Larry Seltzer wants to throw out SMTP and start over. I have to support that. If the European Union can change the money that 300 million people use all on one day, we can change our email protocol. Let's find a protocol with decent authentication and with micropayments to make spam uneconomical, and let's set a… Continue reading throw out SMTP

Chandler Release 0.1 is out. See what all the fuss is about, almost.  [Joel on Software]

Technology at Delta.  This week, both InformationWeek and Baseline have feature stories about new technology at Delta Air Lines, so it's a good opportunity to benchmark Baseline, a new IT magazine from Ziff Davis, to its old school press-release republishing counterparts. The difference: while the InformationWeek article is just a poor rewrite of bland warmed-over… Continue reading Technology at Delta

Spring Cleaning. Dave Seidel on moving from Radio to MT [Don Box's Spoutlet]

The disruptive Web: If you're creating a Web service that you hope will have a disruptive impact, the lessons are clear. Support HTTP GET-style URLs. Design them carefully, matching de facto standards where they exist. Keep the URLs short, so people can easily understand, modify, and trade them. Establish a blog reputation. Use the blog… Continue reading The disruptive Web

Langa's Article on Ten Great Free Software Tools. Fred Langa's list of useful free software tools. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Chandler 0.1 available immediately. The first release of Chandler, release 0.1 is now available! While we're still very early in the design and implementation… [Mitch Kapor's Weblog]

Teddy Roosevelt on criticizing presidents. Teddy Roosevelt editorializing in the Kansas City Star on May 17, 1918: The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency… Continue reading Teddy Roosevelt on criticizing presidents

K-Logging: Supporting KM with Weblogs. I wrote an article in Library Journal that may interest some ia/ readers. Here's the abstract from Ebsco: Discusses a type of weblogging called knowledge logging or k-logging. Information that can easily be put onto web sites; Organizations that can communicate knowledge easily with K-logs; Software that can be used… Continue reading K-Logging: Supporting KM with Weblogs

Alertbox: Low-End Media for User Empowerment. The April 21 Alertbox is about keeping it simple – not a simple user interface, but simple media for the content. In short, the fancy audio and videos are not worth the effort. This reminds me of the old-time Alertboxes – nothing too surprising, but good to keep this… Continue reading Alertbox: Low-End Media for User Empowerment