Author: Vince Kimball

Web-Host Outsourcing. Saw this tonight in the newsletter. Langa Letter: Web-Host Outsourcing “Fred Langa explores the pros and cons of outsourcing Web sites and spotlights reader recommendations for finding the perfect Web host.” Definitely noting this one for myself to look at in March when I have to decide whether or not to renew with… Continue reading Web-Host Outsourcing

Software Craftsmanship. Writing code is not production, it's not always craftsmanship (though it can be), it's design. Design is that nebulous area where you can add value faster than you add cost. The New York Times magazine has been raving about the iPod and how Apple is one of the few companies that knows how… Continue reading Software Craftsmanship

Greenspun: “Thus did students who are within months of graduating with their $160,000 computer science degrees learn how modern information systems are actually built.” [Scripting News]

Ford on IM. Ford on IM: Peter Ford, chief architect for MSN Messenger, speaks with Eric Allman in an ACM Queue interview. The first half is heavily about the various protocols, their history and adoption, but the latter half gets into the user experience of various types of messaging. Things that caught my eye included speculation… Continue reading Ford on IM

Cheap RegEx. Cheap RegEx: Ben Forta posts regular-expressions to match the postal codes of US, Canada and UK, and others post similar handy expressions. This type of stuff is hard to find in search engines… most hits will point you to ways… [JD on MX]

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I did!

Off to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with family in Ohio . . .

Executive Dashboards. Executive Dashboards: At Boxes & Arrows, Alex Kirtland talks about supplying varied business data which alerts the user to changing conditions of their own personal criteria. Sounds dry? Perhaps, but it's also a good roadmap for high-value Central development…  [JD on MX]

Wes Clark's embracing of weblogs. It's hard not to be impressed with the way that Wesley Clark's campaign for the 2004 Presidential campaign has embraced weblogs. Going way beyond the now-requisite candidate weblog, the campaign registered ForClark.com, and (under Cam Barrett's guidance) is using it to create smaller communities of supporters that are able both… Continue reading Wes Clark's embracing of weblogs

Hiding behind the web. I guess I'm not the only one that noticed that a customer service phone number no longer appears anywhere obvious on Amazon's website. (A few months ago, I bought a wireless keyboard from them, and when it was broken on arrival, went hunting for the proper way to deal with the… Continue reading Hiding behind the web