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Flash Communication Server MX. Flash MX and the FlashComm server together deliver event-driven peer networking, streaming-media services, a productive scripting environment that targets networked teams of people, and powerful components that embody the essential tools of collaboration. We've seen all these ingredients before, but Macromedia has combined them to create something different and new: a… Continue reading Flash Communication Server MX

Business 2.0: Nokia's Hit Factory. Neuvo is the humble, if eccentric, technologist who heads research and development at Nokia, arguably the best product-driven R&D organization in the world. Nokia's R&D apparatus is unlike anything in multinational corporate history. [Tomalak's Realm]

Boston Globe.  Boston has become “DNA xxx (is there a term like “Silicon Valley” we can use here?)”  >>>There are more biotech companies within a 50-mile radius of Boston than anywhere in the world. In all, Massachusetts has 275 biotech companies, employing 27,000 people.<<< [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

Another Idea I Wish I'd Thought Of….. Radio Wishlist “Far be it from me to wish for anything more from Radio.  Okay, I admit I'm overindulged and spoiled.  Nevertheless, here is what I wish for.  I would like it if Radio came with a default “category” called “Radio Questions.”  And as we all know, this implies… Continue reading Another Idea I Wish I'd Thought Of….

Innovate Away, Sonicblue!. Sonicblue Revenue Up 80 Percent “The consumer-electronics maker meets analyst earnings expectations, reporting that second-quarter revenue increased 80 percent compared with the same quarter a year ago.” [CNET News.com] See – it's true. “Those who can, innovate. Those who can't, sue.” (As noted earlier today.) I'm going to have to order another ReplayTV… Continue reading Innovate Away, Sonicblue!

GE to Expense Options. The move by the world's largest company should pressure others to reform. [The Motley Fool]

DreamHost Offering Jabber Hosting Services. First company to provide hosted instant messaging based on Jabber. [JabberCentral]

UPA Site Redesign. The Usability Professional's Association is currently redesigning their website. The interesting thing is that they have a redesign journal of sorts that documents the process and many of the deliverables. What interests me most is how “usability professionals” are engaging in IA (not a bad thing)…and it underscores for me how little… Continue reading UPA Site Redesign

Some polar bear goodness. So while I'm impatiently awaiting the release of Information Architecture for the WWW, 2nd ed., I was wandering around O'Reilly's book site and found five sample chapters to whet the appetite. [ia/ – news for information architects]

Jef Raskin setting up open source project. So the author of The Humane Interface, who pedantically claims “there is no such thing as information design”* has set up an open source project that will demonstrate his ideas. Thanks Slashdot ps – Jef's site is being slashdotted right now, Tues. July 30, but should recover tomorrow.… Continue reading Jef Raskin setting up open source project