Year: 2003
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Why be defensive?
Over at Daring Fireball, John Gruber has a long column explaining why he’s adding advertisements to his site. He makes several interesting points along the way (jabbing at Business Week specifically, and the “corporate” media in general), and I enjoyed reading most of the essay, but I was surprised by his mild defensiveness about his…
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Back to work
Long night leading up to first day back at work. Manageable day, but oh boy I need some sleep. Random other thoughts: (1) I finally want to take the plunge for digital cable. Tour de France coverage is the reason, on OLN. (2) What’s going on with Userland? John Robb leaving, Dave Winer hinting at…
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Coit Tower
During an early dinner on July 4th, I took several family snapshots. I threw in this landscape shot just because, and to see how it would turn out. 4 megapixels isn’t enough to replace film, but it’s getting there. Taken near Hyde and Chestnut in San Francisco. WARNING: The full picture is about 1MB, and…
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Can you do two things…
This New York Times story “The Lure of Data: Is It Addictive?” feels like an old story. Technology lets us stay ‘always on’ and all of us, especially business folks, are taking advantage of the opportunity… perhaps without any true productivity benefit. If you’ve read James Gleick’s Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything, written…
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MOVIE: Whalerider
With some helpful babysitting from the in-laws, we rushed out to see Whalerider. This movie is set in New Zealand, among the Maori. Good story, well told, mostly about how family and cultural relations mix (or don’t). Originally a book (which I’ve neither read nor heard of), Whalerider was quick and beautiful. By quick, I…
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I’ve slept better
Mild understatement. P is not sleeping well. No surprise. Argh. Back to bed, if not to sleep.
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One of many articles on…
What is not mentioned in this post about kissing up to Google-bot is that these are generally good guidelines for usability. Maybe not hard and fast rules, but you won’t go wrong with these. The only one that really bothers me is Radio’s use of the same title tag for each page/post. I know there…
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Ozzie posts again
Ray Ozzie just posted an essay called Extreme Mobility. Starting with the ascendancy of laptops over desktops, he goes on to discuss (software) architectures that support mobility, with different types of mobility explained. Interesting piece, with no direct applicability to my life right now, but worth noting.
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Whose opinion counts?
July 3, 2003 New York Times article Opinions to Spare? Click Here The article goes on about how people are getting paid to participate in online surveys, which are becoming more economical for those looking to measure the pulse of public opinion about issues or products/services. Beyond the economics (data collection and analysis is automated,…
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House calls… for your bicycle
I like this idea: a bicycle repairmain who makes housecalls. Found via Chuq, which I found via Scoble.