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Martin Taylor makes a political argument: Martin Taylor makes a political argumentSorry!Didn't mean to steal your topic... of course, I got beat to the punch as well. So many people want to correct Dvorak...same goes to you"Taylor has some fine anecdotes, but anecdotes aren't proof"All your articles have anecdotes but you have nada to backup your...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source, Linux, Taylor, anecdote; Discussion threads 2005-07-21
Martin Taylor makes a political argument: I planned to go after John Dvorak's Creative Commons humbug, but I got beat, and that's good.So let's instead take a look at the latest from Martin Taylor, Microsoft's general manager for platform strategy.For News.Com's Eileen Yu, Taylor recently went all Karl Rove on open source, saying things you...; Tags: anecdote, Taylor, Martin Taylor; Blog posts 2005-07-21

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The role of media in the Internet age: Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, a fake news show that has acquired a huge following a group among whom I include myself, is attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week. As a result, he had the chance to meet with members of...; Tags: Newspaper, Internet, Media, News, Jon Stewart, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-08-27
Do college degrees get you anywhere?: Do college degrees get you anywhere?Just another thought...In the sector of work I'm in, I think IT is losing it's "elite" status as a job. With basic IT skills being aquirable with just a few certifications it is becoming less elite and more like a tradeskill not unlike an...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Benefits, Development tools, salary, job, IT IS, worker; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Could Apple kill the Nintendo DS? I doubt it: Could Apple kill the Nintendo DS? I doubt itWhat It Will DoThe iPhone need not completely subvert the DS to have a profound effect. First is the notion that adults would rather be seen with a iPhone than a DS. Second, this is the device that you have on your...; Tags: Games, Apple iPhone, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Apple Inc., IPHONE IS, Nintendo DS; Discussion threads 2008-06-05

A brief summary: A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also essentially the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
ePals provides safe student collaboration tools: Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with Ed Fish, CEO of ePals Corporation. I first heard about ePals through Intel, who recently announced that they would provide hooks to ePals' services on their Classmate PCs. While it's easy to describe ePals as "the world's largest social network...; Tags: Collaboration, Mr., Collaboration Tool, Classroom, Teacher, Tool, ePals, Productivity, Social Networking, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Brijit: Saving the planet, one magazine at a time: In this age of the digital you'd expect magazines, that old-fashioned idea of putting ink onto paper, to fade away. Magazines seem harder to cure than herpes. Once you get 'em, you can't get rid of them. The multiply, they spread, they just appear. And yet...; Tags: Magazine, Brijit, Jeremy Brosowsky, Web Site Development, TVs, Web Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-15
Radon is back because it never went away: Radon is back because it never went awayPreventive measures and mitigationIt's fairly inexpensive for someone to have a venting system installed in a house as it's being built. This is highly recommended if the house has a basement and is in a radon-prone area. Aftermarket options are available, but are...; Tags: Radon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, radiation; Discussion threads 2008-01-28
Harvesting data from children with cuddly creatures and cutesy keyboards: And you thought Beacon is was creepy. Yesterday I had my first experience at a Build-A-Bear Workshop store. Build-A-Bear, if you're not familiar with it, is a publicly traded company headquartered in St. Louis, MO, with some 350 retail outlets worldwide. ...; Tags: Kid, Keyboards, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-01-21
No coding for young men: The release of basic SimCity code under GPLv3 is cool, but I wonder about its impact. I start the questioning by looking into the next room, where my highly intelligent 16 year old son spends his off-hours playing SimCity, its competitors and successors. Repeated...; Tags: Fact, Programming, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-01-13
Don't pay too much for memory upgrades: Don't pay too much for memory upgradesApple MemoryAlmost every Apple owner has known your discovery for years. Crucial's software for memory upgrades is often wrong. EDGE Tech Corp has manual configuration that is correctRE: Don't pay too much for memory upgradesWell, that is as long as you're purchasing...; Tags: Notebooks, memory upgrade, matched pair, memory, RAM, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-08
Striking writers and digital media: The members of the Writer's Guild of America WGA, a union that consists of most of the writers responsible for TV and movie content produced by the LA-based movie industry (a position defended by the fact that union contracts require most sets to use only union writers), continues unabated, thus putting...; Tags: Digital Media, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-01-03
Larry Dignan loans me his Kindle: Larry Dignan loans me his Kindlemeanwhile....While you are waiting for the textbook capable Kindle you could try this for free: http://www.booksinmyphone.comThe provide public domain and creative commons works (doctorow? stross?) that you can download into your java enabled cell phone. The phone screen is small but within a few minutes...; Tags: phone screen, textbook, Larry Dignan; Discussion threads 2007-12-07
Is the "airline pilot" on that new iPhone ad legit? Tell me what you think: On the Crave blog, my colleague David Carnoy ponders the legitimacy of the "airline pilot" in the new iPhone ad. BRYCE is shown fessin' up to obtaining more up-to-date weather conditions via The Weather Channel's Weather.com on his iPhone than from the folks...; Tags: Airline, Apple iPhone, Advertisement, BRYCE, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-10-22
The $100 billion every politician craves: While doctors may fear electronic medical records EMRs, and patients may have concerns over privacy, politicians in both political parties are big supporters. Last week, for instance. Republican Sen. Richard Burr pounded the table for networked EMRs, demanding that the Veterans Administration and Department of Defense unify...; Tags: Politician, Electronic Health Record, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-02
No more Vista whining, please: No more Vista whining, pleaseGood pointsAnd I always love those posts where people bash other's anecdotal complaints and then wind up answering with their own "My anecdote beats your anecdote" story. At best, they cancel out; at worst, they're both off the mark.As much as I agree with Ed...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple iTunes, PC Mag, antiquarian, Microsoft Windows Vista, VISTA IS; Discussion threads 2007-08-20
ZDNet reader: If Carbon Black were really that carcinogenic, we'd all be dead: ZDNet reader: If Carbon Black were really that carcinogenic, we'd all be deadOn Carbons...As responsible car owners we also some responsibilities to check on especially on the kind of smoke our car is expelling.We make sure that our vehicles exhaust system=m particularly our opel catalytic converter for example is in...; Tags: Chlorine, Sodium, particle, lung, carbon; Discussion threads 2007-08-09
Vista scare stories distort the real picture: Vista scare stories distort the real pictureMy favorite is ....... "Marc Orchant hangs" without the quotes yields 13,600 hits. Even if you divide that by 10 it is clear evidence that there is a problem with Marc. :)change the search to ... "Ubuntu 7.04 hangs"Compare apples to apples...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Yes IE7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7; Discussion threads 2007-08-06
Vista scare stories distort the real picture: Playing the old "I Googled this and got x gazillion pages back" game can be hazardous to the rest of your argument. Today's case in point comes courtesy of my blogging colleague, friend, and neighbor Marc Orchant, who wrote this chilling headline earlier today:Vista IE7 issue remains unsolved for many usersThe post itself,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2007-08-06