...sometimes user interface/coding discussions remind of landscape architecture/civil engineering...Don Park: "UI design is hard and insanely tedious." [Scripting News]

 

11:02:02 AM    

 

...sometimes the 'discussion' on difference between user interface and coding reminds me of the discussion on difference between landscape architecture and civil engineering...Don Park: "UI design is hard and insanely tedious." [Scripting News]

 

10:59:54 AM    

 

...speaking of The Netherlands...The Netherlands' largest paper, De Telegraaf, now has RSS support. [Scripting News]

 

10:56:27 AM    

 

Gateway to Cut Work Force by Over 2,000. Gateway expects to cut more than 2,000 jobs in the next few months, according to its chief financial officer. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]

 

10:53:37 AM    

 

Got a Book in You? More Companies Than Ever Are Willing to Get It Out. The Borders Group is the latest traditional bookseller or publisher to branch into self-publishing using print-on-demand technology. By Gayle Feldman. [New York Times: Technology]

 

10:52:46 AM    

 

Cebit to highlight high-speed networking, voice-over-IP. An expected half a million people will descend on Hanover, Germany, later this month for the annual Cebit trade show, where organizers hope to brush off the industry downturn with new products in areas such as high-speed networking, voice-over-IP, storage, and smart mobile phones. [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

10:50:45 AM    

 

Roku dropped the price of their HD1000 digital media player to $300, the same as the Pinnacle ShowCenter. [Hack the Planet]

 

10:47:10 AM    

 

Phil Ringnalda: "Reading in an aggregator isn't the only use for RSS." This sounds reasonable, but I'm not sure it's true (in a pragmatic sense, of course). Initially in 1999, there were two ways to use RSS, Netscape's and ours, and the two were quite different, but both were aggregators. It's true that the word syndication originally comes form the idea of including the content of a syndicated news source in another publication. But that really has fallen off. That's the "dark side" of syndication, as explained in this essay from 1999. People make fun of Jakob Nielsen, but he's really a very smart guy. He figured out the dark-side-light-side thing. I know a lot of people feel the same way about me, they would rather figure this stuff out for themselves, so if you're like that, more power to you. But if you like shortcuts, check it out. [Scripting News]

 

10:45:44 AM    

 

Richard MacManus: "There is no End User." [Scripting News]

 

10:44:21 AM    

 

PC World: Looking Into Flash's Future. In his keynote address at this week's FlashForward 2004 conference here, Macromedia chief software architect Kevin Lynch presented the company's Flash road map, which he sees leading far outside the browser. The first example of Flash's broadening range was the Macromedia Central information-management tool that debuted last summer. [Tomalak's Realm]

 

10:42:08 AM    

 

Users: Voice, data convergence saves money. While vendors at this week's VoiceCon 2004 argued about the types of VoIP systems available, users said they save money just by starting a convergence of voice and data networks, no matter which approach they choose. [Computerworld News]

 

10:39:41 AM    

 

Symbian sale is for the best, says Psion. Bird in hand [The Register]

 

10:38:51 AM    

 

CERN celebrates 50th birthday. I can remember when it was all gluons round here... [The Register]

 

10:38:14 AM    

 

DNA Spirals Into Artists' Medium. Eduardo Kac's latest fusion of biotech and art was inspired by a computer's chess move. The result is Move 36, featuring a tomato plant toting custom DNA. By Debra Jones. [Wired News]

 

10:36:23 AM    

 

LCD panel shortage easing up. Flat-panel monitors got the "short end of the stick" during an LCD panel supply crunch last year, analysts say. But more panels and lower prices are ahead. [CNET News.com - Front Door]

 

10:35:20 AM    

 

Equipment Sale?  Sears to rid shelves of PCs, film cameras. The retail giant will remove computers and film cameras from its store shelves in the third quarter to make room for TVs, DVDs and other consumer electronics devices. [CNET News.com - Front Door]

 

10:34:42 AM