Who's Cool Today? Orlando Drops Wi-Fi

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Cool.... We're popular today

Cool.... We're popular today 03/14/2003 01:08 PM

Cool.... We're popular today

Wow.  Today we're seeing links from Doc (thanks Brent! for telling Doc about us) as well as being in the Daypop Top 40 (#6) and on Blogdex.  Damn  that feels good.

eBay Today: Thirsty For A Cool
Collectible?

eBay Today: Thirsty For A Cool
Collectible? 01/05/2005 11:23 AM
Then take a look at this Star Wars machine...

Today@Playlist: More cool iTunes
AppleScripts!

Today@Playlist: More cool iTunes
AppleScripts! 04/12/2005 11:55 AM
Playlist pal, Doug Adams, from Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes, has passed along a list of cool new iTunes/iPod AppleScripts that you’re sure to enjoy.

USA Today Drops Coulter Column; Goldberg
to Cover DNC Instead

USA Today Drops Coulter Column; Goldberg
to Cover DNC Instead 07/28/2004 07:38 AM
spiking

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MySQL Conference Orlando - See You
There!

MySQL Conference Orlando - See You
There! 04/13/2004 11:14 AM
The Web Freaks are going to the MySQL Conference. We'll see you there if you are attending!

Orlando Bloom is king of Google

Orlando Bloom is king of Google 12/26/2004 07:28 AM
Article.wn.com - Sun Dec 26, 02:45 am GMT

Made it to Orlando and Flying Updates

Made it to Orlando and Flying Updates 04/12/2004 11:13 PM
American made me miss my connection in Dallas, but got me on another flight an hour later. I managed to find the car, find the hotel, find the room, find dinner, find and pickup Derek, and find a little grocery store. Oh, and I found the free WiFi too. It mostly works. The weather for tomorrow looks ungood for a day of soaring Florida. :-( Speaking of flying, I finally updated my neglected flying blog, so you can see what...

Orlando Wins NBA Lottery to Get Top Pick
(AP)

Orlando Wins NBA Lottery to Get Top Pick
(AP) 05/26/2004 09:12 PM
AP - The Orlando Magic won the NBA Draft Lottery on Wednesday night, giving hope to Tracy McGrady and company after a league-low 21 wins last season.

PhotoshopWorld heads to Orlando in
September

PhotoshopWorld heads to Orlando in
September 07/07/2004 09:41 AM
This year's east coast PhotoshopWorld Conference & Expo will take place September 1-3, 2004 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL...

PhotoshopWorld Orlando registration
opens

PhotoshopWorld Orlando registration
opens 07/07/2004 11:03 AM
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) on Wednesday announced that registration has opened for its PhotoshopWorld Conference & Expo event, coming to Orlando, Fla. from September 1 - 3, 2004. The show is held on both East and West Coasts and was last held in San Francisco, Calif. in March. The event features 60 classroom sessions led by industry experts like Scott Kelby, Terry White, Deke McClelland and many others. More than 60 exhibiting companies provide training and information about their latest hardware, software, cameras, printers, workstation, training materials and more. Admission costs US$499 before July 30, 2004, $599 after. NAPP members can save $100 on registration. More details are available online.

Orlando axes free muni Wi-Fi

Orlando axes free muni Wi-Fi 06/22/2005 02:47 AM
Not enough bloggers

Orlando Talent Competition Misleads
Would-Be Models

Orlando Talent Competition Misleads
Would-Be Models 05/19/2004 07:23 PM
WFtv.com,FL-48 minutes ago ... The company runs ads for modeling jobs on the Internet, many times on Google, which is also misleading. Fashion Rock is not actually hiring anybody as models. ...

Blogging/Roller talk last night in
Orlando

Blogging/Roller talk last night in
Orlando 12/19/2004 03:30 PM

I gave my blogging and Roller talk to the combined Orlando and Gainesville Java User Groups last night. I think the talk was pretty well received among the 30 or 40 Java users in attendance, but I've only given a half dozen presentations so I felt a little wobbly. There were a couple of times where I could not find quite the right words to complete a thought, but overall I think I'm improving at public speaking (I just noticed that Sun-U offers a course called "executive presentations" -- maybe I should sign up for that).

The talk was really two talks in one, a blogging talk and a Roller talk. I call the blogging talk "Blogging: What's the Big Deal." It covers the basics of blogging and includes newsfeeds, newsfeed readers, web services API, blogs at work, K-logs, Cluetrain in a nutshell, and blogs for community building. In my opinion, the big deal is simple: blogging technologies make it easy for people and programs to read and write the web. That empowers writers of all varieties and creates lots of opportunities for software developers.

The Roller talk is designed to give potential Roller users an overview of Roller features, the status of the Roller project itself, and Roller architecture/internals. I also include some lessons learned about performance and scalability. The Roller talk is informative, but much less thought provoking than the blogging talk and that was reflected in the number of questions I recieved.

The questions were pretty interesting and almost all concerned blogs at work. Here are the questions and answers I remember:

Q: What role does ownership play in blogs and wikis? Is it really important that you put your name on your blog?. Ownership and identity play an important role in blogs and wikis, but more so blogs. Putting your name on your blog is how you get credit for your writing and the cool links you are pointing out. That said, anonymous bloggers play an important role too. Anonymous bloggers can safely speak more freely than named bloggers and this can be very important in some situations. Anonymous bloggers get credit too and can gain trust and authority by writing well, being honest, gaining readers, and earning links from other bloggers.

Q: Isn't there a risk that employees will be judged by the quantity and quality of their blogs, and we will therefore discriminate against introverts, people who'd rather work than write about working, and folks who's blogs are just not that cool? I guess there is some danger of this. As we do now, we'll have to trust folks to understand that people are different. Some people are quiet and private and prefer to work rather than to write and talk about work. I think this is mitigated by the fact that some folks who are introverts in a social setting might not be so introverted when online or writing in their blogs.

Q: I can understand allowing your employees to blog publicly, but was is the benefit of supporting them by providing them with company servers and support to do so? This question came before I got to my Cluetrain in a nutshell slide, so my answer was that providing employees with public blogs is a way to encourage them to blog and once I explain the Cluetrain you'll understand why I say that is a good thing.

Q: Blogs are essentially UseNet newsgroups "minus minus" without easy way to search all posts on a topic and without threading. Usually, with a new communications medium we move forward, not backwards. Are bloggers concerned about that? Yes, bloggers are concerned with this and there are efforts to make it easier to search blogs (e.g. Feedster) and to support threading of blog-to-blog "conversations" (e.g. permalink based threading in BlogLines and SharpReader). But blogs are a different medium and they don't replace newsgroups and forums. Subscribing to a blog is different that subscribing to a newsgroup. With newsgroups, you subscribe to a topic but with blogs you typically subscribe to a person or a group of people and topics can vary widely. I think that is a good thing; people are more interesting than topics.

Q: Is it possible for a blogger to sell subscriptions to his blog content? I admit that I have not been following the blogging for money discussions very closely, but after some mumbles I managed to come up with a couple of answers.

• Offer a free newsfeed to alert subscribers of new content, but require them to login to their non-free user account to view they full content.
• Use a Podcast approach to automatically download newly available content to user, but the downloaded content is in a password protected format.
• Require login to access your newsfeeds, but users would need a newsreader that can handle authentication.

But, newsfeeds are lossy aren't they. I mean, what happens if a user is offline for a couple of days and the user's newsreader misses some entries because they have already scrolled off the bottom of the newsfeed? Users that are paying for a subscription are going to much less forgiving about missing a couple of items.

That's all the questions I can remember. Slides should be available soon in PDF form on the Orlando JUG site.

NBA Wrap: McGrady Shines, Orlando
Overcomes Cleveland in OT

NBA Wrap: McGrady Shines, Orlando
Overcomes Cleveland in OT 12/26/2003 01:49 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 26 2003 0:37AM ET

Orlando Pulls Plug On Free Internet
Service

Orlando Pulls Plug On Free Internet
Service 06/22/2005 02:07 AM
Cfadvocate.com - Tue Jun 21, 12:42 pm GMT

"what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando"

"what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando" 08/17/2004 03:41 AM

"Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney
Headquarters In Orlando"

"Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney
Headquarters In Orlando" 10/07/2004 04:14 PM

Stuck at Orlando Intl without Wireless
and My New Travel Rule

Stuck at Orlando Intl without Wireless
and My New Travel Rule 04/19/2004 01:41 AM
When are airports gonna figure this out? If you have wireless Internet service available in your terminals, people actually will pay for it. How hard is that to figure out, really? Murphy has struck again. I dropped off my rental car 2 hours before the scheduled departure of my flight (as advised), got to the airport 7 minutes later, went through security in 5, took the mini-train to my terminal, and found that my flight is departing at 5:48pm instead...

what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando

what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando 08/17/2004 09:01 AM
nytimes piece .. infuriating

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PHP Freaks Hiring a Developer in Orlando
- Full Time Employemnt

PHP Freaks Hiring a Developer in Orlando
- Full Time Employemnt 11/19/2003 02:49 AM
PHP Freaks is hiring an in-house full time PHP Developer in ORLANDO, FL. If you are in this area and have the skills, seeking a job and want to have fun, please take a look at this job offer.

Tonight: Roller talk at joint
Orlando/Gainesville JUG meeting

Tonight: Roller talk at joint
Orlando/Gainesville JUG meeting 12/19/2004 03:30 PM

Tonight I'll be speaking at a joint meeting of the Orlando and Gainesville Florida Java User Groups. I'll be talking about blogging, blogs at work, and Roller. The meeting starts at 6:30PM at DeVry University in Orlando. For more information check the Orlando and Gainesville JUG sites.

Orlando Computer Maestro Conducts
Harmonious High-Tech Biz

Orlando Computer Maestro Conducts
Harmonious High-Tech Biz 09/03/2004 02:44 AM
What began as a simple means to an end now has turned into a dream job, because Jason Brown has just become the owner of a new franchise with Geeks On Call® -- the nation’s premier provider of on-site computer services. Driving his special “PC” Cruiser directly to the doorsteps of homes and businesses alike, Brown delivers a wide range of on-demand high-tech support that will have Orlando’s frustrated computer users singing for joy. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004]

Steve Ballmer Tech·Ed 2005 Keynote:
"Delivering New Value to the Business,"
Orlando, Florida

Steve Ballmer Tech·Ed 2005 Keynote:
"Delivering New Value to the Business,"
Orlando, Florida 06/05/2005 11:09 PM
June 6, 2005, 9:00 A.M. Eastern, 6:00 A.M. Pacific Time

Keynoting Microsoft's largest annual technology education conference, CEO Steve Ballmer discusses how business change and innovation offer increased opportunities for IT professionals and developers.

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There's no place like law.cool.cool.fun.

There's no place like law.cool.cool.fun. 03/22/2005 11:38 PM
What's a namber? A namber is a word that acts as a mnemonic for a number. For example, 65 is drum, and 181 is push. A namber address uses an arbitrarily-chosen list of nambers to represent each of the numbers from 0 to 255 in order to assemble four words to represent any IP address. Metafilter.com's namber is earth .frog.brown.tooth, and mysteryrobot.com conveniently provides translation and forwarding to the real IP address.

Townhouse Showcases Building Systems &
PATH Technologies at the International
Builder Show, Orlando, FL

Townhouse Showcases Building Systems &
PATH Technologies at the International
Builder Show, Orlando, FL 12/19/2004 03:30 PM
International Builder Show Showcases two-story town home designed to show the wide variety of design options. [PRWEB Dec 18, 2004]

Orlando Utilities Commission Adopts MWH
Soft Advanced ArcGIS-Centric Modeling
Technology

Orlando Utilities Commission Adopts MWH
Soft Advanced ArcGIS-Centric Modeling
Technology 09/02/2004 02:25 AM
MWH Soft, Inc., a leading global provider of water resources applications software, today announced that Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC), Florida’s second-largest municipal utility, has selected MWH Soft InfoWater Suite to better meet its enterprise GIS water system hydraulic modeling needs. [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004]

HaiVision Releases the hai210M Mobile
Communicator at NSCA Systems Integration
Show, Orlando, March 10-12

HaiVision Releases the hai210M Mobile
Communicator at NSCA Systems Integration
Show, Orlando, March 10-12 03/14/2005 05:24 PM
HaiVision Systems Inc., a leading supplier of broadband IP video products, announces today the release and immediate availability of a breakthrough video product for mobile communications – the hai210M Mobile Communicator™. [PRWEB Mar 12, 2005]

“Got Game” Author & Researcher John C.
Beck to Keynote G.A.M.E.S. Synergy
Summit™ January 27th 2005 in Orlando

“Got Game” Author & Researcher John C.
Beck to Keynote G.A.M.E.S. Synergy
Summit™ January 27th 2005 in Orlando 01/07/2005 04:14 AM
John C. Beck, President of North Star Leadership Group, Senior Research Fellow at University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center for the Digital Future, and a Senior Advisor at the Monitor Group, will keynote the international G.A.M.E.S. Synergy Summit™ to be held Wednesday-Friday, January 26th-28th, 2005 in Orlando. Dr. Beck researched and co-authored “Got Game: How the Gamer Generation is Reshaping Business Forever” (Harvard Business School Press, Fall 2004). He will share insights about the strengths, abilities, attitudes and learning styles of the under-34 gamer generation, distinctly different from the baby boomers, and how enterprises across all disciplines can adapt to encourage their best performance. An acronym for Government, Academic, Military, Entertainment and Simulation, the G.A.M.E.S. Synergy Summit™ brings together leaders from each of these convergent sectors to discover new ways that interactive game-based technologies can address a broad range of beneficial, non-entertainment applications. [PRWEB Jan 7, 2005]

Haivision Releases hai200 Series IP
Video Solutions at NSCA Systems
Integration Show, Orlando, March 10-12

Haivision Releases hai200 Series IP
Video Solutions at NSCA Systems
Integration Show, Orlando, March 10-12 03/14/2005 05:24 PM
HaiVision Systems Inc. announces today the release and immediate availability of a new series of compact and versatile IP video products for the encoding, management, and decoding of audio/video streams – the hai200™ Series. The hai200 Series offers the best price/performance value for networked video applications requiring solutions that deliver the highest quality video through multiple formats - including MPEG-2, H.264 (also known as MPEG-4 part 10) and Microsoft’s Windows Media 9 (WM9, also known as VC1) formats. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005]

GeniusDV, LLC Announces Special Avid
Xpress and Final Cut Pro Training
Packages That Includes Airfare and Hotel
Accommodations to Orlando, Florida

GeniusDV, LLC Announces Special Avid
Xpress and Final Cut Pro Training
Packages That Includes Airfare and Hotel
Accommodations to Orlando, Florida 01/02/2005 04:39 AM
GeniusDV, LLC announced today the availability of special Avid Xpress and Final Cut Pro training packages that include airfare and hotel accommodations to Orlando, FL. [PRWEB Jan 2, 2005]

Our Orlando Vacation: Day 3 "The
Happiest Place on Earth" - a
photoset on Flickr

Our Orlando Vacation: Day 3 "The
Happiest Place on Earth" - a
photoset on Flickr 04/13/2005 02:35 PM
The Happiest Place on Earth .. Ulykkelige mennesker

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State police officers have gone into the
homes of elderly black voters in Orlando
and interrogated them as part of an odd
"investigation" that has frightened many
voters

State police officers have gone into the
homes of elderly black voters in Orlando
and interrogated them as part of an odd
"investigation" that has frightened many
voters 08/18/2004 12:43 AM
column

nytimes.com/2004/08/16/opinion/16herbert.html
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Linux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of
Linux Today

Linux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of
Linux Today 06/04/2004 05:28 PM

IBM drops 'e-business' tag

IBM drops 'e-business' tag 07/01/2004 12:38 AM
News.com.au - Thu Jul 1, 01:20 am GMT

Too many tear drops

Too many tear drops 08/30/2004 04:26 AM
Banned by the Vatican and created by a tone deaf engineer... presenting the Hammond.

Spolsky Drops the Big One

Spolsky Drops the Big One 06/17/2004 03:48 AM
Joel Spolsky posted an astounding essay a few days ago that I somehow missed. I don’t agree with every paragraph, but every paragraph is worth reading. If I may pick one minor point out for a bit of special highlighting: We’ve had good full-text search technology since the Seventies, and in the last ten years more or less everybody has become a regular user of full-text search. Why isn’t there good built-in full-text desktop search available right now today on both OS X and Windows, out of the box? (Most of the article isn’t about search, most of it’s about why the Windows API is dying on the vine; don’t miss it.)

Palm drops the Mac

Palm drops the Mac 02/12/2004 06:20 PM
According to this article at Brighthand, Palm have announced that Palm OS 6 (codenamed Cobalt) will not support the Mac platform —

...PalmSource isn't developing a Mac version of the Palm Desktop. As the way the PIM apps work has changed significantly, this means Mac users won't be able to HotSync without third-party software.

This is a blow for Mac-owning Palm PDA users, although it's stoked those old fires suggesting that Apple may be ready to announce a PDA of it's own. John Manzione writes on MacNetv2 —

Apple will deflect this Palm bullet because they will soon introduce a new product that will do for the handheld market what the iPod has done for MP3 players.

A Jonathan Ive-designed PDA? Now I'd love to see that.

dean drops out

dean drops out 02/18/2004 02:56 PM
interesting that this is one of the few times he's actually posted to his weblog

The other shoe drops.

The other shoe drops. 05/04/2004 04:47 PM
The other shoe drops. The L.A. Times releases details from Major General Antonio M. Taguba's findings into prisoner abuse in Iraq, including evidence that convinced him that a U.S. soldier had sex with an Iraqi female.

(Can we all agree that she didn't ask for it...?)
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