• Public Knowledge Fund Raiser

    Posted on April 9, 2004

    According to SmartMobs there’s a fundraiser in San Francisco for a new organization called Public Knowledge. They seem to be into some interesting stuff. This is from their about page on their website: [Read More]

  • Better is Better

    Posted on April 8, 2004

    Some interesting commentary about programming languages and the practice of programming in Better is Better, a post from Bill de hÓra.

  • TrailBlazer Web Browser History Visualization

    Posted on April 5, 2004

    Slashdot linked to the TrailBlazer project a little while ago. TrailBlazer is a nice visual layout for browser history that should make it easier to get back to a site if you’ve forgotten to bookmark it. It seems like an excellent idea, but I figured that there would already be... [Read More]

  • Mena and Ben from Six Apart in San Jose

    Posted on April 5, 2004

    Mena and Ben from Six Apart are going to be speaking in San Jose on April 14th. Six Apart is responsible for the popular blogging software Movable Type, which they also run as a user service at TypePad. Mena has a corporate blog up at Mena’s Corner if you want... [Read More]

  • Situated Software

    Posted on April 4, 2004

    Clay Shirky has a post titled Situated Software available online. There are some excellent general points in there, but I’m left with a nagging feeling about the piece as a whole. I think there are some aspects which he captures well, but there are other areas which I think are... [Read More]

  • 2.6 and Embedded Linux

    Posted on April 4, 2004

    Linux Journal has a two part series about the 2.6 Linux kernel and what it means for embedded systems developers. Both part 1 and part 2 are online.

  • Mogi

    Posted on April 3, 2004

    The Feature has an article about a location based game called Mogi. I’m not a gamer at all, but I am into location based services. The way this game is run is just fantastic however. It encourages communication and cooperation, and emphasized collecting over combat. The game is described as... [Read More]

  • Making Money Off Moblogging

    Posted on April 1, 2004

    The Feature has an article about carriers trying to make money off moblogging. I think the point about complex cost structures and interoperability being a major barrier is excellent. I agree that there’s a lot that carriers should be doing to ease the technical hurdles for their users. I liked... [Read More]

  • GNOME 2.6 Release

    Posted on April 1, 2004

    Yesterday the 2.6 version of the GNOME desktop was released. Most people are going to have to wait until their vendor makes it available, but those looking to live on the bleeding edge can always download it and compile on their own. ArsTechnica has an overview article on their site.... [Read More]

  • Fred Brooks Speaking in Menlo Park

    Posted on March 31, 2004

    Fred Brooks is speaking in Menlo Park on April 8th, 2004. He wrote The Mythical Man-Month, one of a very small number of universally applicable software engineering books. The fact that it remains so even decades after it was written is astounding. This is one not to miss. [Read More]