InfoWorld: E-mail's many hats. Jon Udell. But even though e-mail isn't the best tool for any of these tasks, it provides a single interface to all of them. Here's a challenge: Let's improve the various functions performed by e-mail without multiplying the interfaces people must learn in order to use those functions. [Tomalak's Realm]
Author: Vince Kimball
The Turing Award
The Turing Award. It was just announced this week that the ACM A.M. Turing Award has been given to Alan Kay, to recognize his great work on Smalltalk, object-oriented programming, and the personal computer. Congratulations, Dr. Kay! Alan Kay is my hero. He is a great visionary, and yet in the two times I've met him… Continue reading The Turing Award
The Secret Source of Google's Power
The Secret Source of Google's Power. The first time i saw this, i just read the first paragraph and assumed it was going to be an anti-google rant and switched off. Now that everyone is pointing to it, i'm persuaded that this is one of the most important discussions on designing scalable web stuff. [PHP Everywhere]
JPEG Hits New Patent-Infringement Snag
eWEEK: JPEG Hits New Patent-Infringement Snag. Patent infringement issues surrounding the JPEG image standard resurfaced on Thursday after a small software vendor filed lawsuits against 31 companies ranging from Adobe Systems Inc. and Apple Computer Inc. to IBM and Hewlett-Packard Co. [Tomalak's Realm]
Special Elections in case of Disaster? No thanks.
Special Elections in case of Disaster? No thanks.. The older I get, the less I like direct democracy. Consider the bill passed yesterday by the US House that provides for special elections within 45 days in case the Congress is decimated by some catastrophe. James Sensenbrenner (R, WI,) never a friend of individual rights, and… Continue reading Special Elections in case of Disaster? No thanks.
Queen Mary 2 Arrives in New York
Queen Mary 2 Arrives in New York. Yesterday morning the 21-story-high Queen Mary 2 completed its maiden voyage across the Atlantic and slipped through fog beneath the Verazzano Straits Bridge to enter New York Harbor. At 151,400 tons, the QM2 is twice the size of the original Queen Mary (retired in 1967 after a 30-year… Continue reading Queen Mary 2 Arrives in New York
Active résumés
Active résumés. Any professional whose work is visible on the Net will become part of the conversation that establishes reputation and creates opportunity. The blog is an active résumé that enables you to participate — by proxy — in that conversation. What an active résumé should include will vary by profession and according to personal inclination.… Continue reading Active résumés
Computer Security and Online Privacy Geared to the Home and Small Office User
Press Release (may contain unnecessary superlatives, corporate bias) via Internet Telephony Magazine – Norwalk,CT,USA – Computer Security and Online Privacy Geared to the Home and Small Office User. BERKELEY, Calif. –(Business Wire)– April 22, 2004 — Apress(R) is pleased to announce the release of Computer Security for the Home and Small Office by Thomas C.… Continue reading Computer Security and Online Privacy Geared to the Home and Small Office User
AIfIA opens the IA Library
AIfIA opens the IA Library. The Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (AIfIA) is pleased to announce the opening of the Information Architecture Library, an international collection of the best articles, books, blogs, guides, reports, and other resources related to the field of information architecture. The IA Library was developed by Joanna Markel and Jeff Tang,… Continue reading AIfIA opens the IA Library
This should be interesting
This should be interesting. Newly subscribed in my aggregator: Doc Searls' IT Garage News, ideas and real world stories about how IT folks solve their own problems [Life of a one-man IT department]