Monday, October 17, 2005

Havlat Suspended 5 Games

by alec on October 17, 2005

Martin Havlat was handed a stiff suspension for kicking Boston’s Hal Gill, today.  Not only has Havlat hurt himself, but he’s also let down his team mates.  Very disappointing.

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The Movie-Train Manifesto

by alec on October 17, 2005

Hugh Macleod has convinced film director, and friend, David MacKenzie to open source his next script.  The entire script is posted to the web, waiting for feedback. 

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Ignoring the Moose on the Table

October 17, 2005

Sometimes it’s better to ignore the "moose on the table", and sometimes not. Niklas Zennstrom has chosen not.  Last week he publicly named Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo as his biggest competitive threats.  I happen to know, from talking with folks at Microsoft, that they also regard Skype as a threat to their IM business, so it [...]

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Less is More

October 17, 2005

Jason Fried over at 37Signals on Less is More. Go read!

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Om Malik’s New Look

October 17, 2005

Go check it out.  Wow! 

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More on Lawful Intercept Requirements

October 17, 2005

There were some very thoughtful posts on the lawful intercept issue raised by Jeff last week. Aswath Rao puts aside the "rightness" of the FCC’s position completely, and instead looks at how it could be implemented. Among the many good points he makes is this little jewel: "I want to bring to your attention that complying to CALEA [...]

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Unlimited Calling Plans to Die?

October 17, 2005

Andy thinks so.  Certainly there’s a compelling case for capping international minutes.  Domestically, calling minutes are cheap, and getting cheaper. There may be enough play in the models being used by "unlimited" carriers today that they can tolerate a few extreme cases.

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Challenges ahead for RIM

October 17, 2005

Rich Tehrani has a great post on the challenges ahead for RIM.  I had a very similar conversation with a close friend at RIM about a year ago.  What I told him was that usability, especially, was going to bite them hard if Microsoft and others put their minds to solving the email problem. Rich’s [...]

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