Tread lightly on the things of earth : Mon, Jul 15, 2002

Monday, July 15, 2002

Klogging, keeping good ideas afloat. Terry at Blunt Force Trauma writes on The Synchronicity of Klogging Culture. He highlights how klogging raises our awareness of new ideas by (1) giving us more than one chance to see them aka not letting them fall through the cracks, and (2) letting other people's perspectives shed extra light on the same ideas. (Curiouser!)
12:36:03 PM |

Mac OS X cred continues upward. Jeremy observes, "[Mac] OS X: It's spreading . . . fast!" and points to Nat Torkington's fresh iBook experiences. Yes. Meanwhile, I work at a company whose official position is still "Windows is the answer to everything." I find that position to be both impractical (impossible to adhere to, actually) and thereby a huge stealer of credibility. (YOP)
12:31:45 PM |

Killer election issue? Stock market's effect on older Americans. Dave says "Dubya should be very worried about this here story." It's on how the state of the stock market is "playing havoc with older Americans' dreams." Dave observes, "The Dems now have a killer issue for the 2002 election, barring fresh homeland terrorism."
11:47:31 AM |

wIndependence Day essay contest. I'm just now seeing DesktopLinux.com's 'wIndependence Day' essay contest results:

"This new annual celebration focuses on the burgeoning use of Linux on business, government, educational institution, and personal end-user computer desktops as an alternative to dependence on Microsoft's Windows operating system and associated products."

Yeah, baby.
11:35:12 AM |