The Grauniad reports that a US campaign is behind the turmoil in Kiev. A difficult call this one. I’d rather non-violent protest using elections than removing unwanted administrations through force, but should the US engineer the result it wants? It’s a bit like reducing discrimination, I think: there is a very difficult line to tread between creating a level playing field and unwittingly discriminating the other way.
Interesting peek into the future in Korea. People don’t like using email becauseThe reasons given for shunning email are that it’s impossible to tell whether an addressee has received a message right away and replies are not immediately forthcoming. Still another reason is that you send messages through SMS or messenger as if you were playing a game, while doing so through email makes you feel as if you are doing homework or performing a task.
.I wonder if the same will happen here? I can’t see SMS or messenger overtaking email in my business – the trail that email gives is so important for avoiding finger pointing that I can’t see it going away. SMS and messenger aren’t often backed up, either.
Tameside signs LPSA v2 keeping them well in front of most other councils. Not much on e-gov in the targets, but plenty of money / rewards for meeting them.
Have a look at the Scottish Executive’s own Gershon targets.
Some questions as to whether eBay is really a sensible model for civic discourse.We’re building an eBay type service on one of our projects, so this is semi-relevant.
The Grauniad notes an article in New Scientist based around funky science-related things to do before you die, like turn yourself into a diamond.
If this is true, it’s a truly wonderful application of science. A little too late for Christopher Reeve, though. Shame.
A very informative survey of the future of IT in the Economist. The theory being that IT specialist skills in consumers will dissapear in the next 20 years, just as the requirement to have a mechanic on tap (which lead to the existence of chauffers in the early days of the motor car) died out.
Oh My God It Burns! tests whether putting rubbish vodka through a Brita water filter makes it better. They say yes, I say “is this an add for Brita?”.
There are some fairly serious problems with the Treo 650s which relate to a new filesystem that massively expands file sizes. Amazing that this wasn’t spotted in a beta or something. Maybe I should hold off getting one before going to India…
[Update: looks like PalmOne has worked out a route to fixing things. Good customer relations.]