Monday, November 25, 2002

American City Business Journals - RadioShack ends asking for customer info. "Customers tell us the practice of asking them for names and addresses is time consuming and annoying and is not something that endears them to us," Leonard Roberts, chairman and CEO of Fort Worth-based RadioShack, said in a statement. "Asking for names and addresses was a barrier to building superior customer relationships." Before its 1963 acquisition by Tandy Corp., RadioShack was collecting customer names and addresses as a way to manage its mail-order catalog business. As the store chain grew, RadioShack used the data to help customers document product purchase records for returns, exchanges and warranty service, as well as send the in-home flyer to customers who requested advance notification of new products, sales and promotions. [Privacy Digest] 9:38:01 PM    comment []

The itown global network of weblogs is up and open for business.  Very nice implementation. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 9:33:52 PM    comment []

8 Turkeys for Thanksgiving. From Worldcom to Grubman, we've got turkeys you wouldn't want mixed with your mashed potatoes. [The Motley Fool] 9:30:17 PM    comment []

There are lots of great things to say about font support in Mac OS X and Jaguar specifically. I think I'll dedicate this week of posts to everything related to fonts, fonts and more fonts. First up on the font installation front - folders of fonts! Instead of being forced to have all of your font files located directly in your fonts folder, you can now group and organize your fonts in folders.   [Ken Bereskin's Radio Weblog] 9:28:31 PM    comment []

Readymade Pringles antenna for Don't-DIYers. [bOing bOing] 9:24:59 PM    comment []

Backend: Formats for Blog Browsers. "I'd like to tell you a story about how I tripped over what may turn out to be a very interesting common feature of weblog software."  [Scripting News] 9:24:28 PM    comment []

A New Kind Of Productivity Application : For years, we've let office productivity applications define "productivity," yet Apple knows that the new frontier of productivity is not a new spreadsheet, word processor, or email client, but rather, tools for managing a consumer's growing array of digital assets: photos, music, and videos. (O'Reilly Network via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu] 9:23:47 PM    comment []

New study looks at 'International Digital Lifestyle' [MacCentral] 9:21:32 PM    comment []

Apple posts Will Ferrell holiday-themed Switch ads [MacCentral] 9:18:20 PM    comment []

Nice is better than mean!. Ben Hyde reviews Robert Axelrod's 1984 book Evolution of Cooperation.  Summary: be Nice, Cooperative, so you play nice with others, be Quick to Reciprocate, so you clearly signals nice or mean as approprate, be Forgiving and Patient, so you don't get stuck being mean, be Simple, so the other players can understand what your doing. [Sam Ruby] 9:13:06 PM    comment []

Sprint rolls out IM service for embedded apps [IDG InfoWorld] 9:12:30 PM    comment []

A wireless walk in Manhattan's Bryant Park: NYC Wireless's project at Bryant Park is treated to a gentle essay in the local City section of the New York Times, as the concepts of urban meeting places and interactions are neatly overlaid onto the latest technology. [80211b News] 8:59:47 PM    comment []

Boston Globe: Starbucks plus Wi-Fi equals virtual office: Scott Kirsner writes about how entrepreneurs can use Starbucks as their corporate meeting room, and the etiquette issues that result. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/329/business/Free_office_space_but_coffee_s_extra+.shtml 8:52:21 PM    comment []

Lessig's Challenge: Are You Up To It? [Slashdot] 7:04:01 AM    comment []

TypeIt4Me 1.0 released for Mac OS X [MacCentral] 6:03:28 AM    comment []

Edward R. Murrow. "When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 6:03:00 AM    comment []

Martin Mull. "The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." [Quotes of the Day] 6:02:36 AM    comment []

Same Day Shipping Available At Apple Store : MacMinute via MyAppleMenu [MyAppleMenu] 6:02:10 AM    comment []

New Siemens cellphone Cool looking new cellphone from Siemens that slides open to reveal a keypad. Not a whole lot of details available about the SL55, but looks like it's a tri-band phone with integrated Bluetooth and color display. Read.. http://gizmodo.net/archives/000709.php#000709 5:54:41 AM    comment []

Introduction to Web Services Apple has updated their Web Services documentation. It includes docs on sending XML-RPC and SOAP requests via Apple events (10.1) and via the WebServices framework (10.2). http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Networking/WebServices/ 5:42:10 AM    comment []

New Gizmos May Spark Deregulation 'It almost sounds too "Star Trek" to be possible: A multipurpose cell phone that also serves as an FM radio, walkie-talkie, garage door opener and TV remote control.'My question is, does anyone out there want something like this?... http://www.lockergnome.com/update/archives/week_2002_11_24.html#003251 5:36:49 AM    comment []

Monday again and overtime today for an hour and a half. That's ok, as it's a short, three day work week. 5:22:15 AM    comment []