If you're interested in a particular industry or human endeavor, you should learn the history of what happened in that space. It's what came before that'll explain — in large part — what will come next. Plus, if you ever want to start a conversation, you can always take your friends to the historic places… Continue reading always take your friends to the historic places

Chris Pirillo just won the best technology weblog in the “bloggies”. Excellent!  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Net Marketing Tool for Illinois Libraries!. Last week I promised a new marketing web site for Illinois libraries, and today we're introducing it to our members at SLS. Sponsored by the 12 regional Library Systems, it's called Project 12, and its goal is to help libraries raise their visibility using more sophisticated marketing tools. “Project 12 helps… Continue reading Net Marketing Tool for Illinois Libraries!

Masters of the Dataflood.  In the Information Age, Librarians Will Rule “In the information age, librarians will rule, because only they will be able to find things in the dataflood in a timely fashion. Teresa Nielsen Hayden has a post on how to welcome our wearing-their-glasses-on-chains-around-their-necks sweater-wearing overlords-to-be….” [Brad DeLong's Website] [The Shifted Librarian]

The Register By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Online- Windows Root kits a stealthy threat. Hackers are using vastly more sophisticated techniques to secretly control the machines they've cracked, and experts say it's just the beginning, say SecurityFocus' Kevin Poulsen. [ … ] Mertens didn't know it at the time, but the university network had been compromised,… Continue reading Windows Root kits a stealthy threat

freshmeat.net: CryptoHeaven 2.2.3. CryptoHeaven offers secure email and online file sharing/storage. Its main features are secure and highly encrypted services such as group collaboration, file sharing, email, online storage, and instant messaging. It integrates multi-user based security into email, instant messaging, and file storage and sharing in one unique package. It provides real time communication… Continue reading CryptoHeaven 2.2.3

One Wireless App, Many Devices. Peter Mansour's current startup, Sproqit Technologies, Inc., is based on a very simple observation: Microsoft's e-mail server, Exchange, has a rotten relationship with wireless handheld computers. Mansour's company makes a platform that sits on a desktop or server computer and streams applications over the air to handhelds. [Smart Mobs]

PHP Architect: March issue and grants. The March issue of PHP Architect is out. 6 interesting articles and additional sections on PHP News and product reviews. These go into great detail, and are certainly of a much higher standard than the average article you read at most techie web-sites. For example, they have an article… Continue reading PHP Architect: March issue and grants

Dave: Don Box gave another speech last night to the .NET user group where he expanded his thoughts a bit. He said something like “look at Dave Winer. He wrote RSS, which is today being adopted faster than any other protocol.” He pointed out that Dave didn't see OASIS, or the W3C, or any other… Continue reading Dave

My friend Phil Weber, who works at Fawcette, tells me they just turned on an RSS Feed too. Cool. I wish Jim Fawcette had a weblog. I miss our early-morning coffee talks on the way to Peets. Maybe he doesn't want to risk having folks tell him his stuff stinks, though. Fair enough. The rewards… Continue reading Phil Weber