Ted Nelson at Hypertext 2003. Ted Nelson @ Hypertext 2003. Here in Nottingham at Hypertext '03.  Ted Nelson is up to talk about the computer science's obsession with emulating paper and hierarchies. “you should only have to type in a thing once” — easy record keeping, nothing lost Driven by overlapping categories. How to represent… Continue reading Ted Nelson at Hypertext 2003

What's next: a patent for clicking OK?. C|Net reports that Amazon as won a patent for hiding and displaying parts of an order form.  While the ability to patent business processes could make sense in some cases, the whole patent situation is quickly getting out of hand. In the software industry, patents are generally used… Continue reading What's next: a patent for clicking OK?

ALA Should Dump RIAA's Law Firm. Does ALA's Law Firm Have a Conflict of Interest? “The American Library Association (ALA) is investigating whether its relationship with law firm Jenner & Block is a conflict of interest, as the firm has represented the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in its recent efforts to gather the… Continue reading ALA Should Dump RIAA's Law Firm

Not like I'm under thirty, but if you are, or you're just young at heart, check out the NexGen Librarian listserv over at Topica. If you're into social networking, there are librarian groups at Friendster and Tribe.net worth checking out. I'm at both, under my real name. If you're there, introduce yourself. [ thanks chris… Continue reading NexGen Librarian listserv

Understanding NDRs. If you're using Exchange 2000 or 2003, this Technet article will help you to examine an undeliverable mail notification (NDR), and to work out the reason why the message has failed to be delivered successfully…. [MS Exchange Blog]

New Office 2003 Licensing Policy. If you're considering upgrading to Outlook or Office 2003 when it comes out next month, there have been some changes to the licensing policy which you should know about… Sue Mosher explains all here. (and remember – your Exchange 2003 your Exchange 2003 CALs will allow you to use Outlook 2003,… Continue reading New Office 2003 Licensing Policy

Techie question – VMWare. We use VMware to build virtual machines for our sales demos. It’s a great solution — we can bundle entire demo environments on a single DVD (the environment includes the OS, the database, the applications, etc.) and get them out to sales people. But there’s one flaw in the system: the… Continue reading Techie question – VMWare

NASA Plans Space Commute Craft. Looking for a simpler way to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA is designing a stripped-down four-seater. Plans for the Orbital Space Plane are on the fast track for completion by 2008. [Wired News]

The Shuttle: not a good idea. Here's a great article on how the Shuttle is inherently flawed, by a former NASA engineer. He warns that the effort of keeping the Shuttle going will kill American manned spaceflight if it isn't abandoned now. [Ceejbot]

Web Design Practices. Heidi Adkisson is launching webdesignpractices.com this month. She has a sneak peek up for navigation practices (linked above). Basically, the site takes her Masters thesis study of 75 ecommerce sites and makes it more accessible online. (For the impatient, you can download the 8mb pdf of Heidi's thesis). I met Heidi at… Continue reading Web Design Practices