Wednesday, March 27, 2002

Apple Ousts Coder for Being Young. A young developer is booted from participating in Apple's open-source project because he is a minor. What does this mean for other young coders? By Katie Dean. [Wired News] Now it seems to me that instead of dropping this kid Apple would want to encourage him.  I understand the legal reasons for stopping his access but there are other things that could have been done.  First off as a business anytime you can spot talent in the rough it seems to me that snubbing them is not your first move.  Why wouldn't Apple try to talk to this kid.  Maybe have him out the campus and show him around.  At such an early age he could be trained and become a great coder for their projects.  Apple is the one saying they are after the youth, then why a move like this?  It just looks bad to people my age. comment [] 4:43:14 PM

For some reason I can't get to my news through the aggregator.  The event log says the DNS is having a problem finding it...wonder what this is about.  Minutes later...fixed!   comment [] 4:20:38 PM

Wow, checking the referers I noticed I'm 5th on Google for new on Cuba Banning Sales of Personal Computers.  It's interesting watching the flow of information.  Granted I'm not an authority on the subject but I hope my site helped wayward traveler.  Another example of the power of weblogs! comment [] 4:15:18 PM

So THIS is what Adam and Dave have been talking about!  Instant Outlining.  This rocks.  You have to have Radio installed but who wouldn't want to?  This I think is the begining of something big.  The longer I use Radio the more I'm writing in outlines and this can't be beat for sharing quick notes and ideas.  On top of it I love IM's as a way of communication and anything else that cuts down my email and is real time.  Good work yet again UserLand! comment [] 3:49:01 PM

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