New version of Web Album Generator. Yeah they released a new version, which according to the site “addresses user requests”. I'll have to download and give it a spin sometime soon! Thanks to Andy for the link. [Life of a one-man IT department]

Somerville Hot Zone. Michael Oh et al try to bring business-sponsored Wi-Fi to larger area: The notion is that a number of businesses underwrite the nominal cost as a factor in bringing more customers into the area as a whole. Businesses don't charge customers for air conditioning, Michael Oh says, so why charge for Wi-Fi?… Continue reading Somerville Hot Zone

Book superstores face new rivals The bitter fight in the bookselling industry used to be one between the two superstore chains, Borders and Barnes & Noble, and the many independent bookstores that see the superstores stealing their business. But now there's a new force that threatens both the big chains and independents alike: big discount merchandisers,… Continue reading

Book superstores face new rivals

The bitter fight in the bookselling industry used to be one between the two superstore chains, Borders and Barnes & Noble, and the many independent bookstores that see the superstores stealing their business. But now there's a new force that threatens both the big chains and independents alike: big discount merchandisers, like Wal-Mart and Costco.

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Laszlo Blogging Widgets – coming soon….. Laszlo Blogging Widget Last month I did a code sprint on a blogging aggregator written in LZX. You can see the results at myLaszlo.com. There's a screenshot on this page. The aggregator was based on a suggestion by Marc Canter. It's a widget intended for the gutter of a… Continue reading Laszlo Blogging Widgets – coming soon….

Marketing Your Law Firm With A Tagline. My Shingle has a good post on taglines for lawyer marketing. Especially on the Internet, tag lines are an essential part of building a brand, as discussed in Internet Roundtables 34 and 35. [net.law.blog]

Assessing Radio, Moving To Movable Type. It looks like I've cleaned up the worst of the latest round of Radio malfunctioning. Radio has many powerful features and an enthusiastic user community. Further, it is very easy to get a simple Radio blog up and running. All to the good. On the flip side: Troubleshooting problems can… Continue reading Assessing Radio, Moving To Movable Type

Banning Third Party E-mail Services. According to The Guardian, Merrill Lynch has joined Goldman Sachs in barring employess from using third-party e-mail services like Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL from corporate PCs. The investment banking firm said the ban was justified because of “regulatory requirements” (i.e., the need to insure the firm's communications concerning securities are documented, which is only practical… Continue reading Banning Third Party E-mail Services

IA Summit 2004: Save the date…. FYI: Just noticed that the ASIST site mentioned … Information Architecture, February 28-29, 2004, Austin, TX When a site comes up we'll put a link here, however I think saving the date helps folks plan their budgets for conferences next year. [ia/ – information architecture news]

Dan Gillmor cracks the code at Microsoft:  the company doesn't have a clue about weblogging.  This is a good thing. [John Robb's Weblog]