The 6th incarnation of Elmer's blog
Time to update…
freshmeat.net: Project details for FCKeditor
Development is now concentrated on bugfixes and stability, so this update is highly recommended. There are also some interesting new features like ‘Protected Source’ which makes it possible to use server side code in the editor, and the new keyboard handling for Firefox.
The whole Web 2.0 bit is really beginning to grate on my nerves. Rick Segal has a bit to say about getting swept up in the hpye. Give it a read.
The Post Money Value: Web 2.0 & New World Order?
1. Ignore browser vs. app debates, they are for tech people with too much time on their hands.2. Focus on solutions. You have a problem and there are options to solve your problem. Solve the problem and the features that solved it are what you want/need. It’s a nice closed loop that gets you satisfied.
These 2 points are mentioned at the end of the piece, but they are really the take away here. The key to any app or solution is that it scratch an itch. Otherwise it’s just an answer looking for a question and there are plenty of those laying around. And it doesn’t really matter where the scratch comes from, just that it be easy enough to apply to sooth the itch without creating another one.
OK, BlogBridge looks like the real deal. I’ve got it running and it actually seems to work well. I imported my feed list from anther aggregator and that worked. I’ve setup a ‘SmartFeed’ that searches del.icio.us tags and that is producing results. The app is in Java, so it should run anywhere. Blogbridge offers a server-based service that will store your subscriptions so you can use them on other installs. Overall I like it. Let’s see what a couple of days of Elmer brings:)
BlogBridge: Home
Don’t know what BlogBridge is? No problems – we think it’s the best news feed and blog aggregation system – bar none! Not only will BlogBridge let you subscribe to your favorite RSS feeds, it will also help you sort through your existing feeds and help you discover new feeds.It also comes with a server-based service that will let you synchronize all your feeds across multiple computers, and even maintain your read/unread status across those computers.
Great cause, tax deductible, some neat give-aways.
Lawrence Lessig
Today, Creative Commons launches a fund raising campaign. The trigger is some bizarrely complicated requirement of the IRS that nonprofits demonstrate not just support from some large, wise, foundations, but also “public support.”
Netcraft: October 2005 Web Server Survey
In the October 2005 survey we received responses from 74,409,971 sites, an increase of 2.68 million sites from the September survey. The large gain makes 2005 the strongest year ever for Internet growth, as the web has added 17.5 million sites, easily surpassing the previous annual mark of 16 million during the height of the dot-com boom in 2000.
Good article about how Java does or doesn’t fit into the brave new Web 2.0 world.
The switch to GPL makes this package more interesting since the previous license limited use in a lot of ways.
freshmeat.net: Project details for WebConference LiveHelp!
WebConference LiveHelp! is a fully-featured online customer service solution. It links your support team to your customers in real-time and provides real-time one-on-one customer chat, pro-active Web site visitor tracking and engaging tools, a complete Web history, transcripts, a searchable dynamic knowledge base, and automatic feedback collection and reporting.
The feed is here. I hope that this gets updated regularly once the trial begins or as matters warrant. From US Law Schools News Brief.
Case Western Reserve University
The trial of Saddam Hussein, scheduled to begin October 19, is expected to be among the most important trials in legal history. To help journalists, academics, and the public keep abreast of and understand developments related to the trial, the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law has launched the Saddam Hussein trial blog and interactive website at: http://www.law.case.edu/saddamtrial.
Picked this up from BoleyBlogs. It is powered by Typepad, but one does wonder why they ar enot running their own software. And what about podcasting? Classcaster anyone?
The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog: Welcome
The University of Chicago School of Law has always been a place about ideas. We love talking about them, writing about them, and refining them through open, often lively conversation. This blog is just a natural extension of that tradition. Our hope is to use the blog as a forum in which to exchange nascent ideas with each other and also a wider audience, and to hear feedback about which ideas are compelling and which could use some re-tooling.
Wacom Graphire4 review by PC Magazine
The Wacom Graphire4 pen tablet is elegantly designed, highly customizable, and very responsive. It’s an excellent, economical way to get more precision and control than a regular mouse provides. And if you’re interested in graphics, you could justify buying it just for the bundled software.
