Tuesday, January 28, 2003

Techniques For Building a Better Intranet (Melbourne, Australia). I'll be presenting two one-day seminars in Melbourne titled Techniques For Building a Better Intranet. These will be run by CAVAL, and should prove to be both fun and interesting. Brief details: Overview This one day workshop will explore a... [Column Two] 9:46:10 PM    comment []

Five biggest mistakes in CMS selection. Lisa Welchman has written an article on the five biggest mistakes in CMS selection, which she lists as: Letting a software vendor tell you what you need Not establishing a broad-based selection team Not understanding the total cost of ownership... [Column Two]   9:43:11 PM    comment []

Visio or HTML for wireframes?. Jeff Gothelf has written an article which compares Visio or HTML for wireframes. To quote: As design organizations (design shops, user experience groups within companies, etc.) mature, they inevitably run across the debate of Visio versus HTML wireframes. The decision... [Column Two] GREAT article on when to use HTML vs. Visio for UI prototypes.  9:39:54 PM    comment []

Poor Man's Theremin. Here's how you can play music with your wireless network card. [Linux Journal] Crazy hack!  9:27:50 PM    comment []

Apple unwraps tower PowerMac G4s. Big beast [The Register] My next computer!!! 9:19:21 PM    comment []

Vendors Focused on Improving Analytical Views. New offerings from Business Objects and NetIQ give enterprises a more complete picture of business data. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] Business Objects has taken their dashboard product out of their Application Foundary suite to make it more accessible.  Sounds like a great move to me. 8:59:39 PM    comment []

NY Times: Worm Hits Microsoft, Which Ignored Own Advice. [Scripting News] Don't hey release the patches?  Well, nevermind... The other day I had a semi-rant where I said that administrators should be shutting off everything with firewalls anyway.  It just occured to me how this might not prevent you from getting this worm.  If you have an employee who has a laptop he uses at work and home, then he could carry it in.  He could leave his laptop on his DSL or cable connection all night without any protection and his SQL Server running.  The next day he packs up, comes in to the office, and boom.  The office gets it. 1:04:23 PM    comment []

Man sacked for blogging. Blogger [The Register] UK man was fired for keeping a blog.  Not many details.  Doesn't sound like he was blogging anything proprietary. 12:56:53 PM    comment []

Wired: Immortal Code. [Hack the Planet] Awesome article!  It focuses on what happens to code after a company goes defunct, especially code that is extremely intricate or brilliant.  The article tells the story of Dragon Systems, a speech recognition company. 8:48:18 AM    comment []

The Hybrid Car Moves Beyond Curiosity Stage. Vehicles that combine electric motors with regular engines appear to be catching on with both automakers and consumers. By Danny Hakim. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] I've been watching this develop over the past couple of years.  I really want one for my next vehicle.  What I want is a hybrid SUV.  Something with a little room (for baby stuff).  The Ford Escape hybrid sounds promising, but I'm worried it might not be big enough.  I guess at the end of the model year, I'll be able to find out! 8:30:24 AM    comment []

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