VoodooPad 2.0 post-mortem. Gus Mueller wrote a VoodooPad 2.0 post-mortem. I love stuff like this and wish more programmers would write about writing their software. [inessential.com]
Author: Vince Kimball
The Digital Person
The Digital Person. Last week, I stayed at the St. Regis hotel in Washington, DC. It was my first visit, and the management gave me a questionnaire, asking me things like my birthday, my spouse's name and birthday, my anniversary, and my favorite fruits, drinks, and sweets. The purpose was clear; the hotel wanted to… Continue reading The Digital Person
CalDAV
CalDAV. Yesterday's item drew comment from the Chandler team. In email (quoted with permission) Jeffrey Harris wrote: Are you familiar with CalDAV? At OSAF we're very interested in getting a workable standard going for iCalendar over WebDAV, Lisa Dusseault has put time and energy into creating a draft standard. I've been working on a Python… Continue reading CalDAV
Doctor Who, now?
Doctor Who, now?. Doctor Who (oh blessed British Sci-Fi genius) is returning this spring. Well, a new Doctor Who, but a Doctor Who nonetheless. You can view a teaser on BBC's site if you'd like to whet your appetite a bit…and I do mean just a bit. The teaser is only 27 seconds long, but… Continue reading Doctor Who, now?
Scots pupils excel in international learning league
Scots pupils excel in international learning league. Scottish school pupils are outperforming their counterparts in countries such as the United States, Spain and Italy, according to research published yesterday. [The Scotsman]
Blair's rule full of gaffes, spin and control freakery, says mandarin
Blair's rule full of gaffes, spin and control freakery, says mandarin. Tony Blair's style of government was condemned yesterday as shallow and incompetent in a scathing assessment from one of the country's most authoritative figures. [The Scotsman]
Clarity vs. Simplicity
Clarity vs. Simplicity. Simplicity is dead. It's been dead for quite a while, and mostly because simple doesn't mean a whole lot. To some people simple means sparce. To others it means white. To others it means something else entirely. What really matters is clarity. Clarity in visual design. Clarity in copywriting. Clarity in purpose,… Continue reading Clarity vs. Simplicity
Soldiers headed to Iraq grill Rumsfeld
Soldiers headed to Iraq grill Rumsfeld. WASHINGTON — US soldiers in Kuwait who are headed to Iraq put Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on the defensive yesterday, grilling him about extended tours of duty and the continued lack of armor to protect vehicles from roadside bombs. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
Support builds for minimum wage hike
Support builds for minimum wage hike. Union leaders and advocates for the poor are uniting behind an effort to raise the state's $6.75-an-hour minimum wage for the first time since 2001 and to tie future increases to the inflation rate, a move that would make Massachusetts only the fourth state in the nation to establish… Continue reading Support builds for minimum wage hike
Samarra. Guerrillas looted an armory at a police station and then blew it up. This shows the difficult position the US in re: Iraqi forces. They need to be armed with the right weapons in order to defend themselves (which would boost morale). However, we won't give them the weapons they need because we are worried they will end up in the hands of the guerrillas. [John Robb's Weblog
Samarra. Guerrillas looted an armory at a police station and then blew it up. This shows the difficult position the US in re: Iraqi forces. They need to be armed with the right weapons in order to defend themselves (which would boost morale). However, we won't give them the weapons they need because we are… Continue reading Samarra. Guerrillas looted an armory at a police station and then blew
it up. This shows the difficult position the US in re: Iraqi forces.
They need to be armed with the right weapons in order to defend
themselves (which would boost morale). However, we won't give them the
weapons they need because we are worried they will end up in the hands
of the guerrillas. [John Robb's Weblog