Archive for December 2004
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-24
Building an Address Book as a Modern Web App:
L. M. Orchard sets out the architecture of his small-pieces-loosely-joined address book design. Keywords: Development
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-23
Transforming the context:
A great post from Andy Borrows with an apt metaphor for this reflective season. Keywords: Spirit
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-22
Spatial Sorting of Paper Messes:
Keywords: mycomments
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-20
Mathematical Analysis of Monopoly:
Using Markov Chains to create a Monopoly(TM) strategy Keywords: Mathematics
The Scourge of Arial:
Keywords: Typography
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-17
Creating a Learning Driven Culture:
Keywords: KM
My Database is a Web Service:
Jeff Atwood argues for the use of a web service archittecture to connect to the data layer. Keywords: Development
Using Encryption in .NET:
Keywords: Development/Crypto
I N K S C A P E:
Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics Editor [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-16
KM strategy:
Claire Chaundy summarises ‘Knowledge creation in organizations exploring firm and context specific effects’ Keywords: KM
Implement Bayesian inference using PHP:
Keywords: Development, Mathematics, Probability
Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One:
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, the Web’s leading standards group published what it called a seminal [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-15
TinyP2P:
Peer-to-peer in 15 lines of Python Keywords: Development
Using a Wiki for Documentation and Collaborative Authoring:
Article by Michael Angeles Keywords: Wiki
Transport for London - PPP Contracts:
Transport for London have been required to publish their PPP contracts. Keywords: FOIA
USB Combo Kit:
Keywords: Technology
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-14
The Global Footprint Stress Test:
Dave Pollard matching the stress imposed by the local human population density to the world’s hotspots Keywords: Gaia
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-13
Personal KM:
Claire Chaundy’s take on PKM - interesting set of contrasts between how she used to work (6 months ago) and how she works now. Keywords: KM
Copyscape:
Website Plagiarism Search - Find copies of your content on the Web. Keywords: IPR
Safe Personal Computing:
Bruce Schneier updates his top-dozen recommendations [...]
Fascinating series of posts by Leslie Michael Orchard applying the principles of "small pieces loosely joined" to computing hardware and appliances.
New additions to the blogroll - Claire Chaundy and Michael Feldstein
Joe Ely writes about Lean Manufacturing Systems. One of the core tenets of Lean is to gather frequent feedback about the difference between what you planned to do and what you actually did, reflect on the difference and do something about it. The key thing is doing something about it. Today he tells a story [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-12
Practical wisdom:
Denham Grey comments on "Practical Wisdom" by Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap Keywords: KM
The XMLHttpRequest Object:
Goodbye iFrames! Keywords: Development, Webmaster, XML
Microformats:
Keywords: XML
Salad bar hacking:
How much salad can YOU fit in? Keywords: World
Inside the DVD Procedural Specifications:
Edward Felten on some of the ludicrous extremes in the [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-10
Paste and Go:
This Firefox extension lets you paste a URL from the clipboard into the address bar and load it as a single step, either via the adress bar’s context menu or by pressing Ctrl-Shift-V. Similarly, you can "Paste and Search" via the search bar’s context menu [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-9
Mozilla Preferences:
Keywords: Firefox
Excel: How to Run a Macro When Cell Changes:
Keywords: Office_Tools/Excel
XP Prefetch feature:
Keywords: Windows
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-8
Semantic blogging and decentralized knowledge management:
Keywords: KM
Apple to marry IBM? No, and no, and no:
Keywords: Business
Bar Graphs:
Keywords: Mathematics
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-7
Fitting power laws to blogging:
Keywords: Mathematics
Citizens’ Media Money Chase:
Tim Oren on the business model for participative media Keywords: Business/Media
Blogs: Rolling In It…:
Tom Watson thinks the money in citizen’s media isn’t in the content but in the supporting services and infrastructure. Keywords: Blogging, Business/Media
Storytelling in business:
Keywords: [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-6
Risk Management for Grown Ups:
Short summary of the principles of Real Options Keywords: Project_Management/Risk
NOAA Weather Data in XML:
Jeremy Aarons comments on the recent decision by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make forecast data available via a SOAP interface, Keywords: XML
Compendium Functional Spec (as of [...]
IBM have released an interesting view of the Media in 2010 but it still assumes there is a role for "trusted brand" intermediaries.
Ton sums it up well. As soon as I get a response from Ecademy support telling me how to remove
my profile it will be gone.
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-5
del.icio.us search plugins for Firefox:
Keywords: Firefox
Goodbye CAPTCHAs:
On using distributed brain cycles to crack captchas Keywords: Internet
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors:
Keywords: Networks
Canada’s stripper shortage:
Keywords: World
On writing a paper:
Keywords: Writing/Academic
Choice Irrationalities:
Tom Stafford on the irrational effect of perceived fairness [...]
I finally get around to reading the Burt paper on the Social Origin of Good Ideas.
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-4
Grady Booch on Microsoft’s Domain Specific Languages:
Keywords: Enterprise_Architecture
Matt Webb on how to share the family PC:
Keywords: Technology
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-2
Basic DNS and DHCP Troubleshooting:
Keywords: Technology
Dissecting the Media: Trust and Transactions:
Keywords: Business, Disaggregation, Economics, Media
Lasso - Souk:
Keywords: Identity, Web_Services
Media and entertainment 2010:
IBM executive strategy report Keywords: Broadcasting, Business, Content
Threshold Digital Research Labs:
Keywords: Business/Media
Emoticons:
Keywords: Email
Free the Genie:
Keywords: Creativity
You know how to WSDL?:
[...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-2
Basic DNS and DHCP Troubleshooting:
Keywords: Technology
Dissecting the Media: Trust and Transactions:
Keywords: Business, Disaggregation, Economics, Media
Lasso - Souk:
Keywords: Identity, Web_Services
Media and entertainment 2010:
IBM executive strategy report Keywords: Broadcasting, Business, Content
Threshold Digital Research Labs:
Keywords: Business/Media
Emoticons:
Keywords: Email
Free the Genie:
Keywords: Creativity
You know how to WSDL?:
[...]
A life where TiVo has always existed is a great example of how subsequent generations take for granted technology that was new and strange not long ago. [via
The Shifted Librarian]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-1
Film studios snub Sony DVD format:
Keywords: Technology
Toward a Literacy of Cooperation:
Keywords: Collaboration
DVD Replacement Still Insecure:
Keywords: Technology
PubSub LinkRank:
Keywords: Blogging
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2004-12-1
Film studios snub Sony DVD format:
Keywords: Technology
Toward a Literacy of Cooperation:
Keywords: Collaboration
DVD Replacement Still Insecure:
Keywords: Technology
PubSub LinkRank:
Keywords: Blogging
On the value of blogging new-to-me ideas even if others have had them before