Viveka Wiley, Chair of Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH forwarded me an email of an upcoming talk by Hael Kobayashi on the future of computer graphics in filmmaking and career paths within …
Tim Wu's Network Neutrality & Broadband Discrimination
While reading Lawrence Lessig’s blog, I came across an interesting paper by Tim Wu (Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School) titled “Network Neutrality & Broadband …
2 ActionScript BBEdit tools worth having
Todd Dominey and Brendan Hall comment on 2 ActionScript tools available for BBEdit. One is a Flash MX Glossary for BBEdit created by Chris Jenkins and the other an ActionScript …
Weapons of Mass Transit
Technology Review comment on Saddam’s biggest secret – his weapon of mass transit. www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_muller031403.asp
What is XHTML Basic?
XHTML Basic is a W3C Recommendation and a basic version of XHTML created specifically for mobile devices. The document type includes the minimal set of modules required to be an …
Optimizing & developing for a mobile device
Mark Pilgrim (now an author for webstandards.org) has recapped on some of the reasons for providing a mobile feed of his website. The post comments on the HTML tags understood …
Sites on developing for Pocket PC Flash 5
Here are some linked sites on Macromedia.com for developing of Pocket PC Flash 5 applications www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/pocketpc/gallery/content_sites.html
Six rules for avoiding email tyranny
Cafedave posts an interesting link to a page which comments on the six rules for avoiding email tyranny www.w-uh.com/articles/030308-tyranny_of_email.html
Cafedave comments on the Google Dance
Cafedave posts a great link to the Google Dance. Google Dance – when the 10,000-odd servers that make up google are updated, and the search results vary. Excerpt from Cafedave, …
Expanding the Approaches to User Experience
There is a super interesting article in Boxes and Arrows this week by George Olsen, titled “Expanding the Approaches to User Experience”. The article comments on the Jesse James Garrett …
Dr. Karl lecture at the University of Sydney
Dr Karl is doing a lecture next week for Science week, titled “Dr Karl’s Great Moments in Science”. The lecture will also be broadcast live from 5:30pm Wednesday March 19 …
The oldest Human Footprints Found
New Scientist comments on the discovery of the world’s oldest footprints. Found at the slope of a volcanic incline they are more than 350,000 years old and are the earliest …
Logitech’s new Digital Pen
Shoshana Berger from Business2.0 comments on the new Logitech Digital Pen whose sole purpose is to get rid of paper and digitise everything you write. www.business2.com/articles/web/0,1653,47314,00.html
Who controls the Wireless spectrum?
Kevin Lynch, posts an interesting blog post on the current Spectrum policy changes under way in the US and elsewhere.
McDonald’s begin to offer Wi-Fi access
McDonald’s will start to offer Wi-Fi internet access in their restaurants beginning tomorrow in the US. This service is similar to the one by Starbucks where they offer free internet …