...you just have to network in your local community to interact with people who have digital know-how!!  And, nothing beats well designed product!   Useit.Com: Ten Best Intranets of 2003. North Tyneside College provides the ultimate proof that good intranets depend more on will, talent, clarity of mission, and commitment to usability than it does on having lavish funding. This winning intranet, which supports 300 staff and 15,000 students, was designed and developed by a single person... [Tomalak's Realm]

 

8:11:37 AM    

 

Are you a designer?  Adaptive Path: User Expectations in a World of Smart Devices. This kind of intelligence is already starting to leak into mainstream products, and I bet that designers will have to think about it seriously within the next five years. Perhaps the biggest change for user-experience designers will be a user's subsequent disregard for predictability. [Tomalak's Realm]

 

8:09:22 AM    

 

High-frequency wireless technology gets FCC go-ahead. FCC said it hopes to encourage the development and promotion of new broadband products and services that can compete against more traditional high-speed Internet service offerings. [Computerworld News]

 

8:08:20 AM    

 

...for small businesses...  IBM offers unlimited-user price for DB2 Express. IBM Corp. will announce a new pricing option Monday for DB2 Express, a version of its database software aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

8:07:26 AM    

 

Here, Take My Card (Ha Ha, That's Not My Address). Spam filters, spam blockers, spam blasters: there's no shortage of tools intended to thwart the biggest irritant in an increasingly e-mail-dependent world. But Paul Tyma, co-founder of Mailinator, a free online service, has a simpler solution to offer. By Adam Baer. [New York Times: Technology]

 

8:05:39 AM    

 

...right... Video Games Will Calm Your Fears. According to a Canadian study, regular ol' video games are an effective method of treating phobias. In the tradition of exposure therapy, researchers say a spider-laden Half-Life has helped arachnophobic folks overcome their fright. [Wired News]

 

8:04:12 AM    

 

Sun losses mount as sales fall again. Losses widen at network computer maker Sun Microsystems as it reports a drop in sales for the 10th quarter in a row. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

8:01:57 AM    

 

Microsoft warns of 'critical' flaws. Software giant Microsoft has warned of seven security flaws in its programs, describing five as "critical". [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

8:01:04 AM    

 

At the root of the Internet, and its WWW, is an issue about what is done for free and what is commercial.  Translated in landscape architecture business talk, that is what do you give a client for free in order to generate business in the long run.  Reading this article may help you to understand the larger digital perspective on this issue.  CNet: The cultural divide and the Internet's future. Commercializing the DNS root servers doesn't make a lot of sense, since they're inherently unprofitable. At best you could put it out for competitive bid and send the bill to the TLDs, but I have a feeling that wouldn't be an improvement. [Hack the Planet]

 

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