- Why it took Ford 35 years to build an advertising campaign around the legendary car movie Bullitt featuring Steve McQueen is one of the great mysteries in the car world. Bullitt wasn't a car movie per se, but the chase scenes featuring McQueen's 68 fastback Mustang and the bad guys black Dodge Charger consistently rank as one of the greatest car chases in the history of movies. McQueen was the real deal.
- I saw Akimbo at Demo a few years ago this year. It's a super cool media server and it just launched in time for Christmas.
- by now you have all heard that Google, Yahoo!, and M$oft are launching the Great Wars of Desktop Search. Personally, I've less of an issue with desktop search, email is nailed since I started using Lookout, leaving intranet search the big hole in my world.
- these dorks guys are riding across America on Segways to prove... actually, I'm not sure what they want to prove. If you really want to ride across America and not look like a circus attraction, get a chopper, and if you aren't old enough to drive, get one of these.
- Samsung is the mfg to watch in the mobile phone handset market. First they come out with a 5 megapixel phone with a genuine CCD that can do video, and now they announce some hi-res display technology for sub-2.4 inch screens. By the end of 2005 we will be able to watch hi-quality streaming content on mobile phones.
- Feedburner announced their Smartcast service that enables bloggers to create podcasts from their RSS or Atom feeds.
- This weeks Carnival of the Capitalists is up. Too many links to highlight, just go read it.
- smart fabrics. Swatches of material with embedded components tied together via nearband wireless. Combine the components to achieve whatever functions you desire.
- interesting article on how automobile manufacturers are addressing technology in cars, specifically technology that is aimed at driver convenience and not vehicle function.
- weave the work of marketing into the everyday lives of employees. Good advice indeed.
- Weblogs on SAP's SDN (developer network) no longer protected behind lock-and-key. Take advantage of this tremendous resource without having to register... about time!
- RFID and barcodes will co-exist. Agreed, and the applications that ride on top of the data streams just shouldn't care. Pharma is a good case where RFID is moving slow and deliberately (safety concerns) but 2d barcode data will provide a useful data layer that will enable the enterprise customers to take advantage new applications that are being developed in response to RFID adoption.
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