Craig Burton

Elizabeth Lane Lawley on social software:

Eventually, the message may get through to the architects of new social software environments that systems developed only by hard-core geeks arenít likely to appeal to an audience much wider than those same geeks.
Watching social software will be interesting. We will see if she is right or if some geeks [...]

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I have enjoyed reading materials published by and about Sherry Turkle since her book Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet (Simon and Schuster, November 1995; Touchstone paperback, 1997). Here is a recent interview withTurkle. Sample text:

Have you ever adopted an alternative identity online?I’ve experimented with being a man and saw how [...]

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Mark Pilgrim: Age 11, sitting in front of Apple II with his manual open…classic.

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Michael Feldman on 10 things I bet you didn’t know about Google.
I didn’t know some of them.

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Bryan Bell posts a eulogy to the clever cactus once found at Scripting News.

You were a dear friend, I only hope that your successors can keep to heart your work ethics, and ideals.
Thanks Bryan, you did–and continue to do–the community and Dave proud with your designs.

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bradsucks.net  is a web site with music that is inspired by SPAM subject lines. Look and Feel Years Younger, Do You Measure Up, and I Got Your Letter are sample title to songs. Very funny. Brad Sucks is a one man band from Ottowa, Canada.

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I have been using Spamnet from Cloudmark for the past few days. I finally found a spam application for Outlook that seems to really work. I can now start using email like I want to again. I highly recommend Spamnet.

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Great Jacob Nielson advice.more…

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David Coursey on what you need to know about the next Windows.
This is a helpful article as it summarizes code names and functions.

Avalon: Graphics presentation technologies in Longhorn that provide a unified architecture for presenting user interface, documents, and media in the system.
ClickOnce: Technology in Longhorn designed to speed and simplify deployment of applications.
Indigo: .Net communications [...]

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Bryan finally publishes his rates. He says it takes three weeks to deliver a project. I recommend Bryan whole heartedly (he designed this site.)

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