• Licklider on the Backchannel

    Posted on June 27, 2004

    I was just re-reading a couple of articles by J.C.R. Licklider. They’re only available as PDF as far as I’ve seen, sorry about that. In particular the second article, “Computer as Communication Device”, really struck me as a discussion about “the backchannel” that appears commonly at technical conferences these days.... [Read More]

  • Continuous Partial Attention

    Posted on June 25, 2004

    I’m playing the home edition of Supernova 2004. Listening to the audio streams, watching the Wiki for updates, keeping an eye on the metablog, and chatting on the IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. The term used to refer to dealing with all the incoming information is continuous partial attention. I always... [Read More]

  • The Torturous World of Powerpoint

    Posted on June 24, 2004

    I personally like to get more than one viewpoint whenever I can, and I think The Torturous World of Powerpoint provides an excellent complement to the Art of Positioning and Presenting talk that Bill Joos gave at the Art of the Start. [Read More]

  • ACLU Bust Card for Photographers

    Posted on June 23, 2004

    Inforgargoyle has a post about an ACLU Bust Card for Photographers. The compact sheet of info contains information about what your rights are when taking photos, and what your rights are and how to respond if someone confronts you about it. I think it’s an excellent thing to have available,... [Read More]

  • Skype for Linux

    Posted on June 23, 2004

    Apparently I missed this when it went through the news, but Skype now has a Linux client. In general I have a policy against running anything that I don’t have the source code for, but I might have to make an exception to try this out. I have a few... [Read More]

  • Yahoo Login Problems Using Gaim

    Posted on June 23, 2004

    It appears that Yahoo has again changed something that causes third party apps to fail. Now, it’s not like I’m unfamiliar with the trials and tribulations of trying to deploy a large scale application like this, I just don’t agree with their policies. Needing to change the underlying protocol is... [Read More]

  • Ongoing Trouble at Nokia

    Posted on June 21, 2004

    A post over at Textually.org pointing to a summary from the Nokia Connection press conference. Some interesting insights in there. I’m not a Nokia user, but I’ve heard so many good opinions of their phones that I’ve been planning to try one out. In particular, developers seem to like the... [Read More]

  • Art of the Start Redux

    Posted on June 19, 2004

    I’ve cleaned up my notes from the other day, both to ensure that I’ve reread all of them to refresh my memory, and to clarify some vague points and correct some mistakes. Two big posts this time, hope that works out for the rest of you. [Read More]

  • SENT Show Now Live

    Posted on June 17, 2004

    I’ve been really looking forward to the SENT phonecam art show. I’ve been keeping an eye out for it since my first post about it in November of last year. Now it’s up and live, including a page that displays random images from those submitted by the public. Images are... [Read More]