Author: Vince Kimball

Higher Education Accelerating Wireless Access for Students. “From the 2002 Campus Computing Survey Report from Campus Computing.net: 'Roughly two-thirds (67.9 percent) of the institutions participating in the 2002 survey report that they have functioning wireless LANs, compared to half (50.6 percent) in 2001 and 29.6 percent in 2000. Another eighth (12.7 percent) report that wireless… Continue reading Higher Education Accelerating Wireless Access for Students

Dear Abby, How Can My Industry Stop Alienating Our Customers and Making Money Again?. Stopping the Pop-swappers “According to the RIAA, CD sales dropped by 10% in 2001 and a further 6.8% last year, largely because of file sharing. But the figures tell a different story. In America and the rest of the world the… Continue reading Dear Abby, How Can My Industry Stop Alienating Our Customers and Making Money Again?

Travel Photography and the Law. “Before you take that photo, you may need permission for the following: Photographing buildings, works of art, or other copyrighted items; Photographing people; Photographing on public or private property. In this short article, attorney Dianne Brinson briefly discusses when permission may be required.” [xBlog: The visual thinking weblog | XPLANE]

When Financial Scandals Were More Fun. Patricia Beard's colorful new book suggests how Edith Wharton might have sounded had she been hugely interested in the insurance business. By Janet Maslin. [New York Times: Books]

An Experience with Safari. Ian Stoba, a Safari subscriber, describes a recent experience he had when his credit card submission was rejected. He writes, “Many other businesses could stand to learn that putting well informed and capable people in front of customers earns loyal, repeat business.”… [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Revisiting Zope. For years I've been following the adventures of Zope, an open source application server that is particularly adept at content management. The Zope engine and its layered applications are written in Python, and the whole system is built on top of a Python-based object database called ZODB. Having done a lot of Zope… Continue reading Revisiting Zope

Space and time.  The Times explains DSpace, where digital scholarship survives transient storage norms. A sample: ''Loss'' is propelling the movement. When a grant fizzles, when a professor resigns, retires or just buys a new computer, work can get lost. University libraries hope to preserve this material forever — not exactly a common time span… Continue reading Space and time

wiki backlash?.  There's an interesting thread on Phil Ringnalda's blog today regarding the naming process for the !(echo/atom/pie) syndication format project. I'm not yet at the point where I see wikis as adding sufficient value to any process I'm involved with to justify the installation, configuration, and learning curve for users necessary to add another… Continue reading wiki backlash?