Year: 2003
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BOOK: The Microsoft Edge: Insider…
Found this book on an unused desk at work in a pile of other books. Seemed like it might be interesting. It was, but only mildly. I finished it last night. Typical business book, written in short snippets. Published in November, 1999, and it’s noticeable… still references how CD-ROMs (remember them?) were replaced by the…
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Grade School CMS Lessons
Jon Udell on remembering the basics of what’s important in a Content Management System (CMS). Presentation he gave at OSCOM (Open Source Content Management) conference. From slide 6: “Publishing sensibility vs. engineering sensibility. The irony: publishing is engineering.” From slide 16: “To repeat: technologists don’t think hard enough about the nature of the effort or…
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Kernels of truth
Humor: If my work blog and this blog were more integrated, this cartoon might be even closer to the truth. I thought it was funny. Parenthood: Few would describe me as a risk-taker, but I found myself nodding my head when reading this essay about how becoming a father really changed the writer’s behavior. I’ve…
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One anti-spam solution at a…
Adrian Holovaty has been documenting his daily search to find the actual email address of those responsible for various news sites. Illuminating, both for his effort to write down why he follows certain paths in his investigation and for the lack of success he’s had to date. His most recent effort was at NYTimes.com, and…
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I’m a map fan
The largest item on our walls here at home is a map of North America, probably 6 feet square. The fun part? It’s in Cyrillic. My sister Laura brought it back as a gift (in 4 paper rolls) from her six months in Russia several years ago. It was expensive to get mounted, even without…
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Trisection, a Tetris-style Mac game
I live with a huge Tetris fan, and it’s not Ben. Just downloaded Trisection… we’ll see if it passes muster.
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If I were a software…
…this article (Shareware Amateurs vs. Shareware Professionals)would be more interesting. But it’s not bad even though I’m not a developer.
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Just trolling for links? (article praising bloggers)
Why is everything a “vs.” issue? Meaning, party A vs. party B? The whole “journalists vs. bloggers” schtick is getting older by the minute. But if you want traffic to your news site, write an article either praising or condemning bloggers, and all the bloggers will link to you. See? 😉
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When I Was Cruel
Elvis Costello’s newest CD, courtesy of Peter, delivered by Daniel. Thanks to them both.
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BOOK: The Collected Stories of…
In Middlebury, Vermont last weekend, I picked up The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge. I’d read Marooned in Realtime already, so his stellar reputation was corroborated by personal experience. I like short fiction when it’s more story than mood. These are. I’ll also have to follow up sometime about the Singularity. Vinge referred to it…