New Law Blog. Dennis Kennedy nabs this one: “Legal marketing maven, Larry Bodine, has joined the blogging world (with XML feed).”   Dennis says his “Law Marketing Portal is a fabulous resource on legal marketing.”  Adjust your browser bookmarks and RSS aggregators accordingly. [Ernie the Attorney]

What sort of Information Technology does the CIA have?. Here's one account that is pretty interesting.  Here's an excerpt regarding how the Directorate of Intelligence analysts do their job: “an important part of a DI analyst’s tradecraft is building an informal source network. A good analyst either knows someone, or “knows someone who knows someone,”… Continue reading What sort of Information Technology does the CIA have?

Other News: Why Things Don't Work: Business 2.0 talks with Donald Norman about usability, discussing Microsoft, IBM and Dell. * [Archipelago]

Slimp3.  One of our favorite recent toys has been the Slimp3. It's a very simple device – about the size of a rolled up magazine, with ports for power, Ethernet, and amplifier. It's job is to take mp3 files streamed from a server and play them through the amplifier. The nice thing about it is… Continue reading Slimp3

LanguageForLearningObjects If I want to teach people object-orientation, which language should I use? For the last couple of years the first choice language for learning about objects has been Java. There's many good reasons to use Java. It's widely known It uses a C based syntax which is becoming the dominant style. Free, high quality… Continue reading LanguageForLearningObjects

Bliki. Martin Fowler (Refactoring guru) has started a tech-rich bliki, a cross between weblog and wiki as a repository of ideas on software development. [Mark Bernstein]

Intel's Handheld Personal Server. The personal server mounts on any PC that can recognize wireless devices: “Any computer becomes your computer,” said Want. MP3 enthusiasts can sidle up to any computer that recognizes wireless devices, and exchange files using the host computer's keyboard, mouse and screen. Other potential applications for the personal server include sensor… Continue reading Intel's Handheld Personal Server

Update: DEVONthink. DEVONthink 1.6 enhances the personal knowledge base and content management system. [MacInTouch]

Democrats Seek a Stronger Focus, and Money. More Americans say they are Democrats than Republicans. But Democrats lack unity, a coherent message and money. By Adam Clymer. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Universal Product Code change. I heard something pretty worrying over the weekend. It appears that the US will be moving to a 13 or 14 slot barcode system in 2005. This is required by law. The reason, wouldn't ya know it; We're running out of 'address space'! Just like IP addresses basically. Only worse. This… Continue reading Universal Product Code change