Scripting News

Sun, 05 Jan 2003 04:06:39 GMT

Steve Gillmor: "Opinionated, volatile, blunt, and disruptive, Dave Winer is an American original."

Sun, 05 Jan 2003 00:29:28 GMT

Halley: "So here's Lesson Two -- if you really want to be an Alpha Male, you've got to give."

Sun, 05 Jan 2003 00:35:26 GMT

Steve Zellers, a longtime friend who works at Apple, tells his MacBird story.

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 21:54:11 GMT

Ernie the Attorney: "I think in the next year we are going to see a bevy of specialty law blogs."

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 21:11:46 GMT

Charles Cooper: "Did you know you can use AIM on your cellphone?"

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 21:15:10 GMT

Also: Shape Services, Nokia, PDApps.

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 21:22:37 GMT

Apparently AOL has not been asleep at the wheel, just quiet about what they're developing in wireless instant messaging.

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 21:16:49 GMT

Robert Occhialini: I've been using a Danger Sidekick from T-Mobile for about a month. It's a phone, does AIM, email, Web browsing, and has a decent Web interface that you can use to enter data. I love it. It comes with an unlimited data package and is always connected. Downsides are no direct sync with PC and black-and-white screen."

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 21:18:34 GMT

Rob McKnight: "One thing to take note of is the growing number of these devices with built in or add-on cameras."

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 16:06:40 GMT

Adam reports on his Bit Torrent experiment.

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 16:16:29 GMT

On this day two years ago I wrote about desktop websites.

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 16:07:34 GMT

Just a random comment to say how much I'm enjoying reading two weblogs from Japan, one from Joi Ito, and the other from Professor Lessig. It's great to watch two minds blossom in a new space. Excellent.

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 16:11:24 GMT

NY Times: "Disaster recovery sites like this one operate as high-tech lifeboats for other companies that need a safe haven for their employees, or for electronic records in fires, floods or terrorist attacks."

Next gen cellphone

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:47:32 GMT

Got a lot of email on this, the consensus appears to be Treo. Lots of people sing its praises. It's a cellphone and a great PDA. Ole Eichorn's comment was pretty concise.

Ole Eichorn: "I have a Treo 300, which is on the Sprint network. It is a Palm-based PDA, a decent phone, and has a real web browser built in (not one of those crummy WAP things). Plus you can get and send email via your desktop (same accounts, etc.) And for you, a qwerty keyboard. It is bigger than your current phone, but I traded in a Motorola Star-Tac for mine and I don�t mind the larger size considering now I don�t have to carry a PDA."

Bernie Goldbach: "If you want a qwerty keyboard for moblogging and don't mind if it comes attached to a 244g sharp-looking mobile phone, you want the Nokia Communicator."

Question -- do any of these devices connect up to AIM or Jabber? Radio and Frontier have support for both. Where is AOL in all the maneuvering about cellphones that connect up to computer networks? (The answer seems to be asleep at the wheel?) Answer: see above.