Dilbert mirrors real life #2
Dilbert today was spot on:
Haha – anyone called Ted reading this 🙂
Todd fixes his Nano
ex-Noveller Todd Dailey blogs on making his iPod Nano perfect again.
I guess there’s a disclaimer somewhere that Todd works for Apple – but it’s fun none the less to see blogosphere hysteria brought to earth with a polish of Brasso.
[Update – Todd got a front page on Memeorandum!]
Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents
I’m surprised this hasn’t reached more people – a great PDF from Reporters Sans Frontiers
There is a great essay included from Dan Gillmore – “What Ethics Should Bloggers Have?” – one of my pet topics; this really goes back to the trust and implied trust between bloggers and readers.
Worth a read.
Web UI
The capabilities of browser based applications have exploded in recent years. (This is especially important for ZENworks – as we move the management console to the new ZENworks Control Center.)
There is a breaking set of new ‘Web 2.0’ applications that use AJAX to deliver a really rich UI; Google Maps is probably the most well known; but I also love these:
I remember some of the contortions that had to turned just a few years ago to get anything even looking like this in a browser.
I saw some of the Hula calendar work when I was last in Cambridge – it all looked very slick.
TechCrunch is a great resource for tracking some of these new concepts.
I predict that these UIs will become prevalent on the most sticky sites; I also hope that a lot of the ‘cool’ and ‘sexy’ comes across into the more mundane enterprise IT world.
New music
I finally spent some time (and parted with the hard earned) and got some new music:
Camera Obscura – Biggest Bluest Hifi
Camera Obscura – Underachievers Please Try Harder
I first heard this band on the John Peel 65th Birthday Party – it’s a lot like early Belle and Sebastian; mellow lyrics and guitar. Best served with a nice bottle of red.
Decemberists – Picaresque
This band is on tour this fall – nearest gig to SLC is in Boise, ID. Huh? Go figure. SLC truly is a live music backwater – my proof points are here and here.
Final hit was a couple of CDs from DJ Tiësto – a hot tip from Mark Schouls.
DJ Tiësto – In My Memory
DJ Tiësto – Parade of the Athletes
Nice – a couple of hours of European electronic music. Good for the drive into work.
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