Day: July 29, 2003
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Jakob and team get a critical review
Long review on a recent Nielsen/Norman Group report. I’m going to read this now. I already know I would love to read/hear Jakob’s response.
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More on metadata
I don’t know if it is coincidental or not, but Tim Bray decided to write about metadata just days after Christopher Lydon’s interview with David Sifry, in which Sifry, too, spoke eloquently about the power of metadata. Bray hits a few notes I know from bitter experience, too. Historically, the difficulty of collecting metadata at…
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American goalkeepers make good
Tim Howard is going to be one of the Manchester United goalkeepers. The NYTimes article mentions how Kasey Kellar and Brad Friedel paved the way. Friedel was named the best keeper in the English Premier League for last season. He was a high-school classmate of one of my best friends, and my wife was a…
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Most blogged article of the…
I must have seen this linked on at least five blogs I read via NNW. So why not add to the fun? BBC: Loss of e-mail ‘worse than divorce’ Not scientific (800 techies), and not accurate (sponsored by Veritas, in an effort to sell more email backup software), but even the BBC knows how to…
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“…including tax but not sunscreen”
It must have been amusing to write this CNN/Money story: “Nudity takes off“. My favorite quote? Cost for a suite: $2,500 per week, including tax but not sun screen.
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Gulker’s toilet
I shared this plumbing story with two colleagues at work today. I’m glad to read that all’s well that ends well. Not my cup of tea.