In most English dictionaries, the words "patent" and "pathetic" end up on the same page. I've always found this to be somewhat telling. For years the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been routinely issuing patents so pathetic that they border on laughable. And I don't really fault the Patent...
Sean Corfield blogged a reference to a rant against "Teach Yourself X in N Minutes|Hours|Days" books (see http://www.corfield.org/blog/past/2004_03.html). Sean (and Brian LeRoux) seem to agree with the rant's basic premise, and there is some validity to their concerns (I agree, some "Teach...
I moderated an "Ask The Expert" session on Web Services at Flash Forward. The session was pretty well attended (considering that Flash Forward is predominantly a design oriented event), and the questions and discussion was positive and insightful. But there was an overriding sense of "tread...
I'm on my way to San Francisco for Flash Forward. There has been a schedule change, and my session is now on Wednesday instead of Friday. Should be fun!
Remember The Lorax Who speaks for the trees? The Wocket in my Pocket, And Mulberry Street? Or big hearted Thidwick, Sipping pink ink, Green Eggs and Ham, The Thinks you can Think? One Fish, Two fish, Red fish and blue, If I Ran the Circus, If I Ran the Zoo? Solla Sollew trouble, VOOM for cleaning...
Looks like I missed the SYS-CON announcements for their "ColdFusion Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards" (press release at http://www.sys-con.com/2002/PR/02252004.cfm). My "ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit" won the "Best Book" category, and my "Advanced ColdFusion MX...
I took a few days off, and went to London with some of the kids for a wedding. I did not take a computer with me on this trip, and now that I am back my inbox is nothing short of terrifying! It's actually kind of sad when taking a few days off means paying for it big time later. :-(
Nokia has announced the next version of their 9000 Communicator series, the model 9500. New features include additional GSM frequencies, an integrated camera, integrated music player (supports MP3, AAC, WAV, MIDI, and Real Audio), MMS support, Bluetooth (the lack thereof was my biggest complaint of...
I'll be offline until the end of the week, back online late Sunday. So no new blog postings until then. Seeya!
I'm about to head to Narita to fly back to the U.S. MAX 2004 Tokyo was an incredible event, thousands of attendees (even more than at MAX in the U.S.) and two days of sessions, presentations, shop talk, and of course bars (including one at which I was hit on by a rather drunk non-English speaking...