And here I thought I was the only skeptic. This guys rails against web services and a whole lot more. Much of it I agree with. I just signed up for some of the hype with VOIP. I’m now building a call center based around VOIP. I hope the 3 year prediction is wrong or [...]
The SATN crew score another thoughtful piece, read all about it: SATN.org: Comments from Bob Frankston, David Reed, Dan Bricklin, and others
Blogging is an amazing paradigm. I’ve spent some time exploring the various and sundry devices available to bloggers, they are truly amazing! And the best part of it is that MoveableType enables it all like nothing else I’ve seen. Those krazy kats Ben & Mena have created an astounding piece of software. The really nice [...]
I finished reading a great new book Tigers of the snow. What makes this book particularly interesting is it tells the history of himalayan climbing from the perspective of the sherpa’s who endured the hardships for food instead of the mountaineers who went for personal glory. I’ve read tons of moutaineering books but this one [...]
I finished reading a great new book Tigers of the snow. What makes this book particularly interesting is it tells the history of himalayan climbing from the perspective of the sherpa’s who endured the hardships for food instead of the mountaineers who went for personal glory. I’ve read tons of moutaineering books but this one [...]
More thoughtful commentary on the p2p mess from the boys at SATN.org. Once again the points they make are rather interesting and not dealt with honestly by anything the recording industry is doing. The textbook example is particularly relevant.
This ad for a Honda Accord is AMAZING! Read all about it here
I just finished off Neil Gaimans’s American Gods. The books recieved the 2002 Hugo Award. Its about an ex-con Shadow who on the way home from prison, meets up with Wednesday, who actually is a god. The whole book is about gods from the “old-world” and what they are experiencing in the new world battling [...]
OSNews, a really great site, has another scathing article on linux. These are becoming pretty standard fare these days. My brother had a similar experience and he actually worked technology, also a good friend tried to get up to speed with red-hat back in the 4.0 days. He got so baffled he asked me for [...]
An extremely thoughtful piece by Dan here that covers alot of ground on the whole p2p network mess. As usual a really nice job…