Software services over the web. If you follow enterprise software — and I suggest the rest of you if you skip this post — you’ll know there is a received wisdom. Companies will pay for software that arrives in a shrink-wrapped box; but not for the same service accessed over the web. The one is tangible; the other ethereal. And…
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Need to checkout schoolblogs and…
Need to checkout schoolblogs and see if Becky is interested in getting her students involved. Good to see an update from Peter Ford, cheerleader for weblogs in education at SchoolBlogs.com: “It is amazing how motivating an activity becomes when students realise they are in some way ‘collaborating’ with others across the globe.” [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]
Day 14: Adding titles to…
Day 14: Adding titles to links. What with weblogs being all about links, you would think more people would know about the title attribute, but I rarely see it. For those who don’t know, all links can have a title, specified by the title attribute of the tag. This is in addition to whatever link text you specify. The title…
An Entrepreneur’s Walk [1]. I…
An Entrepreneur’s Walk. I was reflecting recently on the past 3 months, since we began working on Emergic. At that time, there were a number of ideas. I had a set of names for the things we wanted to do, but had little clue on how we would go about doing things. [My [E M E R G I C…
Klogging Can Save Your KM…
Klogging Can Save Your KM Soul.. In Klogging vs. the 11 Deadly KM Sins I explain how klogging arms you sidestep these fatal knowledge management errors. I’m not quite satisfied with this post, so comments if you please. [a klog apart]
*Warchalking takes off*: News.com covers…
Warchalking takes off: News.com covers the nascent warchalking meme, in which simple glyphs chalked on sidewalks or public surfaces identify the presence of nearby Wi-Fi access points, public or otherwise. Matt Jones continues the dialog on all manner of subjects related to warchalking. You were there: birth of a meme.[80211b News]
IBM Ups Portal Platform [1]….
IBM Ups Portal Platform. Shipping of WebSphere Portal 4.1 includes new portlet partners, embedded app server, all around fuller-featured portal framework [Line56: B2B News]
Roll your own IM-bot [1]….
Roll your own IM-bot. WiredBots: simple toolkits for making AIM and MSN Messenger IM bots. Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]
Day 12: Using color safely…
Day 12: Using color safely. This tip is a general rule that applies to many areas of web design, but I will focus on a specific example that is common among weblogs: link text. There are two potential problems related to color. First, your link text may not contrast sufficiently with your background color. Any very light color on a…
RSS, Blogs and Events [1]….
RSS, Blogs and Events. Have been doing some more thinking on the Digital Dashboard and how it needs to be put together. The thinking has also been motivated on how best we can integrate the work being done internally by three different teams as part of the BlogStreet, Digital Dashboard and Enterprise Software projects. [E M E R G I…