Ray Ozzie: “If you can get people to work in the open, it can be quite valuable to others.” [Scripting News]

myOnlineLife. Wow – while I was on vacation, I missed the release of myRadio. “This Tool extends the Radio Userland aggregator from rss to any networked data (xml, html, soap, personalized services, etc), and any layout. It is exceedingly simple for developers to add functionality to the framework. The GUI (screenshot) is reminiscent of My… Continue reading myOnlineLife

Dreaming Big. Question: is there a way for a library to provide its own toolbar (similar to Google's) that would let users search the library's catalog and web site? I'm talking about more than just a javascript-based bookmark/favorite like the one Noble provides, although I think that's a great widget, too, and I adapted it for SLS… Continue reading Dreaming Big

More on translucent databases. A few weeks back I mentioned Peter Wayner's new book on Translucent Databases. Simson Garfinkel writes about it at more length in this oreillynet.com article: … [Jon's Radio]

Flash Communication Server MX. Flash MX and the FlashComm server together deliver event-driven peer networking, streaming-media services, a productive scripting environment that targets networked teams of people, and powerful components that embody the essential tools of collaboration. We've seen all these ingredients before, but Macromedia has combined them to create something different and new: a… Continue reading Flash Communication Server MX

Business 2.0: Nokia's Hit Factory. Neuvo is the humble, if eccentric, technologist who heads research and development at Nokia, arguably the best product-driven R&D organization in the world. Nokia's R&D apparatus is unlike anything in multinational corporate history. [Tomalak's Realm]

Boston Globe.  Boston has become “DNA xxx (is there a term like “Silicon Valley” we can use here?)”  >>>There are more biotech companies within a 50-mile radius of Boston than anywhere in the world. In all, Massachusetts has 275 biotech companies, employing 27,000 people.<<< [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

Another Idea I Wish I'd Thought Of….. Radio Wishlist “Far be it from me to wish for anything more from Radio.  Okay, I admit I'm overindulged and spoiled.  Nevertheless, here is what I wish for.  I would like it if Radio came with a default “category” called “Radio Questions.”  And as we all know, this implies… Continue reading Another Idea I Wish I'd Thought Of….

Innovate Away, Sonicblue!. Sonicblue Revenue Up 80 Percent “The consumer-electronics maker meets analyst earnings expectations, reporting that second-quarter revenue increased 80 percent compared with the same quarter a year ago.” [CNET News.com] See – it's true. “Those who can, innovate. Those who can't, sue.” (As noted earlier today.) I'm going to have to order another ReplayTV… Continue reading Innovate Away, Sonicblue!

GE to Expense Options. The move by the world's largest company should pressure others to reform. [The Motley Fool]