Six Apart builds a semantic blogging tool.  Web Standards. One of the ideas we've quietly promoted for a few years is that web standards aren't just an esoteric technical initiative, but can be part of a smart way of doing business on the Internet. To that end, we wanted to give a little technical information… Continue reading Six Apart builds a semantic blogging tool

FCC gets one right for a change. Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things Federal court approves cellular number portabilityHallelujah. Today, a federal court rejected an appeal from wireless companies and ruled that consumers should have the right to retain their old phone numbers when switching carriers. Consumer advocates say the inability to retain numbers… Continue reading FCC gets one right for a change

Supercharge your browser – follow-up. A number of people (Sabrina Pacifici, Jerry Lawson, Larry Staton, to name a few) linked to my article in this month's LPM about how to add functionality to your browser. Larry quite rightly pointed out that it's focused on IE for Windows. As a result of Larry's post, not to… Continue reading Supercharge your browser – follow-up

Law Practice Today Gets RSS Feed. Fire up your newsreader and add this RSS feed. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Clint Ecker pointed me to Sterling Hughes weblog. A little background. Sterling Hughes is a big-name developer in the PHP industry. He's written a PHP book. So, when he says “ASP.NET technology is better than PHP technology” people tend to stand up and listen.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

I just can't stop posting, but I just saw more info on Nick Bradbury's “FeedDemon.” This is the most awaited RSS News Aggregator so far. Nick's the guy who did HomeSite for Allaire/Macromedia. He's the guy who did Top Style. His stuff simply rocks. Go read the early reviews.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Rich Wage Class War on Poor and Middle Class. Michael Kinsley: Bush and the new tyranny of the rich. The recently enacted tax bill is such a shocking and… [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] Is it wishful thinking to think that they would realise by the next election?  [Curiouser and curiouser!]

Notes and Tips: OnStream Bankrupt. OnStream Data is apparently in bankruptcy. [MacInTouch]

How Pottery Barn Wins With Style. Plenty of companies compete on price and features. How do you keep demanding customers coming back for more? Pottery Barn's secret for growth in a brutally competitive business: “Our brand is a state of mind,” says one top executive. “And customers can make it their own.” [Fast Company]

A Theory of Everything. Thomas L. Friedman outlines some of the reasons much of the world has come to dislike the United States. Unfortunately the current Bush administration's policies and behavior are doing little to reverse the trend. Why didn't nations organize militarily against… [CamWorld: Thinking Outside the Box]