Monthly Archives: March 2003

After some sweet weather in the 60s in the past week, a little reminder that we’re still in New England. Cold and windy in the 30s today, with a fresh dusting of snow last night.

And I still didn’t make the list, bummer. The list is available for free browsing here, but the in-depth articles and back-stories are for paying customers. Some interesting changes. Wal-mart’s number one. It used to be the Fortune 500 list … Continue reading →

In a piece entitled “Permanet, Nearlynet, and Wireless Data,” Clay Shirky argues that 3G cellular phone data services are solving a problem that doesn’t exist, using a marketing model that makes no sense. Interesting reading, from Clay Shirky’s Writings About … Continue reading →

Amazing! First day I missed this month, first day since Januray, too. There just didn’t seem to be anything that interesting to relay. My own time was spent putting the finishing touches on speaker’s notes and slides for the upcoming … Continue reading →

Tim Bray wrote recently that XML was too hard for programmers, and many people (most didn’t read the article, I suspect) turned that into “XML Sucks.” Tim, one of the co-inventors of XML, needed to clarify that it isn’t XML … Continue reading →

Dave Winer had mentioned an interview on NPR for blogging. I couldn’t find that one on-line yet, but I did find these two on the NPR web site: Omar Wasow interviewed by Alison Keys on the Tavis Smiley Show, 13-Feb-2003, … Continue reading →

Publishing a project weblog. Configuring Movable Type A couple of years ago I predicted that Weblogs would emerge within the enterprise as a great way to manage project communication. I’m even more bullish on the concept today. If you’re managing … Continue reading →