What webloggers are reading this summer (Phil Gyford: Writing)

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Reading, Writing, and Landscaping

Reading, Writing, and Landscaping 06/03/2004 10:37 AM
I guess this article about teacher pay relative to other professions shouldn't be a surprise .. part-time jobs .. more» .. more

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Integrating Reading and Writing of
Documents

Integrating Reading and Writing of
Documents 07/24/2004 01:00 AM
Integrating Reading and Writing of Documents by P. J. Brown and Heather Brown
http://jodi .ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v05/i01/Brown/

Abstract
Computer users have become accustomed to the writing of documents being regarded as a separate activity from the reading of documents. We believe that this division is unnecessary and limits the effectiveness of virtually every computer user. It is time for a rethink of underlying concepts. A key concept for integrating reading with writing is a general mechanism for annotation. This general mechanism can be combined with hyperlinking to create a single unifying super-concept that provides a base for integrating reading and writing. The paper explains the underlying ideas, and describes the results of a small experiment that supported the viability of the super-concept. We believe that the super-concept might possibly provide the foundations for a revolution in thinking about documents, which would benefit everyone. This will be added to Academic Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.

Python and XML: Writing and Reading XML
with XIST

Python and XML: Writing and Reading XML
with XIST 03/17/2005 04:21 AM
In Uche Ogbuji's latest Python and XML column he introduces XIST, which has been called "object-oriented XSLT for Python" -- a framework for manipulating XML Pythonically.

Summer Reading for Smart Leaders

Summer Reading for Smart Leaders 08/02/2004 06:37 AM
Skip the business books when you head for the beach, and try novels that teach leadership, purpose, and ambition.

NPR summer reading series interview

NPR summer reading series interview 08/06/2004 08:36 PM

I did an interview for NPR's summer reading series where we are supposed to talk about books to read over the summer. I ended up talking mostly about blogs. ;-) It's about a month old.

What do YOU recommend we read this summer?

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Summer Reading and Startup Program

Summer Reading and Startup Program 03/19/2005 02:33 AM

Bloggers' summer reading list

Bloggers' summer reading list 07/09/2004 09:59 AM
Phil Gyford asked a bunch of bloggers (including me) what they're reading this summer and compiled the results:

Danny O’Brien
I’m currently reading Little Bear’s New Friend by the Reader’s Digest Young Editions collection, and Moo, Baa (La La La) by Sandra Boynton. When I’m after something less demanding (or less demanding than Ada demanding that I read the above), I’ve been skimming:

David McCullough’s John Adams. I’ve started this by looking up Ben Franklin in the index, and working back. All the people I admire in the American revolution seemed to have been somewhat creeped out by John “Sedition Act” Adams, so I’m going to enjoy seeing what the other side has to say.

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Internet mentors get students reading,
writing

Internet mentors get students reading,
writing 02/01/2005 09:14 PM
Knoxnews.com - Tue Feb 1, 08:56 am GMT

Reading, Writing, and Robots: kids build
bots at CeBIT

Reading, Writing, and Robots: kids build
bots at CeBIT 05/26/2004 10:20 AM
StreetTech has some great snapshots of the robot-building competition between local high-schoolers in NYC, called NYC FIRST, which exhibited at NY CeBIT. (Thanks, Nate!)
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Reading bl0gs, writing bl0gs

Reading bl0gs, writing bl0gs 06/06/2004 06:45 PM
Kansas City Star (subscription),MO-9 hours ago• BlogPulse.com offers a blog search engine. Just type in keywords of interest. Or use Google to search for “blog” and keywords of interest. ...

Gyford: How BB should change

Gyford: How BB should change 04/03/2005 01:24 PM
Cory Doctorow: My friend Phil Gyford has written an essay for his blog on what he sees as the style changes necessary for Boing Boing's future as a commercial venture. I don't agree with everything he's written, but I don't disagree with it all either, and I'll certainly take it to heart:

The second example is Boing Boing's post about a high-school principal who "banned blogging" because it "isn't educational". Part of the blame lies with the source story at the Rutland Herald whose over-eager sub-editors misleadingly headlined the story "High school bans blogging". In fact the school banned a single website and the principal simply issued a sensible warning about children weblogging -- as with any activity online, kids should be careful with the information they make public.

But Boing Boing got carried away with the newspaper's headline, repeating it in theirs even though a cursory read of the newspaper article reveals that no one "banned blogging". The newspaper claims the principal doesn't think blogging is educational, and Cory could certainly have criticised him for this alone, although it would make for a less dramatic post. The repetition of the lie about the principal banning blogging, rather than his apparent opinion, is possibly also what prompted a reader to suggest people should email the principal to complain.

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Guardian on Gyford

Guardian on Gyford 07/08/2004 05:32 AM
The Guardian has published a wonderful profile of my pal Phil Gyford, whom you may know from the Pepys's Diary blog -- but who has also helped hack together some of the UK's best political advocacy websites.

His latest project, TheyWorkFor You.com, was launched last month with the intention of bringing parliament closer to the British people. With a team of almost 20 volunteers, Gyford helped build the site, which provides information on members of parliament and a readable version of Hansard, the parliamentary record.

"There's lots of interesting stuff," he says, explaining the motivation behind the site. "But it's so unappealing to read the Hansard site. For example, there's no way that webloggers can link into it. Presenting it in a readable way was something that had been talked about a lot before, but never done. We started making plans for it last August or September, but we probably started working on it properly just before Christmas."

L ink

Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary
Reading in America

Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary
Reading in America 07/09/2004 01:22 PM
download a .pdf of the actual study on reading .. report

nea.gov/pub/ReadingAtRisk.pdf
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DevDays Webl0ggers

DevDays Webl0ggers 12/05/2003 12:36 PM

Sashi Corti points to webloggers covering the European DevDays.

Top Five Tips for Webl0ggers

Top Five Tips for Webl0ggers 07/18/2004 06:56 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 18 2004 11:10PM GMT

Webl0ggers Suck

Webl0ggers Suck 03/13/2003 10:23 AM
You're all a bunch of sad, lonely hosers and I've only been blogging for the last 18 months to work my way into your affections in order to get to a position of trust from which I could then undermine you all with my real thoughts and opinions on the subject of blogging. Just to make you feel bad about humanity. Blow me.

I Encuesta a webl0ggers

I Encuesta a webl0ggers 05/31/2004 06:52 PM
I Encuesta a webloggers y lectores de blogs

blogpocket.com/encuesta
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"I Encuesta a webl0ggers"

"I Encuesta a webl0ggers" 06/02/2004 01:07 AM

A Firefox Hack for Webl0ggers

A Firefox Hack for Webl0ggers 06/27/2004 01:29 AM

All of this time at the house on my back has allowed me to do more surfing the net then what should legally be allowed. I have been digging around looking for ways to improve my productivity. With some terrific extensions available to Firefox users I am going to outline a way to save your self some time..

I user Newzcrawler when I used to use IE I would have 20 or 30 browser windows open. The desktop would come to crawls and that always aggravated me. On top of that I would have to wait for the browser to open and the click on the Newzcrawler tab to bring it back to the front.

When I started using Firefox I faced that same aggravation. The Tab browsing was great when it came to looking at referral links within the current browser window, but I wanted a way to load all of my articles in one browser using multiple tabs. I kicked myself in the ass today as I took about 15 minutes looking at some of the extensions and wanted to start beating my head against the wall for putting up with it that long.

Install the Tabbrowser Extension and then follow these Instructions< /a>. Once you have completed step 4 I want you to keep the tabbrowser extension preferences open.

Step 5. Click on Focus and then choose Links with Normal Action in top set of selections. Second click Other applications In the "Keep browser in the background when tabs opened by"

That's it, so now when you are in your reviewing headlines in your aggreator and you see a article you want to review it will load in a tab while keeping the browser in the background. So you can find the articles you want and they will all be loaded in one browser keeping the clutter down on your desktop. You may nor find this handy but I am thrilled.

I would love to hear from any of you that have developed your own time saving tricks.

On the UK Webl0ggers Christmas Party...

On the UK Webl0ggers Christmas Party... 12/02/2003 01:35 AM

I'm pretty much promoting this one to death at the moment, but just in case someone using RSS feeds to read my site has missed the enormous plug I'm giving this event on my site at the moment, there's a UK Webloggers Christmas Party to be held in London's fashionable Farringdon district this coming weekend. Details follow:
→ Venue: Downstairs at the Well
→ When: This coming Saturday 29th November from 7.00pm
→ How do you find it? There's a helpful map!
→ Organised by: That lovely chap from Funjunkie.co.uk

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How Apple is going to screw webl0ggers!

How Apple is going to screw webl0ggers! 01/06/2005 04:47 AM

Most of you should already know that Apple is suing several sites that are devoted Mac fans. They have decided that because someone either at Apple or a contractor is spreading juicy information to these sites, that they are going to sue them into telling who is giving them the information. If Think Secret decides to fight Apple I am going give them a donation to help them with their legal cost.

Why would I do that, well how long will it be before someone passes me a juicy tip and I write about it and piss some company off. As has been mentioned around the blogsphere if this had been the New York Times or PC World they would not have touched them with a 10 foot pole.

One thing I can do immediately is this, I will no longer purchase any iTunes music or purchase any sort of Apple product as a consumer I can also make a statment with my pocket-book.

APPLE CEASE AND DESIST YOUR LAWSUITS AGAINST WEBLOGS!

On how journalists write about
webl0ggers...

On how journalists write about
webl0ggers... 06/05/2005 10:48 PM

There's an article in the Sunday Times today called Go lden rules for blogging clever which features a few choice morsels of salient quotage from some bloke not a million miles away from this weblog. For this reason alone I recommend you buy the paper in question. Possibly you should be so impressed that you should consider sending me some naked pictures of yourselves?

Moving on though - the article itself is very strange. It seems to wend its way between a number of different registers - starting off in a 'weblogs and online communities are important' area and then wanders directly into a 'who the hell do you think you are to think anyone cares what you think' kind of space. I find this very odd, given that the article is supposedly about giving people tips for writing a weblog. It's been a while since I read a cookery book, but I'm pretty sure they don't start by telling people that they're worthless and they'll never amount to anything. That kind of motivational speech seems more commonly left to parents. (Of course the article isn't actually aimed at people starting a weblog at all, but at people who want to observe it from the sidelines with a cup of tea and a raised eyebrow while slowly dying inside.)

From having apparently smacked down the reader for their nerve - their very presumption - that they might find value in self-expression, the article moves on to slightly self-satirise. Now the mockery is a bit ironic - it knows we don't really want to be boring and that we're all able to see the funny side of the whole thing. To support its case, it brings in a few of the classier webloggers (Heather Armstrong and myself) to comment. And what do we say? Well, basically we say that all this stuff about being boring is rather missing the point and it's not about getting a huge audience and that self-expression is really important and stuff and that if people derive value from their weblogs then that's good, right? Right?

Well, all I can say is that it's lucky that our brief comments don't distract from the main thrust of the article! No hippies are going to distract from the relentless pursuit of traffic, after all. So we get a humourous take on giving your weblog a sexy name, a patch on how to pander to other weblogs to get hits, a bref paragraph on Googlebombing and a few words on the apparent incestuousness of the culture. The article recommends writing about your sex life, getting fired for writing a weblog and peddling extreme opinions. All of these things will get you a book deal and only then will people want to get you naked because they've heard your name on television.

I think the reason I find this whole article so amusing is because it's the ultimate archetype of all news stories about weblogs. Its every word exposes the assumptions and prejudices of journalists and - I think more widely - the British. So you've got the censorious attitude to people expressing themselves in public (self-expression isn't really proper), then you've got the whole amateur-versus-professional argument that neurotically restates only proper journalists are worth reading. These journalists, who - we are reminded by the rest of the article - really assume that (i) the only reason to write is to get famous, (ii) there's no value in community or discussion or debate and (iii) normal people would sell their granny for dog meat to get famous. And to cap it all off, the examples that they use are all the ones that reveal the bankrupcy of the news media - that a culture of millions of webloggers can only really be understood by the tabloidish stories that make it across into the 'proper' media. The whole thing is gloriously cock-eyed.

I'm being a bit unfair, of course. It's not nearly that clear-cut, and there's some really interesting stuff here. I like that Simon Jenkins expressed an anxiety about the role of the newspaper columnist in the amateurised opinion space. I don't think he's got an enormous amount to worry about - in fact he should be delighted, he could be a giant in that space if he wanted - but that all depends on viewing changes as opportunities rather than threats. Here are a few more of my thoughts - good and bad - in the form of an unordered list:

• I love the fact that the word hippo-griff is used in this article. For that alone, I will give you one billion dollars. You heard me. One billion. Although I'm a bit surprised by the hyphen. Maybe I won't give you a billion dollars after all. Damn sub-editors.
• "The absolute golden rule of blogging - it is literally made of gold - is: Do not blog", says our journo. It's literally made of gold? What, really? Dear God, man - misuse of 'literally' in this way is pretty much the first thing that you get smacked in the mouth for at journalism school. What are you doing!? Unless of course there really is a golden rule cast in gold somewhere - on a mountain or something. In which case, I want to see it. While we're at it - who the hell made up this rule? I've never heard it before. It's not even a parody of 'Don't talk about Fight Club'. I don't get it.
• If you read the article in print, then you get confronted with an enormous picture of that bloody berk who got (as far as I can tell) fired from Waterstones for being a bit of an idiot and not reading his contract. I've never felt a lot of sympathy for him - even though the relationship between a weblogger's site and their working life is a complex one that I've been coming up against a bit recently - because he just seemed to have been such a twit about the whole thing. I'd recommend reading two things about this subject: Anil Dash's expansion on his assertion that no one gets fired for blogging and a Tech Station article called The Unbearable Rightness of Nick Denton.

Ah, that'll do. I'm bored now. Fun article! Took me ages to respond to. Probably better than I'm giving it credit for. Seeya!

Resultados de la I Encuesta de
Webl0ggers hispanos

Resultados de la I Encuesta de
Webl0ggers hispanos 07/20/2004 07:40 PM

I Encuesta a webl0ggers y lectores de
bl0gs

I Encuesta a webl0ggers y lectores de
bl0gs 06/01/2004 08:17 PM

A rollicking poke at our convention
webl0ggers

A rollicking poke at our convention
webl0ggers 07/16/2004 06:48 AM
editorial

nytimes.com/2004/07/15/opinion/15THU3.html?ex=1247630400&e n=84e4f8310e8eb60e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
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Jorn Barger, one of the earliest
webl0ggers, is missing

Jorn Barger, one of the earliest
webl0ggers, is missing 12/03/2003 03:01 AM
Have You Heard from Jorn Barger?

ericwagoner.com/whereisjorn
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Shock horror - webl0ggers taking a break

Shock horror - webl0ggers taking a break 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
Hmm, despite the magic of WiFi at conferences these days, very few of the Bloggerati present at SXSW seem to...

The Scobleizer: A challenge for
webl0ggers: handling organizational
difficulties

The Scobleizer: A challenge for
webl0ggers: handling organizational
difficulties 01/28/2004 05:10 AM
Scoble talks about iPods, WMA, AAC, and choice .. Scoble

radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/01/26.html#a6361
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The Consumer Electronics Show opens
Minus Webl0ggers

The Consumer Electronics Show opens
Minus Webl0ggers 01/05/2005 03:59 PM

I would have went to CES instead they have banned all webloggers, thus I am flipping them the middle finger and will be going somewhere else besides Las Vegas for vacation. See not only will CES miss me, so will Las Vegas miss my wallet and my wife at the Blackjack table. Sure I could have lied on the application but who wants to go where they are not welcome. [Yahoo]< /p>

Bad Writing = Good Writing?

Bad Writing = Good Writing? 10/30/2003 11:56 PM
Bad Writing = Good Writing? The academic journal Philosophy and Literature used to hold a "Bad Writing Contest" to ridicule dense, unreadable academic prose... but a new book argues headache inducing sentences are necessary to express subtle theoretical points.

Phil groks it

Phil groks it 06/03/2004 12:37 AM
"Making Money from the Digital Lifestyle" "Marc Canter writes at Always-On about how to make money with digital lifestyle aggregators and Doc follows it up by tying it to his "IT as Construction Industry" metaphor ."

Making Money from the Digital Lifestyle

Marc Canter writes at Always-On about ho w to make money with digital lifestyle aggregators and Doc follows it up by tying it to his "IT as Construction Industry" metaphor. Good. Part I is the nuts and bolts. Mark's promising to show how to make money in Part II. I'll give you a preview: read what Clayton Christensen said at OSBC or listen to it for yourself. The money is always at the aggregation point. The modular parts become commodities. Phil Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog

From Phil Pearson...

From Phil Pearson... 12/30/2004 08:02 PM

Phil write....

Merry Christmas, all.

It's been a pretty quiet year for me, nothing like 2002 (when I created PyCS, bzero, the blogging ecosystem) and 2003 (the Topic Exchange). I've just quietly been tweaking things, maintaining what I already have done, and concentrating on work.

Let's see about 2005, eh ...

[second p0st]

Something tells me Phil is going to be a little more productive this year.

Phil is back!

Phil is back! 01/07/2004 05:05 PM

Watch out world, Phil Pearson is back!

The holidays are over ....

On Monday I'll be back at work. It's been quick. I have done almost nothing on the computer since before Christmas :-)

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This guy cranks.  If you all don't know who Phil is, he's the guy who came up with the Blogging Ecosystem - months before Technorati.

This is the guy who comes up with XML-RPC ports os just about everything - into python - by the time the ink is dry on the virtual press release.  This is the guy who created the Internet Topic Exchange - the first blog aggregation play. He's got blog tools, OPML browsers - this guy is for real.

Good luck Phil

Good luck Phil 06/08/2004 05:02 PM

Saw Phil this weekend at Planetwork.  Got so hungup in giving Reid Hoffman a hard time that Phil didn't get time to spiel himself.

Good luck to Phil - sounds like a fun summer!

Phil's summer of F2F - Part 1. Dear Phil -
Why should we conference in person when the virtual has been so enriched?

• The virtual's not that rich.
• The virtual's mainly broadcast.
• And you miss the interactions that occur during breaks, meals, pub crawls, and the other cracks in an official programme.

So I leave my computer, my home, my city, my country.

Recently, AD:TECH ("Eyeballs for sale! Fresh steaming eyeballs!") and PlaNetwork (Kumbaya embraces digital identity), both in San Francisco.

Coming up:

I'm going to try for the Bio 2004 conference exhibit hall, this week. Especially interested in new bioinformatics and the publications systems that try to promote innovation without giving away secrets. Innovation World's Michael Boland and Mary Kate Stimmler are blogging from the conference.

This week and next are full of East Bay Kerry stuff. A Democratic Party Meetup where East Bay Kerry recruits volunteers. Committee meetings for Fundra ising, Chairs , Media Relations, Visibi lity and GOTV, and Writer s. We're having our first Speake r Training & Kerry Teach-In. And a big bunch of us are going to the Oaklan d A's vs. Pittsburgh Pirates game to show Kerry love to all those Pennsylvanians watching the game. Gary Hart is signing his latest book. And we're sending envoys to other political meetings, like the Lamori nda Democratic Club and the MGO Dem Club. All the time compression of a startup, none of the cash flow, and hard deadlines.

I've started going to Mark Finnern's Future Salons. Smart people, challenging topics. Next one June 18th at SAP Palo Alto. Saw him at Planetwork, first time in daylight. You owe yourself a venue to talk about 10, 20, and 50 years out. Great context and fodder for work and life planning.

In two weeks I'll attend the first day of Supernova, blogging a technical and policy discussion of today's convergence. Time to bone up on spectrum allocation, grid computing, WiMax, and more. I'm glad the wiki (thank you, SocialText) and rss feed (thank you, TypePad) are up.

I'm spending July 4th in Vienna, Austria, for BlogTalk 2.0, the conference by Thomas Burg and the Center for New Media at Danube University. Getting there a little early to spend time with the Actionable Sense Troupe ("How do you switch between Discussion and Action?") and BlogWalk 3.0 in beautiful Krems. 

Then to Bloomsbury Square for the first London Symposium on Social Tools For The Enterprise, 12 July. This scans like etiquette and finishing school. It's really about blogs, wikis, social networks, IM'ing, and the like. And turning them into workplace tools. Matt Mower of Evectors Software put it together. Stowe Boyd's there too. I'll have a week in London. Favourite pubs, bookstores, museums, clubs, bordellos? Blogger events?

Back in town for the BlogOn conference. Read Susan Mernit's post. They have a boot camp, similar to workshops I proposed for London. What do bloggers know that others don't? To understand social software, managers need the insights that make blogging and other social tools "click" for users, and to frame those "Aha! moments" into a useful context.

What should I do this fall? [a klog apart]

Phil Collins? Bollocks.

Phil Collins? Bollocks. 06/08/2004 08:51 AM
The 50 Coolest Song Parts [RetroCrush] As always, bringing up our favorites... um... song parts... will be more constructive and fun than destroying the list.

Phil Gyford's in the Guardian...

Phil Gyford's in the Guardian... 07/08/2004 09:10 AM

Much-loved weblogger, ex-colleague, dim-sum consuming, ultra-tall super-geek Phil Gyford got a well-deserved high-five today from the Guardian today in the online supplement (M an of the Moment). Much deserved, old chap! You are the r0X0r!

"It hadn't really bothered me until it launched and everyone kept telling me what a big commitment it was," he says. At the O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference last year, Clay Shirky, the respected web expert, said that he realised weblogs had a future because of Gyford's 10-year commitment to the Pepys site. He seems taken aback that others might look to him as a shining example as what is good about the internet, but his admirers are legion. "Phil's one of the few people in this industry who produces much more than he promises; the complete opposite of the loud new media bullshitter," says one friend. "He not only has the savvy to understand and build complex projects ... but the motivation to see them through and keep them going for years."

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phil ringnalda dot com: First look at
MSN bl0gs

phil ringnalda dot com: First look at
MSN bl0gs 08/10/2004 12:32 PM
Not a very positive review of Microsoft's blogging tool .. phil ringnalda .. reviews

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"phil ringnalda dot com: First look at
MSN bl0gs"

"phil ringnalda dot com: First look at
MSN bl0gs" 08/09/2004 09:43 AM

benzino as punxsutawney phil

benzino as punxsutawney phil 09/09/2004 10:28 PM
the source awards, bringing a much-needed lack of credibility to the world of hip hop
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Everything you Need to Know About
Writing Sucessfully: in Ten Minutes
(Stephen King)

Everything you Need to Know About
Writing Sucessfully: in Ten Minutes
(Stephen King) 02/07/2005 01:27 AM
everything you need to know about writing successfully in ten minutes .. read

icestormcity.com/rumble/king.html
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OMNI Technologies, Inc. Reports
Profitable Fourth Quarter and Historic
Annual Growth Rate

OMNI Technologies, Inc. Reports
Profitable Fourth Quarter and Historic
Annual Growth Rate 01/05/2005 03:13 AM
OMNI Technologies, Inc. (OTI) An established supplier of Engineered Systems, Automation/Process Technology, Skid/Cart Fabrication and Instrumentation Services, today released financial performance information for the fourth quarter 2004. For the quarter ending December 31, 2004, OTI reported revenues of $868 thousand compared to revenues of $359 thousand for the quarter ending December 31, 2003. This increase along with a positive third quarter represents a net increase of 95% in annual revenues for calendar year 2004 over the previous year. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

OMNI Technologies, Inc. announces the
culmination of a Corporate
Transformation Initiative aimed at
restructuring the organization around
core competencies.

OMNI Technologies, Inc. announces the
culmination of a Corporate
Transformation Initiative aimed at
restructuring the organization around
core competencies. 07/10/2004 03:26 AM
The newly formed organization will have three primary go-to-market business units: >Technology Integration >Professional Services >Productized Solutions [PRWEB Jul 10, 2004]

"Everything You Need to Know About
Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes"

"Everything You Need to Know About
Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes" 08/27/2004 01:45 PM

New technologies for writing: New York
Times and NITLE

New technologies for writing: New York
Times and NITLE 02/01/2005 09:47 PM

A New York Times article discusses the emergence of new technologies to assist writers.

The author, Steven Johnson , describes his experience with the NITLE-developed semantic search tool . He explains its effects:

What does this mean in practice? Consider how I used the tool in writing my last book, which revolved around the latest developments in brain science. I would write a paragraph that addressed the human brain's remarkable facility for interpreting facial expressions. I'd then plug that paragraph into the software, and ask it to find other, similar passages in my archive. Instantly, a list of quotes would be returned: some on the neural architecture that triggers facial expressions, others on the evolutionary history of the smile, still others that dealt with the expressiveness of our near relatives, the chimpanzees. Invariably, one or two of these would trigger a new association in my head -- I'd forgotten about the chimpanzee connection -- and I'd select that quote, and ask the software to find a new batch of documents similar to it. Before long a larger idea had taken shape in my head, built out of the trail of associations the machine had assembled for me.

(via Smartmobs and Clara Yu)

Cassini's Robot Lab Sucessfully
Separates

Cassini's Robot Lab Sucessfully
Separates 12/25/2004 06:58 PM

Ex-Verizon Wireless Employee Stole
Minutes... Many, Many Minutes

Ex-Verizon Wireless Employee Stole
Minutes... Many, Many Minutes 08/13/2004 05:45 AM
An ex-Verizon Wireless employee has been charged with ste aling and reselling $20 million worth of prepaid cellular minutes. Since the minutes were activated via the numbers on some cards, he just copied down all the numbers. Interestingly, while the report says he stole $20 million worth of minutes, there's no indication how much he actually sold them for (or how many were actually used). Also, he continued to have access to the computer which stored the numbers after he left Verizon, which sounds like a major security screwup on Verizon Wireless' part.

retroCRUSH ripped off

retroCRUSH ripped off 01/06/2004 01:01 PM
A UK tabloid stole content from my friend's website. When he complained to the News Editor, he was told, "Well, if it's on the internet it's up for grabs. You can't copyright anything on the internet."

Soon to be "Ripped From The Headlines"
on Law & Order

Soon to be "Ripped From The Headlines"
on Law & Order 06/15/2004 08:47 AM
Mur der Most Foul? Yesterday, Dave Winer, the self-described "inventor of blogs", abruptly pulled the plug on 3000 blogs being hosted by weblogs.com, saying simply, "I can't afford to host these sites. I don't want to start a site hosting business. These are firm, non-negotiable statements." He's giving his hostees a couple of weeks to request an export of their site content, but they're otherwise S.O.L. Not surprisingly, some people are a little bent out of shape, particularly since the blogs just disappeared without any prior notice. (P.S. What happened to "Blogroots"?)

DS Cart Ripped, First ROM Appears

DS Cart Ripped, First ROM Appears 12/29/2004 09:31 AM

Is Tuvalu Getting Ripped Off Over The
.TV Domain?

Is Tuvalu Getting Ripped Off Over The
.TV Domain? 07/06/2004 01:19 PM
A few years ago we noted that the island nation of Tuvalu was seeing an unexpected windfall due to the lucky coincidence that their two letter international code was .tv -- a valuable property on the internet. Now, however, many in Tuvalu are noticing that VeriSign (the company that now runs the registry for .tv domains after buying the rights from Idealab a couple years ago) is making a lot more money than they are. So, they're complaining that they're getting ripped off and deserve more money from the .tv domain -- even though they really have absolutely nothing to do with it, other than the luck of the international code draw.

Dean Ripped on 911 comment

Dean Ripped on 911 comment 12/06/2003 06:14 AM
Howar d Dean reamed by RNC chairman after his 911 comment on the Diane Rehm show "Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie blasted Democratic presidential frontrunner Howard Dean on Friday for suggesting that President Bush may have been warned in advance about the 9/11 attacks." Perhaps Mr.Gillespie didn't take the time to read the Newsweek article suggesting the same thing or perhaps he hasn't read of these predominately major media stories that call into question the administration's no prior knowledge claim. Just wondering?

Double-Screen cartridge ripped

Double-Screen cartridge ripped 12/27/2004 10:38 AM
Cory Doctorow: Someone has ripped a game-rom from a Gameboy Double-Screen cartridge -- next step, double-screen ROM images for MAME! Link (via Waxy)

Ripped sign spurs national debate

Ripped sign spurs national debate 09/19/2004 11:42 AM
Ripped Bush-Cheney sign spurs national debate .. herald-dispatch

herald-dispatch.com/2004/September/18/LNtop1.htm
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"Ripped sign spurs national debate"

"Ripped sign spurs national debate" 09/19/2004 03:26 PM

Omni Releases OmniOutliner 3 Pro

Omni Releases OmniOutliner 3 Pro 01/06/2005 02:40 PM

Omni Group announces OmniGraffle 3.0

Omni Group announces OmniGraffle 3.0 03/20/2003 03:13 PM
The Omni Group today announced OmniGraffle 3.0, a new version of its Mac OS X diagramming and drawing application...

Omni releases OmniGraffle 3.2 Betas

Omni releases OmniGraffle 3.2 Betas 12/29/2004 01:48 PM
The Omni Group on Wednesday released Betas of OmniGraffle 3.2 and OmniGraffle 3.2 Professional, the company's drawing and diagramming applications. This new version supports the OmniOutliner 3 file format, enabling you to import those files into OmniGraffle, and offers a new interface for the Action inspector, which provides easier creation of clickable shapes. It also includes a variety of performance improvements.

eBay Today: Clean Up With Omni

eBay Today: Clean Up With Omni 11/05/2003 02:59 AM
An instant Star Wars bath collection can be yours...

Congressman: E-rate program 'easily
ripped off' (USATODAY.com)

Congressman: E-rate program 'easily
ripped off' (USATODAY.com) 06/18/2004 06:20 AM
USATODAY.com - The $2.25 billion federal program that wires public schools and libraries to the Internet is "an invitation for disaster" that needs closer scrutiny, the head of a congressional subcommittee said Thursday.

The Omni Group is hiring Cocoa
programmers

The Omni Group is hiring Cocoa
programmers 12/19/2004 03:25 PM
The Omni Group: Want Work?: “Note: we have fish, a cat and a bird in the office, and there are several dogs who spend some time here.”

(No, we at Ranchero aren’t looking for work! But we know a few people in Seattle, or about to be, who might be interested—this is for them.)

Omni Hotels Promotes Wi-Fi, Double Miles

Omni Hotels Promotes Wi-Fi, Double Miles 05/06/2004 03:52 PM
Omni Hotels has a contest and promotion tied with Wi-Fi: Omni offers free wireless Internet access at all of their 40 hotels. The promotion provides double airline miles through June for qualifying stays, but if you sign up to join their Select Guest program, you're entered in a contest to win a home Wi-Fi system (laptop, card, wireless gateway, and a year's worth of DSL/cable service). A lesser prize is the WiFi Finder from Kensington, which we've previously said doesn't offer enough Wi-Fi finding ability to be useful. Omni Hotels started offering free Wi-Fi in Feb. 2003....

Two former Omni Group employees found
new Mac company.

Two former Omni Group employees found
new Mac company. 04/22/2004 01:02 AM
Think Secret: Two former Omni Group employees found new Mac company. Hopefully this OmniFork will lead to twice twice the Cocoa goodness.

Omni Group releases OmniWeb 5.1,
OmniOutliner 3.0

Omni Group releases OmniWeb 5.1,
OmniOutliner 3.0 01/06/2005 02:17 AM
The Omni Group today released OmniWeb 5.1, an update to its feature-rich Mac OS X Web browser...

Omni Group releases first OmniWeb 5
release candidate

Omni Group releases first OmniWeb 5
release candidate 07/20/2004 02:43 PM
The Omni Group has posted the first release candidate (RC) of OmniWeb 5.0 for download from its Web site. While it's not quite ready for prime time and still has some outstanding bugs, this version fixes many problems with the final Beta and offers many performance enhancements. OmniWeb 5.0 RC1 requires Mac OS X v10.2 and is a free download from the Omni Group Web site, but it will stop working when the next release candidate becomes available. Users who purchase OmniWeb 4.5 will receive a free upgrade to version 5.0 when it's released later this year. Current users who want to upgrade early can do so through The Omni Group's online store.

Kong is King.net | King Kong movie news
and rumors

Kong is King.net | King Kong movie news
and rumors 09/19/2004 07:36 AM
Peter Jackson is giving everyone a behind the scenes look at King Kong

kongisking.net/index.shtml
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TransAct Technologies Responds to
Questions Related to Its Patent
Allowance Covering Technologies in Its
Epic

TransAct Technologies Responds to
Questions Related to Its Patent
Allowance Covering Technologies in Its
Epic 04/07/2005 07:33 AM
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802.16e positioned to compete against
mobile broadband wireless technologies
such as cellular, the proposed 802.20,
and proprietary technologies

802.16e positioned to compete against
mobile broadband wireless technologies
such as cellular, the proposed 802.20,
and proprietary technologies 08/29/2004 03:57 AM
[PRWEB Aug 29, 2004]

Enpar Technologies raises stake in Green
Environmental Technologies to 19.7%

Enpar Technologies raises stake in Green
Environmental Technologies to 19.7% 02/14/2004 10:52 AM
Canadian Press Feb 14 2004 2:11PM GMT

What webloggers are reading this summer (Phil Gyford: Writing)