Ultimos Posts 1. 12/06/2007 08:58 - Configuration debugging for normal folks From time to time, Phil Windley and I marvel at the vast reservoirs of tacit knowledge that we bring to the table when working with computers and software. And we ask one another: “What do normal folks do?” Case in point is this debugging exercise in which Phil discovers, after a round of installation and reconfiguration on his Mac, that “the display was washed ou... 2. 11/06/2007 10:03 - Interactive data: The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care points the way Today’s New York Times has a story on regional variation in the availability and cost of health care. The story is accompanied by a “multimedia interactive graphic” — that is, a Flash visualization that charts the following variables on a U.S. map: Reimbursements Total Acute care Outpatient Surgical Surgery Rates All Heart bypass Knee replacement Mastectomy ... 3. 11/06/2007 09:59 - A conversation with Tessa Lau about Project Koala For this week’s ITConversations show I talked with Tessa Lau about Project Koala , a “a system for recording, automating, and sharing business processes performed in a web browser.” I’ve been interested in that idea for a long time, and mentioned it most recently in this item on pooling citizens’ collective knowledge about the services of government we... 4. 08/06/2007 06:52 - Language lessons For a while now I’ve been uncomfortable with the words user and content , and with the phrase user-generated content . But although produced or created are almost certainly better generic terms than generated , I’ll admit that I’ve failed to come up with a generic alternative to user or content (a bullshit word as Doc Searls rightly notes). The commentary attached... 5. 06/06/2007 10:39 - Building conceptual bridges to a new media world When Ryan Sholin’s manifesto on the future of newspapers appeared the other day, the blogosphere cheered loudly . “Great summary,” said one commenter, “Too bad they’re not listening.” “They” are the newspaper writers, editors, and journalists — and the J-school teachers — whose attitudes and skills require a major overhaul... |
