Archive for March, 2007

What do you hate about Vox?

Monday, March 26th, 2007

I’d like to know why the Vox Question of the Day isn’t ever “what do you hate about Vox?”
Dave Winer had a pretty interesting idea:
Start with a two-person video crew, like Andrew and Joanne, in New York, and every Tuesday, rain or shine, go to Times Square and interview 20 or 30 people, asking a […]

Is it so hard to take the web out of web apps?

Monday, March 26th, 2007

I was just putting the final touches on what, in my own mind at least, was a pretty well thought out argument against this myth of “information overload” and why I’m about fed up hearing about how hard it is to find quality information online when I was bitten by the irony bug. Here I […]

Is starting with Linux as hard as switching to Linux?

Monday, March 26th, 2007

A good friend of mine is about to get his hands on a new laptop. He’s an interesting case — late twenties and zero computer experience. He’s an intelligent guy, more than capable with his hands, a quick learner. As a tradesman, he never bothered with college so he never really needed a computer for […]

Reputation as market lubrication…

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

I finally found the time to do a little following up on ProjectVRM (if you haven’t heard of it, it’s worth reading up on). Doc Searls has a great article up on VRM and a public commons — or more specifically, a more efficient market for getting support. The general idea is simple, but Doc’s […]

Underneath this flabby exterior lies an enormous lack of character…