Why Napster is Right Great

Why Napster is Right Great rant about copyright, Napster etc. “We should be able to sell music we legally purchase.” That should be obvious, no?

“Adam Vandenberg had an aha

“Adam Vandenberg had an aha moment thinking about Radio in relation to Microsoft Sharepoint. He’s right that everything we do is about presence. Our scaling strategy is Apache. (In other words static HTML and XML where ever possible, and using CPU cycles...

The whole grid computing initiative,

The whole grid computing initiative, e.g. the Globus Project, is very much a large-scale way of utilising the enormous quantity of wasted resources within BigCos. It might just work.

Boxes and Arrows: Taking the

Boxes and Arrows: Taking the “you” out of user: My experience using personas. Thoughtful piece about using personas to ensure that the end-user of the system is accurately designed, rather than some cheerleader or devils advocate of any particular piece of...

Discussing the Nature of Reality,

Discussing the Nature of Reality, Between Buffets. Participants in the “Science and Ultimate Reality” symposium debated Really Big Questions about the nature of existence and consciousness. [New York Times: Science]