Author: Vince Kimball

Open source and reputation. I recently received an email from a reader of my book, asking about the licensing terms of the book. Here's an excerpt. [diveintomark]

Doc Searls: Whose side is TiVo on? The money behind TiVo is glad to buy TV ads showing viewers throwing TV executives out the window, but TiVo will never install anything that poses a threat to the relationships between media and their real market partners: advertisers. And that's why it's doomed. [Tomalak's Realm]

Feds stop seeking Microsoft breakup. AP: “The Bush administration, reversing the Clinton White House legal strategy against Microsoft, told the software manufacturer Thursday it no longer seeks to have the company broken up.”… [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

That Darn Content. Sooner or later all site designers must accept the fact that their pages must contain content. (Either that, or they won't be designers long.) But long text blocks do not necessarily mean boring page displays. Wendy Peck shows you the difference. [WebReference News]

MIT: OpenCourseware. Move to open courses MIT: OpenCourseware and CMU's Carnegie Technology Education (CTE) program show that trend toward open sharing of information among universities is gaining strengh. CTE program is actually used at my uni right now to certify certain courses. This is a very good trend, indeed. A few weeks ago I put… Continue reading MIT: OpenCourseware

Convert PowerPoint to Flash Interesting new app that converts PowerPoint to Flash. I don't do a lot of PowerPoint anymore, but this would have been helpful since a lot of people have the ability to play Flash animations, but not as many can play PowerPoint stuff. [Scobleizer]

The PHP Accelerator (Cache). The Accelerator is a plugin extension to PHP that accelerates script execution typically between 2 and 3 times by caching compiled code for instant reuse the next time your scripts are accessed. If you look at Nick's history, he says he started learning how to use the Zend engine only on… Continue reading The PHP Accelerator (Cache)

Study: Who Needs Privacy Laws?. As Congress returns to town, a libertarian group is telling legislators that technology can protect privacy better than laws. Liberal privacy advocates call the new study nonsense. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]

Stop The Upgrade Insanity : [A 12-18 month upgrade cycle] gives the manufacturers time to make really significant improvements to the hardware — not just changing a color or adding a FireWire port, but something that really makes a difference. (Low End Mac via Applesurf) [Applesurf]

PR: Bitstream Develops Font Subsystem for Linux. “Bitstream Inc. announced today the beta release of btX, a font server for Linux. btX gives Linux the same font presentation as that found on the Macintosh and on Windows. With btX, developers can render hinted, anti-aliased, and kerned characters, producing great looking text on screen.”… [Meerkat: An… Continue reading PR: Bitstream Develops Font Subsystem for Linux