Month: July 2004

Joshua Marinacci writes Myth: There aren’t any commercial apps written in Java. A observation he makes is that all of the Desktop App, and make things that were once applications but are now part of the OS, have been either Continue reading There aren’t any Big New Desktop Applications.→

Google’s fraud squad battles phantom clicks: ZDNet Australia: Insight: Security Don’t miss the second page, due to their bad web page design Interesting tidbits (or timbits as we call them in canada): some marketing executives estimate that up to 20 Continue reading Google’s GhostBusters?→

from Advice Line by Bob Lewis: “When dealing with a bully you only have three choices: Push back hard, take it, or leave.” Great advice, both in general and in the particular.

Jon’s Radio: Network access for guests Here’s a scenario that I’ve come to call ‘the coffee-shop problem’ because it pertains to a local coffee shop, though it also applies to a home office that might receive visitors. You have a Continue reading The coffee-shop problem→

First came Inside Jack and then Totally Gridbag