Wednesday, March 26, 2003

SFGate - Bay Area Pictures Thought this might brighten you day :-) 6:30:38 PM

News.com on RSS traction News.com ran this piece about growth in the use of RSS as a non-news format. This is a theme many of us are tracking. What will be the first truly broad killer app to use this? [Jeremy Allaire's Radio] Yeah, I see the same mindshift happening as well. Syndication is the jewel of the weblog phenom. Will I be subscribing to my refrigerator someday? 11:22:46 AM

The iTablet No details on who makes this (since it's running Windows XP it's obviously not by Apple), but check out this "iTablet" that someone spotted last week at CeBIT. It looks a lot like what you'd expect an Apple table computer to look like. Read [Gizmodo] I'm not so sure I'd use a tablet computer. I do a lot of typing, for code or for prose. Then again, sometimes I wish I had a digital notebook, something that would give me control over layout and mixed media much more easily. In fact, I still cary a paper notebook, so that I can draw diagrams that represent my ideas better than typing them here. The graphic for "Weblog Content Cycle" took minutes to draw, and an hour to recreate digitally. 11:20:38 AM

DEBKA and misinformation Howie Kurtz in the Washington Post reports on how independent sites like DEBKA can publish bogus news updates based on rumor. Bloggers might see this as big media picking on new, indie media, but I think Kurtz is right. [JD's New Media Musings] I think he's right as well. You've got to check your sources. 11:14:35 AM

Lookin for a new song Lookin for a new song lookin for the words lookin for a new song lookin for the words look inside look inside see my world today look inside deep inside what things have come my way look at me look at them wage our war today 11:13:06 AM

Ax ads "I know you're not talkin to ma' man!" Kinda funny. Anyone else notice that mid-70s fashions are back? 11:12:38 AM

Xtreme pit pucky This cross cultural ad misses the mark, because it is so convoluted. I hope my peers see that. 11:12:04 AM

Culmination Not many updates this week, as I am extremely busy. We're racing towards a major milestone here at Macr, and at the same time, Paulette and I are racing towards our move on Friday. The floors are done, and look beautiful! The painting is mostly done, sure hope they pull all their gear out today. Confirmed that the DSL is in, now I need to figure out how to get all the hardware set up properly. Got a carpet cleaning coming tomorrow, as well as the movers to pack all our stuff up. We even had to get a parking permit, so that a section of street parking would be reserved for the moving truck on Friday. All in all, a very busy time! 11:10:04 AM