Monthly Archives: December 2002

Magic and technology.

Posted on 12/17/2002 by Dylan

Sci fi writer David Brin looks at J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings through the lens of Romanticism vs. the Enlightenment, nostalgia vs. optimism. And Jakob Nielsen looks at computer tech through the lens of Harry Potter. Continue reading →

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Library lookup.

Posted on 12/16/2002 by Dylan

I’m a jaded tech journalist. It’s not often that a new Internet service can actually make me excited. But last week I discovered one that had me grinning all afternoon. Continue reading →

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Less is Moore.

Posted on 12/13/2002 by Dylan

Learning to manage information effectively is the most pressing challenge facing the technology world today. (the tweney report, 2002-12-13) Continue reading →

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Pulling up stakes.

Posted on 12/13/2002 by Dylan

I’m relocating this weblog: As of today, I’m promoting it to the home page of my web site, http://dylan.tweney.com. Continue reading →

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Does Moore’s Law still hold true?

Posted on 12/13/2002 by Dylan Tweney

You don’t have to be a software programmer to be familiar with the principle. Since the early 1970s, Moore’s Law — named after Gordon Moore, one of the founders of Intel — has been universally touted within the computing industry. … Continue reading →

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Less is Moore.

Posted on 12/13/2002 by Dylan Tweney

I was watching “A Beautiful Mind” recently and was struck how much the mathematician John Nash’s schizophrenia, as portrayed in the movie, was like my online life: Ethereal voices constantly impinging on my attention, demanding responses, distracting me from the … Continue reading →

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The next five Big Things.

Posted on 12/10/2002 by Dylan

John Patrick (formerly of IBM) posts his predictions for the next five Big Things in computing: Autonomic computing, Blogging, Grid Computing, Web Services, and WiFi. Continue reading →

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Two by Sterling.

Posted on 12/10/2002 by Dylan

Two early 90′s talks by Bruce Sterling: Free as Air, Free As Water, Free As Knowledge: ‘What’s information really about? It seems to me there’s something direly wrong with the “Information Economy.” It’s not about data, it’s about attention. In … Continue reading →

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What happened to the New Journalism?

Posted on 12/9/2002 by Dylan

Where are the really good stories in magazines today? The ones that make you say to your friends: “Did you see that story about X?” Michael Shapiro examines the attenuated legacy of the New Journalism: “I had learned the essential … Continue reading →

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Reality vs. Moore’s Law.

Posted on 12/5/2002 by Dylan

Game, set, and match. [1] The Inquirer: Moore’s Law meets market saturation. “Today, accountants to video heads have enough horsepower at their fingertips to keep themselves sated. Why shell out $1500 in next year’s technology for a measly 3-5% performance … Continue reading →

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