Author: Rick Klau

The BlogRoots authors are publishing their book on the Web, in its entirety. Chapter 8, Using Blogs in Business, is online now. Excellent. [Scripting News] The birth of a meme. I’ve now counted at least five separate sources of info on the blogs and business topic. And I got my copy of Information Week today…

Today’s Legal Headlines – here again, in outline format (with yesterday’s headlines collapsed). [Ernie the Attorney] Ernie’s doing good things with the Radio outliner and activeRenderer. See also his Copyright Outline. Like Ernie, I’m finding that the Outliner is a fantastic way to organize thoughts. I’m now using it in lieu of my Outlook Tasks…

Here’s a gem from former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold: “Software sucks because users demand it to.” [“Why Software is So Bad”, July/August Technology Review.] The article is a good read. But the ultimate conclusion is troubling: the author suggests that bad software is systemic in the industry, and that regulation is sure to follow. (To…

From the July/August issue of Technology Review: You’ve probably heard the Ford adage that a customer could have any color Model T he wanted as long as it was black. But have you ever wondered why the only choice was black? Because black was the fastest-drying paint.Great editorial by Michael Schrage about the nexus between…

EE Times: MIT prof critiques Europe’s wireless efforts. The “big deal” Negroponte was keen to stress was that the emerging world of ad-hoc, peer-to-peer wireless networks will lead to a world of intelligent devices that will in fact serve as a network. “For years, we have been saying we can get the intelligence from the…

Played with activeRenderer last night to make the blogroll behave. Check out the results – I’m pretty happy with the end result. (If you’re reading this in a news aggregator, just visit the home page. If you aren’t sure what a news aggregator is, it’s safe to assume you’re reading this on the web site…

Whoa, Will: Casting Pearls Among Swine. Listen closely because this is very simple. Call your CATV provider. Ask for the Internet access without television package. Buy this Buy this or this Buy this The problem now becomes>off the computer and on to your television, which sits in the same room as your couch. By which…

From this month’s issue of Context Magazine: Kentucky riflemen in Daniel Boone’s day said they knew they hit their target on hunting trips when they heard a squawk from the bushes where the game was hiding. Executives trying to find the right target market should look for that same kind of sudden outburst from customers.…

I’m traveling tonight, and just checked into the hotel. The Contender is on HBO, and I’d forgotten just how good it is. Performances are just remarkable – Gary Oldman as the hawkish conservative out for blood, Sam Elliot as the abrasive chief of staff, Christian Slater as the naive first-term congressman. But it’s the leads…

I think I’ve finally found the answer I’ve been looking for. The challenge: to create a visually appealing, functional collection of links to other blogs on the right-hand column of this site. Commonly referred to as a “blogroll”, the collection of links is a good way to show visitors where else they can go for…