December 13, 1998
Useit.Com: Bill Gates' Christmas Shopping List to Build the Internet Desktop.
Very interesting Alertbox today, well when isn't it? Jakob looks to some key areas to support
an Internet desktop: micropayments, quality search, navigation-oriented authoring and
web scripting.
NY Times: Click Here for Less Confusion.
How sites are redesigning with users in mind.
Salon: Information theory and practice.
Two book reviews. Once upon a time, "information" didn't even exist. Now it's everywhere.
TechWeb: Vendors Broaden Site-Management Tools.
New load-balancing and website-monitoring tools as more business-critical Web applications deployed.
SJ Mercury: A look back at fascinating year for tech.
Dan Gillmor.
NY Times: With Go Network, Disney Steps Into the Portal Wars.
Interesting introduction with usability testing of GO Network.
News.Com: Disney and Infoseek raise the curtain on Go
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