Jeff Duntemann

Jeff Duntemann – Apple seems not to understand their real miracle: They tamed Unix and made it fit the consumer desktop. Instead of porting it as quickly as possible to the highly standard and cheap Intel PC hardware platform, Apple pisses its cash away creating oddball computers that look like postmodern toasters or (in this… Continue reading

Jeff Duntemann

Dan Gillmor

Dan Gillmor: “Steve Jobs and Apple Computer got most of the attention yesterday with their new-version iMac launch in San Francisco, but Microsoft's Bill Gates showed more interesting technology in his Consumer Electronics Show keynote in Las Vegas.” [Scripting News]

San Francisco Gate

San Francisco Gate – Editorial Op-Ed – On the Public's Right to Know /The day Ashcroft censored Freedom of Information. The president didn't ask the networks for television time. The attorney general didn't hold a press conference. The media didn't report any dramatic change in governmental policy. As a result, most Americans had no idea… Continue reading San Francisco Gate

showed off Mira today

More Future Tech – So Bill showed off Mira today, and Dave is speculating that Steve Jobs iMac announcement was not the end of the story. If you read the Quittner story, you'll remember Jobs talking about how the design of the new iMac was meant to fulfill the screen's “desire to be free”. If… Continue reading showed off Mira today

Blog II the Future

Blog II the Future is more than I expected. Sure it functions perfectly as a calendar, but the “rss” capabilty enables you to schedule a blog post for a future date. Because its rss it fits seamlessly into my existing flow. Marcus, I think we're on to something here. [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom]

Desktop Data Silos

A lot of people have developed extensive work arounds for organizing data on their desktops.  They spend hours putting e-mails into folders, sorting files into directories, organizing bookmarks, and searching for information on their desktop.  The downsides is that almost nobody can share their personal organizational system and even if they could, nobody else could make sense of it.  The topic based categorization used is usually unintelligible.  As a result, the organizational leverage from personal filing systems = nearly 0.

The great thing about K-Logging is it allows individuals to post those items that are most important to their work onto the Intranet where they can be utilized by everyone.  In addition to written thoughts, you could post files (docs and media) with annotations, forward critical e-mails, provide useful links, and more.  Further, those posts are organized over time with the most recent items on the front page and the rest in a handy calendar-based archive.  To find things, all you need to do is utilize a Web search service.

The ability to SHARE critical data and information is essential to getting productivity improvements out of current technology investments.  K-Logging makes it simple.  It breaks down desktop data silos without much effort by automating the publishing process.  It also presents a unified method of understanding the organization of the information presented (time).

Hey, we all have our unique filing schemes.  They have one common attribute:  they are unique.  In time, I suspect that people will begin to organize their data over time on their desktop with a K-Logging tool and only selectively publish items to their Intranet or public K-Logs (categories make this an easy process — just click where you want it to go, and it goes there).

In terms of interface, the fact that a K-Log system is built using dynamic Web pages means that it is easy for corporations and individuals to modify the layout of the tool based on need.  A good dynamic Web app has an order of magnitude more configurability and customizability available to it than a classic Windows or Mac app.  Further, I individually, would have the option of including macros and other functionality in my K-Log that provides specific functionality as needed (at almost a drag and drop level of simplicity).  The key to understanding this is that K-Logs are based on content management systems (CMS).  A desktop CMS lets individuals modify their interface and functionality to their hearts content if they are motivated to do so. [John Robb's Radio Weblog

Desktop Data Silos A lot of people have developed extensive work arounds for organizing data on their desktops.  They spend hours putting e-mails into folders, sorting files into directories, organizing bookmarks, and searching for information on their desktop.  The downsides is that almost nobody can share their personal organizational system and even if they could, nobody else… Continue reading Desktop Data Silos

A lot of people have developed extensive work arounds for organizing data on their desktops.  They spend hours putting e-mails into folders, sorting files into directories, organizing bookmarks, and searching for information on their desktop.  The downsides is that almost nobody can share their personal organizational system and even if they could, nobody else could make sense of it.  The topic based categorization used is usually unintelligible.  As a result, the organizational leverage from personal filing systems = nearly 0.

The great thing about K-Logging is it allows individuals to post those items that are most important to their work onto the Intranet where they can be utilized by everyone.  In addition to written thoughts, you could post files (docs and media) with annotations, forward critical e-mails, provide useful links, and more.  Further, those posts are organized over time with the most recent items on the front page and the rest in a handy calendar-based archive.  To find things, all you need to do is utilize a Web search service.

The ability to SHARE critical data and information is essential to getting productivity improvements out of current technology investments.  K-Logging makes it simple.  It breaks down desktop data silos without much effort by automating the publishing process.  It also presents a unified method of understanding the organization of the information presented (time).

Hey, we all have our unique filing schemes.  They have one common attribute:  they are unique.  In time, I suspect that people will begin to organize their data over time on their desktop with a K-Logging tool and only selectively publish items to their Intranet or public K-Logs (categories make this an easy process — just click where you want it to go, and it goes there).

In terms of interface, the fact that a K-Log system is built using dynamic Web pages means that it is easy for corporations and individuals to modify the layout of the tool based on need.  A good dynamic Web app has an order of magnitude more configurability and customizability available to it than a classic Windows or Mac app.  Further, I individually, would have the option of including macros and other functionality in my K-Log that provides specific functionality as needed (at almost a drag and drop level of simplicity).  The key to understanding this is that K-Logs are based on content management systems (CMS).  A desktop CMS lets individuals modify their interface and functionality to their hearts content if they are motivated to do so. [John Robb's Radio Weblog

XHTML Links and Resources

XHTML Links and Resources. You've decided that it's time to make your move to XHTML – but where do you begin? Our updated listing of XHTML resources includes validators, references, specifications, and online tutorials to assist you with the conversion. [WebReference News]

Why Projects Fail, and What You Can Do About It

Why Projects Fail, and What You Can Do About It. Failure rates on custom software projects are astonishingly high, above 70%. Hal Helms proposes a new methodology, Fusebox. Using wireframes and embedded messaging, Fusebox provides developers with just-in-time client feedback. [WebReference News]