short post today...
Main Dish:
- the French Government has directed ministries and government officials not to refer to processors or clock speeds in RFP's as part of an effort to comply with EU directives to not favor one company over another, in this case Intel over AMD. I guess it's a good thing France doesn't have a hometeam semiconductor company, else all bets would be off as in the recent pharma case.
http://msn-cnet.com.com/2100-1006_3-5202977.html?part=msn-cnet&subj=ns_2510&tag=mymsn
- okay, this is 2 articles in Wired about XP users making their desktops look like Macintoshes. What is the story here? I guess it's that Windows users have the flexibility to make their desktops look like Macs or Linux or whatever, while Mac users have the flexibility to make their Macs look like, well Macs is about it. Of course, I expect to get emails from the Macextremists that will no doubt prove me wrong. Actually, I haven't used a Mac in years so I really don't know jack about the UI, cept to say that when I play with it at the Apple store on University Ave. I am struck by how it's not any easier or worse than Windows, just different.
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,63256,00.html
- comparison shopping site for prescription drugs... and it's run by the Feds! How in the hell did Amazon miss this market?
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/30/politics/30DRUG.html?ex=1398657600&en=191def4fbf1da448&ei=5007&
- Wal-Mart has activated their RFID pilot, and Elvis has left the building.
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5202240.html?tag=nefd.top
- Lenn points to a video of Dave Weinberger in Washington talking about networked markets. I agree that Dave is one very smart person, well worth watching the video.
http://www.glitteringgenerality.com/PermaLink.aspx?guid=41dba526-6ba0-478d-8f62-5e8659f91d16
- perfectionism.
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2004/04/22.html
- okay, I promised myself that I wasn't going to link to or comment on the Google IPO from today on, but this piece by Batelle is really very good.
http://battellemedia.com/archives/000627.php
- "In our research we continue to find that virtually all web sites have a persuasive purpose. In other words, those who create websites usually want to influence your attitude or behavior in some way. Nobody wants this to be true, but it is." - no way, get outa here! via Ross
http://captology.stanford.edu/notebook/
- you have to read this piece on CapGemini and the new consulting approach they are adopting, called "collaborative experience" (hmmm, I'm only familiar with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and that's a little hazy...). Turns out that their customers think the consultants are a bunch of dumb-asses who cost them a lot of money and do nothing of real value for the client. I wonder what consulting group CGEY hired to figure this out?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/30/capgemini_embraces_consulting_paradigm/
- Is "titsup" a common British expression for going bankrupt?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/26/myra_sage/
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