IE vs. Image Replacement

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Image Replacement. Again.

Image Replacement. Again. 03/30/2005 05:18 PM
Since there are still lingering questions about image replacement, this is the state of CSS image replacement in early 2005.

JavaScript Image Replacement

JavaScript Image Replacement 01/07/2004 07:09 PM
Perhaps it's time to consider the ups and downs of a JavaScript-based alternative to the Fahrner Image Replacement technique. This version uses plain vanilla XHTML with no special IDs or CSS tricks.

How to use CSS for Flickerless Image
Replacement

How to use CSS for Flickerless Image
Replacement 03/14/2005 05:04 PM
One major use of CSS is the styling of unordered lists used to hold menu links. This week, you'll learn how to remove the unordered list items, replace them with images and using two images per link, have a hover state that is flicker free in Internet Explorer. By Stu Nicholls. 0314

Accessible Image Replacement

Accessible Image Replacement 12/12/2003 04:17 PM
Image replacement is back in the news -- Levin Alexanders' 'Graphical Headings' is going around again. (note that Tom Gilder also brought it to our attention around the same time) Classic FIR has three problems, which I summarized this...

JavaScript Image Replacement

JavaScript Image Replacement 02/10/2004 02:35 AM
Perhaps it's time to consider the ups and downs of a JavaScript-based alternative to the Fahrner Image Replacement technique. This version uses plain vanilla XHTML with no special IDs or CSS tricks.

"Definitive Solution to Image
Replacement"

"Definitive Solution to Image
Replacement" 04/12/2005 04:13 PM

Facts and Opinion About Fahrner Image
Replacement

Facts and Opinion About Fahrner Image
Replacement 02/10/2004 02:35 AM
Fahrner Image Replacement and its analogues aim to combine the benefits of high design with the requirements of accessibility. But how well do these methods really work? Accessibility expert Joe Clark digs up much-needed empirical data on how FIR works (and doesn't) in leading screen readers.

Facts and Opinion About Fahrner Image
Replacement

Facts and Opinion About Fahrner Image
Replacement 01/07/2004 07:10 PM
Fahrner Image Replacement and its analogues aim to combine the benefits of high design with the requirements of accessibility. But how well do these methods really work? Accessibility expert Joe Clark digs up much-needed empirical data on how FIR works (and doesn't) in leading screen readers.

HELIOS to Showcase PDF-Native OPI Image
Replacement at Drupa 2004

HELIOS to Showcase PDF-Native OPI Image
Replacement at Drupa 2004 05/31/2004 02:11 PM
HELIOS will preview at drupa 2004, a native PDF-based OPI image replacement solution that replaces, within in a PDF file, the low-res bitmap images with the high-res originals. This preserves transparency and metadata and allows server based PDF workflows utilizing OPI low-res images. [PRWEB May 6, 2004]

Design Firm Fashions Image Consultant’s
New Online Image

Design Firm Fashions Image Consultant’s
New Online Image 06/25/2004 02:08 AM
Creative Flavor, a full-service interaction architecture and design firm, launched a redesigned web site for Image Consultant Rachel Dee, viewable at www.racheldee.com. [PRWEB Jun 25, 2004]

During the singing of "God Bless
America" in the seventh inning, an image
of Cheney was shown on the scoreboard.
It was greeted with booing, so the
Yankees quickly removed the image

During the singing of "God Bless
America" in the seventh inning, an image
of Cheney was shown on the scoreboard.
It was greeted with booing, so the
Yankees quickly removed the image 07/01/2004 09:03 AM
Proud To Be A Yankee Fan .. into this story instead

nytimes.com/2004/06/30/sports/baseball/30pins.html
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NetXposure Ships Version 3.0 of Image
Portal, Image Portal X and Hexafoo

NetXposure Ships Version 3.0 of Image
Portal, Image Portal X and Hexafoo 08/16/2004 02:37 AM
Digital Asset Management software for Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X and Linux platforms provides accelerated workflows and reduced operational costs for any size organization [PRWEB Aug 16, 2004]

"Mars Fullscreen panoramic image in
Quicktime VR - QTVR Virtual Reality -
Full Screen QTVR panoramic image from
panoramas.dk"

"Mars Fullscreen panoramic image in
Quicktime VR - QTVR Virtual Reality -
Full Screen QTVR panoramic image from
panoramas.dk" 01/16/2004 10:58 AM

Tor: A JAP Replacement

Tor: A JAP Replacement 08/05/2004 09:40 PM

Preserving an Era Image by Image

Preserving an Era Image by Image 06/03/2004 11:42 PM
Mr. Sanger's collective portrait of German society at the Metropolitan Museum will leave you overwhelmed by his obsessive ambition and humanity.

Concern over hip replacement ops

Concern over hip replacement ops 05/04/2004 09:08 PM
MPs have raised concerns about the standard of some hip replacement surgery in the NHS.

HP comes up with nanotech transistor
replacement

HP comes up with nanotech transistor
replacement 02/05/2005 09:36 PM
Will transistors go the way of vacuum tubes? A discovery by HP could set the stage for nanoscale computing down the line.

Web FAQ: Getting Replacement
Certificates from Verisign

Web FAQ: Getting Replacement
Certificates from Verisign 05/17/2004 09:17 PM

Finding a replacement for passwords

Finding a replacement for passwords 03/14/2005 05:33 PM

Dynamic Text Replacement

Dynamic Text Replacement 06/15/2004 08:28 AM
Let your server do the walking! Whether you're replacing one headline or a thousand, Stewart Rosenberger's Dynamic Text Replacement automatically swaps XHTML text with an image of that text, consistently displayed in any font you own. The markup is clean, semantic, and accessible. No CSS hacks are required, and you needn't open Photoshop or any other image editor. Read about it today; use it on personal and commercial web projects tomorrow.

Other News: AppleWorks Replacement?

Other News: AppleWorks Replacement? 01/03/2005 12:45 PM
Apple reportedly has new software suites lined up for a January 10 announcement.

HP Designs Transistor Replacement

HP Designs Transistor Replacement 02/01/2005 08:56 PM
Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Tuesday its researchers have proven that a technology they invented could eventually replace the transistor, a fundamental building block of computers.

Laptop Replacement Vs. Repair

Laptop Replacement Vs. Repair 02/05/2005 09:39 PM

I'd gladly pay more for a machine with fewer bells and whistles but engineered to be less likely to fail when I need it the most. By Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes

Taking a Serious Look at PNGs as a Gif
Replacement

Taking a Serious Look at PNGs as a Gif
Replacement 07/18/2002 09:35 PM
"In the past, there hasnt been a compelling reason to switch to PNGs. Browser and Graphic program support was slow to catch on and there just wasnt enough of a reason to switch from the standard mix of Jpegs and Gifs. That all changed today with the news that Jpegs are patented and the fact that GIFs are patented by Compuserve, I think it is finally time to consider Portable Network Graphics (PNG) as a serious replacement for Gifs and Jpeg files on the web."

3G iPod Battery Replacement for $22.99

3G iPod Battery Replacement for $22.99 09/02/2004 09:31 PM
iPodlounge Sep 2 2004 11:14PM GMT

Schtasks.exe: The AT Command Replacement

Schtasks.exe: The AT Command Replacement 01/04/2004 03:53 AM

Grow Your Own Replacement Bones

Grow Your Own Replacement Bones 08/27/2004 01:22 PM
Slashdot Aug 27 2004 4:17PM GMT

A replacement for OS X's syslog utility

A replacement for OS X's syslog utility 07/20/2004 09:42 AM
syslogd, OS X's logging daemon, is 'challenged' in a few ways: its manpage is inconsistent with actual service options udp only, no tcp listening -a option does not work as advertised haven't been able to get it working with...

Introduction to DDR-2: The DDR Memory
Replacement

Introduction to DDR-2: The DDR Memory
Replacement 04/29/2004 09:00 AM

"Dynamic Text Replacement"

"Dynamic Text Replacement" 06/16/2004 11:01 PM

Desktop replacement Laptop

Desktop replacement Laptop 03/06/2004 01:54 AM
I replaced my desktop over a year ago with a desktop replacement laptop from Sony. It has a huge screen...

My laptop replacement system

My laptop replacement system 07/22/2004 11:04 AM
After trying (without success) to get my laptop to play nice with my wireless card for about 10 gruelling hours, and hearing I'm getting a nice tax refund, I've decided on plan B: using my laptop replacement system. Every few years, I buy a US$900-ish consumer laptop (using the best deal ...

"pathetic summer replacement"

"pathetic summer replacement" 07/05/2004 03:02 AM

Replacement for News and Section Modules

Replacement for News and Section Modules 08/12/2004 01:15 PM
Project News

Dynamic Text Replacement: A List Apart

Dynamic Text Replacement: A List Apart 06/16/2004 05:30 AM
Dynamic Text Replacement: A List Apart

alistapart.com/articles/dynatext
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Logitech MX1000, Replacement for MX700

Logitech MX1000, Replacement for MX700 08/18/2004 07:00 PM

Cocoatech has released a Finder
replacement as par ...

Cocoatech has released a Finder
replacement as par ... 10/31/2003 07:24 PM

Cocoatech has released a Finder replacement as partially as open source payware under a BSD license. It's interesting watching the traditionally Macintosh shareware world collide with the traditionally open source Unix world.

[via Ranchero]

Update: Neil Lee from Cocoatech wrote in to politely let me know that I didn't read closely enough. Only certain frameworks and other applications have been open sourced. Regardless, I think seeing more open source in the Mac world can only help everybody.

2:00 PM | steve jenson

Door open for silicon replacement

Door open for silicon replacement 08/27/2004 01:26 PM
A breakthrough in the way scientists make crystals could lead to a replacement for silicon in chips for devices.

iBook replacement scheme extended

iBook replacement scheme extended 12/22/2004 01:23 AM
Apple's iBook Logic Board Replacement scheme has been extended once again, this time until March 18. The scheme means owners of iBooks manufactured between May 2002 and April 2003 who experience a logic board failure leading to video display can have their Macs repaired for free, even when they are no longer under warranty.

View: Apple's iBook Logic Board Replacement Webpage
News source: Macworld | UK

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Word 2003: XML Toolbox for Microsoft
Office Word 2003

Word 2003: XML Toolbox for Microsoft
Office Word 2003 12/03/2003 12:40 AM
This toolbox assists the XML content author and developer working with the new XML features of Word 2003. The Word XML Toolbox requires that .NET Programmability Support is enabled. For .NET Programmability Support to be installed during the Office 2003 setup, the PIAs require the .NET Framework 1.1 already be installed. It is recommended that you install the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 before you install Microsoft Office 2003. With the .NET Framework 1.1 already installed, a complete installation of Office 2003 will install all of the PIAs.

Improvements in Word 2002/XP and Word
2003 for Legal Users

Improvements in Word 2002/XP and Word
2003 for Legal Users 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
This document lists changes made to Word 2002 (XP) and Word 2003 that are of interest to the legal world. Changes listed include: document stability and recovery; security; document management; track changes and compare; formatting; and research.

A New Lyra Research Report Finds 'The
Year of the Color Laser' Has Finally
Arrived: Color Laser Printer Shipments
Increased a Dramatic 47 Percent Between
2003 and 2004

A New Lyra Research Report Finds 'The
Year of the Color Laser' Has Finally
Arrived: Color Laser Printer Shipments
Increased a Dramatic 47 Percent Between
2003 and 2004 04/06/2005 02:53 AM
The Hard Copy Observer Spotlight: 2004 Color Laser Printer Market is the first of Lyra’s three product-planning reports covering the printer market. The report includes information on how products and prices changed from January through December, current market trends, a review of the competitive landscape, and selected articles from The Hard Copy Observer. [PRWEB Apr 6, 2005]

Microsoft Word 2003 Bug

Microsoft Word 2003 Bug 01/28/2004 10:17 AM

Word 2003: XML Viewer

Word 2003: XML Viewer 04/15/2004 10:17 AM

Word 2003 & Corrupt Documents

Word 2003 & Corrupt Documents 05/04/2004 06:19 PM

Word 2003 Update: KB830000

Word 2003 Update: KB830000 01/27/2004 11:27 AM

Word 2003: XML Viewer Version 2

Word 2003: XML Viewer Version 2 04/14/2004 11:46 AM
The Microsoft Office Word 2003 XML Viewer allows people who create WordprocessingML files in Office 2003 Editions to share their documents with people who do not have Word 2003 installed on their computers. When you post WordprocessingML documents on the Internet, you can include the Word XML Viewer to expand your online audience to people who might not have Word, or to those with previous versions. This download includes the released version of the WordprocessingML to HTML transformation, which allows the viewer to display WordprocessingML files saved by Word 2003 by transforming the WordprocessingML file into HTML from within Internet Explorer.

Microsoft fixes Word 2003 glitches

Microsoft fixes Word 2003 glitches 01/28/2004 12:06 AM
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released an update for Word 2003 to fix several glitches in the word processing application that was introduced in October last year as part of Microsoft's Office System launch.

Word 2003: Sample XML Resume Template

Word 2003: Sample XML Resume Template 11/13/2003 12:36 AM
This developer sample includes a sample XML resume template for use in developing your own templates that takes advantage of a resume schema in XML and then allows end users (who have no knowledge of XML) use the template to create resume documents.

Microsoft issues Word 2003 patch

Microsoft issues Word 2003 patch 01/28/2004 09:14 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 28 2004 1:48PM GMT

Search Inbox Data Using Smart Tags in
Word 2003

Search Inbox Data Using Smart Tags in
Word 2003 09/16/2004 01:39 AM
Link your data points in Microsoft Office Word 2003 to Inbox data stored in Microsoft Exchange Server. Use smart tags in Word to create search queries executed against the Exchange message store. Search the message store programmatically to acquire results. Then, import search result data into the Word document.

Word 2003: Rich Text Format (RTF)
Specification, version 1.8

Word 2003: Rich Text Format (RTF)
Specification, version 1.8 04/20/2004 11:26 PM
The Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification provides a format for text and graphics interchange that can be used with different output devices, operating environments, and operating systems. Version 1.8 of the specification contains the latest updates introduced by Microsoft Office Word 2003. RTF uses the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), PC-8, Macintosh, or IBM PC character set to control the representation and formatting of a document, both on the screen and in print. With the RTF Specification, documents created under different operating systems and with different software applications can be transferred between those operating systems and applications.

So much for the separation of powers

So much for the separation of powers 03/23/2005 05:33 PM
An anti-abortion judge never confirmed by the U.S. Senate could cast the deciding vote in the Schiavo case.

Separation: The Web Designer's Dilemma

Separation: The Web Designer's Dilemma 05/14/2004 09:13 AM
Presentation separated from structure. Structure separated from content. The foot bone connected to the ... what were we talking about? Michael Cohen steps in to examine our assumptions and relieve our separation anxiety.

BarlowSpam: No Degrees of Separation

BarlowSpam: No Degrees of Separation 01/07/2004 02:15 PM
An ecosystem is an information sorting engine. Whether photons entering a rain forest or heat gradients entering the deep ocean, biological systems pass these differences back and forth among themselves, creating increasingly complex matrices of structure. Hence, Life. And yet, the most complex information sorting system yet devised by humans, the Internet, remains relatively simple and flat, rather as life was before the Cambrian explosion. Every IP address is like a single celled animal, with larger critters yet to emerge. I've been expecting to see more new forms of order in Cyberspace than I have so far and am always watchful for the substrates of connection that might support it as it emerges. Lately, I've been watching sites that seek to narrow and map the famous 6 degrees of separation, like Friendster, Tribes.Net, and LinkedIn.Com. I'm not entirely sure these things are going anywhere truly interesting, but they are certainly diverting to observe from a sociological standpoint. The former two are like gigantic singles bars for Burning Man refugees, while the latter seems to function largely as a means to reduce professional surface tension between aspiring business types. It occurs to me, however, that since I am eager to increase the personal connectivity among you BarlowFriendz and give you better opportunities to know one another without passing through me, these sites might be useful to us. (There is already a so-far fairly quiescent BarlowFriendz "tribe" on Tribes.Net.) At least, it feels worthy of an experiment....

A separation of Church and State??

A separation of Church and State?? 07/02/2004 04:29 PM
The spokesman said its 'Important to reach out to every single supporter' I guess I shouldn't be suprised, and I guess it's not illegal, but I'll try to be bi-partisan here and say this just seems wrong!!

Jail separation under fire

Jail separation under fire 02/11/2004 02:39 AM
A decision to separate paramilitary prisoners at an NI jail is dangerous for staff implementing it, an MP says.

THE TEN MOST
UNDER-REPORTED HUMANITARIAN EVENTS OF
2003

THE TEN MOST
UNDER-REPORTED HUMANITARIAN EVENTS OF
2003 02/10/2004 02:48 AM

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) recently released its list of the ten most under-reported humanitarian events of 2003. The map above shows which countries these events occurred in. Although the MSF site is temporarily down, you can read the complete details of these stories here. The top 10 stories are: Tens of thousands seek refuge in Chad from wars in Sudan and Central African Republic Ongoing oppression of civilians, war and dislocation in Chechnya Tenth year of civil war in Burundi lowers life expectancy to 40, causes massive dislocation Three million displaced in Columbia, infrastructure destroyed, violence & disease rampant, 'drug war' ruins economy Daily terror and disease in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo pushes 20-year death toll past three million Annual death toll from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa reaches two million because $1 treatment is too expensive Twelve years of violence, displacement, flooding and drought make Somalia the world's most destitute country Millions of refugees fleeing starvation and terror in North Korea struggle in fear and deprivation in hostile China 'Free' trade agreements deprive millions of AIDS victims in Southern Africa and elsewhere of affordable treatment War, displacement and lack of medical care produces massive malnutrition in Ivory Coast and Liberia Why aren't the media covering these stories? None of them is physically close to the West. None of them involves countries with resources of strategic importance to the West. Almost all of them are ongoing, so there is nothing 'new' to report each day. None of the people in these countries has resorted to terrorist attacks against the West to bring attention to our indifference to their plight. And all of them are intractible problems, and therefore issues that those of us in the West would rather not know about.

THE MOST
IMPORTANT IDEAS OF 2003 - PART
TWO

THE MOST
IMPORTANT IDEAS OF 2003 - PART
TWO 01/16/2004 11:01 AM

This is the second in a series of articles that will be published intermittently this month. This article summarizes what I believe were the most important ideas of 2003 in the world of politics and economics. The first article in the series covered the world of blogs & blogging, and future articles will cover business, the arts & sciences, and the environment. POLITICS & ECONOMICS -- THE TEN MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS OF 2003 I make no apologies for the fact that this list reflects my perspective on the political compass (-8.2, -8.0). Those with conservative or authoritarian views are welcome to make their own lists. Constitutional liberalism must precede democracy, if the democracy is going to endure - Fareed Zakaria makes this point in his best-seller The Future of Freedom. The ill-advised approach of imperialists throughout history, including the US today in Iraq, of trying to impose democracy before the institutions that nurture and sustain it have been introduced and taken root, is doomed to failure. The future of Iraq is inevitably division, civil war, and more totalitarianism, and only the Iraqis can, and will, decide when they're ready for the bold experiment with democracy, on their own terms. The alternative to 'free' trade is 'fair' trade, not no trade - The work of economist Herman Daly shows that the 'market' is efficient at deciding how best to allocate scarce resources to producers, but incapable of governing the equally important tasks of ensuring distributive justice in the allocation of economic products, and the optimal scale of production of those economic products. Governments, representing the best interests of their people, must be free to intervene in markets to regulate these latter two attributes of an optimal trade system. A non-violent, global, connected, consensual politic has the power to withhold consent for war or tyranny - In his book The Unconquerable World, Jon Schell cites the success of Ghandi's and King's non-violent activism, and the peaceful disintegration of the Soviet bloc, to argue that popular refusal to obey an oppressive government, irrational law or unwarranted call to arms can undermine the mightiest of governments or tyrants bloodlessly, and bring about needed domestic and international reforms in politics, law, peace-keeping, and social and environmental programs and institutions. Terrorism is a reaction, not an action - The work of George Lakoff demonstrates that liberals and conservatives have fundamentally different worldviews that dictate, among other things, how they believe violence and disobedience to authority should be dealt with. The conservative 'strict father' worldview believes in might-makes-right authority, strict obedience, and severe punishment for disobedience. The liberal 'nurturing parent' worldview believes that people are basically good, that fairness should dictate policy, and that consensus and discussion are healthy. Where conservatives see terrorists as disobedient children who need to be disciplined, liberals see terrorism as a symptom of deprivation and desperation, and see the need to treat the underlying symptoms (poverty and oppression) to solve the problem. Our education system breeds a sense of helplessness, acquiescence, fear, guilt about poverty, and self-loathing - As the writings of John Taylor Gatto reveal, the education system is, despite the valiant and well-intentioned efforts of teachers, the means by which the vast majority of people today are subdued, dumbed-down, kept in line, and reduced to passive consumers instead of active citizens. Without reform of the education system, other political, economic and legal reforms will be ineffective. The search for endless productivity improvement is a race to the bottom - In its study of the success of Wal-Mart, Fast Company magazine showed how the company's single-minded preoccupation with ever-lower prices at any cost was driving the North American economy to massive offshoring, the sacrifice of quality, and the bankrupting of some very good companies. The spiral has been called 'the race to the bottom' and I illustrate it in the diagram above that I call 'The Wal-Mart Dilemma'. We need to strike a balance between low prices on the one hand, and the preservation of North American jobs and high product quality on the other. If we don't, Wal-Mart will decide for us, and their choice is clear. The American middle class is disappearing - Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren's new book The Two Income Trap shows that massive increases in costs of housing (especially in areas with prestige schools), health insurance, transportation and education have opened up a chasm between America's 'haves' and 'have nots', most notably pushing middle-class parents to the verge of bankruptcy in huge numbers. What's worse, the shame and stigma of bankruptcy is preventing the afflicted parents from seeking recourse against usurious lenders, or even talking openly about this growing, life-destroying problem. The resultant massive concentration of power and wealth in America (see chart above) has enormous implications for the country's future. The next economy will support consumers holistically to solve their problems, not just sell them products - In her book The Support Economy, Shoshana Zuboff argues that what is needed is a new economic layer, a 're-intermediation', between the producer and consumer, which consists of 'federations' of businesses and 'advocates' who work collaboratively to look after the busy consumer's needs cradle-to-grave and deal with the multiple suppliers in the product/service delivery process. I confess I don't share the author's exuberance that such 'support' will be affordable by any except the rich elite, but so many people I respect loved this book and its ideas that I felt I had to include it. Our fixation with helplessness distorts our perceptions of risk and leads us to make dysfunctional decisions - In an article explaining our passion for SUVs and the dangerous feeling of invincibility they give us, Malcolm Gladwell explores the concept of Learned Helplessness -- our perspective failure to realize that the risks posed to life and limb by forces outside our control are dwarfed by the factors we can control. And it's in the media's and politicians' best interests to pander to this misperception -- to get us focused on things like terrorism, Mad Cow and SARS that no one can really do anything about, distracting us from far greater but less sensational dangers we can, with money and effort, fix -- things like air and water pollution, tainted food from corrupt and underregulated meat packers, drugs in sport and airplane cockpits, drunk drivers, kids with guns, corporate frauds, gerrymandering, and our fatally flawed education and prison systems and treatment of the mentally ill. Things that destroy hundreds of thousands of lives every year. US debt threatens global economic collapse - Even the US-dominated Internation al Monetary Fund is now sounding the alarm that the massive and irresponsible debt built up in three short years by the Bush regime is the greatest threat to the global economy, and with it, our jobs and life savings, since the reckless conditions that precipitated the great depression.

THE MOST
IMPORTANT IDEAS OF 2003 - PART ONE

THE MOST
IMPORTANT IDEAS OF 2003 - PART ONE
01/07/2004 01:07 PM

This is the first of five articles in a series that will be published intermittently this month. This article summarizes what I believe were the most important ideas of 2003 in the world of blogs and blogging.  The other articles in the series will propose the most important ideas of the year in: business, politics & economics, arts & science, and the environment. BLOGS & BLOGGING -- THE TEN MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS OF 2003 During the year, the blogosphere doubled in size, and began to mature into a true alternative medium for information and connection. My nominations for the most important ideas of the year* in blogs & blogging are: The Internet is a World of Ends - Doc Searls and David Weinberger finally explained to bloggers and to e-business what the Internet is and how it works. As a result, bloggers (and blogging tool developers) now realize that there will never be 'standards' for blogs, blog censorship, clear rules on what is and isn't appropriate in citing others' work on your blog, standard blog taxonomy and categories, an official definition or list of blogs, unarguable or untamperable rankings of blog popularity, or controls of any kind. It's a jungle out here. There are no rules. The blogosphere, like the Internet, is owned by no one, open to everyone, and made better by each of us. A cornucopia of unrestricted and open innovation. Its value flowers at the ends, and, fellow bloggers, we are the ends. Blog popularity is subject to Shirky's Power Law - "In systems where many people are free to choose between many options, a small subset of the whole will always get a disproportionate amount of traffic (or attention, or income), by the very act of choosing". It's the old 80/20 rule. The later you are starting to blog, the harder it becomes to find an audience. Not impossible, just harder. There are anomalies: new blogging communities and new 'hot topics' can allow savvy bloggers to quickly galvanize a readership. But if you want to be popular in the blogosphere, it's more important to be first than best. Blogs have Tipping Points and manifest the Strength of Weak Ties - Ever noticed how hard it is to get your family and close friends ('strong ties') to read your blog? That's because they see no incremental value in doing so. But friends of friends, people two or three degrees removed from your network, do. Weak ties probably got you your job, found your life partner, provoked your most innovative ideas, and sourced most of your blog's readership. And you can exploit these weak ties to push a new idea, find new readers, perhaps even save the world. It's easy: Just Test the credibility of and degree of interest in what you're saying by sending messages to selected mavens (bloggers who incubate new ideas and stick with them until they catch), A-listers (bloggers who already have a huge audience), and connectors (bloggers, like me, who have an audience that crosses diverse communities of interest); focus on a few subjects and address them profoundly and creatively, instead of talking a bit about everything under the sun; and believe: persevere until your message finds its audience. Blog functionality is a critical component of Social Networking, and Social Networking will transform blogging (and also transform the Internet, the media, the way we communicate, and even the evolution of business) - Social Networking Applications (recently voted Technology of the Year by Business 2.0 magazine) will go beyond just allowing you to publish what's on your mind and browse what's on other people's. They will allow you to map and manage your networks, the communities to which you belong, your strong and weak ties. They will evolve blogging from clumsy, mostly one-way communication to a rich, two-way seamless multi-media communications medium that will allow you to identify and connect simply and powerfully with people you want to know better (for personal, practical or business reasons). Build deep relationships. Collaborate on awesome projects. Find the next president. Blogs could be the platform for a proxy for each of us as individuals, our electronic filing cabinet and electronic identity - A blog consists of information about you, and knowledge you've accumulated. What if you expanded it to be a repository for all the information about you and all the knowledge you've accumulated, your 'locked' filing cabinet. You control it, you decide what does and doesn't go into it, and who can have a temporary key to what parts of it. Then at work, it could be your proxy, the repository of knowledge that shows your value to your employer and the value you've added to the company. And it could be your resume. At home it could be your medical patient record. Your bookshelf catalogue and refrigerator/pantry inventory and recipe book. Your bio for the dating service. Imagine the applications that could be built on this knowledge. Your intellectual property, under your control. Amazing. Scary. The abandonment of 80-90% of blogs is a positive phenomenon - Media who just don't 'get it' have pointed to the abandonment of most blogs as an indication they're too technologically complex, or have no broad appeal, no staying power. What this abandonment really represents is a large number of people deciding that writing really isn't that important to them. The focus should instead be on the 10-20% who are still blogging. That's millions, potentially hundreds of millions of people regularly honing their writing skills, getting valuable commentary from readers on their writing and their ideas. Instead of a wasteland of abandoned effort, the blogosphere (along with perhaps IM) could actually be the most important development in written language since the printing press. As newspaper readership plummets and the next generation opts for oral communications over written, the timing of this phenomenon could not be more significant. Blogging is increasingly a platform for achieving mainstream recognition - Just as the main readers of most business websites are competitors, not customers, the mainstream media are perusing blogs for new ideas and trends. So far they haven't really caught on to how the blogosphere works, so the process is serendipitous, creating brief fame mainly for A-listers who provide alternative viewpoints to stories of the day where no mainstream media pundits are at hand. But the mainstream media and bloggers are both learning how to use each other. Some bloggers have launched books based on their blogs, and some blogging self-promoters now have columns or spots in regular media. Those who think there's no money and fame in blogging are too quick to judge blogs' importance in the information society. The culture of blogging is evolving faster than the technology - The frustration of bloggers with the tools available to them is palpable. That's not the tool designers' fault: They operate on a shoestring and their 'customers' all want something different. They'll eventually build tools that are both simple and flexible, as both the technology, and the understanding of its use, mature. In the meantime, impatient bloggers are working around the impediments, learning about HTML and CSS themselves. This is World of Ends innovation at work, producing a proliferation of new blog 'products' and hybrids. Group blogs are one example of a blog phenomenon that will only last until more dynamic mechanisms for cross-posting and guest privileging are developed in next generation blogs. The key is to go with the flow. Be part of the evolution or be left behind. Blogs, like diaries, are a substitute for intimacy - Bloggers (and perhaps all writers) are a million voices howling in the dark. There is an inherent loneliness in writing, and the blogosphere provides an opportunity to make new connections with little risk. You don't need to reveal your identity. You can throw ideas out there that you might not dare voice face-to-face, for fear of being laughed at, or carted away. You can reveal things to 'strangers' that you might not be willing to tell those close to you. You can think out loud. You can test the waters, safely. The only consequence is that when you meet a fellow blogger or reader face-to-face, or even voice-to-voice, it can be psychologically jarring. It's almost as if you've broken the rules. RSS is blurring the distinction between blogs and other media - RSS, the ability to syndicate your posts and let people subscribe to them, transforms the metaphor of a blog from a diary to a publication. That crosses the main divide that separates it from mainstream media. Although the future of any medium is impossible to predict, I believe RSS has played a pivotal role in forestalling, and perhaps completely subverting, the plan of many of the major print media to start charging money for their on-line editions. I know for a fact that was in the cards as recently as a year ago. What do you think? Have I missed some important ideas? * Yes, I know some of these ideas are themselves not new this year. There is nothing new under the sun. But I would argue that the application and implications of these ideas were first manifest some time in 2003

 

Six degrees of separation in identity
management

Six degrees of separation in identity
management 08/18/2004 04:46 AM
John Guare's play "Six Degrees of Separation" posits that we are all connected by six or fewer stages of circumstance or acquaintance. As one writer explains:

Separation: The Web Designer’s
Dilemma: A List Apart

Separation: The Web Designer’s
Dilemma: A List Apart 05/15/2004 02:52 AM
ALA 181: »Separation: The Web Designer’s Dilemma«

alistapart.com/articles/separationdilemma
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Conjoined Twins to Undergo Third
Separation Procedure

Conjoined Twins to Undergo Third
Separation Procedure 02/19/2004 12:11 AM
On Friday, Carl and Clarence Aguirre, 22-month-old Filipino twins who are joined at the head, are scheduled to undergo their third operation to tease apart the network of shared veins in their heads.

Discovery makes 'green' separation open
to pharma

Discovery makes 'green' separation open
to pharma 03/26/2005 05:40 AM
LabTechnologist.com Mar 26 2005 9:27AM GMT

comment on freedom of religion and
separation of church and state

comment on freedom of religion and
separation of church and state 12/29/2003 07:18 AM
force ones God on everyone else .. Religion, politics, and geekdom .. Robert Scoble .. entry

radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2003/12/27.html#a5943
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The Vermont Governor: Dean Narrowing His
Separation of Church and Stump

The Vermont Governor: Dean Narrowing His
Separation of Church and Stump 01/05/2004 06:09 AM
Old Or New Testament? .. Jesus card

nytimes.com/2004/01/04/politics/campaigns/04DEAN.html?ei=5062&e n=1a78968b2fd09908&ex=1073797200&partner=GOOGLE&pagewanted=print&posit ion=
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"The Vermont Governor: Dean Narrowing
His Separation of Church and Stump"

"The Vermont Governor: Dean Narrowing
His Separation of Church and Stump" 01/05/2004 04:16 PM

Introducing the world's first mobile
six-degrees-of-separation friend’s
network

Introducing the world's first mobile
six-degrees-of-separation friend’s
network 09/01/2004 02:41 AM
A unique UK based friends network uses six-degree's-of-separation via your mobile phone to meet friends, or friends of friends safely and easily on your mobile when your out and about on the town. [PRWEB Sep 1, 2004]

Skype’s free telephony software,
launched in August 2003, spread through
word-of-mouth, with no traditional
marketing, to claim over 7 million users
in August 2004

Skype’s free telephony software,
launched in August 2003, spread through
word-of-mouth, with no traditional
marketing, to claim over 7 million users
in August 2004 09/02/2004 02:11 AM
[PRWEB Sep 2, 2004]

IE vs. Image Replacement

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