Thursday, March 21, 2002|
Boxes and Arrows: Got usability? Talking with Jakob Nielsen. Usability has very much seemed like a black art. I myself have often said, "Well, you can just test that." Well, that is true. Many things are testable, but at the same time we have to broaden the scope to make it even cheaper, even more accessible, get even more people doing it. [Tomalak's Realm] 5:39:45 PM  comment
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Metrowerks Grows Wireless Tools. Supports multiple platforms, communications [allNetDevices Wireless News] 4:13:22 PM comment
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Survey: Users Want Mobile Payments. But warns vendors, operators must act quickly [allNetDevices Wireless News] 4:13:08 PM comment
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JavaOne: Sun to bake Web services into J2EE [IDG InfoWorld] 4:12:49 PM comment
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Mobile K-LoggingRapid mobility is the sign of the times. In many organizations employees spend as much or more time on airplanes, in distant hotel rooms, and at client locations as they do at the office. So, how can they contribute to a corporate K-Log when they are on the road and/or disconnected? Here is my thinking on this.
There are three modes of remote K-Logging. They are:
1) Remote access to a K-Log through a browser. K-Log tools that are located on a server or desktop PC (through remote access settings) can be accessed while on the road as long as the systems can be accessed from outside the corporate firewall via a variety of connection techniques (VPN, VNC, Microsoft Terminal Server, Browsers equiped with certificates, etc).
2) Mobile laptop with a local K-Log tool. With a laptop K-Logging tool, employees can K-Log while on a plane, in a hotel room, and in a client meeting -- all while disconnected. When they reconnect, the publishing process is fast and efficient as K-Log updates on the desktop are published to the host. Additionally, news headlines are downstreamed to the laptop. This is very similar in concept to the efficient e-mail replication found in Lotus Notes (and what made it successful). This is also what I do personally.
3) Remote K-Logging via e-mail. E-mail works great as a way to post updates to a K-Log tool on the desktop or server while on the road without a laptop. Many employees now use e-mail enabled devices like Blackberries and wireless Palms. These tools don't support high quality browsing, but they do a fairly good job with e-mail. For those employees that want to make an immediate post to their K-Log via a Blackberry while stuck in traffic, the e-mail to K-Log feature is the best way to go.
E-mail is also a great way to build a group or team K-Log using a desktop PC. In many respects, this is very much like a private Yahoo Group, but done with a K-Log tool on a desktop PC inside the corporate firewall. All participating employees are given an e-mail address to send updates to. All e-mails from these employees are aggregated by the K-Log tool and posted to the Intranet. It would require a minor modification to the K-Log tool to send e-mails back to the participating employees on a per post or daily summary basis. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 4:11:51 PM comment
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NYT. Voice recognition for appliances. Here is the problem with distributed devices (social computing) that run their own chips and software: each one has their own unique interface. Do you want to learn how to use a voice activated interface for a lamp you just bought? Certainly not. The solution to this fragmentation is to use a personal computer as a means of controlling these devices via a standard API. That way, you can customize and learn a single PC-powered interface to control all smart devices you interact with. Better yet, you can use the PC to leverage your interactions both while at home and on the road. Decentralization is a powerful concept, but the utility of decentralization hits its apex at the level of the individual user. After that point, decentralization declines in utility. >>>As it turns out, these devices have to be taught to respond to commands, and the procedure is slightly different for each appliance.<<< [John Robb's Radio Weblog] |
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Sun to bang Java drum but J2EE 1.4 slips. Trailing .NET [The Register] 4:10:24 PM comment
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Post office gives up on wireless service. In the end it was neither rain nor sleet nor hail, but rather a lack of interest that doomed the U.S. Postal Service's foray into the world of wireless devices. [CNET News.com] 4:10:05 PM comment
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Apple's Jobs brings in $1 salary. New SEC filings reveal the Apple CEO's wages as well as those of other top executives at the company. [CNET News.com] 4:09:30 PM comment
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Hemingways With Hand-Helds, Typing With Both Fists. The PocketTop Wireless Link Keyboard, a folding keyboard for hand-held devices, could be the Underwood of the palmtop generation. By Catherine Greenman. [New York Times: Technology] 3:16:37 AM comment
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In Classic Math Riddle, DNA Gives a Satisfying Answer. Scientists make strides with the DNA computer, theoretically capable of performing trillions of calculations in seconds. By George Johnson. [New York Times: Science] 3:10:44 AM comment
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Batteries Promise Not to Fade Before the Light Does. A new long-lasting battery may give photographers many more snaps per pack in a year when some industry analysts are predicting a 29 percent increase in digital camera sales. By J.d. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology] 3:10:16 AM comment
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Projector Makes the Pictures That Got Small Big Again. For those who want the home theater experience without the bulk of a home entertainment system, the InFocus ScreenPlay 110 might be the answer. By Stephen C. Miller. [New York Times: Technology] 3:09:56 AM comment
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A Glowing Delphic Orb Says 'Buy,' 'Hold' or `Panic'. If the devil is in the details, don't tell the people at Ambient Devices in Cambridge, Mass. The company is staking its future on a demand for more timely and personalized yet less specific information from gadgets and computers. By David J. Wallace. [New York Times: Technology] 3:08:43 AM comment
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JaveOne: Gosling hits 'Jackpot' with futuristic tools [IDG InfoWorld] 3:00:25 AM comment
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EE Times: Carriers eye seamless WLAN, cellular integration. VoiceStream is not alone in its efforts. Analyst Ameri said Telenor of Norway and Telia of Sweden are also deploying WLANs in Europe, and other European carriers are following suit. "Carriers would much rather lose revenue to their own WLAN networks than wait for 3G," she said. [Tomalak's Realm] 2:59:51 AM comment
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ASIST Bulletin: Next Generation of Interfaces. What should the future Web look like? How do we get there? To what extent should the Web mimic human behavior? Two experts squared off on these and other issues before several hundred audience members during the closing session of the ASIST Annual Meeting in Washington on November 8, 2001. [Tomalak's Realm] 2:59:23 AM comment
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ASIST Bulletin: Providing Universal Access to Human Knowledge. The concept of providing universal access to human knowledge overwhelms many of the people who think about it. But that doesn't mean it's not a worthwhile goal. Kahle says he's striving to do just that. In the process, he's created the Internet Archive... [Tomalak's Realm] 2:58:53 AM comment
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IBM Supports Qualcomm's BREW. Also adds BREW plug-in to dev environment, Websphere. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 2:58:21 AM comment
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Study: All Cars to Have Telematics. But says growth will be slow [allNetDevices Wireless News] 2:57:32 AM comment
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Next Attempt at M-Commerce Unveiled. Connects wireless phones to standard ads [allNetDevices Wireless News] 2:56:38 AM comment
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DoCoMo Starts 4G Experiments. Expects 100 Mbps download speeds [allNetDevices Wireless News] 2:52:35 AM comment
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Apple Goes Blue: Bluetooth, that is. In a move that surprised me, at least, Apple offers up a Bluetooth technology preview, working with D-Link's USB-based Bluetooth adapter, which Apple will offer for $49 through its Apple Store starting in April coupled with some OS X 10.1.3 software. They are careful to hedge their bets, billing the software as a preview and not listing specific devices. Palm owners, start your salivating: with Palm backing Bluetooth as a sync technology and Apple offering the hardware and OS support, I expect the next release of Palm's beta (or 1.0) of Palm Desktop for OS X will include Bluetooth support. [80211b News]2:44:21 AM comment
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Keeping Track of Atomic Matter. A large amount of the material used to make atomic explosives is scattered throughout the world. A research team at Stanford University has assembled a database to keep track of it. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News] 2:30:04 AM comment
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Tokyo Braces for Mac Invasion. Macworld always makes a big splash in San Francisco and New York, but nothing rivals the scene at the Tokyo version. The convention starts this week. Leander Kahney reports from Tokyo. [Wired News] 2:29:07 AM comment
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Shopping via cell phones loses interest. New research says consumers have lost interest in buying goods online using cell phones. "The more they've used it, the less they've liked it," the study's author says. [CNET News.com] 2:26:12 AM comment
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Apple brewing up new products. The company will unveil the new iPod, which can be used as a digital organizer, and a flat-panel monitor at Macworld Expo Tokyo, according to sources. [CNET News.com] 2:21:15 AM comment
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Tibco turns profit on declining sales. The provider of business-integration solutions reports a small net profit, compared to a net loss in the same quarter last year. [CNET News.com] 2:05:29 AM comment
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The Register and #2. Microsoft pays the strategy tax on Mira. Instead of making it a portable screen that enables a single beefy PC able to server multiple users via XP profiles. It is moving to make Mira more of a stand-alone portable device based on CE. Yuk. I love the concept of an interface anywhere approach to the next generation of PCs. The Register's take on why this product is mutating: >>>'Good grief,' thinks the Microsoft licensing department when it sees the spec. 'This is a thin client, a Network Computer, we must put a stop to this.' 'Good grief,' thinks the OEM sales department. 'This will cannibalise our PC sales. We must put a stop to it.' So it isn't, and it doesn't. For now, anyway. <<< |
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Cool, Pelle started a "Financial Applications Security Weblog" Another example of a domain expert taking control of a topic. Nice. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 1:55:32 AM comment
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Bill's vision for the future of the PC, c1980 - er, Xenix. Failed business plans a-go-go... [The Register] 1:55:01 AM comment
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Doc Searls: Death by Content Management.  [Scripting News]1:54:45 AM comment
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News.Com: "Citigroup has agreed to use Microsoft's Web services technology, including password protection, online authentication and messaging services. The endorsement is significant for Microsoft, which has been struggling to define a business plan for its .Net My Services product." [Scripting News]1:54:28 AM comment
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"Last words are for fools," said Marx on his deathbed. Not so famous last words. [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] 1:54:12 AM comment
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Scientists may have found a way to grow meat in a lab: "They cut muscle strips from goldfish and put them in a high nutrient liquid made from the blood of unborn calves. After a week the fish chunks grew by 14%. They have washed, marinated and fried it, but haven't got round to tasting it yet." [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] 1:53:55 AM comment
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Microsoft to partner on wireless Pocket PCs with three U.S. cell carriers
Microsoft has partnered with three top U.S. cellular carriers to provide Pocket PCs with built-in wireless voice and data capabilities, once again snatching the lead in the handheld computing arena from Palm. |
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FedEx signs five-year mobile data pact with AT&T Wireless
In a move that indicates that next-generation mobile data services have come of age, FedEx signed a contract with AT&T Wireless for GPRS service. The network will support a handheld device based on the Pocket PC operating system. |
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Urdu Made Easy In just six months, a tiny Rhode Island company developed a military handheld device that translates English into four Afghan languages.
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