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Friday, July 05, 2002

Open Access for NAB, Not for Users

So the NAB thinks cable companies and telcos should be forced to allow anyone to do aything they want on their networks -- no discrimination allowed. Funny, I don't see any sentiment like that in the CBDTPA.

"One nation, under broadcasters..."

NAB Joins Open-Access Forces. TVinsite Jul 5 2002 9:03PM ET

Opera strikes accord with Macromedia

I used MSIE exclusively for over a year in 2000-2001 becasue it was just the best available browser. But Opera went to version 5.x in 2001 and got good enough. I switched. It's now version 6.0 and much better than good enough. It's my primary browser.

Some people still write pages with BS, MSIE-proprietary JavaScript stuff and I keep an old version of MSIE (v5 I think) installed just for dire emergencies. But if I find a site that forces me to use MSIE I just usually don't go there.

Try Opera. It works.

Macromedia to Embed the Opera Browser in Web Authoring Products

Oslo, Norway -- July 2, 2002 Today, Opera Software announced an agreement with Macromedia, whereby the two companies will work together to integrate their products for the Mac platform. Opera will deliver a full-featured, embeddable version of its desktop browser to be integrated into a wide range of Macromedia Web development products.

Opera and Macromedia will work together to develop and maintain an application programming interface (API) for an embedded browser on the Mac platform, enabling further technical collaboration between the two companies in the future. Opera's core technology will be used as default browsing technology in a number of Macromedia products on the Mac platform and will give users the opportunity to test their Web pages with the world's most standards-compliant browser. [Opera]

The Buffy Syndrome is Real

posted by nicwolff » July 5 5:26 PM | 2 comments. Buffy the Terrorism Slayer(PDF link) The Center For Strategic & International Studies, which appears to be, like, a bunch of grown-up ex-senators and accused war criminals and former top spooks and such, released this white paper late last September.

Any structured intellectual approach to describing this situation — and planning for it — is so uncertain that a valid structure can only be developed as an exercise in complexity or "chaos" theory. I, however, would like you to think about the biological threat in more mundane terms. I am going to suggest that you think about biological warfare in terms of a TV show called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," that you think about the world of biological weapons in terms of the "Buffy Paradigm," and that you think about many of the problems in the proposed solutions as part of the "Buffy Syndrome."

I am one vindicated overgrown Buffy fan. (Via Need To Know.) [MetaFilter]

Master of Library Media

During my conversation with Scott Walker on information stewardship, we hit upon the idea of having someone with a strong library science background as part of our intranet design team.

Scott suggested I hit the Georgia State web site and take a look at their Master of Library Media program.

Sorry, but I couldn't care less if my librarian has ever studied Critical Pedagogy. I admit I have little background in library science, but half our educational problems are based in the silly idea that we need democratic schooling and teaching for social action. What tripe.

I suppose the Multicultural Education course will be helpful for those of us who want to imitate the productivity rates of Africa, the social norms of the UAE, or the labor practices of the Asia/Pacific regions. Just when Jenny Levine at TSL had me thinking so fondly of librarians...

But I digress.

Still seems like a good idea to have a librarian on board. I just wonder if I'll be able to find one that understands free market culture and wants to participate.

How to Load a Script

I didn't.

I do now. Thanks to Andy Fragen's e-mailed instructions with his untitledPost script, I know all you need to do is save the script to a local folder and open it from the Radio App. Once the script is loaded hit the Complile button. You should be ready to go.

Andy Fragen just sent me his untitledPost script.

If this post appears with a title -- it works.

It works! Thanks Andy.

Apple and the Media

[from MAIL] They don't send me anything to review now. When they used to, I never heard from them unless I said something they didn't like. By anything they didn't like I include even minor criticisms: anything but fulsome praise was met with a barrage of emails and letters and other forms of harassment, some organized by Apple's marketing people.

It was painful enough that I, like a lot of journalists, decided that it just wasn't worth it. Most people in my business either became Apple specialists or gave up on Apple altogether.

Does Jobs really believe that, with 2 percent market share, he can dictate media policy? The good ones -- the ones people listen to -- just quit covering his products and his company.

Just Say No To Dot Doc

Scott Johnson at fuzzygroup devised the Just Say No To Dot Doc (or JSNTD) campaign.

Scott's article has instructions for setting MSWord to save out as RTF by default (in case you don't already know.) He also has an idea for a web service that would help businesses migrate away from MSWord dependence.

It sounds good to me, but then I'm your basic contrarian and don't give a rat's ass about total compatibility. I don't know what you do if you're stuck using MSProject or (God forbid) PowerPoint all the time. Are there viable alternatives to those? Anyway, something fun to think about while you're chewing on the latest Bush Administration/BigBusiness conspiracy theory.

Building Radio Templates with HTML

Dixie Vogul provides a brief tutorial on ReRu because the documentation is sparse.

Brent Ashley Tests Amphetadesk

Amphetatesting. I've been having a look at Amphetadesk today. In conjunction with Les Orchard's collapsable-channels-and-items skin, I like it quite a...

K-Logging vs the Seven Deadly Sins of KM

Thanks to [a klog apart]

K-Log 101 Presentation

Klogging 101: What, Why, and How.. Explaining klogging to the gang at the office? To your user group?

Here's a little slide show you can use.

Klogging 101: What, Why, and How.

Talking points for 15-20 minutes.

Not included, but may be useful: a demo session.

• Bring your favorite blogging tools (some of the slides mention UserLand products).
• Write to the web
• Open an edit page.
• Write a post.
• Publish it.
• See the results on the web.
• Comment on incoming news and data
• Look at the news aggregator.
• Comment on one.
• Publish your comment and see the results.

[a klog apart]

Intro to K-Logging

Thanks to Jim McGee for pointing my to a klog apart.

Get up to speed on K-Logging.. brent ashley:

The thinking-out-loud style of writing a K-log journal of project activities allows every part of the process to remain available during and after the project. This allows detailed review and enables latecomers to the project to get up to speed. The dead-end attempts that provide the best opportunity for learning are documented and kept for others to learn from.

more great language for your team briefing...

[a klog apart]

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