points to and comments on

Alec Saunders points to and comments on “Oren's Laws of Microsoft.” Law #1: you always see Microsoft coming.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Philosophy of Yes

Philosophy of Yes. I liked Mena Trott’s post on NetNewsWire and some other thoughts—particularly the description of Six Apart’s “Philosophy of Yes”: For the most part, we try to accommodate what our users want and have a hard time saying no to features. We support a number of protocols and formats because we feel it… Continue reading Philosophy of Yes

New Kind of Electricity Market Strains Old Wires Beyond Limits

New Kind of Electricity Market Strains Old Wires Beyond Limits. Consumers have learned a difficult lesson about the electricity grid: it was an afterthought during the decade-long process of deregulating the power industry. By Neela Banerjee and David Firestone. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

MDJ Power 25

MDJ Power 25. I was totally flattered to have been on John Gruber’s ballot for the MDJ Power 25. Below is my ballot. (I didn’t vote for Steve Jobs, by the way. Of course he’s most powerful in the Mac community, but I felt like voting for people who I actually see when I look… Continue reading MDJ Power 25

Microsoft Insecurity: Is There No End in Sight?

Microsoft Insecurity: Is There No End in Sight?. A sobering collection of recent articles on Microsoft security issues. Law firms and Microsoft security problems: how dangerous is this mixture? Did you get any email from your lawyer lately? [DennisKennedy.blog]

Good Critique of Windows Update Issues

Good Critique of Windows Update Issues. From ZDNet.com, a very good critique of Windows Update. Also, given that we have to have the critical updates, is the Microsoft user agreement we click “accept” on really enforceable? [DennisKennedy.blog]

Sometimes Google is not the best search engine to use – AltaVista has two valuable tools that Google lacks

Sometimes Google is not the best search engine to use – AltaVista has two valuable tools that Google lacks. The New York Times in “Fishing for Information? Try Better Bait,” (August 21, 2003) reports that AltaVista has a couple of tools that Google lacks. The first is truncation: As popular as Google is, it does… Continue reading Sometimes Google is not the best search engine to use – AltaVista has two valuable tools that Google lacks

Organic farming: Squeezing out the small guys

A fascinating piece

Organic farming: Squeezing out the small guys A fascinating piece on Salon called “The not-so-sweet success of organic farming” details problems in the growing organic food market. The authors argument is that the organic food industry has been “coopted by big business.” The organic food market has drifted away from small farmers to large corporations.… Continue reading

Organic farming: Squeezing out the small guys

A fascinating piece

Future vulnerabilities

Future vulnerabilities. Future vulnerabilities: Phil Scott is one of the few bloggers at .NET Weblogs that has been contemplating the effects of the last few days' attacks… much of the conversation there is still about means, rather than ends. Here he wonders… [JD on MX]