Month: July 2005

Side-Business Software: The neglected software market. The most innovative software designed over the next 10 years will 1. be web-based, 2. will come from small teams, 3. will come from self-funded companies, and 4. will be for the “side-business” or 1-10 person business market. The “long tail” is a buzzword. What’s real are the millions… Continue reading Side-Business Software: The neglected software market

Why the big teams can't hit the right notes. Joel hits a high note himself documenting the 1:10 productivity difference between crap and rock star programmers in Hitting the High Notes. But what’s even more interesting about his argument is the thesis that its not just about productivity, it’s about making a different class of… Continue reading Why the big teams can't hit the right notes

Chillin' with Trillian. If you're planning on offering instant messaging reference services at your library using Trillian as the chat aggregator (and LiB recommends that you do), check out Beatrice Pulliam's training materials on Trillian.  … [LibrarianInBlack]

Wiki your library. Michael Stephens makes an excellent recommendation for all libraries: make sure your library is listed in Wikipedia under your town/county/state. It's really easy to edit an entry to add a link to your library's website … [LibrarianInBlack]

Useit.Com: Amazon: No Longer the Role Model for E-Commerce Design. For many years, that one thing in e-commerce design was “Do like Amazon.” No more. Amazon has recently changed so much that the average e-commerce site will reduce its usability by emulating its design too closely. [Tomalak's Realm]

A whole lot of Typo. I spent almost all of my free time this weekend working on Typo. We managed to merge my sidebar code and my new theme code, although both of them changed a lot in the process. Typo 2.5 should be out sometime this week. It’ll be a huge upgrade from Typo… Continue reading A whole lot of Typo

Vivato Unwires Sarasota. Vivato and Southeastern Communication Service, a general contractor specializing in turnkey construction of wireless communication sites, are providing WiFi for Sarasota, Florida. They have completed the first phase of a Wi-Fi system to support public safety efforts, economic development initiatives, and tourism within a five-square-mile area of the City of Sarasota, Florida.… Continue reading Vivato Unwires Sarasota

Yahoo goes beyond the browser with widget buy. Yahoo on Monday purchased the company behind Konfabulator, a JavaScript runtime engine that lets developers create mini applications called widgets. Konfabulator can be used to make customized desktop applications composed of clocks, calendars, lottery results, WiFi signal strength, stock prices, and traffic conditions, to name a few.… Continue reading Yahoo goes beyond the browser with widget buy

Buy the language and framework, get practices for free!.  John Nunemaker was already “happy” developing application in Cold Fusion and PHP, so why bother learning a new language like Ruby? Or so went his thinking, until he saw the new 15 minute intro movie: Within three to four minutes of viewing the intro, my jaw… Continue reading Buy
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Power of the blog. This FT.com article, Internet study warns politicians on power of the blog, says that “websites played an important role in swinging public opinion against Europe's constitutional treaty, according to an internet study by two researchers at the University of Technology ofCompiègne (UTC)”  [Smart Mobs]