wow. i'll admit it. there were quite a few stats in “Harper’s Index” of teenage myths that surprised me. i guess there's no better proof that i'm getting close to 30.
posted by e3
11:44:31 PM
interesting response from groove chief product designer regarding comments made in joel's recent screed, Don't Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You:
posted by e3
9:44:28 PM
"The bottom line is that I think it was unfair of you to consider us Architecture Astronauts. It is true that we do not solve the problem that Napster was trying to solve, but I think we have been successful at solving the problem that we set out to solve. Also, to be fair, we have managed to ship a product (and even sell it to people) unlike some of the Architecture Astronauts that you are thinking of."joel responds:
"Anyway, now we're talking about architecture. Let's talk about features. The applets you ship with are all spiffy but not ultra-compelling, because you can often get the same functionality elsewhere. And it's the applets that are going to sell Groove, not the architecture...So... yes, you shipped a product, and sold it to people, it's great, I believe you. But if you want it to be The Next Great Thing it has to be more than architecture, it has to enable things that people really need."i might be missing something, but i presumed that groove's product was supposed to be a framework and that they weren't trying to get into the application space, so they didn't compete with the people that they are trying to sell to. i assumed that the stripped down functionality provided by the preview release was meant only as a teaser to entice others to develop the things that people really need. am i missing something? probably.
Perl XML Quickstart: The Perl XML Interfaces:
posted by e3
9:11:29 PM
"This is not an exercise in comparative performance benchmarking, nor is it my intention to suggest that any one module is inherently more useful than another. Choosing the right XML module for your project depends largely upon the nature of the project and your past experience. Different interfaces lend themselves to different kinds of tasks and to different kinds of people. My only goal is to offer working examples of the various interfaces by defining two simple tasks, and then showing how to achieve the same net result using each of the selected modules."
peter pointed to something called group forming networks and That Sneaky Exponential—Beyond Metcalfe's Law to the Power of Community Building:
put a reminder on the fridge.
tie a string to your finger.
don't forget. you're really interested in it, you're just a little tired right now.
posted by e3
8:49:22 PM
"But many kinds of value are created within networks. While many kinds of value grow proportionally to network size and some grow proportionally to the square of network size, I've discovered that some network structures create total value that can scale even faster than that. Networks that support the construction of communicating groups create value that scales exponentially with network size, i.e. much more rapidly than Metcalfe's square law. I will call such networks Group-Forming Networks, or GFNs."note to self: you better remember to investigate it further or i'm pulling out that can of whoopass. i mean it. i don't care how much 'real' work you have to do. say it three times. group forming networks. group forming networks. group forming networks
put a reminder on the fridge.
tie a string to your finger.
don't forget. you're really interested in it, you're just a little tired right now.
i can feel myself getting close to setting up an 802.11 network for personal consumption and oreillynet keeps giving me less and less of a reason for being lazy [not that that ever really stopped me].
Getting Started with Lucent's 802.11b Wireless LAN Card:
posted by e3
7:32:20 PM
Getting Started with Lucent's 802.11b Wireless LAN Card:
"These uber-cool devices operate in the deregulated 2.4-GHz band (just like high-end cordless phones). They work best with direct line of sight, but will operate through walls, windows, ceilings, and just about anything not made of metal. And they not only work as advertised, they work well.
Of course, you've got to get them installed first, which is unnecessarily quirky (and in some cases, outright frustrating). But fear not, we'll brave the dark forces of product re-branding and misguided Microsoft plug-and-pray together!
First, I'll tell you what equipment you need: a gateway and a wireless LAN card. Next, I'll explain how to install the drivers for the card. Then I'll focus in on installation on different platforms: Windows, Mac, and Linux. Finally, I'll talk a bit about security and encryption."
dj adams continues his jabber series with A More Sensitive Mail Notifier
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posted by e3
7:24:28 PM
"Even if the user is connected, it might not always be appropriate to send messages. The user might be away from the computer for an extended period (even though the workstation is on and the Jabber client connected) or might simply not want to be interrupted (although as we've already discussed, on a Jabber client that supports them, arrival of "normal" type messages can be fairly unobtrusive).
As it stands, our script will send notifications whether the recipient wants them or not. It turns out that we can address this and the other flavors of insensitivity at the same time."
everybody and their brother is going to link to the sad news that joey ramone is dead, but i'm going to link to it anyway. to be honest, i was never a huge fan of the ramones. but i was smart enough to recognize that they paved the way for many of the bands that were important to me in my "formative years". and now - over twenty years after their first album - legions of kids are getting a doses of the ramones without even knowing it.
in fact, i caught mtv2 for the first time this weekend, and i'd say that 90% of the playlist consists of ramones wannabes.
posted by e3
7:16:29 PM
in fact, i caught mtv2 for the first time this weekend, and i'd say that 90% of the playlist consists of ramones wannabes.
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