Britain's Wi-Fi Court System. From ZD/Net UK: “Wireless hot spots have been set up at seven UK law courts as part of a trial that could lead to a national rollout, as the British government continues to show interest in the potential of Wi-Fi.”… [Ernie The Attorney]
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One IT Manager's Sad Story
One IT Manager's Sad Story. Over the weekend, I visited with a buddy not seen for nearly two years. He is IT manager for a non-profit group. Last time we spoke, he had just signed up for Microsoft's Software Assurance. Two years later, it's renewal time, and he has decided not to shell out $6,000 for… Continue reading One IT Manager's Sad Story
MindManager – very cool
MindManager – very cool. I've been working with a new version of MindManager Pro for the last couple of weeks, and it's really cool. A couple of sharp consultants and resellers of MindManager were in my London seminar a few weeks ago (Nik Tipler and Nikk Duffill of gyronix), and they gave me a copy, along… Continue reading MindManager – very cool
Strategies for Successful Knowledge Management in Large Law Firms
Strategies for Successful Knowledge Management in Large Law Firms. Highly-regarded legal technology consultant, Ron Friedmann, and I have published a new article called “Strategies for Successful Knowledge Management in Large Law Firms: Lessons Learned from Experiences with Document Management Systems.” We've written the article as a point – counterpoint dialog with the idea of making… Continue reading Strategies for Successful Knowledge Management in Large Law Firms
Joel Spolsky and the Temple of Doom
Joel Spolsky and the Temple of Doom. I'm back, with a very interesting topic too! Joel Spolsky, ex-Microsoft Manager and software engineering guru has a new essay, How Microsoft Lost the API War that is creating quite a big storm in the blogging communitiy. Joel posits that the priests in the holy Temple of Microsoft… Continue reading Joel Spolsky and the Temple of Doom
More reaction to Joel's API War post flows in
More reaction to Joel's API War post flows in. The reaction to Joel Spolsky's API Wars piece keeps coming in. Prasenjeet Dutta: Right or wrong, Joel scored a slam dunk. …It is not clear that soldiering on with the Raymond Chen approach1, with its 80s era design, would have solved anything. Larry O'Brien: mciSendString(“Wrong, Joel”).… Continue reading More reaction to Joel's API War post flows in
Notes from conversational marketing talk at Cooper Katz PR firm
Notes from conversational marketing talk at Cooper Katz PR firm. Steve Rubel wrote up the notes from when Buzz and I spoke to his employer (a PR firm in New York). [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]
Involving Customers in Your Product Design: What a Difference a Decade Makes
Involving Customers in Your Product Design: What a Difference a Decade Makes. Back in the summer of 1993 I was an intern at Microsoft (a couple of years before I got back there for a real job), and I have a vivid recollection of a conversation I had with a product manager. When I expressed… Continue reading Involving Customers in Your Product Design: What a Difference a Decade Makes
Run your own movie production house with this .NET app
Run your own movie production house with this .NET app. Here's a cool .NET app: Sunfrog Film Scheduler. I guess the guy who wrote this app didn't get Joel's memo. [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]
Olivier takes on Joel
Olivier takes on Joel. Olivier Travers has one of the better responses to Joel Spolsky's post: Microsoft lost the API War? Not so fast. “maybe .NET is actually a good way to get web developers into Windows as well, so that they can create both web frontends and rich clients with a common code core.… Continue reading Olivier takes on Joel