For Those Needing 32 More Bits
Just another nudge for those looking at what's coming down the pipe in the next two or three years. The bad news: all your computers will become obsolete. The good news: the new 64 bit computers will be significantly better. More...
Freedom of Access to Information
Issues of public security, censorship, protection of children and democracy all swirl around this central issue of the Information Age, freedom of access. Most people still depict freedom of access in legislative terms - what are we allowed (or not allowed) to view by our governments. More...
The ''Other'' Knowledge
It's hard to know what to say about this item. One thing is that it taps into some important underlying truths about cognition - that we think in images and symbols, that there are habitual and instinctual elements to intelligence, that these are sometimes manifest as what we would call a 'hunch' or an instinct. More...
New Wave of Newsreader Software Makes Sense of the Web
Article describing and linking to news reader software. These are programs designed to read RSS files and which hence help headers 'make sense' of the web. More...
Webloggers Deal Harvard Blog-Bores a Black Eye
Dave Winer's efforts to organize a conference called BloggerCon at Harvard's Berkman Law School are attracting the attention - and ire - of some bloggers. This article, in typical Register, pulls no punches as it calls into question the political affiliations of the speakers, the conference fee, and the organization. More...
Aggregators Attack Info Overload
I'm going to stop running these 'intro to RSS' stories soon (obviously not today) because OLDaily reader will have had more than their fill. This item (and a second, see below) looks at the potential of RSS as a means to handle information overload. It's not quite so straightforward as the articles depict - how does one pick which of 30,000 feeds to subscribe to, for example. More...
Online Learning a Virtual Revolution
"I have to have a piece of chalk in my hand to make any sense, the way Thomas Aquinas did 800 years ago. If I can't see the faces, I can't know anything about them." So says a philosophy professor at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland who, despite his learning, does not yet fathom the many dimensions of knowledge. More...
Certainly Not Logic
If you don't write software you won't appreciate this article, but if you do you'll get some chuckles, and maybe some pointers. More...
Would You Like Wi-Fi With That?
This short article makes an important point. It is difficult to sell WiFi (wireless internet) connectivity; instead, many businesses are offering it for free. More...
TS Author Forum on Blogging
Short commentary on my online Technology Source webcast yesterday with Mary Hirrsh on the subjects of blogging and RSS (I would have run an advanced notice but jet lag got the better of me). More...
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