May 28, 1999
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Salon: Fear of links.
Scott Rosenberg. The emergence of weblogs doesn't eclipse the importance of timely news and entertainment on the Web -- if anything, it enhances the value of such original content.
DaveNet: Weblogs.
The PCs we run will be able to capture the diversity of the web in new ways, using software running on your home computer, not on a server in Silicon Valley.
A List Apart: Slouching Towards Authorship.
We can blur and sharpen. By turning our ideas into products that serve a community instead of a client, we can to some extent reintegrate ourselves with the wider world.
Upside: Infospace's Naveen Jain: "Don't mess with me."
The future, according to Jain? Shopping bots, information-craving Internet appliances and so-called desktop portals.
Editor & Publisher: Internet Decreasing Polls' Credibility.
Steve Outing. As if that isn't bad enough, polling is facing a threat to its credibility from the increasing use of Internet polls, which are particularly prevalent among news organizations' Web sites.
News.Com: Monitor shipments jump 800 percent.
The bad news for consumers is that high demand for desktop LCD means that fewer displays are around to put in notebooks, which could eventually mean higher laptop prices.
News.Com: WebTV adding Windows CE.
These new WebTV boxes, although not groundbreaking in terms of technology advances, do reflect the influence of Microsoft. WebTV is repositioning itself as a services company...
InfoWorld: Windows CE to undergo major facelift.
In fact, Microsoft is already telling key partners that in the fourth quarter they should expect to see a total rewrite of WinCE, code-named Rapier, which will be significantly easier to use.
ClickZ: Community Chest.
As a nearly 20-year-old concept, we already know what it takes to make a successful online community: The right personalities, freedom, care and feeding, and especially time to grow.
NY Times: Online Companies Try to Walk Line Between Volunteers and Staff.
If the findings deem that Web businesses cannot leave responsibilities for managing bulletin boards and chat to volunteers without pay, it could force sites to hire people to do perform those tasks.
Interactive Week: Broadcast.com Broadens Scope.
...company executives now envision an evolution that will move the company into managing all types of large data files ranging from software downloads to video feeds delivered directly to television stations.
Industry Standard: Q&A: Wherehouse Fights Back Online.
Q&A with Hugh Hilton and Jason Fiber of Wherehouse Music. We look at companies like these, and say, "we understand your online strategy, but what's your offline strategy?"
News.Com: EMC looks to vault into consulting.
The fact that companies are promoting the Web as a transaction medium for commerce is compounding the need for storage as records of all these transactions have to be kept.
Upside: Across the Web in a Limo.
...the best data packets don't queue up through slow, public peering points. The best packets ride the limos: private networks connected with private peering points.
InfoWorld: Macromedia offers sneak peaks at future Web dev tools.
At the Macromedia User Conference this week, Macromedia hosted sneak previews of things in development for future versions of its various Web authoring, graphics, multimedia. and learning product lines.
ZDNet Anchordesk: Top Web Sites of 1996: Where Are They Now? (And Why).
Jesse Berst. They stuck with their insular and clumsy habits, and failed to plot strategies to win with consumers.
PC Magazine: Future Technology.
Computers Will Be More Human, Networks Will Be Ubiquitous, The Web Will Be Smart, Little Devices Will Think...
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