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Is the US ready for the Market-State? Philip Bobbit's book on the emergence of the market-state is still a singular touchstone for anyone who wants insight into the future of American democracy. The market-state is focused more on maximal opportunity rather than minimum benefits (the welfare state). While this sounds like a Republican's dream, it… Continue reading Is the US ready for the Market-State?

Mac Vs. WinTel: Total Cost of Ownership. Winn Schwartau is a computer security expert. Several months ago, he switched from Windows to a Mac. He documented his experience in a series of 16 articles entitled Mad As Hell. You may not agree with all his conclusions, but it is definitely worth reading. Today he posted… Continue reading Mac Vs. WinTel: Total Cost of Ownership

37Signals to Release Writeboard Next Week. 37Signals – the geniuses behind Ta-daList, BackPack and BaseCamp – plan to launch a new Web-app next week called Writeboard. Some are speculating that it will resemble Writely – an AJAX-based collaborative word processor. Writeboard's tagline is “Write, share, revise, compare” … [Micro Persuasion]

Roberts May Be Good For Technology. By nat A CIO Magazine blog entry points out that John Roberts understood Internet technology when he was an attorney and a judge. Whatever the other political angles (and please, no comments about non-technological politics), I like that we have a Chief Justice who believes (and has ruled that)… Continue reading Roberts May Be Good For Technology

WE05 podcasts. Be at Web Essentials 2005 in Sydney, without being in Sydney. Awesome. Via Veerle. Visit site [SimpleBits]

Google School: Synonyms. Use synonyms when you want to search for a concept rather than a specific word sequence. By searching for ~nutrition ~information muffins, you tell Google to find related terms for each item tagged with a tilde (~). You'll find not only exact matches (e.g. Muffin Nutrition Information), but matches on Muffins Food… Continue reading Google School: Synonyms

G.E. Unit to Buy IDX Systems. The General Electric Company said on Thursday that its health care unit would buy IDX Systems, which makes software for health care offices. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Technology]

GREEN GUERRILLAS. A central theme of global guerrilla warfare is that the centralized systems we rely upon in modern nation-states are unable to withstand even a rudimentary low tech assault. The environmental movement picked up on this vulnerability for their own purposes…. [Global Guerrillas]

Sidelined Ed caught an interesting quote that should be getting more play (from a man that has the chops to call it like it is). Notice that the quote was barely picked up by the MSM…    [John Robb's Weblog]

Web Development Trends for 2006. Curious about what technologies and techniques are going to be popular in the coming months and into the next year? Well, our crack team of editors here at dashes.com (that is to say, me) have assembled a list of up-and-coming trends that you should keep an eye on. Call it… Continue reading Web Development Trends for 2006