Scripting News

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 19:34:12 GMT

A Sunday Morning Coffee Notes about Jobsian reality distortion fields, AutoLink (again, sorry), Feedburner, progress report on my outliner, and when quality really matters.

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 23:57:08 GMT

NY Times: "Steven P Jobs is preparing to take an unprecedented gamble by abandoning Apple Computer's 14-year commitment to chips developed by IBM and Motorola in favor of Intel processors for his Macintosh computers, industry executives informed of the decision said Sunday."

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 19:48:10 GMT

Tod Maffin claims to listen to 100 podcasts a day.

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 17:08:26 GMT

Doc Searls wonders if it's Intel that's having the sex change, not Apple.

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 06:01:03 GMT

News.com: Intel, Apple coupling could woo Hollywood.

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 17:44:43 GMT

Note to Jake Savin. I'm using the HTML dialog feature in Frontier on Windows and it's working great. I never wrote any apps that used this before. Sometime it takes a while, I think this has been in the codebase for about five years or so. ";->"

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 11:04:38 GMT

BBC: "The explosion in podcasting has led to home-grown shows, playing music ignored by conventional radio."

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 06:11:01 GMT

NY Times: "The received wisdom about Silicon Valley is that the region is single-mindedly dedicated to technological innovation. But that's not quite right."

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 17:15:41 GMT

Feedburner makes light of the appearance that they are seeking lock-in (giving them the benefit of the tiniest sliver of doubt). Here's a post from an exec at the company, and here's my response. If they are not seeking lock-in this is not the way to communicate it. (Postscript: In the comments on my response, the Feedburner guy flips his position, and now says they're thinking about providing users with a way out. So the roach motel might get an escape hatch. Amazing how a little light can help. I wish more people would join in this examination, it should be easy to get them to change, and it's a very precarious situation, and not a good one for RSS. I've sent an email to some of the Identity Gang, asking them to look into this. It seems to me that an RSS feed is an important part of one's identity, and should be under their control.)