Wednesday, December 8, 2004

What OS are you?

by alec on December 8, 2004

Hmmm…. I am Windows XP! Which OS are You?

Mike Zintel has a blog

by alec on December 8, 2004

One of my favorite people at Microsoft, Mike Zintel, finally has a blog. Mike is a development manager in the Windows CE organization. Welcome to the blogosphere, Mike!

Tong writes about the rise of BitTorrent. He’s right. I am one of those millions who download my favorite TV shows and watch them when it’s convenient for me. Why don’t I use a PVR? My satellite provider, ExpressVu, provides a PVR that, politely put, is garbage. No search capability worth talking about, no "season’s [...]

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A Network of Stupids

December 8, 2004

Om Malik on the RNK $999 for life deal — A Network of Stupids.

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The Economist on VoIP

December 8, 2004

via Emergic: The Phone Call is Dead; Long Live the Phone Call. The Economist posits that the real losers in the VoIP rollout will be the wireless carriers. WiMax and VoIP are the one-two punch that will knock 80% of the revenues out of the wireless market.

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Rosh Katan, or Rosh Gadol

December 8, 2004

Sometimes Joel just hits the nail on the head. His latest posting talks about folks who are proactive doers and thinkers versus order following automata. And in our industry, he references Eric Sink on software developers vs programmers. Every employer wants to hire smart, driven people who think and solve problems for themselves. If employees [...]

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