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I started reading First, Break All the Rules more than a year ago, but I simply haven’t managed finish it ever since. Maybe it’s because the message-that we all have unique talents, things we’re condi…

FastCompany: Love Is the Killer App.

So true. Share the love, baby! Did anybody say Open Source Software?

I’m doing a little, very little, research on the network effect, and stumbled across these interesting pages:

• Network Effects from FastCompany, September 1999.
  
  
• Dictionary entry from marketingterms.com
  
  
• U…

Jakob’s done it again: Top Ten Web-Design Mistakes of 2002.

Nice list. Wish more people would fix ‘em. I don’t think I’ve committed any of them. Have I?

Wired News: Blogs Make the Headlines

This description of Chandler from Kapor’s weblog sounds very much like OpenACS’ ACS Objects. Judging by the comments on his entry, apparently it also sounds like how many other systems are designed. O…

Digital Mass: Sharing the riches.

It’s going to be interesting to see how the Open Source Applications Foundation progresses over time. I’m particularly interested in what the business is going to lo…

From The Register on November 4: How did Microsoft end up policing Microsoft?

Dvorak in PC Magazine: Microsoft, Innovation, and Linux.

Hard to argue with. Let’s try to do something new. However, while I’m certain we will get there eventually, I also think we need to get money …

Slate: Is the Computer Desktop an Antique?

I certainly believe in Apple’s approach. Data might be just bits and bytes to the computer, but to people, all data are not created equal. There’s a tremen…