October 1, 2000
Useit.Com: Content Creation for Average People.
In any case, regular folks must be able to create their own content and contribute it to the Internet. This sounds easy enough, but is actually quite a challenge. The biggest problem is that most people are (and always have been) bad content creators.
Seattle Times: Debate over Amazon's '1-Click' heads to appeal.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., will hear arguments Monday in the dispute. The appeals court must decide whether to lift a judge's preliminary order blocking Barnes & Noble.com from using technology that enables online purchases with one click of a computer mouse.
SJ Mercury: Sony leader works to move his company into new era.
Dan Gillmor. While Idei says it's ``impossible to limit the internal competition'' between Sony units, he isn't necessarily encouraging them to directly attack each others' product lines. But he wants everyone to remember that technology is morphing old boundaries more quickly than anyone had imagined possible.
The Economist: In praise of Bayes.
The essence of the Bayesian approach is to provide a mathematical rule explaining how you should change your existing beliefs in the light of new evidence. In other words, it allows scientists to combine new data with their existing knowledge or expertise.
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