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Monday, July 29, 2002
Traction and Radio are Not Exclusionary
I'm running community server behind the firewall and for some business users it's very important to be connected via email. Although, there are some [Radio] tools like news2email and the ability to mail to category that allow you to do that.
And also:
[...]I'm all in favor of bottom-up approach, but it seems like the most practical approach is somewhere inbetween: company will benefit from using both, top-down and bottom-up systems, they just have to be well-connected. [toolbox]
Also, John Robb chimed in via e-mail to point out that Traction and Radio are quite complementary -- Radio being a great tool to get users over the start-up hurdle and get them contributing; Traction as a higher-end solution for a small core of knowledge architects to use in gathering together all the company's disparate knowledge sources.
2002 GATF InterTech Awards
Perusing this list of technology winners for the graphic arts industry really points out the level of stagnation that has set in across the industry. It also shows the relative misplacement of focus on rather simple, user-level advancements such as PDFTansit as opposed to developments that can really change the fundamental production models of the industry.Adobe is a great company and has done more in the graphic arts space than anyone. Their PostScript, and then PDF, technologies have literally revolutionized the entire industry. But to choose PDFTransit as the top technical achievement in 2002 is like granting Schering Pharmaceuticals an achievement award for their remake of Claritin into Clarinex -- it is a change from existing products, but not much of one.
Eleven Technologies Honored with a 2002 GATF InterTech Technology Award [WhatTheyThink]
Why Shouldn't I Use AMD
I'm thinking of building a new desktop computer -- although I really like my present setup, I guess 733mHz is getting a little long in the tooth. But I really don't want to spend a lot of money. It looks like an AMD processor and AMD-compatible mobo from Gigabyte or Asus or someone could be had for 15-20 percent under comparable Intel parts. Is there any good reason I should not use AMD?I don't presently do any 3D modeling or gaming. If I do so in the future it will be quite limited, I suspect. But I might do a little video editing if I get an ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 8500 video card.
Comments welcome.
Prices are falling at AMD. Vendor cuts Athlon, Duron price in bid to stay with Intel [InfoWorld: Top News]
My Patent is Bigger Than Your Patent
More patent silliness from two companies we all know and love.Adobe, Macromedia settle patent suits. CNET Jul 29 2002 4:20PM ET [Moreover - IP and patents news]
Inside Views from CIO Summit
Phil Windley's trip report from the Western CIO Summit provides some great insight into how our government officials are thinking and acting on the issues of Homeland Security and IT. Everyone should read it.Windley is to be congratulated. I'll say this, if the CIO of every state were as open as Windley and made his views public we'd all know one hell of a lot more about what is going on in our bureaucracy and we'd be a hell of lot less at the mercy of our conniving politicians.
I think I'll move to Utah...
Second Day at Western CIO Summit.Here is my trip report from my second day at the Western CIO Summit sponsored by Western Information Technology Council. [Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog]
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