How NOT to Market WiFi in Libraries
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How To Lose The WiFi Market: Forget That
Competition Exists
How To Lose The WiFi Market: Forget That
Competition Exists
08/27/2004 02:00 PMAgere, a spinoff of Lucent (itself a spinoff of AT&T), helped define
and create the WiFi market, but now holds a fairly small portion of
the market, and is the number five seller of WiFi chips. In taking a
look at
how Agere "lost" the WiFi market, it simply
appears that they weren't ready for competition from plenty of other
companies -- including a company with a lot more money: Intel. While
the article makes some suggestions (confusion after spinning off their
WiFi product business to focus on just chips, taking their eye off the
ball to focus on not going bankrupt), the more realistic explanation
simply seems to be that they didn't expect as much competition in the
marketplace as they received. If anything, it sounds like, by
"inventing" the market, they expected to keep it forever. They also
seem particularly miffed at Intel's marketing campaign to co-opt WiFi
into their Centrino brand -- leading many people to believe that Intel
created WiFi. When you're blaming your competitor's ability to
outmarket you as the reason you lost a market (especially when it's an
emerging market), it suggests the company simply wasn't prepared to
compete at all.
Nortel taps trapeze to market alongside
Airespace WiFi kit
Nortel taps trapeze to market alongside
Airespace WiFi kit
03/24/2005 08:26 AMComputer Business Review Mar 24 2005 12:52PM GMT
The amount of office space that
corporations allocate to their libraries
has fallen by 8.36% over the past five
years, according to a new survey of
corporate libraries "Corporate Library
Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition" ISBN:
1-57440-069-X.
The amount of office space that
corporations allocate to their libraries
has fallen by 8.36% over the past five
years, according to a new survey of
corporate libraries "Corporate Library
Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition" ISBN:
1-57440-069-X.
09/03/2004 02:51 AMReports on results of a major survey of corporate and other business
libraries. Gives extensive data on management policies and practices
and details on spending trends for salaries, electronic and print
materials, and library services. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004]
Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker
Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker
03/24/2005 08:15 PMCory Doctorow:
A Seattle wireless hacker rides a commuter train from Tacoma every day
with a battery-powered WiFi hotspot in his backpack that's linked up
to the Internet with a
14.4 144k wireless modem. Catch his
train and get free WiFi on your commute.
The open wireless node can be found in the first car of the last
morning train and in Car 403 on the 5:10pm return trip. Use SSID
"FreeInternetAccess" or "seattlewireless" to connect - You may have to
assign yourself an IP in the range 192.168.0.0/24 and use the Default
Gateway 192.168.0.1 as the DHCP is sometimes flakey
Link
(
via Make)
Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free
Citywide WiFi Service using advanced
WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating
antennas.
Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free
Citywide WiFi Service using advanced
WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating
antennas.
08/05/2004 03:39 AMLos Angeles Beach Community WiFi service made possible by WiFi-Plus
antennas. Makes internet available on the beach. [PRWEB Aug 5, 2004]
Review: WiFi Seeker / WiFi Spy
Review: WiFi Seeker / WiFi Spy
07/16/2004 04:50 PMA few weeks ago I got Chrisalis Developemnt's
WiFi Seeker, a convenient
keychain-sized wireless network locator. Marware's recently announced
WiFi Spy is a
rebranded version of the same device, so it should perform
identically.
To locate a wireless network simply press the button and watch the
LEDs. When the lights stop sweeping back and forth, the number that
remain lit will show the strength of the wireless signal. If the
lights continue to sweep back and forth, you're not in range for any
wireless network. Unlike other devices, the WiFi Seeker isn't fooled
by other 2.5 GHz signals like microwave ovens or cordless phones, and
it doesn't depend on 802.11 client activity to detect the access
point. It detects both 802.11b and 802.11g.
Merge old iPhoto libraries on CD with
iPhoto 5 libraries
Merge old iPhoto libraries on CD with
iPhoto 5 libraries
03/19/2005 02:40 AMI had several iPhoto libraries burned to CD backups from iPhoto 3 or 4
that I wanted to merge with my nearly complete iPhoto 5 library.
However, because I burned the libraries directly to CD from the Finder
or Toast, and not ...
LXE Continues to Gain Market Share in
the Fully Ruggedized Mobile Computing
Market
LXE Continues to Gain Market Share in
the Fully Ruggedized Mobile Computing
Market
09/08/2004 02:54 AMLXE Inc., a leading manufacturer of rugged wireless computers that
improve the performance of supply-chain execution applications,
reports today that Venture Development Corporation’s recent Enterprise
Mobility Report verifies LXE’s worldwide market share leadership
position in the combined “fully rugged”, hand held and vehicle-mounted
wireless computer category. [PRWEB Sep 8, 2004]
Video Streaming: Can You Say Magnify
That!? Who Will Capture Market Share in
this Exciting Emerging Market?
Video Streaming: Can You Say Magnify
That!? Who Will Capture Market Share in
this Exciting Emerging Market?
03/14/2005 05:24 PMVideo Streaming: Can You Say Magnify That!? Magnific’s Inc has
released its 2nd Generation Cell Phone magnifier. This one will go
hand in hand with the popular multi-media craze “ Video Streaming”.
Favorite Sit-coms, Video Clips, Text messaging,Sports, News, Games and
whatever your heart desires to watch while in limbo or experiencing
the excitement of New Age Multi-Media Technology. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2005]
Research and Markets :Forecasts Indicate
Bahrain's Communications Market Will Be
Heavily Influenced By Competitive Market
Dynamics
Research and Markets :Forecasts Indicate
Bahrain's Communications Market Will Be
Heavily Influenced By Competitive Market
Dynamics
03/14/2005 05:59 PMResearch and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c13648) has
announced the addition of Bahrain Communications Projections Report
2005 to their offering. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005]
Market analyzer lowers global PC market
forecast for 2005
Market analyzer lowers global PC market
forecast for 2005
03/24/2005 01:48 PMChina Economic Net Mar 24 2005 4:06PM GMT
Revenue Assurance Market to Reach $432
million in 2008: Market’s Future Tied to
Next Generation Services Arrival
Revenue Assurance Market to Reach $432
million in 2008: Market’s Future Tied to
Next Generation Services Arrival
03/30/2005 04:36 AMAccording to Dittberner Associates Inc., newest research the worldwide
revenue assurance/cost management market will grow to US$432 million
in 2008, from an estimated $396 million dollars in 2004. [PRWEB Mar
30, 2005]
Research And Markets - Broadband Rollout
In The Residential Market Will Remain
The Main Driver Of The Western European
WLAN Market
Research And Markets - Broadband Rollout
In The Residential Market Will Remain
The Main Driver Of The Western European
WLAN Market
12/19/2004 03:09 PMResearch and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c10903) has
announced the addition of Western European WLAN Forecast, 2004-2008 to
their offering. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]
Gartner: India's BPO market likely to
lose market share
Gartner: India's BPO market likely to
lose market share
08/30/2004 09:55 AMBANGALORE, INDIA --India is likely to lose market share in offshore
business process outsourcing (BPO), from its current 80 percent to
about 55 percent by 2007, according to research firm Gartner Inc.
Merlin Libraries
Merlin Libraries
06/06/2004 05:02 AMMerlin Libraries v0.1.103 (unstable) Released
Essential in Libraries?
Essential in Libraries?
04/27/2004 10:48 PMSMS an
Essential Communication Tool
"The Mobile Data Association (MDA) reports that 2.1 billion text
messages were sent in March 2004 in the U.K which is a 25% rise on the
total from the same month last year.At present, on average, around 69
million text messages are sent each day in the UK.This article from
the BBC states.'It is evident that in the last five years texting has
grown from a popular craze among teenagers to an essential
communication tool.'
Text
messaging reaches new high" [Smart Mobs]
England Libraries May All Get Wi-Fi
England Libraries May All Get Wi-Fi
12/04/2003 01:07 PMThe majority of libraries in England already have broadband access but
now the government is working on adding Wi-Fi: Most of the libraries
in King County, outside of Seattle, have Wi-Fi. It's a great, low-cost
way for libraries to offer Internet access without having to provide
computers for everyone. My library always has a line of people waiting
to get on its computers so perhaps with Wi-Fi some people could come
in with their own computers to use the Internet. But I wonder how many
of the people I see waiting in line there actually have laptops that
they could bring with them instead....
slack-get 0.3 (Libraries)
slack-get 0.3 (Libraries)
05/26/2004 10:49 PMA tool like 'apt-get' for Slackware.
Echidna Libraries
Echidna Libraries
07/15/2004 07:16 AMAdded 8Bit Targa Support
Salon in Libraries?
Salon in Libraries?
03/19/2003 10:45 PMLast year I said I thought Salon should look into licensing
content to libraries, and now they're finally doing something about
it. Adrienne Crew, their Content Licensing Manager, sent me the
following:
"Thought you'd like to know that Salon's Premium Institutional
Subscription program for libraries is finally up and running....
Currently we are offering a one year subscription in the $300-400
range and feeds all access to the articles on the site via an IP
authentication system or a single password."
More details as I get them.
2D Graphics Libraries
2D Graphics Libraries
05/05/2004 07:45 PM
While platforms these days have fairly good 2D graphics support
like Quartz on OSX,
GDI+ on XP, and , and Gnome Canvas, developers like me often have
to use third-party
libraries for whatever reasons. On Win32, for example, GDI+
support is missing
in legacy platforms which means either giving up on fancy
graphics, redistributing
GDI+ binaries, use a third party library, or writing one
yourself. Writing one
yourself is fun (I have done it a couple of times over 20 years)
but, unless it offers
some unique features, you'll always end up migrating to a third
party library.
BTW, Flash has an excellent 2D graphics engine but it's lacks an
API so it's like
a sports car without a driving wheel. Yes, you can embed the
Flash ActiveX and
generate SWF on-the-fly but it's unwieldy for dynamic interaction
and even handling
gets tricky. Embedding Adobe SVG ActiveX is just as unwieldy
if not more.
While there are proprietary 2D engines out there, typically written
by a few guys
at a small company, they tend to disappear within a couple of
years, either bought
by companies (i.e. Apple, Adobe, Macromind, and Microsoft), or
abandoned out
of lack of interest or workable revenue model. Besides, they
charge fairly steep
fees so I tend to avoid them.
Out of all the freely available 2D libraries out there, Libart stands
out in features and quality. It offers fast
anti-aliased rendering
and it's use in Gnome Canvas over the years means most of the bugs
have already been
stepped on. Libart is also used to drive librsvg,
a SVG engine, and Java 2D, Java's graphics API, although Sun made
extensive changes
to tap hardware acceleration. While Libart can and has been
used cross-platform,
it's not exactly cakewalk to use in non-Linix platofrms. Cairo has
some interesting features and rising interest could mean it will
replace Libart someday,
but it's still in development.
Third-party 2D graphics library I really like these days is Anti-Grain
Geometry (AGG) which, although dormant for the last two years,
has been rejuvenated
with the released of version 2.1. AGG is written in C++ and
uses templates extensively
like ATL does. AGG is lightweight, very fast, flexible, and
full of features.
It even comes with a partial implementation of SVG
viewer as an example. AGG supports Win32, X11, and SDL as
is. It doesn't
yet support features variable stroke effects like Creature House's
Expression
3 engine and Fractal Design's Painter support but then
it's just me being
unreasonable. :-)
I should note that subpixel graphics was first done 20 years
ago in Word
Handler to display 70 columns of hi-res text on Apple
II.Silicon
Valley Systems, the company that published Word Handler, was
based just 5 minutes
from where I live now and I enjoy fond memories of working there
every time I pass
by the old office on El Camino. I guess everybody remembers
their first job.
LCD screens were just starting to replace LED on calculators at the
time, so Steve
Gibson and Microsoft ClearType can claim to be the first to use
subpixel graphics
on LCD screen. Lenny Elekman, where are you now?
New IM Record in Libraries
New IM Record in Libraries
03/14/2005 06:23 PMI've been so short on time lately that I've been trying to avoid
using what little blogging time I do have to simply repost what other
library bloggers are already putting up. This one, however, was just
too good to pass up.
when was the
last time you had this kind of response to a new library
service?
"Brian didn’t give me permission to publish a portion of
his email, but I’m so excited about it I’m going to throw caution
into the wind. He wrote [emphasis mine]:
'Rule number 1: Don’t send out IM reference fliers to
every middle school and jr. high classroom on the same day!
Had to have been at least 100 IMs in the first 2 hours after the
kiddies got home. For a while, I had about 20 IM windows up at once.'
"
Someone recently observed that there are a lot of Eeyo
res in the library community, but I think we can officially
declare IM reference a Martha-Stewart-good-thing for (at least) public
libraries and move it to Pooh status.
Cost of purchasing the AIM software: $0.
Cost of staff time to "man" the AIM service during those two hours:
already paid for.
Satisfaction of having 100 kids respond positively and view the
library in a new light: PRICELESS.
YSL Coding Libraries
YSL Coding Libraries
12/11/2003 06:12 PMTransfer of CVS repository in progress
Libraries 8, Amazon 0
Libraries 8, Amazon 0
12/09/2003 12:13 PMHave You
Ever Wondered....
"Have you ever wondered if the library were like Amazon.com?"
[The J-Walk
Blog]
PlanetaMessenger.org Libraries
PlanetaMessenger.org Libraries
11/01/2003 10:43 AMJMML 0.4 released
Libraries and the Internet
Libraries and the Internet
12/19/2004 03:00 PM
Kudos to Google and its new university allies -- including my alma
mater, the University of Michigan, as well as Harvard, Stanford, and
Oxford -- for their exciting project to
open the stacks (Wall Street
Journal, via
Paul
Kedrosky). It's a great day for the dissemination of knowledge!
Bloggers from these institutions are relaying the emails received from
their administrators:
...It’s the Libraries, Stupid
It’s the Libraries, Stupid
06/09/2004 11:39 PMVia Jeff Dillon,
some insightful words on programming in Java and
in the C#/.NET/Mono ecosystem. I hadn’t thought about it that way.
'UK libraries out of use by 2020'
'UK libraries out of use by 2020'
04/26/2004 09:46 PMThe public will stop using libraries if visitor numbers and book loans
continue to fall, according to a new report.
NB Parser Libraries
NB Parser Libraries
06/11/2004 09:55 AMProject started
slack-get 0.2 (Libraries)
slack-get 0.2 (Libraries)
05/04/2004 04:41 PMA tool like 'apt-get' for Slackware.
"http://p2p.libraries.psu.edu/"
"http://p2p.libraries.psu.edu/"
11/18/2003 03:32 AMComputers in Libraries: Keeping Up
Computers in Libraries: Keeping Up
03/19/2005 02:36 AMGary Price, Genie Tyburski, and Steven Cohen talked about keeping up
in "Tips for Keeping Up: Expert Panel" that was the last item on Track
A on Wednesday. (Track A...
Libraries and the Coming Age of Video
Libraries and the Coming Age of Video
01/22/2004 03:24 AMOur Everyday, Everywhere Exposure to Video
"Digital video is starting to have profound implications for the
way humans absorb information, interact and communicate.
Are we entering a post-literate society? How does the presence of
screens with moving images just about everywhere affect our behavior?
Is Big Brother watching us, or does it just feel that way?...
Consider, however, Deja View's Camwear, to my mind the 'killer app'
of CES this year. A tiny camera clips onto your glasses, hat or shirt
pocket. It's attached by a thin cord (which you can run inside your
shirt or top) to a camcorder that, because it uses flash storage and
has no display, is about the size and weight of a deck of cards.
Here's the concept: Camwear records everything you do, but doesn't
store it anywhere until you tell it to, and then only in 30-second
clips (16 on an included 64 megabyte memory card, but it accepts up to
a 512 MB card).
But the key is this: You get to decide after the fact if
something's worth keeping — and then capture it — rather
than recording everything and having to go back and view and edit
hours of video.
For longer clips you can 'daisy-chain' 30-second segments (although
you'll miss about 1.5 seconds of action in between). Battery life is
around four hours. It uses state-of-the-art MPEG-4 formatting and
works with a PC, Mac, TV and related display devices.
Beyond the obvious 'America's Funniest Home Videos' application,
Camwear has a host of intriguing uses. Consider the ATM that doesn't
give you your cash. Or the salesperson who changes the deal on you. Or
playing back the earthquake or car crash to the insurance agent. It's
your life as Reality TV....
Then there's our quality of life and self-concept as human beings.
If the camera is always on us and our surroundings, what does that do
to our sense of privacy, security and individuality?...." [Seattle Times, via JD's New Media Musings]
On the one hand, that's a pretty scary world to think about living
in. On the other hand, I really-really-really want one of these
things! Parents know how many times you wish you had a video recorder
handy when the kids say something particularly funny or just work
their kid-like charm.
I've mentioned here before that libraries need to start consider
cameraphones in their policies, and this opens a whole new can of
worms to the mix. It's not that cameraphones in and of themselves are
so bad, and you certainly can't ban them. They're not terribly
unique -- anyone could walk into your library with a 35mm camera
tomorrow and start snapping pictures -- but their approaching
ubiquity brings with them new issues.
However libraries have a myriad of policies governing appropriate
behavior in these very public places, many of which are designed to
maintain patron privacy. One of these days, someone is going to walk
into a library and be obvious about taking pictures of people with
their phone, even uploading them to the internet on the spot. It's
better to be proactive and discuss how to handle this type of
situation when it comes up, rather than have your surprised staff be
reactive and make a bad situation worse.
And hey, it's better to talk about this stuff now, before everyone
has a Deja View Camwear.
SSTTR Java Libraries 1.1
SSTTR Java Libraries 1.1
05/09/2004 04:42 AMMiscellaneous Java libraries for XML, crypto, and other things.
Shifted Libraries on WEB4LIB
Shifted Libraries on WEB4LIB
03/14/2005 06:23 PMOver on the WEB4LIB
mailing list, there's been a fascinating discussion evolving about
marketing, ubiquity, and library web services. It kind of starts here
in a comment about Gmail but you'll need to use the date
index to follow where it goes.
You already know where I fall in the debate (I'm closely aligned
with Kare
n Schneider's and Alan
e Wilson's responses), so I'll just encourage you to read through
the whole thing (watch the subject lines - they morph into new ones)
because it's one of the better discussions I've seen on the topic
lately with lots of good points. Finally, we're seeing a more
aggressive conversation!
One thread I do want to highlight (well, I hope it becomes
a thread), is Stephen De Gabrielle's attempt to suggest a course of
action. There were other suggestions, but this is a new one that could
help long-term if we can get the vendors to agree to it.
"Why don't we have a common API for all ILS? - and demand
these of our ILS vendors.(Libraries have always led the way in
standards.)
I assume this list is as good a place as any to start the
process.
What do list members think would be appropriate services for such
and API?"
Maybe then we could focus all of our various programming efforts on
the greater good instead of just our own local catalogs.
BBC NEWS | UK | 'UK libraries out of use
by 2020'
BBC NEWS | UK | 'UK libraries out of use
by 2020'
04/28/2004 11:04 PMdie britischen Bibliotheken im Jahre 2020 unbenutzt seien .. 'UK
libraries out of use by 2020' .. failing users ..
BBC
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3661831.stm
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Building Testing Libraries
Building Testing Libraries
05/07/2004 07:22 PMSave time, test more, and use what the CPAN has made available to
enhance your development. Casey West demonstrates examples of good
techniques when testing Perl-based software.
Digital Libraries Magazine
Digital Libraries Magazine
01/17/2004 10:48 PMDigital Libraries Magazine http://www.d
lib.org/dlib/january04/01contents.htmlThe January,
2004 Issue of Digital Libraries Magazine is now Online.
Medical Libraries in Europe
Medical Libraries in Europe
04/28/2004 05:53 AMMedical Libraries in Europehttp://www.pubmed.nl/libeur.htm
A comprehensive listing of medical libraries in
Europe. This will be added to
Healthcare Resources
2004 Internet MiniGuide and has been added to
Healthcare Resources
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