Thursday, January 05, 2006

open source Yahoo IM Translator. [Slashdot] 1:32:39 PM    comment

eContent mapping Common DNA for user innovation. It all started with my original lame attempt to visualize my tag cloud over time. Then Chris Gemignani showed us how an Excel guru could solve the problem. I liked his presentation, and recreated it using AJAX. Now Oliver Steele, who is chief software architect at Laszlo, has joined the fun with expialidocio.us. Here's a 45-second silent screencast comparing the Excel, AJAX, and Laszlo (Flash) approaches: ... [Jon's Radio] 9:20:42 AM    comment

eCulture Security Vendor McAfee to Pay $50 Million Fine. [Slashdot]  This is an example of what can happen when a vendor works more at improving the stock price and than improving the product.  This is further evidence that the stock market side of the vendor business is an important consideration in institutional product decisions because is may help predict risk of vendor failure. -- BL 8:49:55 AM    comment