Author: Vince Kimball

No Surveillance Tech for Tampa. Police in Tampa, Florida, are removing facial recognition software from the Ybor City entertainment district after the 2-year-old deployment of the software failed to produce arrests. Civil rights groups hailed the move. [Wired News]

TIF: Thesaurus Interchange Format. Semantic Blogging Demonstrator is pointing to Alistair Miles' and Brian Matthews' Thesaurus Interchange Format RDF schema, which is designed to link thesauri. [ia/ – information architecture news]

Article on XML.com: 'The Semantic Web is Closer Than You Think'. Kendall Grant Clark gives an overview of what's to come on the Web. [ia/ – information architecture news]

A Church at a Crossroad and Its Future at Stake. Peter Steinfels, a columnist for The Times, says in a new book that the Roman Catholic Church in America must change in order to survive. By Garry Wills. [New York Times: Books]

A new law firm model?. Dennis Kennedy is asking a provocative question: has technology enabled a better law firm model than the ones that are currently in place? Read Dennis' post about the Virtual Law Firm and let him know what you think about his… [Ernie The Attorney]

Book Review: The Death of Common Sense. Philip K. Howard is a lawyer, and he has written a wonderful account of how screwed up our current legal system is entitled: The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America. The book chronicles how the legal system,… [Ernie The Attorney]

Internet Convergence 2.0. There's an opinion / trends article I wrote posted on Macromedia's DevNet website. It gives a cursory overview of ten trends that are driving a new Internet convergence. Enjoy and would love comments! [Jeremy Allaire's Radio]

One thing Microsoft should do is commission Cyan, the designers of Myst/Riven, to build fully immersive wallpapers for Longhorn.  What a blast that would be.  Waves, tides, wind, birds, sound, etc.   Winter, summer, spring, and fall. [John Robb's Weblog]

Here is what I would buy:  a simple, private, shared space P2P system.  A folder on my desktop that allows me to share files with all of my computers regardless of where I connect.  A system where I can create subfolders and share them with my family and friends via permissions.  Very simple.  No overhead like Groove. … Continue reading John Robb's Weblog

There is a light that never goes out. A week ago we would have thought this was a crazy idea, but after last week's blackout, we actually might consider picking up a few of these: lightbulbs that continue to glow in the dark after they're switched off.The bulbs, which take 15 minutes to charge, remain… Continue reading There is a light that never goes out