Saturday, February 3, 2001

PB's Essay On Pyra I missed pb's essay on his experiences at Pyra when he firsted posted it so I'm making note of it now. I know it's small solace to the entrepid bunch that constructed Pyra and Blogger, but there's no question that they've made a significant impact on a lot of people's lives by constructing an excellent web app and simultaneously letting us in on the process. I've learned a lot while following their story over the past year plus and I really appreciate what they were able to accomplish together. 5:37:00 PM     MacOS X Ordered. I put in my preorder for MacOS X yesterday (with the special $30 discount of course), although I haven't been using the beta in a while. One of the little things that I really need (and hope the final version will provide) is the Location Manager. It makes networking at home and work a real snap. 4:54:00 PM     O'Reilly's Safari O'Reilly's new Safari service is a good idea. I think it has the potential to be fairly successful and being able to access five books over the web for $10 a month seems like a decent price point. From O'Reilly's perspective the revenue generation potential looks to be pretty good as well considering there's an initial set up cost, but no appreciable cost per book offered as there are with printed copies. Personally, I like owning actual books, but this is certainly worth looking at. 4:44:00 PM

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