Wednesday, April 02, 2003

Microsoft dives into VoIP with CE .Net 4.2. Enhancements enable VoIP in handhelds, Smartphones, other devices [InfoWorld: Top News] 9:46:56 PM    comment []  trackback []

Technology + Dance MIDI-Triggered Dance Troupe. When Troika Ranch performs, sensory devices worn on each dancer’s body link the performer’s actions to interactively controlled video, sound and light. A bending arm can warp a video image, the kick of a leg can recall a musical phrase. [via Apple Hot News] More info on the Mididancer. 9:28:01 PM    comment []  trackback []

How Matt Drudge makes $ Nice article at Business 2.0 about: "The Secrets of Drudge Inc. - How to set up a round-the-clock news site on a shoestring, bring in $3,500 a day, and still have time to lounge on the beach." Here's some insight on how Matt Drudge brings in the dough. 1. Offload the Work 2. Aggregate, Don't Duplicate 3. Zero Bureaucracy Means Great Speed 4. Don't Discuss Business [via The Doc Searls Weblog] 9:18:00 PM    comment []  trackback []

Witty Stamps Why can't the US postal service do something like this: A set of stamps with another set of decals to dress them up?  Much better than ours... "I've written before on how seemingly small things characterise a country. The latest issue from the Royal Mail sums up a lot of the best of Britain: witty, domestic, deftly executed. I'm trying to find more reasons to send letters so I can use my do-it-yourself fruit and veg stamps." [via Davos Newbies]   8:40:10 PM    comment []  trackback []

Tim Bray is a smart guy and I agree with him 100%. "c|net says that Microsoft won't be including Infopath (formerly known as XDocs) in the basic MS Office bundle. This seems all wrong, I don't get it. It seems to me that Infopath is all about enabling business apps that are slicker and more responsive than pure Web apps and at the same time are built around nice open declarative XML. But the main reason that businesses love Web apps is precisely that they don't have to pay for, deploy, and manage desktop software, it all just runs through the browser, which is part of the landscape. For example, here at Antarctica we're doing pretty well at trying getting people to deploy information visualization apps, and one of the reasons is that it just works in the browser. If Infopath were part of the basic Office bundle, then everyone would have it and this wouldn't be an issue. But if c|net is right, in order to convince businesses to build on Infopath rather than the browser, it's going to have to be awfully damn good." [via ongoing] 2:21:57 PM    comment []  trackback []