Saturday, October 11, 2003
A close look at the lack of standards, ignorance of users needs, and a need for industry wide segment marketing in what might be called an autopsy for the Handheld Computer
Quite a bit to learn about George Orwell, and about writing in Jeffrey Meyers' article titled Orwell on writing
In the good news department - good sense strikes, and the decision to initiate a lawsuit against Princeton student by CD protection software company is dropped.
Joel on Software is carrying an excellent essay oncharacter encoding. If you build web sites, and you want to know more about what that content type tag does, it's worth a read.
Friday, October 10, 2003
Studies are wonderful things. Always pay attention to whom funded ones you look at. For instance, a recent study that tells us work stations with multiple monitors at each computer make for a much more efficient office. Give you one guess what the company that paid for that study manufacture.
Wharton Business school has some terrific articles, like this one on whether or not suing your customers is a good business strategy. The Henry Ford comparison is priceless.
Thursday, October 09, 2003
The world doesn't have to be homogenized for the masses. Different cultures and different people have a lot to offer America. We should seriously consider letting them do that. There's probably a lesson in the following article for the Mattel people to ponder. My expectation is that they won't. See: Muslim doll offers modest alternative to Barbie
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
For anyone interesting in online communities, and post rating systems: kuro5hin.org || Comment Rating Changes
The Philly Inquirer comes clean, clearing up their confusion over Klingons and evil monomaniacal humans: Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/07/2003 | Clearing the record
A look at the antics and adventures of Elizabeth Spiers: An unlikely new source of writing talent: Blogs
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
More details on Microsoft's technological reaction to Eolas: Microsoft tweaks Explorer to address ruling
Monday, October 06, 2003
Sunday, October 05, 2003
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