Printing tip: If you’re recycling paper by printing on the backs of old press releases, white papers, other printouts, etc — make sure you separate any stapled pages before running them through your laser printer.… Read the rest
Month: September 2002 (Page 4 of 5)
WordSpy uncovers such useful neologisms as metrosexual and corporate anorexia. A new word every day, with definitions and a serious attempt to discover the word’s earliest usage. It’s scholarly and fun!… Read the rest
My latest column for Business 2.0 talks about the risks of leaving laptop data without a backup. You do back up your laptop regularly, don’t you? Sure you do. (This is a little late making it onto my blog, but hey, I was busy celebrating my birthday.)… Read the rest
Data Extinction: “Paper documents last for hundreds of years, but more and more of what matters to us is digitally produced, and we can… Read the rest
Jeremy Allaire, cofounder of Allaire and now a Macromedia executive, gives a glimpse of what his company is working on: Client-side tools, based on Flash, that enable real-time collaboration. His demo is a little obscure but seems to be a tool for real-time collaborative database design — i.e.… Read the rest
The EFF has new bumper stickers for all you consumer rights / fair use activists out there, with slogans such as “Fair Use Has A Posse” and “MP3 Is Not A Crime.” Nice.
(thanks, BoingBoing)… Read the rest
Ray Ozzie: We need to prepare for, and to embrace a whole new generation of system and application software that leverages our computers and networks specifically and tangibly to increase our interpersonal productivity and agility.… Read the rest
One difference between this recession and the last one: This time, it’s ordinary workers who are getting the ax, while the bosses’ jobs are protected. “American workers making less than $50,000 per year have seen their chances of being downsized increase 43 percent in the last two years,” says a press release from Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, a company that helps execs find jobs after they’ve been laid off.… Read the rest
Most companies are diligent about backing up their servers and mainframes. But how much vital information are you leaving exposed on laptops and desktop PCs?
Computer viruses. Laptop thieves. Fires. Hurricanes. All have the potential to erase, damage, or destroy valuable corporate information.… Read the rest
In response to my estimate of the number of weblogs, a reader drew my attention to opendiary.com (nearly 3,800 users) and freeopendiary.com. The reader says the latter has half a million users, but I can’t find any information on the site to substantiate that.… Read the rest
