Wednesday, December 31, 2003

You Canít Get There From Here: Why No Single Networking Technology Is Adequate Cringely, the pseudonomous penname, not the registered trademark, pens a Christmas column, "You Canít Get There From Here: Why No Single Networking Technology Is Adequate" with a mention of good techniques for journalistic research: ask a lot of people. The content is worthwhile, too, of course, with the thesis that there are a lot of up-and-coming networking technologies, and one-size-fits-all is pretty unlikely. 5:23:03 PM    comment []

Request For Comment: The State of Tech Journalism Great article bemoaning the state of tech industry "journalism:" http://macartisan.typepad.com/cupertino/2003/12/request_for_com.html 3:47:15 PM    comment []

Osama fin Ladin: The Fish That Threatened National Security http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03362/255283.stm Here's fishing you a better year next year! Happy New Years, folks! 3:45:54 PM    comment []

Wikipedia raising money for hardware Joi Ito posts: Wikipedia needs money. If you haven't been there yet, check out http://www.wikipedia.org, the online encyclopedia written as a wiki. Add an entry, if you like. A very useful place. Some hardware troubles resulted in their need to post a plea for contributions, hoping to meet a proposed budget of $20,000 USD. As of this morning, the total tops $31k. Get your pledge in, while you can still claim it as a tax deduction - today! 10:23:17 AM    comment []

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