ongoing
Udell on Infopath (
2003-02-26)
Jon Udell has
a thoughtful
piece on Microsoft's new Infopath.
I can confirm that when I got my early demo from Jean Paoli, Jean confirmed
that they really didn't have any interest in XForms.
But I'm having trouble seeing Infopath's future ...
Apache Fan Club (
2003-02-25)
In the process of getting ongoing staged, a certain amount of server twiddling
was called for.
This process has further deepened my already-profound respect for the Apache
Web server ...
Good News on Iraq! (
2003-02-25)
Somehow I missed it this last weekend, but President Bush declined
Saddam Hussein's offer of a televised public debate.
The entire television-watching population of the world owes
the Commander-In-Chief sincere thanks for for scotching this profoundly bad
idea ...
A Lot of People Looking (
2003-02-25)
Somebody wondered what old friend X is up to, and I know he's on the Web
so I checked, and he's looking for work.
This has happened a lot in recent months.
There is a lot of serious, deep, high-quality talent out there waiting for
the economy to snap back ...
Iraq, Again (
2003-02-25)
Like everybody, I've been reading a lot about Iraq in recent days. One
point keeps coming up over and over again: Iraq is awfully weak at the
moment, crippled by the aftermath of losing a couple of wars, of decades of
corrupt dictatorship, and by the sanctions their
government brought on them.
I think the US is giving exactly the wrong reason for going to war.
The right
reason to go in and take out Saddam right now is not because he's strong and
dangerous, but because he's weak; now is an efficient and
cheap time to make the world a better place by removing one particularly
nasty regime from it ...
Organizing Infomorsels for the Author (
2003-02-25)
I've decided that it's usually correct to organize information (Web
information, anyhow) by date.
For example, when I wrote the first few entries in ongoing, I was organizing them
by category; see the layout under What? to your
left.
That turns out to be a bad idea for a bunch of reasons ...
Product Management Screw-up at Apple (
2003-02-24)
So Apple is shipping this huge, unwieldy, expensive monster notebook, and
a smaller, lighter, cheaper 12" box.
The smaller notebook has been getting some bad reviews as having a
low-quality LCD screen and being somewhat underconfigured ...
Democracy (
2003-02-23)
I was reading Joi Ito's
essay on the
subject of Democracy, which (oversimplifying, inevitably) argues that we need
the world to be more democratic, and that the Internet (in particular through
the emergent blog ecosystem) provides a higher-quality vehicle for discussion
and education.
I kind of believe the second half of the argument ...
Compost Time (
2003-02-23)
It's compost time; all the plants are showing signs of waking up and
getting into the Spring thing.
The real urgency, though, is because the compost bin is full of a winter's
leavings and there's no room for any more.
Here's some decent-looking spring compost ...
Crocuses, Again (
2003-02-22)
The garden shots so far this year are distinctly crocus-dominated, but
everything else is getting ready to bust out, so stand by.
I'm not sure why this pair is veiny instead of solid, I'll keep an eye on
them ...
What This Is (
2002-09-02)
I told everyone I was working on a weblog, but I'm not sure this really
is one ...
Truth (
2002-09-01)
What I BelieveI don't believe in God, and I don't believe in Adam Smith or Karl Marx, and
I don't believe in the abstractions of Capital or Labour or GAAP, and I don't
believe in the Nation or the Family or the Race or the Tribe ...
Business (
2002-12-21)
I've been in the business world pretty well continuously since 1981.
I've founded two companies, been the CEO of three, helped do five
rounds of VC financing, and been on a lot of sales calls ...
Technology (
2002-12-21)
A good way to become a generally happy person is to find your talent and
a way to live by it.
My talent is software ...
