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Storm Overwhelmed Government's Preparations. Despite all the warnings, Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the very government agencies that had rehearsed for such a calamity. By SCOTT SHANE and ERIC LIPTON. [NYT > Home Page]

Local Officials Criticize Federal Government Over Response. Despair, privation and violent lawlessness grew so extreme in New Orleans that the mayor issued a “desperate S.O.S.” By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and DEBORAH SONTAG. [NYT > Home Page]

Microsoft to Acquire Teleo, an Internet Phone Company. Microsoft is expected to announce on Wednesday that it is acquiring a San Francisco-based Internet phone company, Teleo, to add features to its MSN Internet portal service. By CHRIS OAKES International Herald Tribune. [NYT > Technology]

Master the art of asking If you want to be an effective communicator, you need more than just communication skills: you need to have something meaningful to say. You can start by 1. Collecting good information, and 2. Taking the extra time and energy to make it relevant to others. You can do both at… Continue reading Master the art of asking

App-less Web Apps. This is really cool. 37Signals has a couple neat posts which really struck me this morning. The first one I missed a while ago, App-less web apps and this morning’s ponderings about URLs vs. usernames and passwords. The reason is that I’ve been “working” (i.e. thinking a lot about and doing nothing… Continue reading App-less Web Apps

Blow your own mind. If you want your brain to stay sharp, you have to work it. “I write complex code every day of the week. That's all the brain exercise I need.” you say. But you're wrong…. [Creating Passionate Users]

Don't hire on the cheap. I’ve recently learned my lesson about hiring workers on the cheap. A friend of mine recommended I hire this guy and his crew to handle some painting and wood stripping/refinishing. The quote came in really low and the time frame wasn’t realistic. Against my best judgement, I went for it… Continue reading Don't hire on the cheap

Much of Gulf Coast Is Crippled; Toll Rises. Floodwaters were still rising as much as three inches an hour in parts of New Orleans late Tuesday. By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and N. R. KLEINFIELD. [NYT > Home Page]

The Pacific Institute. Going through my many pages of notes, here are some highlights: – Goals cause us to change what we see, who we talk to, and where we go for information. State (or better yet, write) a goal, and then walk into a bookstore, surf the net, or talk to a stranger in… Continue reading The Pacific Institute

Mass. high court creates archive of oral arguments. I've written here and here about the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's launch last spring of live webcasts of its oral arguments. Today the court announced that, in addition to the live webcasts, it will provide permanent archives, posted to the Web [Robert Ambrogi's LawSites]