Sandwiched between a rock and a hard place
Jobless man sees plight as sign of the times
San Francisco Chronicle
Feb 2 2003 5:52AM ET

"I really believe we're heading into another worldwide Great Depression, and I don't see anything being done to change that direction," says Weiss. "Sept. 11 was our 1929."

"When I was a kid, the old-timers said they survived because people helped each other. We're going to have to learn to do that again."

The Bush Depression.

Chicago has been hit hard by the new depression.... worst job loss in the country
11:36:24 PM  #  comment []

I've been reading about a few bloggers moving off of manila or Radio. Here's the basic formula for when to switch.

When you add up the:

• Current value of my blogging tool
• Expected value of the stream of improvements to my blogging tool
• Cost of switching

And find it is less than the:

• Current value of an alternative tool
• Expected value of the stream of improvements to the alternative tool

Then it will be time to move.

Every product manager faces this formula.

Dave Winer leaving UserLand is a blow to the future value of the product. His radar for novel technologies and software architectures kept exciting new features coming every month for years.

One of John Robb's challenges: making and keeping the promise of an exciting and valuable future for the product family.

John Robb can start by calling Erin Clerico at Weblogger about his new suite of tools... run John...My take is that a lot of open source cms look pretty lame and look like knock offs of one another... but I have a suspicion that new open source cms tools will be built to die for.. in by late this year.. So Userland better stay light on its feet! I luv Manila.
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