by Tom | Dec 4, 2001 | General
Viridian Note 00283: Geeks and Spooks.. Bruce Sterling: Viridian Note 00283: Geeks and Spooks. Sealand resident Ryan Lackey has an interesting response. [Hack the Planet] 11:28:33 AM 5pg w/popup pic: Time profiles Ginger [Robot Wisdom] 11:24:04 AM Eureka: Lucid...
by Tom | Nov 30, 2001 | General
Brent has some problems with Jakob Nielsen’s site. Agreed. 5:16:25 PMThe Economist. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). The idea revolves around the belief that it is possible to hire a specialist firm to handle specific business processes better than an...
by Tom | Nov 29, 2001 | General
Internet Week: Macy’s Doubles Conversion Rate. Rather than try to match shoppers’ search requests against a text catalog of goods, IntuiFind 4 runs keywords through “linguistic module” software that corrects spelling mistakes or translates...
by Tom | Nov 29, 2001 | General
Internet Week: Macy’s Doubles Conversion Rate. Rather than try to match shoppers’ search requests against a text catalog of goods, IntuiFind 4 runs keywords through “linguistic module” software that corrects spelling mistakes or translates...
by Tom | Nov 29, 2001 | General
Internet Week: Macy’s Doubles Conversion Rate. Rather than try to match shoppers’ search requests against a text catalog of goods, IntuiFind 4 runs keywords through “linguistic module” software that corrects spelling mistakes or translates...
by Tom | Nov 28, 2001 | General
Book Excerpt: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide. JavaScript from A to Z, including a full language reference and syntax tutorials. The excerpt discusses the W3C’s Document Object Model, how it is applied to HTML documents, and browser specific implications....
by Tom | Nov 27, 2001 | General
Pure class: one-armed drunk man arrested breaking red light while on his mobile phone. Think about it. 2:01:38 PM Inside an al-Quaeda terrorist camp. 1:57:52 PM Light article about which is the most-visisted web site. 1:50:16 PM Darwin on business. Well sort of,...
by Tom | Nov 21, 2001 | General
Behind the scenes at fuckedcompany.com. 6:30:34 PMWhy is it that people write URLs assuming they’re only going to have one of a certain type of article / section, etc? Here’s MojoFat’s only tutorial on functional specs. In fact, their only tutorial...
by Tom | Nov 20, 2001 | General
Some strange numbers, but around 75% of surfers regularly abandon shopping carts. The numbers are massively overlapping, but the high cost of shipping is a factor for many. 2:57:59 PMHalf of internet users asked to pay for a previously free site
by Tom | Nov 19, 2001 | General
Good piece if continentally-philosophical, dealing with the fact that hyperlinks are essentially horizontal. 5:27:39 PMNew Nokia Phone. I have gadget envy. 4:20:27 PMUkG bk rev: New anti-NAFTA book uses example of Swingline staplers. More No Logo examples. Nasty....
