The whole grid computing initiative, e.g. the Globus Project, is very much a large-scale way of utilising the enormous quantity of wasted resources within BigCos. It might just work.
Monthly Archive for March, 2002
“Adam Vandenberg had an aha moment thinking about Radio in relation to Microsoft Sharepoint. He’s right that everything we do is about presence. Our scaling strategy is Apache. (In other words static HTML and XML where ever possible, and using CPU cycles on the desktop.) Our model is publishing, even if it’s behind a firewall inside a corporation. We can’t fit our view of the world into Office apps. Neither can Microsoft, imho. Scott McNealy is a loser because he confronts Microsoft on the old battleground. There are so many ways to zig, why keep beating your head against the brick wall. I think MS and Sun must be in cahoots.”
Why Napster is Right Great rant about copyright, Napster etc. “We should be able to sell music we legally purchase.” That should be obvious, no?
Plastic: New Pay-For-Play Music Subscription Services Reviewed. Conclusion: they sort of suck.
The Gentry, Misjudged as Neighbors.
This seems relatively obvious: gentrification doesn’t drive out poorer residents as a) the area is getting nicer and b) the longer they stay, the more the supply/demand differential rises and therefore the more they get when they move. This works for owners; for renters, you might expect to see a faster turnover as landlords increase rents to market levels. I don’t think you can do this in a crazy way though. Either way the process takes c. 10 years rather than c. 3 years.
Boxes and Arrows: ASIST IA summit. Great collection of summaries of sessions and links to presntations, poster sessions, etc.
Boxes and Arrows: Taking the “you” out of user: My experience using personas.
Thoughtful piece about using personas to ensure that the end-user of the system is accurately designed, rather than some cheerleader or devils advocate of any particular piece of functionality currently being discussed.