the art of writing is discovering what you believe
the scene: any public park
Two boys, about 5 years old, meet and one says to the other, “hey,wanna play ship?”
“Yes,” says the other.
“OK, I’m the captain,” and the first then proceeds to give orders to the other, reminding him that they are playing together when his crew loses interest.
Not much different from dot.bomb startups, if you think about it.
Interview with Stuart Cheshire – The Idea Basket
My hope is that in the future — distant future perhaps — your computer will only need one wired communication technology. [ . . . ] I would much rather have a computer with a row of identical universal IP communications ports, where I can connect anything I want to any port, instead of today’s situation where the computer has a row of different sockets, each dedicated to its own specialized function.
How many times have you wanted it to be simpler to hook things together and wondered if anyone cared enough to make it happen? You only have to spend a little time debugging a balky SCSI bus to appreciate FireWire or USB: imagine all of your pluggable peripherals being that easy to manage.
Wonder when MSFT will announce a similar effort in XP?
From Frank
I have an idea for a new Apple ad campaign: see title above.
Rather than this switch campaign or other “it’s not Windows” stuff, I’d like to do a time and motion study on someone going through their workday. Reading email, writing documents, handling attachments, researching on the internet, printing, etc. and see how well it all works. Then extend it out over weeks, months. Show how much more work real people can done with the right tool, tools designed around them that they can adjust to suit their work style.
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in some cases is still trash.
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amazing what you can learn from watching your webserver access log
Open Source and and Strategic Business Risk
The logic is compelling; closed source code is an unacceptable strategic business risk. So much so that I believe it will not be very long until closed-source single-vendor acquisitions when there is an open-source alternative available will be viewed as fiduciary irresponsibility.
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Google Search: ladybugs eat aphids
New livestock here on the farm: they cost me $.006 a head.
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