My 2004 Crystal Ball: Search, Social Networks, Reputation, RSS. Given the upcoming new year, I figure it's a good time to share what my crystal ball is telling me. The year 2004 will be exciting for technologists. Pressure has been building in several areas that are poised to really cook next year. Here's my brief… Continue reading My 2004 Crystal Ball: Search, Social Networks, Reputation, RSS
Author: Vince Kimball
Yahoo's New Plan to Fight Spam
Wired News: Yahoo's New Plan to Fight Spam. Under Yahoo's new architecture, a system sending an e-mail message would embed a secure, private key in a message header. The receiving system would check the Internet's Domain Name System for the public key registered to the sending domain. [Tomalak's Realm]
An EDGE card from Apple?
An EDGE card from Apple?. While we're on the topic, PowerPage is reporting that Apple is getting ready to release a wireless laptop card that will connect to AT&T Wireless' EDGE network. No word on when this might become available, though. [Gizmodo]
PC Mag chooses TypePad
PC Mag chooses TypePad. Congratulations to TypePad for being named PC Magazine's Editor's Choice in their recent roundup of blog tools. Well deserved, IMO. [Nick Bradbury]
To those calling for revolution
To those calling for revolution. David R. Remer is calling for a revolution at the ballot box, but that stirred commenter Son of Liberty to say, “It's almost time to get the guns out. 2005, regardless of who's elected.” This is incitement to violence. . . . And that leads to my final argument. Bush… Continue reading To those calling for revolution
Zero Install
Zero Install. Zero Install is a Java Web Start-like system for running Linux applications without any manual installation. [Hack the Planet]
Listening
Listening. I’ve written before about how listening is the most important skill a software developer can have. One part of listening is the art of listening to feature requests. Sometimes you get a feature request that describes a problem and proposes a solution that’s right on the mark: all you have to do is implement… Continue reading Listening
mini ice age
Of course, one of the earliest blizzards since the 40's (and last year's snow that was continuous from Thanksgiving to early March) may make you think of the mini ice age predicted by Wood's Hole. [John Robb's Weblog]
10 hottest wireless applications for 2004
10 hottest wireless applications for 2004. According to Dan O'Shea in Telephony magazine Dec. 1 1. Multimedia messaging 2. Voice over WLAN3. Localized content 4. Multicasting5. Group press-to-talk6. Remote networking 7. Wireless printing8. Mobile blogging9. Mobile community services 10. Industrial productivity “MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING MMS is sort of like hot apps 1 through 5. The kids… Continue reading 10 hottest wireless applications for 2004
How public's choice was ignored
How public's choice was ignored. ALMOST a third of all the responses to a consultation process for the design of the new Holyrood parliament were so derogatory that they had to be discarded, it emerged yesterday. [The Scotsman]