Software, Methods
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Distributed Computing
New Scientist “David Anderson, author of SETI@home, has created a new system that will make it possible to run several distributed computing projects on a single computer, and even let you specify what proportion of the computer’s resources is donated to each project.” Next thought… at what point will such a programme allow you to…
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Continuing our occasional PowerPoint-knocking series …
The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
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Continuing our occasional PowerPoint-knocking series …
The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
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Introducing the Microcontent Client
Excellent article on Microcontent, from magazine (‘a web-based publication featuring articles on technology and culture’), created by (big discovery coming up here) Anil Dash. Just look at what he’s done.
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Introducing the Microcontent Client
Excellent article on Microcontent, from magazine (‘a web-based publication featuring articles on technology and culture’), created by (big discovery coming up here) Anil Dash. Just look at what he’s done.
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Weblog One as seen through a Mac running Safari
” iCapture is provided as a public service to the 97% of the computing world without Macs. Standing tall, we 3% hereby declare ‘we too have a browser’. So go on, give it a try by entering your URL above. You’ll be delivered a screenshot of your site as a Mac sees it through safari,…
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Thoughts on the Design of RSS Aggregators, and other matters
Client or server based? A developer’s perspective. RSS delivers a long-promised Internet dream: Scott Rosenberg. E-mail marketing dead: Chris Pirillo presents.
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“Embrace and extend”
It wasn’t Clausewitz, but it might have been. Will RSS go the way of other great technology, just because those with the commercial muscle to “say so” … er… say so? Or maybe Atom is best? Scripting.com shares the concern (but he uses RSS!).
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“Embrace and extend”
It wasn’t Clausewitz, but it might have been. Will RSS go the way of other great technology, just because those with the commercial muscle to “say so” … er… say so? Or maybe Atom is best? Scripting.com shares the concern (but he uses RSS!).
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PowerPoint Makes You Dumb
It’s official: the Columbia Accident Investigation Board at NASA released Volume 1 of its report on why the space shuttle crashed. As expected, the ship’s foam insulation was the main cause of the disaster. But the board also fingered another unusual culprit: PowerPoint, Microsoft’s well-known ”slideware” program.