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An Open Letter to George W. Bush from Michael Moore

Extreme Programming vs. Interaction Design, a worth while read even if you are not directly a developer. The problem with Interaction Design, from the piece, is the assumption that people are stupid and don’t know what they are doing. What I have found so compelling about the XP ideas is the assumption that people are smart and capiable if given the opportunity and framework to shine. Or that is at least my interpetation.

Extreme Programming vs. Interaction Design, a worth while read even if you are not directly a developer. The problem with Interaction Design, from the piece, is the assumption that people are stupid and don’t know what they are doing. What I have found so compelling about the XP ideas is the assumption that people are smart and capiable if given the opportunity and framework to shine. Or that is at least my interpetation.

A great Interview with Rusty of Kuro5hin.org fame.

A great Interview with Rusty of Kuro5hin.org fame.

AlterSlash ~ the unofficial SlashDot digest. Kinda like the comment graphs. Not sure if it is useful but kinda intresting none the less.

AlterSlash ~ the unofficial SlashDot digest. Kinda like the comment graphs. Not sure if it is useful but kinda intresting none the less.

No Pop-up Ads on Google

No Pop-up Ads on Google

Video Disk Recorder

With the availability of high capacity hard disks and MPEG encoders/decoders the idea of a fully digital video recorder comes to mind.

There are already two commercial products: “ReplayTV” from Replay Networks, Inc. (www.replaytv.com) and “TiVo” from TiVo, Inc. (www.tivo.com). Both systems are mainly targetted on working together with special services provided by the system manufacturer, which offer the consumer a personalized recording strategy.

The downside of these systems is the lack of a useful “timer recording” facility, and the manufacturers’ tendencies to implement new ways of imposing advertisements on the viewer (since it would become too easy to skip the commercial breaks). They also don’t support what one would expect to come natural with digital recording: on-disk editing.

Neat project, build your own TiVO.