Trust By Design. Peter Morville tackles the credibility issue with his usual flair. Since Studio Archtype and Cheskin released the first large online trust study in early 1999, I've been interested in trust, and particularly the propagation of credibility through social networks and word of mouth. While BJ Fogg has released research that includes whether… Continue reading Trust By Design

Chris Sells interviewed at Microsoft? Twice! Wow. I only had to go through the process once. They asked him to sell ice to eskimos. Heh. So, did Sells take a job? I totally agree with Chris Sells' interview conclusions, by the way. My interview process was similar. I actually interviewed for one position, and they… Continue reading Chris Sells interviewed at Microsoft

Sean Alexander tells us a bunch of ways to give Microsoft feedback. He's a product manager at Microsoft. Good stuff.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Why TiVo Owners Can't Shut Up. Not since the PalmPilot debuted in 1996 has a new electronic contraption sparked a cultlike following and so many zealous proselytizers. By Warren St. John. [New York Times: Technology]

The Stage May Be Set for a Tech Recovery. Technology stocks are heading “out of the soup,” says Christian G. Koch of Trustco Capital Management. By Kenneth N. Gilpin. [New York Times: Technology]

Beware Spyware. It's nasty stuff, all right, and there's a lot more of it out there (and maybe in there, inside your computer) than most people realize. Articles in the most recent Wired and PC Magazine have the inside scoop on prevention and cure. The latter's review of anti-spywear products highlights Spybot as the best.… Continue reading Beware Spyware

Planning A Website With Punch. Bruce MacEwen's National Law Journal article on markeing with law firm web sites looks good at the recently upgraded Law.com's site. [via My Shingle] [net.law.blog]

On Patching.  Bob at Wise Solutions emailed to remind me that the Wise Installation System has patching built in, and costs less than InstallShield plus vBuild. He also pointed out that Wise for Windows Installer now has a ton of features for server setups: user account creation, IIS administration, and SQL Server administration… basically they… Continue reading On Patching

Hydra: Collaborative Text Editor. I picked this up from my comments on the Social Software post.  Hydra is an OSX-based text editor that uses Rendezvous protocols to facilitate real-time collaborative coding.  It's from a dev team (Coding Monkeys) out of Germany.  Real-time apps continue to excite and impress, and it's great to see different approaches —… Continue reading Hydra: Collaborative Text Editor

'The Geography of Thought': East Brain, West Brain. Michigan, Nisbett, a social psychologist, concludes that there are major differences between the modes of thought of “Asian” and “Western” people. By Sherry Ortner. [New York Times: Books]