Why Search Matters — How to Help People Find Their Way in t. Rob Reynolds: 'Searching is, perhaps, the most educational aspect related to Internet technology. It is also a great community builder. The key for all of us to remember that we are both “travelers” of the systems as well s information sources for… Continue reading Why Search Matters — How to Help People Find Their Way in t

North Chadderton School. North Chadderton School: 'Make no mistake, this wonderful phenomenon known as Open-Source, has enabled schools such as North Chadderton, to develop resources that would have taken years to put together, by traditional, html page-by-page, approach. It is now done by using a combination of  PHP scripting  and MySQL databases, again provided by… Continue reading North Chadderton School

Patients in Florida Lining Up for All That Medicare Covers. Boca Raton, researchers agree, is a case study of what happens when people are given free rein to have all the medical care they could imagine. By Gina Kolata. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Overseers Missed Big Picture as Failures Led to Blackout. While the two agencies charged with monitoring the grid were discussing the loss of two power lines, there were, in fact, eight lines down, and others headed for failure. By Eric Lipton, Richard Perez-pena and Matthew L. Wald. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

The future and past of Apple. Ex-Apple Employee Slams Company. In an online forum, a former Apple marketing director lashes out at co-workers for creating a 'diseased and dysfunctional' culture, which he says led to the company's downfall. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] It's great to see this sort of chutzpah and courage.  Most of… Continue reading The future and past of Apple

MCI going VOIP. Vint Cerf, interviewed by CNet: “We want to get 25 percent of our calls over an IP backbone by the end of the year. We're at 10 percent now. We want to move all of it over by 2005.” [Werblog]

There goes the neighborhood. AT&T is testing a hosted VOIP service (via Om Malik).  After Vint Cerf's comments about VOIP the other day, maybe this is a trend.  The long-distance companies know their traditional market niche is doomed as the local Bell companies gain approval to offer interstate service, so they are going virtual.  It… Continue reading testing a hosted VOIP service

The old Bell bait and switch. I'm shocked, shocked that the CEO of SBC suddenly sees no incentive to deploy fiber to the home, now that the FCC triennial review order is out.  After all, the order supposedly granted the Bells huge regulatory relief so they would deploy fiber to the home.  Now that the… Continue reading no incentive to deploy fiber to the home