Pope's illness a powerful symbol. Pope John Paul II's weakening health, underscored this past week by his hospitalization with complications from the flu, has left the world's largest religious denomination without a strong chief executive, but with an iconic leader who can unify the church symbolically even as he is increasingly unable to do so… Continue reading Pope's illness a powerful symbol
Month: February 2005
Modeling User Workflows for Rich Internet Applications
Modeling User Workflows for Rich Internet Applications. David Hogue has put up a brilliant explanation and tutorial on how to build improved work flows using Flex. It's all brilliant and totally right on. And it's typified by what Laszlo Systems user interfaces were doing two years before Flex. But that's spilt milk now. Just when… Continue reading Modeling User Workflows for Rich Internet Applications
Juan Cole's
Juan Cole's metric for an informed opinion on Iraq: (insert name here)…knows absolutely nothing about Iraq. I wonder if he has even ever read a single book on Iraq, much less written one. He knows no Arabic. He has never lived in an Arab country. He can't read Iraqi newspapers or those of Iraq's neighbors.… Continue reading Juan Cole's
The Solar Energy Industry Association roadmap 2030 (PDF). I can't find the total cost of the roadmap. Regardless, this is a classic market-state program. It radically increases the opportunity of US citizens by reducing dependencies. Freedom of action enhances opportunity formation. Want an industry of the future? Retrofitting the US economy for solar power is… Continue reading PDF
Business Plan Tips
Business Plan Tips. Planware.org provides weekly business planning tips in addition to a host of other information, shareware and freeware. [microISV]
The Password Is Fayleyure
Technology Review: The Password Is Fayleyure. Michael Schrage. So why are we demanding that millions of people spend more and more time and memory on a security procedure that yields less and less protection? The world doesn't need “better” or “more secure” passwords; it needs to wean itself from passwords and PINs as the medium… Continue reading The Password Is Fayleyure
The Most Important Post I Read Today – February 3 – Doc Searls on Moving Beyond “Content”
The Most Important Post I Read Today – February 3 – Doc Searls on Moving Beyond “Content”. I'm still processing thoughts and catching up after a great – no, wonderful – time at LegalTech in New York. I expect to begin posting about some of that in the next few days. In the meantime, the… Continue reading The Most Important Post I Read Today – February 3 – Doc Searls on Moving Beyond “Content”
Tinderbox Cards
Tinderbox Cards. Waiting for the plane to taxi to the O'Hare runway, I was thinking about the best tools for Tinderbox when Tinderbox isn't handy. Tools for getting ideas now, before you forget them. Before you start worrying about remembering them. Notes you can jot down right now, so you can move on. You'll… Continue reading Tinderbox Cards
Coffee shop software
Coffee shop software. Wired news has a story about the company Delicious Monster whose Delicious Library software was released in late 2004. Even more intriguing than the $250,000 in sales in the first month after the release is that all 7 staff members used a Seattle coffee shop as their office. … [microISV]
Creating a logo
Creating a logo. Ian Landsman shares his experience of working with a graphic designer to create a new business logo for his company UserScape and his product HelpSpot. He documents each step of the process from the initial drawings by hand to the selection of the final colors. [microISV]