Ted Ritzer: Ted's Tech PicksOK, so this is where I choose strategic technology from the 200+ news sources I monitorBootstrapping Distiributed Directories- November 12, 2003 Yikes, another great Dave Winer article and idea, I think I'll hitch a ride on this concept and see where it takes us!! YAHOO!!! from Dave's latest post, can't wait to see what he is up to tommorow, seems a little like XMAS!! The last cactus snapshot. No doubt, everything is broken. The blogroll is missing. But some stuff appears to work. I can update. The flow is much simpler. And my editorial system is faster and easier (so it can get slower and more complex). What did we used to say Still...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/tedSTechPicks/2003/11/11.html#a3222 (Untitled)- November 11, 2003 Like it or not, it's time to start flipping switches in the transition of Scripting News from weblog to directory for the World Wide Web. Some changes will be visible to the public, others will only be visible to me. By this time tomorrow the cactus will be gone. Everything will change, except one thing will remain constant. It's all still the unedited voice of a person. But it will be modular, and it will be possible for my voice to be mixed with others, in new ways. Scripting Newshttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/tedSTechPicks/2003/11/11.html#a3201 (Untitled)- November 9, 2003 NovellSUSE Prime for Aquisition. Ho Kooshy Fly writes "Supposedly NovellSUSE looks like a good buyout target now. The likes of the obvious, IBM and the less obvious Cisco might be interested ... Slashdothttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/tedSTechPicks/2003/11/08.html#a3186 (Untitled)- November 7, 2003 Another Dave Pollard-How To Save The World blog article worth reading: November 6, 2003 -- BUSINESS 2.0: BEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES (expertise finder from Entopia's Social Networks Analyzer)The November edition of Business 2.0 (only available on-line to subscribers) has selected Social Networking Applications as the Technology of the Year. Mentioned in the survey are Ryze, LinkedIn, Friendster, Zero Degrees, Tribe.net, Spoke Connect, and Visible Path. The magazine should be...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/tedSTechPicks/2003/11/06.html#a3161 Nov. 4, 2003: Day Linux Landscape Changed Forever- November 5, 2003 OK, so the big IT news for today is that Novell is acquring german Linux powerhouse SUSE, and IBM is helping out by investing $50 mill in Novell. Can you say new improved networking for Linux!!!With Novells influence re networking and Ximian's influence re Linux desktop ease of use and with SUSE business grade version of Linux, looks like Red Hat has a real competitor now! And the pressure is on Microsoft from the new Novell, go Provo, go Provo boys! Show us what you got! Nov. 4, 2003:...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/tedSTechPicks/2003/11/04.html#a3144 WIFLblog nominated to BlogsCanada Top Blogs list- November 4, 2003 WIFLBlog nominated to BlogsCanada's Top Blog list so the little banner with the maple leaf represents that latest honor, and the following email was what notified me of this honor, thanks BlogsCanada! "Hi Ted,In October, WIFLblog was nominated to BlogsCanada's Top Blogs list. The November2003 top ten list has now been published and your site is included. Congrats! The Top Blogs page is at http:www.blogscanada.catopblogs. Best Regards,Jim Elvewww.blogscanada.ca" As is appropriate you will also...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/tedSTechPicks/2003/11/03.html#a3126 |