Archive for November, 2004

And the Winner is…

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004

Tonight while driving my daughter home from her preschool:
Daughter: Daddy, we voted today in class today!Dad: Really? About what?Daughter: About bears!Dad: Who won?Daughter: Me!
Nice…

Controlling Access to Metadata

Monday, November 1st, 2004

I really like the idea behind Flickr, but I am noticing a big problem. To allow my friends and family to see the photos I publish, I have to convince them to get Flickr accounts. Forcing geeks to memorize a different name and password for each system they use to communicate with friends is tolerable, […]

Tanenbaum’s EVP

Monday, November 1st, 2004

Just a day after getting excoriated for perpetuating poor understanding of ?margin of error?, the votemaster at EVPreveals that he is Andrew Tanenbaum. Yes, that same Tanenbaum who taught us so much about operating systems. That same Tanenbaum who kids today forget while lionizing Torvalds. Wow.

History of Podcasting

Monday, November 1st, 2004

Dave Winer doesn’t want to end up like Eric Bina, written out of the history of a creation he helped usher into reality. Adam steps up to make sure Dave gets credit. This time, there is less reason to worry. First, the WWW (which Eric helped enable) is now an independent and democratic public record […]