Author: Vince Kimball

Save My Whiteboard:. Save My Whiteboard: “I find that students having difficulty understanding the lecture are faced with a perplexing decision. They can either take notes like crazy, trying to write down everything the professor says, and hope to decipher them sometime after class, or they can put down their pencils and concentrate completely on… Continue reading Save My Whiteboard:

Network World: Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers. Nobody knows how big or how active the routing table can get before the Internet's core routers start crashing. But current projections show that if the growth goes unchecked, the Internet could face a router processing-power crunch in as soon as 18 months. [Tomalak's Realm]

My copy of Radio Userland, which is what I use to manage this weblog, is misbehaving today. But using the “Start Over” command seems to have fixed things. I wonder what the real problem was. Maybe one of the object databases got corrupted.

Dan Bricklin: The “Computer as Assistant” Fallacy. This type of thinking strikes me as strange. We don't ask for our automobiles to be more natural and intelligent, nor do we call for the next generation of cars to be like chauffeurs. With cars, we talk about responsiveness, comfort, power, cargo size, and safety. [Tomalak's Realm]

Oh, did you see this in the Register? S+++! Microsoft's Passport license says “All your data belong to us.” [scobleizer]

PeterCoffee: Microsoft's cheerful desperation “Microsoft wants the next generation of personal computers to be more usable. Who could disagree? But PC buyers may be more than a little surprised, and not entirely pleased, to learn the full extent and direction of Microsoft's influence over the capabilities and design details of the next generation of business… Continue reading Microsoft's cheerful desperation

Phil Jones says that the problem isn't Microsoft, it's Amazon (cause of their patent-hungry culture). I'm conflicted, for certain. If I had morals, I'd take Amazon off my site. But, I don't. I'm selling out, and I'm quite honest when saying that. Plus, I like Amazon — they offer the best deal on the Internet… Continue reading Phil Jones says

Jeff Bezos' Amazon.com continues to be under pressure from investors and observers of the e-marketplace, but Bezos professes utter confidence in his company and its future. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

Went to a Nusphere MySQL seminar this morning.

Corporate Sites Seem to Skimp on the Facts. NY Times: Corporate Sites Seem to Skimp on the Facts. A new study indicates that corporate Web sites often fail at what might seem most important: getting out the corporate message. It found that in many cases, reporters could not use the sites to get information as… Continue reading Corporate Sites Seem to Skimp on the Facts