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Software That Lasts For Years And Years

Software That Lasts For Years And Years 07/14/2004 06:51 PM
We were just talking about the rise of quick and dirty programs as a way for individuals (not necessarily programmers) to solve specific needs. However, as was mentioned at the time, that would be a different "tier" of software programming, and there would still be a need for programmers to do higher level "big" projects. In the past, we've also discussed the problem of data extinction, where old computer systems and formats die out, leaving content and applications virtually useless on ancient media. This is a big problem for many applications, and Dan Bricklin is now suggesting that people need to start designing "Societal Infrastructure Software" that can last for centuries, not just a few years. The idea is that this type of software shouldn't have to worry about new computers or new formats or new anything... but will be able to just keep on working. In order to build this, though, Bricklin believes it will require embracing open source programming, though not necessarily the way people view open source programming today. It's a fascinating concept, but getting people to think long-term is so difficult these days, that you wonder if such ideas will actually catch on.

Five years, one day

Five years, one day 01/22/2004 02:19 PM

Yesterday I realized it has been five years since Evan and I founded Pyra, the company that led to Blogger. We used to have a company weblog called pyrAlert! (actually the software we wrote to publish pyrAlert! was what lead to the creation of Blogger). This morning Paulo wrote to point out that pyrAlert! is still online and you can go back into the archives and read what was going on at Pyra in 1999. You may also notice that there are no permalinks on any of the posts, because these posts were made BP, or before permalink! It's funny to see the kind of stuff we used to write about.

10 years

10 years 06/05/2005 11:06 PM
On his site's tenth anniversary, Zeldman thanks you for the memories.

Three Years Since

Three Years Since 09/12/2004 04:38 PM
I left work on September 10th at 9:00 PM. An hour before, my coworker was getting nervous. She was leaving on a trip to Italy on the 12th and wanted to meet me at 8:30 AM on the 11th to go over what projects of hers I needed to steer in her absence. I rolled my eyes and complained that no one schedules meetings at 8:30 in the morning, and convinced her to postpone the meeting to 10:00 AM.

Five years

Five years 01/22/2004 02:36 AM
Meg just wrote and pointed out that Pyra was incorporated five years ago today.

4AD - The First 20 Years (brief)

4AD - The First 20 Years (brief) 04/14/2004 06:22 AM
An illustrated history of 4AD Records

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Five Years, That's All We've Got

Five Years, That's All We've Got 12/13/2003 11:02 PM
Much has changed at evolt.org over its five years. Much has not. We are the change we want to see in the world.

10 Years Ago

10 Years Ago 12/30/2004 04:35 AM

OK - so I didn't mark this exactly with an October 12th anninversary - but it was 10 years ago that Dave Winer first 'blogged' me - rapping out my Marc's 10 Things.

In honor of this auspicious anniversary - I'd like to comment on or update many of these claims on things that the media should be covering on Multimedia and Interactive TV but isn't.

I wrote (in 1994):

Interactive Music Videos

1. Interactive Liner notes are great. Repackaged old music is fine, but MediaBand has started a new category - called Interactive Music Videos - which are original pieces that combine songs, music videos and videogames. It's a new artform that breaks down the barrier between artist, musician and programmer.

I was in the midst of pushing our 'MediaBand' interactive music video ensemble in 1994 - which put out a CD ROM, performed live, had a screenplay and had it'sd own broadband network to interact with folks - in real-time.

So I was seriously into brow beating all my colleagues who simply licensed Bob Dylan or Prince and cranked out shitty ass CD ROMs. To me - that really missed the essence of what was possible combining, music, video and interactivity.

To this day, this new artform is just kind of bubbling beneath the surface - not really making it out. Dance Dance Revolution is the sign of times - now.

BTW a young artist named Moby took some of our MediaBand Director files and added his own artwork and music to it. :-)

Kid's Content

2. Kids today see the twitchy-ness of Nintendo and they see the production values of MTV. Multimedia today is neither. We need to combine the interactivity of Nintendo with the production values of MTV.

This area certainly has matured and grown. We were in the videogame business back in '81-'83, but we never dreamed that gaming would be so 'off the hook' - as it is today.

But Mimi (my daughter) has a great time playing with the Barbie fashion Designer software - and Dora the Explorer rocks. So I'd say this category has fulfilled it's destiny. At least so far.

CD ROMs

3. We didn't call it a floppy disk industry, so how come it's a CD ROM industry? In fact CD ROM [mentality] is holding back the creativity and growth of the entire interactive digital media industry.

Just take out CD ROM and insert 'web'. Same problem exists today. This is why we have CMSs.

I call the solution to this challenge "scalable content". In fact we were using this term way back in '94. Marqui outputs scalable content - BTW.

So CMSs have matured and we don't have to convince folks to de-couple their content from their form anymore. Thank goodness.

Scalable Content

4. Scalable content is an important concept when developing interactive media today. You don't want to design yourself into a corner, letting the technology define the content. Ideally you'd let the content define the technology. Scalability means downsizing through compression, it means user interfaces that work with both single and multiple users, it means getting ready for Interactive TV.

OK - so I just correlated how CD ROMs 'holding back' creativity were similar to what happened with 'the web'. And I said that we called that Scalable Content.

Now let's take my definition of Scalable Content (back then in '94) and extend that to mean 'dynamic user interfaces' - that adjust themselves to who you are, what level of technology you feel comfortable with and what content you've created yourself.

It's amazing to me to read what I said in 1994, and see how these words influenced my thoughts and ideas over the past 10 years and how some of these ideas remain unchanged, while others have morphed and adapted themselves to world today.

The word 'scalability' is just so malleable that you can twist and turn it to mean anything you want it to mean. But is IT clear - that us humans need to be in charge much more of our user experiences - and THAT's a key part of 'activity based computing'.

Audio

5. The classic line is "Audio is the orphan child of multimedia" - why do people still say this? What is behind the hodge-podge of audio - especially on the PC? How come it's taken so long for manufacturers to include audio on their motherboards? In 1984 it was $3 in parts!

MIDI II?

6. What about MIDI? How many people know what that is? Why isn't there an advanced MIDI format in place? The original MIDI frequency standard (32k) is based a 1Mhz crystal readily available in 1982.But what's the problem today? Why hasn't MIDI evolved and grown?

RAM

7. RAM apparently is not following along the path of Moore's Law. The price is still where it was 5 years ago and systems are suffering. Today MPC II is still speced at only 4M - MediaBand needs 8M. Standard business systems should have at least 16M TODAY!

Tee Hee Hee.

You see I'm a musician by training and we put out the first music product for computers that had a piano timeline notational system, qurter note and eigth notes and a piano and real-time interaction. That was 1984.

So 10 years after that - in 1994 - I was bitching about.... well it's now 10 years later and we still don;t have clean audio solved. But we're getting pretty close. Podcastign is evidence of that.

Time stamp - Dec. 2004 - $60 for a 128M MP3 player. Retail price.

MIDI II got usurped by all sorts of things - including OSC - I keynoted at their conference this summer.

Amd I just love to see Shawn Fanning appear in "The Italian Job" and just adore the notion that Mark Cuban sold broadcast.com for $5.6B.

All this is evidence that they'll be plenty more Googles, Netscapes and Eminems.

Set top tests waste of time?

8. The whole industry hopped when John Malone announced he was going to deploy one million set top boxes with MPEG chips in them. Once it became clear that he was practicing FUD, everyone backed off of their predictions, delayed their test trials and are now waiting for the next thing to react to. The tests going on (or planned to start soon) are not based upon the same technology or even marketing premises. What good will these tests do? Will any of these tests actually grow into a real service network.

Interactive Commercials

9. What exactly is an Interactive TV commercial. Lots of people talk about it, but no one does them.

This one is dedicated to Om Mailk. I hope to see him tomorrow night at the Geek Dinner.

I spent allot of the 90's waiting for and explaining why set top boxes suck. They still do. Oh well.

Set top boxes have always been a kind of thorn in my side. In fact I hope to get a Comcast PVR setup in time for the Alias 2 hour season premiere on Jan. 5th. Wanna guess how long it'll take to get?

And the Interactive Ads future - is in John Battelle's able hands. Search meets ads in the valley of the targeted consumer. It's finally here.

Support?

10. Where's the support? As the industry moves towards 900 # support and low priced consumer software, what happens to support? Dealers obviously can't supply it. Is this a new growth market?

Well we're still looking for good Support.

I don't think that will ever change.

OK - so that's it - my 10 year update. I hope you enjoyed it.

Also - how symbolic that Dave's post show's my old Applelink address which went back to 1985. We were the 10th Mac developer. That's why I was D0010.

Six years!

Six years! 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
Time is flying by so quickly these days, so I didn't notice on March 14th that this weblog is now six years old. Except for the basics (eating, sleeping, remaining alive), I've never stuck with anything for six years straight, so it's hard for me to believe I'm still here doing this. Six years!...

Two Years

Two Years 06/17/2005 06:08 PM
... ago today, the Pie wiki was created.  During that period, we had interminable naming discussions, a lengthy process of selecting a standards body, endless discussion on dates, and a last call. One week from today, format-09 is scheduled to be reviewed by the IESG.

Are You Better Off Now Than You Were
Four Years Ago?

Are You Better Off Now Than You Were
Four Years Ago? 09/11/2004 12:25 PM
Stop being economic girly-men .. statistics never lie

buzzflash.com/areyoubetteroff
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"three to four years old."

"three to four years old." 08/03/2004 02:42 PM

74 Years Old

74 Years Old 08/05/2004 11:29 PM
"The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kennedy and by him referred to the Court is denied." Hours later, James Hubbard is injected with lethal chemicals and dies in Atmore, Alabama. Hubbard , convicted of a 1977 murder, was 74 years old, demented, and retarded. File this one under "it's not cruel and unusual if you don't know what's happening to you."

Three Years On

Three Years On 09/11/2004 09:19 AM
Three Years On A sobering analysis by Juan Cole of the strategic motivation behind 9/11.

Four more years

Four more years 12/19/2004 03:55 PM
Bush is reelected President of the United States of America. Four more years of abuse, torture, murder, ignorance and selfishness will follow.

Seven years

Seven years 03/19/2005 02:37 AM

I started kottke.org seven years ago this week. I forget the anniversary until after the fact every year even though I know it's sometime in March (for whatever reason almost everything important in my life has happened in March, at least for the last few years). Seven years is way longer than I would have guessed keeping the site going on a near-daily basis...it's the longest I've ever done anything, even longer than all but a handful of friendships. So happy birthday, old friend, it's been fun. (0sil8 started in March as well...nine years ago.)

OKC: Ten years ago today

OKC: Ten years ago today 04/19/2005 08:35 AM
9:02 AM CST 4/19 1995. Ten years ago today. Do you remember where you were when the federal building in Oklahoma City was bombed? It was then the biggest act of mass murder in U.S. history. Shocking to a people una ccustomed to domestic terrorism. What followed was an outpouring of volunteer support and grief for the victims, a manhunt for suspects presumed to be Arabic, and calls for a 'war against terrorism'. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were eventually arrested for, and convicted of the crime, but since McVeigh was put to death in 2001, a steady stream of new evidence has called into question both the government's handling of the investigation and the official version of events. Survivors and victims' family members gather today to remembe r and to reaffirm demands for truth.

US marks three years since 9/11

US marks three years since 9/11 09/11/2004 05:25 AM
The 11 September 2001 attacks on America are to be recalled at ceremonies in New York and across the US.

EDS to cut up to 20,000 jobs over two
years

EDS to cut up to 20,000 jobs over two
years 09/09/2004 08:26 PM
The embattled IT services giant is trying to trim $3 billion in annual costs.

Lie to me. Tell me all these years
you've waited...

Lie to me. Tell me all these years
you've waited... 06/18/2004 01:08 PM
The poet of nightfall Twentyfive years ago, film director Nicholas Ray died in New York. Like Jacques Tati and Samuel Fuller, Ray did a lot of living before he ever got around to filmmaking: he was of part of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, a devotee of southern folk music, an avant-garde theatre director. He had made Rebel Without a Cause and survived James Dean, and the title of the film seemed to dramatise his terrible, self-destructive battles with Hollywood. His films (They Live By Night, In a Lonely Place, On Dangerous Ground, Johnny Guitar, Th e Savage Innocents, King of Kings) were in love with imprisoned life, but the dark edge of mourning was always there, too. He was idolised by the young Cahiers du Cinem a critics who would become the directors of the New Wave. François Tr uffaut once noted: "There are no Ray films that do not have a scene at the close of day; he is the poet of nightfall, and of course everything is permitted in Hollywood except poetry." Contrasting Ray and Howard Hawks, he added: "But anyone who rejects either should never go to the movies again, never see any more films". Jean-Luc Godard offered another sweeping panegyric: "There was theatre (Griffith), poetry (Murnau), painting (Rossellini ), dance (Eisenstein), music (Renoir). Henceforth there is cinema. And cine ma is Nicholas Ray. These days, lucky Chicagoans can admire one of Ray's greatest works, Bitter Victory -- the film about the dangerous games men play with macho self-images... (more inside)

"10 years in new media (2)"

"10 years in new media (2)" 06/08/2004 05:52 AM

EDS to cut up to 20,000 jobs in two
years

EDS to cut up to 20,000 jobs in two
years 09/09/2004 10:05 PM
ZDNet Australia Sep 10 2004 2:52AM GMT

"criticised for the last 20 years"

"criticised for the last 20 years" 06/12/2004 09:26 AM

486 Turns 15 Years Old

486 Turns 15 Years Old 06/12/2004 09:41 AM

20 years of the Macintosh

20 years of the Macintosh 12/09/2003 08:41 PM
In 1984, Apple released one of the most expensive and effective commercials of all time during the SuperBowl. This commercial introduced the Macintosh, a revolutionary new concept in personal computing, to the world. In January of next year, the Macintosh will celebrate its 20th anniversary, and it is probable Apple will do something spectacular to celebrate this impressive milestone.

Columbine, five years later

Columbine, five years later 04/20/2004 08:39 AM
The kids who survived the worst school massacre in U.S. history have graduated, and some of them have even forgiven. But many of their parents have not.

100 Years of Macintosh

100 Years of Macintosh 01/01/2004 03:18 AM
Zero seconds on the Mac OS system clock is January 1, 1904. The Mac OS epoch hits 100 years ... now. That's assuming you live in the Pacific time zone, anyway: ...

Were those the golden years?

Were those the golden years? 06/05/2005 11:34 PM
I just finished reading Kottke's new piece, A whole new internet?, and it reminded me of a moment in 2002, sitting in a basement at a great conference organized by Kevin Werbach in the depth of the tech recession. While around us were depression, unemployment and nay-saying about the internet, in that room was amazing creativity and energy -- people like Mike Masnick, Ben and Mena Trott, Dan Gillmor, Marc Canter, Dave Sifry and many others all excited about the ideas they had and the things they were working on, and all eager to share them. Now, except for the irrepressible Mr. Cantor, the projects have become businesses, and the proprietors much quieter. People are still working on cool stuff, but they are talking and sharing less, except for marketing mode. I know my writing has suffered, both because of constraints on what I feel comfortable writing about here, and just because of the lack of time to write. Business is booming, but it is less fun. Is Kottke right, and will we look back at 2002-2004 as the golden years of the internet, pre-Web 2.0?...

10 years on and still a long way to go

10 years on and still a long way to go 12/08/2003 02:22 PM
newmediazero Dec 8 2003 1:36PM ET

EDS may cut 20,000 jobs over the next
two years

EDS may cut 20,000 jobs over the next
two years 09/10/2004 11:16 AM
Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) plans to lay off between 15,000 and 20,000 employees over the next two years as part of an effort to slash $3 billion in costs, the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael Jordan said Thursday during a question-and-answer session at a conference.

What will become of Apple in the next 20
years?

What will become of Apple in the next 20
years? 01/22/2004 11:05 PM
ZDNet Jan 23 2004 2:47AM GMT

MUGs look at 20 years of Mac ads

MUGs look at 20 years of Mac ads 07/28/2004 10:58 AM
Two Mac User Groups (MUGs) have scheduled a presentation called "Twenty Mac Years: The History of the Macintosh Through the Advertisements of Apple" to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Mac...

NPR: Celebrating 20 years of the Mac

NPR: Celebrating 20 years of the Mac 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
It's been two decades since the Macintosh first burst on the scene with the famous Ridley Scott-directed advertisement during the 1984 SuperBowl. The Mac's 20th anniversary seems poised to set the tone for Apple's product plans in 2004, if some of Steve Jobs' comments during his keynote address at Macworld Conference & Expo earlier this month are any indication. Now it's the subject of a recent "Talk of the Nation" program on National Public Radio (NPR), which you can listen to online -- if you have Windows Media Player installed.

My Marvel Years

My Marvel Years 04/29/2004 05:01 AM
My Marvel Years. [via, via]

Bob Edwards: 30 Years on NPR

Bob Edwards: 30 Years on NPR 05/01/2004 03:41 AM
A tribute to Bob Edwards from the people who kicked him upstairs .. Bob Edwards: 30 Years on NPR .. Those bastards

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evolt.org - Three and a Bit Years On

evolt.org - Three and a Bit Years On 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

30 years of the internet

30 years of the internet 01/01/2004 01:03 AM
BBC Jan 1 2004 0:16AM ET

No Accidents in Over 30,000 Years!

No Accidents in Over 30,000 Years! 04/04/2005 06:28 PM
Pro-forma nuclear safety is harder than ever to sell. There's ass-kissing to the sci-fi community (.pdf, download it), the instructional video (warning, boring .wmv, > 12 mins long). But... The design lifetimes of Yucca Mountain and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant won't protect future generations from groundwater absorbing transuranic waste (Pu239 and like toxins, deadly when ingested for 240,000 years). Do you have this stuff in your back yard today, and how will it get there safely? On top of that, the capacity problem, which looks intractable as long as we keep relicensing plants. If I didn't know better, I assume the only way the government could succeed in getting this done would be to hoodwink us.

The top 20 Macs over 20 years

The top 20 Macs over 20 years 01/09/2004 10:08 PM
In light of the twentieth anniversary of the Macintosh this year (1984-2004), Wired has posted an article by Owen Linzmayer in which the twenty most memorable Macintosh computers are selected...
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