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An interesting illustration of the power of social software came up
while I was giving my RSS presentations at the DevEssentials
conference. I explained that years ago there used to be
science-fiction-like predictions of the future with magic-like
electronic newspapers that updated themselves as the news broke. Then I
showed them Radio Userland’s news aggregator, with postings from the
FoxForum Wiki, the FoxCentral announcements, my web site, and Craig
Bernston’s posting while in the session.

The future is here.

They got it.

c|net reports that Google is reconsidering RSS. Good. Get out of the middle of the standards wars.

We’re Blogging

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As
I write this, I’m sitting here at DevEssentials in Ted Roche’s session
on blogging and RSS. It will be interested to see if this shows up in
Ted’s aggregator during the session. From Craig’s ::FoxBlog::

No posts today, on the road to the DevEssentials conference.

CNET News.com asks “Is the dust on your computer toxic?” and talks about the growing problem with computer parts entering the waste stream, loaded with toxic components.

A question I’ve heard and tried to answer from a couple of angles is
‘So how do you make money if the software is free?’ Part of the answer
lies in examining the question’s assumptions: I rarely, if ever, made a
profit because a client chose a specific software package: I’m in the
business of consulting, not value-added resale. But that’s me. How does
everyone else in the chain profit, or at least benefit? IT Manager’s
Journal answers the question in their article “Seven open source business strategies for competitive advantage.”

The Onion: God Clarifies “Don’t Kill” rule. This article hasn’t lost anything in the past 3 years: in fact, it may have gained quite a bit. [Garrett Fitzgerald’s Blog]