Jack Welch On The Democratic Candidates. Joe Lieberman lacks energy and may have little edge. Howard Dean seems to have trouble handling stress. Wesley Clark may lack breadth of knowledge and passion. John Kerry has plenty of integrity and intelligence, but could likely flunk out in terms of inspiring others. That's the assessment of noneother than… Continue reading Jack Welch On The Democratic Candidates
The Only Superbad Power
The Only Superbad Power. Three years into the presidency of George W. Bush, has America become an evil empire? Seven new books seem ready to think so. By Serge Schmemann. [New York Times: Books]
'Our Fathers': Unholy Orders
'Our Fathers': Unholy Orders. The journalist David France revisits the pedophilia scandal in the American Catholic Church. By Mary Gordon. [New York Times: Books]
Tinderbox for Windows
Tinderbox for Windows. For the past two weeks, I've been up to my elbows in Tinderbox For Windows work. [Mark Bernstein]
IKEA walkthrough
IKEA walkthrough. God, this is brilliant: the IKEA walkthrough. [Ceejbot]
Nick's CSS and xHTML sites of interest
Nick's CSS and xHTML sites of interest. Nick Bradbury, the guy who wrote Allaire's HomeSite and his new TopStyle, points to a bunch of sites of interest to Web developers. [The Scobleizer]
Presidential Campaigning at the Edge
Presidential Campaigning at the Edge. Henri Poole has blogged a nice analysis of how Dean's campaign uses smartmob technologies to leverage Reed's Law. If you read Dan Gillmore's December 8th ejournal entry, he talks about Dean as “the candidate who – thanks to prescient aides who saw the power coming from the edges of the… Continue reading Presidential Campaigning at the Edge
Faceted Classification
Faceted Classification. When designing databases and search interfaces, it's important to consider whether you will need a faceted classification. A recent paper by William Denton, “How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web” describes faceted classification in some detail. [LawLibTech]
Hiding the Elephant
Hiding the Elephant. Is technology magic? Is magic technology? Fascinating book makes it all seem magical, no matter what. [DennisKennedy.blog]
Inverting the IT Pyramid
Inverting the IT Pyramid. Jeffrey Kaplan writes thought-promoting article on the evolution of product firms to services firms. Do the same rules apply to law? If they do, there are some new business ideas to consider. [DennisKennedy.blog]