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An excerpt from the second part of the series referenced earlier today
How did we get here? Partly it’s because too many editors and reporters waited too long to learn Web basics, and many of the more enthusiastic early adopters fled the newsroom and took their expertise with them. Partly the problem is generational, and thus gradually being solved.
But a big part of it is Google’s responsibility. Google is a great tool because it draws meaning from links. And it is a profitable company because it has placed a tiny but real financial value on many links. But by making links a business, Google also made it harder for editors and writers… Continue reading: In Defense of Links, Part Two: Money changes everything — Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard
Check the link below for more details and photos. I’ve had the opportunity to explore a new Kindle and fully agree with the review.
Amazon’s Kindle has always been the best eBook reader on the market, and with the latest version, the Kindle 3, the gap has widened to ludicrous proportions. There are two factors to this success. First, the Kindle simply offers the best eBook experience anywhere, with none of the horrific onscreen reflection, bulky heft, or lack of available titles that dogs Apple’s lackluster iPad. And second, thanks to heightened competition in the eBook market, the Kindle is now reasonably priced, erasing my only serious complaint about previous versions. No software or consumer electronics… Continue reading: Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Amazon Kindle 3
 Malcon: the malware authorship industry conference. You’ve heard about it here, you’ve heard about it on anti-virus rants, and now you’ve heard about it on PC World.
As you might be able to tell from the title of their article (“Malware Convention — Not a Good Idea”), that PC World… well, they don’t think it’s a good idea.
They quote Grimes who says the following:
No good can come from the conference… There have been similar projects before: virus coding books (plenty of them), dozens of malware ezines, etc., and none add to the good side of the equation…”
Pretty strong words. I’d… Continue reading: PC World, Malcon, and Our Industry’s Flawed Logic
Yesterday the news came out that CA is planning to acquire Arcot for about 200 Million. If you’ve read that it’s part of a CA IAM play, that’s correct, but it’s Strong AuthN and fraud prevention for IAM. Strong AuthN is something CA hasn’t really had before and the Arcot mobile solutions mean this can also be billed handily as a “cloud play.”
For more, take a look at this coverage:
From eWeek:
CA Technologies has agreed to acquire Arcot Systems for its authentication and anti-fraud technology. The acquisition comes with a price tag of $200 million. Founded in 1997, Arcot develops software-based digital signature and identity tools to help… Continue reading: CA to Acquire Arcot
Excerpt from a timely hypertext reality check; read the full post
The nub of Carr’s argument is that every link in a text imposes “a little cognitive load” that makes reading less efficient. Each link forces us to ask, “Should I click?” As a result, Carr wrote in the “delinkification” post, “People who read hypertext comprehend and learn less, studies show, than those who read the same material in printed form.”
This appearance of the word “hypertext” is a tipoff to one of the big problems with Carr’s argument: it mixes up two quite different visions of linking.
“Hypertext” is the term invented by Ted Nelson in 1965… Continue reading: In Defense of Links, Part One: Nick Carr, hypertext and delinkification — Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard
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