Author: Vince Kimball

EE Times: U.S. high-speed access nears 20 million subscribers. High-speed Internet access connecting U.S. homes and businesses increased 23 percent during the second half of 2002, according to government figures released Tuesday. The Federal Communications Commission said there were 19.9 million high-speed lines as of the end of 2002. [Tomalak's Realm]

The American Conservative May 19, 2003 issue – Surveillance State. Since September 11, a flood of federal legislation has reduced American freedom without increasing our security. Perhaps you've visited your local library to keep speed with the War on Terror: borrowed a few books on Islamic fundamentalism or did web research on biochemical weapons. Beware.… Continue reading Surveillance State

Ohio Courts Embrace Technology. “Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer announced that the results of the latest Ohio Supreme Court 2002 Survey on Technology and the Courts shows that Ohio courts are steadily advancing in their use of technology,” according to this article in Govtech.net…. [beSpacific]

Phil Windley | Weblog Business Strategies: Michael Gartenberg. Quote: “Adam talks about the barriers to entry with CMS systems. Boy is that ever true. We tried to put a CMS system in place in Utah and I think its still not off the ground. Its difficult to get the use cases right, difficult to train… Continue reading Phil Windley | Weblog Business Strategies: Michael Gartenberg

Nick Bradbury is at it again.  I just learned about Nick Bradbury's latest project, FeedDemon, an RSS news aggregator.  Nick's work in the web development tools space has been pioneering, with HomeSite being the most popular HTML text-editor ever released, and TopStyle, the standard productivity tool for CSS editing.  Versions of both HomeSite and TopStyle… Continue reading Nick Bradbury is at it again

We Seem To Have Forgotten That Librarians Are Teachers, Too. Oh, You Think You Know How to Search the Internet, Do You? “From Denise Howell's unofficial transcript of the recent conference with luminaries such as the founders of Google (Larry Page and Sergey Brin), we get this statement from Larry Page: Page: 'I've been waiting… Continue reading We Seem To Have Forgotten That Librarians Are Teachers, Too

Replay Fun.  BTW, Pamela says it's Bollywood month on TCM on Thursdays, and Entertainment Weekly confirms that Thursday night will be “Intro to Bollywood” with back-to-back-to-back showings of Rangeela, Dil Chahta Hai, and Sholay. I'll be setting my ReplayTV for this. Speaking of which, I'm having great fun with the new 5000 version we recently… Continue reading Replay Fun

Weblog conference in Boston. Some great live blogging is happening from the Jupiter/ClickZ Weblog Business Strategy Conference. You can follow a few of the most prolific posters: Denise and David Weinberger are both doing a fantastic job. Or you could just go to the metablog set up for this conference. Anytime anyone posts to their… Continue reading Weblog conference in Boston

danah Boyd's faceted identity thesis, which she linked to from her zephoria blog, looks very cool. I am going to read it.  [Marc's Voice]

Oh, you think you know how to search the Internet, do you?. From Denise Howell's unofficial transcript of the recent conference with luminaries such as the founders of Google (Larry Page and Sergey Brin), we get this statement from Larry Page: Page: “I've been waiting for them to start teaching searching, alongside spelling, in school.”… Continue reading Oh, you think you know how to search the Internet, do you?