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Schwartz.pngI just asked Jonathan Schwartz a question about Eclipse and SWT and what Sun thought of that.

He said that Java 1.5 was teh solution. He admitted that Sun had dropped the ball on the client side - but that there were 350M cell phone out there running Java.

I say "Right On!" get Java to work!


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Apple's head of industrial design Jonathan Ive has once again been voted 'the best in the business' in the annual Peer Poll devised by Creative Review magazine. By Nick Spence, Macworld UK (via MyAppleMenu)

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I think the only appropriate way to follow up my last post would be with this wonderful news... Jonathan Deneau Hyndman was born today at 5:58pm. And so far he's exceeded expectations. Nicky and Jonathan are both doing well....

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Read the whole thing .. suicidal vainglory .. spills the beans

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Jonathan Hardwick's SMS and MOM Webl0g


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Jonathan King fails to win costs 04/04/2005 06:25 AM
Sex offender Jonathan King fails in a bid to recover costs over a case in which he was acquitted.

Supernova '05: "Perspective: Jonathan
Schwartz"


Supernova '05: "Perspective: Jonathan
Schwartz"
06/24/2005 09:23 PM

Since yesterday morning I've been hanging around at Supernova and I've been taking some fairly intensive notes, but I've not yet had the opportunity to write any of it up. Over the next hour or so, I hope to put up some of my reactions from the last day and a half of the conference. I'm a little unclear as yet whether I'll be posting the full notes that I've been making for each part of the conference. I guess we'll see. They're not always of the most enormous value.

For people who don't know, the core idea behind Supernova and the concept of the conference i decentralisation and the effects of network. I guess the metaphor is of the aftermath of the exploded centre, where top-down governance and control gives up its power (by choice or by force) to the new many-to-many network where power and agency operates at the edges. The conference takes that fundamental concept and looks at its application across a whole range of different subject areas - from social software and personal publishing, search, telecoms, gaming, business, media as well as around meta-areas like how individuals deal with this radically different vision of the world. I think by necessity this creates a kind of weirdly diverse conference that attracts radically different types of people whose relationship to each other isn't always easy. So you've got the business people, the alpha geeks, the legislators, the military, the policy people and the academics talking about things from very different angles. Which means that any individual part of the audience is likely to be frustrated at some points, bored at other points and insanely fascinated for the rest of the time.

I'm going to start with a brief bit of coverage of a discussion between Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems and Kevin Werbach of Supernova. The two major areas of this discussion were really about about whether or not Web 2.0 was a reality (the answers to which were relatively anodyne) and a much more interesting discussion about future business communication with weblogs.

I kind of take my life in my hands a bit every time I go off on a discussion about weblogs after six years of writing this site, but sometimes it really does seem that there genuinely still more that can still be said around the edges. Here are a few really telling quotes (probably mistranscribed) from Schwartz that I noted down during his piece:

I've learned a lot of things. If you think about what a leader does, you're fundamentally a communicator. You have to be able to communicate to the marketplace to the people who report to you - there is no efficient way of doing that than using the network - using the internet. If you want to be a leader, I can't see you surviving without a blog. It's like being a leader without having e-mail or a mobile phone. You still find them very occasionally, but it's moving away. It's very rare.
Authenticity is absolutely paramount. Getting poeple to write your blogs is ridiculous. It's like hiring people to read your e-mail. You might be able to get away with it, but it's kind of like pushing a rock up a hill...

When I first heard Schwartz talking in these directions, I genuinely didn't know what I thought about it. In my experience weblogs inside organisations don't tend to be terribly interesting or useful and only a limited number of people participate with them. I was going ready to treat his comments with a similar scepticism (particularly given some of his earlier comments about authentication and the future of the web which were pretty banal), but he blew my suspions out of the water with some of his later comments. When challenged about whether he was only talking about communicating with the company internally or doing it in full view of the public, he said something really interesting.

For a start, he said that in the near future he wanted to start doing all his communications via his weblog. Then he moved on to addressing this internal / external dichotomy. He mentioned a particular case where particularly good employees had their names and photos put up on an intranet celebrating their achievements. Instead of this he suggested that it should be done completely in public. He said that some people had suggested that this might mean that the staff concerned would just be poached by other companies but he responded that good people would always be open for poaching. And here's the interesting bit - he said he had no interest in an internal weblog, that he wants it to be completely transparent and that while he was aware that this approach and celebrating his employees achievements in public might to his competitors knowing what he was doing, it also meant that their employees could see it too - and they can then use that to decide if he's a more attractive leader with better policies and a vetter vision of the future.

This is a view of the world that I really like - it doesn't limit your ability to have particular specific projects operating under the radar, but it's an acceptance that large-scale strategy and communications about your company as a whole is never secret. And rather than treating that as a weakness or as a problem, it turns and faces it directly. It let's people see the way you run your company and encourages people to question and interrogate it - creating a virtuous circle of improvement and self-awareness inside organisations that raises the whole level of the debate. For everything else you might say about Sun, this is a noble idealistic and inspiring aspiration. Very cool.

[You can read my very rough notes on this interview as it happened her e.]


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Jonathan Schwartz starts a bl0g


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Jonathan Schwartz, the President and COO of Sun Microsystems, now has a weblog

I've known Jonathan for several years, and he's one of the smartest, most with-it executives in high-tech. All you need to know about him is that he was thrilled when I introduced him at Supernova last week as a "maverick." At the same time, he's totally focused on returning Sun to its former glory, and reinvigorating the IT sector along the way. We had a great conversation at the conference -- check out Heath Row's transcript.

I fully expect that the blog will reflect the man himself, not some PR scribe.

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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
by Susanna Clarke
03/30/2005 09:05 PM

January was a rough month for me and I needed a break from all the "heavy" nonfiction I usually read, so I picked up Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, a well-received fantasy novel. I'm normally not much of a fantasy reader, but I was in the mood for something fanciful and besides, JS&MN isn't really fantasy. It contains fantastic things like magicians, Raven Kings, and faeries but belongs more to the 19th century British novel genre...more Jane Austen than JRR Tolkien. (Clarke lists Austen as her favorite author on the book's site.)

And it's just plain good, whatever the genre. The simple bold cover drew me in (it looks like the font used is a close cousin to Caslon Antique), but the plot kept me in "I can't put it down" mode until I had finished. A surprise was how clever and funny Clarke's writing was...I found myself laughing out loud several times at the book's cutting deadpan wit. The book weighs in at ~780 pages, but my only disappointment upon finishing was that the story was over...I felt like I'd just gotten to know the characters and wanted to follow them on all sorts of adventures. Luckily, Clarke is working on a sequel of sorts, according to the book's web site:

The next book will be set in the same world and will probably start a few years after Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell finishes. I feel very much at home in the early nineteenth century and am not inclined to leave it. I doubt that the new book will be a sequel in the strictest sense. There are new characters to be introduced, though probably some old friends will appear too. I'd like to move down the social scale a bit. Strange and Norrell were both rich, with pots of money and big estates. Some of the characters in the second book have to struggle a bit harder to keep body and soul together. I expect there'll be more about John Uskglass, the Raven King, and about how magic develops in England.

The first chapter is online if you'd like to read it and Metacritic has several reviews.

P.S. For fun, here are Amazon's Statistically Improbable Phrases for this book: new manservant, madhouse attendants, fairy roads, practical magician.

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Dru nkenBlog interviews Jonathan Rentzsch on mach_inject, garbage collection, WebObjects, the OS X Finder, and plenty more. “Finder X is the compromise between the Mac OS folks and the NeXT folks. Neither won, everybody lost. Oh my god, the entire bastardized notion of switching from metal to aqua and hiding the sidebar when clicking on the toolbar chiclet in the upper right-hand corner.”

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DrunkenBlog: Behind the Red Shed, with Jonathan 'The Wolf' Rentzsch .. yet another great developer interview .. Quote:

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"Follow the Money" by David Sirota and Jonathan Baskin .. How John Kerry busted the terrorists' favorite bank .. fought in the War on Terror .. tells us all about it .. busting BCCI,

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Fascinating interview with Jonathan
Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones


Fascinating interview with Jonathan
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Forensic types

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Virginia's New Jim Crow .. describing

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Sun's Jonathan Schwartz Slams
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Sun's Jonathan Schwartz Slams
Open-Source Licensing Model (NewsFactor)
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NewsFactor - Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) president Jonathan Schwartz emphasized the company's support for the open-source software movement, but criticized the General Public License (GPL), a popular licensing model in the open-source community.

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Oprah Winfrey Adds 3 More Years to Show
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AP - Oprah Winfrey can start making big anniversary plans. Winfrey signed with King World Productions to continue her top-rated "The Oprah Winfrey Show" through the 2010-11 television season, which would be its 25th year in syndication.

Presley Dishes About Marriage to Jackson
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AP - Lisa Marie Presley aired her "Dirty Laundry" on "Oprah." In the first of a two-part interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to promote her new album, Presley spoke Monday about her brief marriage to Michael Jackson, who is on trial in Santa Maria, Calif., on child molestation charges.

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"Lisa Sloniowski and Mita Sen-Roy quickly became known as ‘the lovely librarians’. From Leddy Library at the University of Windsor, Lisa and Mita spoke about their role in the aggregation of diverse web news sources about the conflict in Iraq: Iraq 2003: Sources of News. Lisa..." (76 words - posted by steven) no replies

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Oprah, Investment Guru 07/09/2004 11:46 AM
It's no secret Oprah's got the Midas touch. So then it's no surprise Tim Beyers asks her to be his broker.

Lisää Karpelan sensuurista


Lisää Karpelan sensuurista 04/03/2005 08:14 PM
Enter-lehden 3/2005 pääkirjoituksessa päätoimittaja Tuomas Kilpi suomii ankarasti ministeri Karpelan sensuurihanketta (linkittäisin suoraan pääkirjoitukseen, mutta sitä ei löydy verkosta. Mikä on jotakuinkin tyhmää - tokko kukaan lehteä ostaa lukeakseen pääkirjoituksen, mutta verkossa pääkirjoituksille löytyisi luultavasti enemmän vastakaikua.)
Karpela perustelee pyrkimystään sillä, että netissä esiintyy laitonta sisältöä. Väite on sinänsä tosi, mutta oikeusvaltiossa asia kuuluu poliisille, syyttäjälle ja tuomioistuimille. Nyt ministeri tahtoo luovuttaa sananvapauden avaimet kiihkokristittyjen ja äärikonservatiivisten amerikkalaisten tarpeita palvelevien yksityisyritysten haltuun.

Juuri näin. Kun yritin ottaa selvää, millä perusteella blogiani sensuroidaan, vastauksena oli "se on ehkä tekninen vika". Todellinen vastaus on, ettei kukaan todella tiennyt, eikä ketään oikeasti kiinnostanut. Ja se on pelottavaa.

Lähetin tämän kirjeen Suomen Kuvalehden lukijapalstalle. Ehkä sillä on jotain vaikutusta. Luultavasti ei, mutta köyhän pitää yrittää.

Kulttuuriministeri Karpela on ilmoittanut haluavansa esto-ohjelmistot koulujen ja kirjastojen käyttöön. Tämä ei ole oikein.

Yritin äskettäin ottaa selvää, miksi eräästä helsinkiläisestä nettikahvilasta estettiin pääsy verkkosivuilleni. Suodatinohjelma ilmoitti sivuilla olevan "kyseenalaista materiaalia", mutta kukaan ei suostunut kertomaan kuka, missä ja miksi oli tehnyt päätöksen verkkosivujeni sensuroinnista.

Oli suodattimen toiminnan takana hieno algoritmi tai nörtti, joka lisää hikisin käsin pornosivustoja estolistaan, jonkun on päätettävä, mikä on moraalisesti oikein ja mikä väärin. Kaupalliset yritykset tottelevat kaupallisia realiteetteja. Mikäli jollain kolmannella osapuolella - vaikkapa aggressiivisella uskonlahkolla - on tarpeeksi ns. pätäkkää tai lakimiesarmeija, ohjelmistovalmistaja voi taipua lisäämään yllättäviäkin sivustoja salaisille estolistoilleen.

Kuka sanoo, mikä on sopivaa?

Kuka valvoo niitä, jotka sanovat, mikä on sopivaa?

Eduskunta on säätänyt rikoslain, jossa rikosten lista ja rangaistukset ovat kaikkien kansalaisten nähtävillä. Karpelan tulevaisuudessa minä en voi tietää, mitä olen tehnyt väärin.

Janne Jalkanen
www.ecyrd.com
Helsinki

(Ensin sensuroidaan raaka porno, sitten pehmeä porno, sitten laittomasti levitetyt elokuvat, sitten MP3:t, sitten väärät uskonnot, sitten eriävät mielipiteet, sitten Linu x... Kaikelle löytyy aina hyvä perustelu.)


Lisa makes the scene


Lisa makes the scene 06/17/2005 04:39 PM

Have I told you how cool it is to bring your family to a conference? Assuming you get a god babysitter - your sife gets to join you and we can have quality time together AND get worlk done.

So here's Lisa rapping to Richard Erickson of Bryght at VIDfest.

Meanwhile Mimi and Lucy are up in the hotel room with a sitter.

So for all of you road warriors who spend half their time schmoozing at conferences around the world - I highly recommend you take your families with you (Doc?)

[via Roland, Kris Krug and Bryght]


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tom cruise kills oprah [MOV file] 06/22/2005 02:44 AM

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Winners of Oprah car give-away must pay
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Winners of Oprah car give-away must pay
up to $7,000 tax - Sep. 22, 2004
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Winners of Oprah car give-away must pay up to $7,000 tax - Sep. 22, 2004 .. pay the $7000 tax on those vehicles .. THE QUEEN OF MAUDLIN SLEAZE SMIRKS

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AOL: Viagra, Oprah Among Top Spam Topics


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Spam likes Viagra and Oprah best


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Oprah jury reaches verdict


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'As seen on Oprah,' 'Viagra' among top
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LiSA, the speaking email assistant 2.4.3


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New Lisa Rein song online


New Lisa Rein song online 12/17/2003 11:54 AM
Lisa Rein has begun to post the recordings from her musical showcase. Her first track, "In the Spirit," is up now. It's her first anti-war song. Link

"Reversing Vandalism" By Lisa Davis


"Reversing Vandalism" By Lisa Davis 04/18/2004 04:23 AM
"Reversing Vandalism" [Slate] .. San Francisco Public Library's .. slideshow essay

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CC Remix Music -- Lisa Rein


CC Remix Music -- Lisa Rein 04/09/2004 03:54 PM
Lisa Rein is one of the earliest adopters of Creative Commons. Wander is one of my favorite CC licensed songs and is licensed under an Attribution license -- free to copy, remix, or even synch to a movie, as long as you give Lisa attribution.

Milky Way, Fritos, and the Mona Lisa?!


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Mona Lisa gets new Louvre home


Mona Lisa gets new Louvre home 04/05/2005 11:13 AM
The Mona Lisa is due to move to her new home within Paris' Louvre art gallery on Wednesday.

Oprah Signs to Continue Show 3 More
Years (AP)


Oprah Signs to Continue Show 3 More
Years (AP)
08/05/2004 05:29 PM
AP - Oprah Winfrey can start making big anniversary plans. Winfrey signed with King World Productions to continue her top-rated "The Oprah Winfrey Show" through the 2010-11 television season, which would be its 25th year in syndication.

Long Before Oprah, a Celebrity Bared Her
Soul


Long Before Oprah, a Celebrity Bared Her
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03/08/2004 11:24 PM
Fifty years ago, when the actress Lillian Roth wrote "I'll Cry Tomorrow," it helped change the way Americans view drinking problems.

FCC Swamped With Oprah Indecency
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FCC Swamped With Oprah Indecency
Complaints - May 4, 2004
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Complaints filed to FCC about Oprah .. 1,600 complaints against Oprah

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Complaints - May 4, 2004"


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Lisa Rein interview on Music for America


Lisa Rein interview on Music for America 12/11/2003 02:25 PM
Here's a great Music for America interview with activist/musician/geek Lisa Rein, whose open-invitation concert/party is this Saturday in San Francisco.
I believe that music is a good way to approach the emotional side of these controversial political issues. I believe that the cultural aspects of, for instance, copyright -- and the common man's loss of our history and heritage in exchange for big business to make more money on it's intellectual property -- are explained better through song.

I also believe that music is a good way to raise awareness about important issues. If you can write a song that's good in its own right, in that it's a catchy tune and people like it no matter what it's about -- that they might eventually read the lyrics and learn more about the issue you're singing about.

I try to follow John Lennon's model in raising awareness. He was able to eventually stop the vietnam war with this song and the feeling of love and community that he was able to bring to people at large. I hope to do the same thing and encourage others to climb on board.

Link

Hypocrite watch: FCC Swamped With Oprah
Indecency Complaints


Hypocrite watch: FCC Swamped With Oprah
Indecency Complaints
05/04/2004 01:49 PM
Ernest Miller sez: "Howard Stern has been the FCC's indecency whipping boy for some time. After the latest series record-setting fines, however, he asked his listeners to complain to the FCC about an episode of Oprah's talk show that included rather graphic descriptions of sex acts. The Smoking Gun has received copies of more than 1600 complaints about that episode thanks to a FOIA request. It is impossible to know which complaints are real, but many of them are downright hilarious: 'The Oprah show ... was so offensive that my child's head literally exploded. Please ban free speech so this never happens again.'" Link

Lisa Nyman Discusses Open Source in
Government


Lisa Nyman Discusses Open Source in
Government
07/15/2002 08:39 PM
Lisa Nyman is co-creator of QuickFacts, a service that lets visitors track down city, county, state, and national census data using only a single pulldown menu. QuickFacts uses Perl scripts, Apache Web servers, and a MySQL database to deliver increased interactivity at minimal cost. Sam Williams interviews Ms. Nyman about QuickFacts and open source in government.

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Using a T68i for
Bluetooth net access
with AT&T mMode

iTunes Top 20 smart
playlist strategies

Replace text with
icons on Safari's
bookmark bar

Select all in a text
field with one mouse
click

Running JBuilder
after Java 1.4.1
breaks it

Accessing a VPN
(PPTP) via the
command line

Give your battery a
thorough checkup

Show more data in
the Finder's column
view mode

Screen-scraping with
WWW::Mechanize

This week on Perl 6,
week ending
2003-01-26

Embedding Perl in
HTML with Mason

This week on Perl 6,
week ending
2003-02-02

Improving mod_perl
Sites' Performance:
Part 7

This week on Perl 6,
week ending
2003-02-09

Module::Build
This week on Perl 6,
week ending
2003-02-16

Building a Vector
Space Search Engine
in Perl

This week on Perl 6,
week ending
2003-02-23

Genomic Perl
This week on Perl 6,
week ending
2003-03-02

Improving mod_perl
Sites' Performance:
Part 8

Apocalypse 6
This week on Perl 6,
week ending
2003-03-09

Evolution 1.4
Preview 1.

Sony Z1
Intel does the
Centrino shuffle.

Vendors push
ultrawideband as
wireless
alternative.

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