Archive | December 31, 2003

Cringely, the pseudonomous penname, not the registered trademark, pens a Christmas column, “You Can’t Get There From Here: Why No Single Networking Technology Is Adequate” with a mention of good techniques for journalistic research: ask a lot of people.

The content is worthwhile, too, of course, with the thesis that there are a lot of up-and-coming networking technologies, and one-size-fits-all is pretty unlikely.

Great article bemoaning the state of tech industry “journalism:”

http://macartisan.typepad.com/cupertino/2003/12/request_for_com.html

Joi Ito posts: Wikipedia needs money. If you haven’t been there yet, check out http://www.wikipedia.org, the online encyclopedia written as a wiki. Add an entry, if you like. A very useful place. Some hardware troubles resulted in their need to post a plea for contributions, hoping to meet a proposed budget of $20,000 USD. As of this morning, the total tops $31k. Get your pledge in, while you can still claim it as a tax deduction – today!