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Watching time, the only true currency // A journal from John B. Roberts

  • Technorati: from one beta to the next

    Glad to see Technorati take another step forward. Still labelled beta, but clearly much further along than previously. Good luck Rich, David, Dan, et al.

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  • Movie: Lost in Translation

    Yeah, I finally caught up with the rest of the you and watched Lost in Translation (thank you, Netflix). A quiet movie that didn’t drag = worth the time. And, maybe, the hype. (Although I dislike the pop-up on their website trumpeting the awards the film has won. If you’re that thrilled, put it on…

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  • Book: The Innovator’s Solution

    Clayton Christensen recognized that he hit a home run with The Innovator’s Dilemma. A smart man, he swings at a similar pitch the next time around. With Michael Raynor (previously a student of Christensen’s) as a co-author, Christensen wrote The Innovator’s Solution. Where Dilemma was more description, Solution adds prescription. In other words, what the…

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  • Mac OS X 10.3.3

    Have you updated yet? I’m waiting a bit longer, just in case there are any of those nightmares out there waiting to be discovered.

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  • You can’t buy this kind of press

    Yet another TiVo lovefest, from the NYTimes. I’m a believer, but this kind of fawning article makes me wonder. We’re still only on the first generation, really, of this kind of technology. Think how bad TV must have gotten to make people appreciate their TiVos this much!?!

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  • Leaving Levittown

    Vin Crosbie, who is fearless about his public prognostications, reminds fans of RSS that it’s not the solution to all the problems of publishers. Today’s RSS is merely another method of pushing whatever content the publisher (be that a newspaper publisher or a blogger) wants, when instead the real solution is to give whatever the…

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  • Scary

    I might have a reason to read this document, and — who knows — try and apply some of its knowledge at work. I won’t pretend to be excited. “Vocabulary Mapping for Terminology Services” isn’t on any bestseller lists I’ve seen.

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  • The eyes have it

    At an eye appointment this afternoon, my eyes were dilated. I dislike this step, even though it’s normal, as it leaves me unable to read for a few hours thereafter. In my rush to get back online, I took the step of bumping up the font sizes in all my applications (Mail, Safari, NetNewsWire)… and…

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  • Will 10.3.3 do the trick?

    I’m reading the Apple KnowledgeBase note for the Mac OS X 10.3.3 update. I have not yet installed it, but I am thrilled to read this bullet item. Addresses an issue in which Mail could unexpectedly quit when marking some types of unsolicited messages (or “spam”) as Junk. I haven’t been hit by this problem…

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  • I’ve been this guy

    Review the fun(ny) images here. I’ve linked to the one I liked best, but try those Back and Next links, too.

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