Web Site Do?
How Much Harm Can One Web Site Do?. Ben Edelman has written extensively on issues including censorship and spyware. He's got a very interesting piece on his site now about who profits from spyware, and how much spyware can be installed on a Windows XP machine when the user simply visits a single Web site… Continue reading How Much Harm Can One Web Site Do?
A research agenda for Information Architecture
A research agenda for Information Architecture. Peter van Dijck expresses frustration with the slow pace of new thinking in his information architecture research agenda. Lots of good response on SIGIA and the aifia-members lists that Peter sums up on his blog. In particular, the question of whether we need more research, or whether we need… Continue reading A research agenda for Information Architecture
A Kinder, Gentler Copyright Bill?
Wired News: A Kinder, Gentler Copyright Bill? The Senate passed a scaled-back version of a controversial copyright bill Saturday, keeping a provision that imposes severe penalties on people caught with camcorders in movie theaters but scrapping other provisions that copyright-reform activists had criticized. [Tomalak's Realm]
Hotspot Security for the Average Person
Hotspot Security for the Average Person. Protecting your passwords and your data at a hotspot, in two parts: I've written a brief, two-part series for The Seattle Times's SOHO (small office/home office) focus in their Monday Business section on how to secure yourself at a Wi-Fi hotspots. This week, I point to email protection; next… Continue reading Hotspot Security for the Average Person
Tolkien's house protected
Tolkien's house protected. J.R.R. Tolkien's house in Oxford is now protected by the British government with a Grade II listing, which means improvements or alterations to the building must take into consideration its original design & preservation concerns. I've always wanted to see Tolkien's house, and now I know it will be there a while… Continue reading Tolkien's house protected
How much does ROI matter?
How much does ROI matter?. UIDesigner points to The Tao of ROI, a must-read article for UX types looking to communicate business value. The key take away for me, something Ive had a gut feeling for, but never articulated, is that the value of an ROI exercise is in the process, not the result. This… Continue reading How much does ROI matter?
Software factories: a conversation with Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield
Software factories: a conversation with Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield. On Friday I had a talk with two of Microsoft's patterns & practices leaders: Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield. Ward (along with Kent Beck) ignited the patterns movement with a seminal paper at OOPSLA 1987. Jack developed NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework (now Apple's WebObjects), was… Continue reading Software factories: a conversation with Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield
Product plug: Campaign Monitor
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