February 19, 1999
NY Times: The Internet Has Spawned a Language of Its Own.
Although judgments vary, what seems clear so far is that the Internet has propelled the traditionally deliberate pace of language evolution to higher speeds.
RCFOC: Terrorism.com.
...as we become ever more dependent on our valuable Internet resource for business and personal activities, the Internet's security becomes ever more important.
devhead: Survey Your Users.
Jakob Nielsen. Surveys are indirect methods, since they do not study the user interface itself but only users' opinions about the user interface.
Wired News: Drudge: Don't Fear the Internet.
[Matt Drudge] "If in the future there are hundreds of millions of reporters out there, why then do I need Dan Rather to put his makeup on to deliver the news?"
TechWeb: E-Book Poised To Eclipse 10,000 Units Sold.
"The business is in the distribution model, not the end device..."
Computer Shopper: Getting a Read on the E-Book.
For now, the main hindrances to the e-book are consumer acceptance and the need for specialized hardware.
FEED Magazine: The Low-End Game.
But Datek and E*Trade beg a bigger question: who needs NASDAQ and the NYSE?
Freedom Forum: TBTF: a site to behold.
Jon Katz. TBTF makes the point that news can have a point of view, can be personal and idiosyncratic — and still profoundly useful.
Online Journalism Review: Lack of Job Standards Creates Confusion, Tension.
"Isn't the Web site where the paper sends people it doesn't want to fire but doesn't know what else to do with?"
Editor & Publisher: Editors Encourage Colleagues to Retain Integrity.
[Dan Farber, VP and editor-in-chief of ZDNet.Com] "Basic journalism principles and ethics apply. While the medium changes, we have to stick to our ethics and principles."
Shelly Taylor & Associates: Click-Here Commerce.
ST&A's new e-commerce study. $2,750.
Editor & Publisher: Paper's E-commerce Strategy Aims For Win-Win.
Steve Outing. ...Jacksonville.com's goal is to get local merchants using the online medium to make and promote sales.
Editor & Publisher: Using New Web Tools.
Small said the online news industry needs to examine the interests and surfing habits of the users and deliver content appropriately.
Upside: Moderating the Revolution.
[Jamie Zawinsky, Mozilla.Org] "Open source only works if you're willing to give up control..."
Web Review: The WebFont Wizard.
Review and tutorial of Bitstream's new product WebFont Wizard.
Web Review: Generating Flash on the Fly.
Review of Macromedia Generator.
San Francisco Chronicle: Home SMART Home.
``Early adopters may put this in, but until these things get easier to set up at home and people see a need for it, the market won't take off.''
Industry Standard: Indiana Banks on the Net.
Becker thinks his bank's ease of use, real-time transaction processing, and range of products and services offered will be enough to win over Net-friendly customers from large institutions.
Forbes: Searching in Dolby.
"Direct Hit is trying to become the Dolby of search engines."
SJ Mercury: @Home's license to do as it will.
Dan Gillmor. Subscriber Agreement obfuscates terms to ISP's advantage.
Useit.Com: Spotlight of some comments made by Douglas Adams at TED9.
...we learn now how to produce interactive content that puts the user in control of an information space.
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