Spreading MP3 Goodness Throughout the House. Trial – MP3Mystic 1.07b19 “MP3Mystic is an easy to use web server for MP3 file sharing (or other file types) and streaming. It takes a given directory path on your PC and creates/serves a web page that lists all the files as well as a “download” and “listen” link. It offers additional features like…
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Dave Winer goes to Harvard…
Dave Winer goes to Harvard. Dave Winer goes to Harvard. Dave Winer’s job hunt was pretty short. This is great news for academia.[Sebastien Paquet] [Seblogging News] Let me add my congratulations to Dave Winer on his upcoming stint as a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. Plugging Dave into another network ought to lead to some…
Blogs refine enterprise focus [1]….
Blogs refine enterprise focus. Companies are leveraging blogs to streamline business processes [InfoWorld: Top News]
Jon Udell [1]: “Ultimately, it’s…
Jon Udell: “Ultimately, it’s not about RSS any more than it was about NNTP. It’s about the evolution of our species toward shared consciousness.” [Scripting News]
Recommended reading [1].
Recommended reading. A few links of interest to designers and developers of online news/information sites: Matt Jones: The Glass Wall. “A document detailing the design process behind the BBC homepage.” Fascinating, and beautifully explained. Anne Conneen: The Best Designed News Sites Steve Yelvington: What are the best-designed news sites? “Good Web design is interaction design, not ‘how it looks’ design.”…
*Cory Doctorow debunks war-plus-suffix Wi-Fi…
Cory Doctorow debunks war-plus-suffix Wi-Fi fears in InternetWeek: Cory says a lot of very sensible, logical things about why the fears raised about warspamming, wardriving, and other problems are fearmongering and misdirection.[80211b News]
*Linksys 802.11g gateway for $134…
Linksys 802.11g gateway for $134 from Amazon.com: Linksys is shipping their Broadcom-based 54G draft 802.11g gateway for a low low price.[80211b News]
Dan Gillmor defines “We Media”…
Dan Gillmor defines “We Media”. Dan Gillmor’s latest piece in the Columbia Journalism Review extends his Journalism 3.0 thesis (“my readers know more than I do”) and talks about “We Media:” Interactive technology — and the mostly young readers and viewers who use and understand it — are the catalysts. We Media augments traditional methods with new and yet-to-be invented…
Why WiFi will kick the…
Why WiFi will kick the telcos’ asses. Clay “former guestblogger” Shirky’s posted a great editorial about what happens to businesses that fail to distinguish a product from a service: Putting a fax machine in every FedEx office would radically reconfigure the center of their network, thus slashing costs: toner would replace jet fuel, bike messenger’s hourly rates would replace pilot’s…
Outlook Based Aggregator [1]. Greg…
Outlook Based Aggregator. Greg Reinacker: …possibly coming soon to a weblog near you. Anyone interested in something like this? No hablo Outlook. 😉 Looks real cool, though.[Sam Ruby]