While software and hardware have made great strides, some things still remain in the realm of specialized software. One way to look at this is, what can you still not do on the web? I can think of a few things: 3D, sound synthesis, video editing. I have hopes for all of these, but 3D in particular looks to be on the edge of a real breakthrough, and not necessarily from where I expected it. Read →
[This is an essay I wrote in 2002, found in an old journal] What do you get when you cross a clock and a computer: a computer. An airplane and computer: computer. A VCR and computer: computer. [This argument I believe was my summary of something Donald Norman said in The Design of Everyday Things.] Read →
There is no truth to the rumor that PostgreSQL has been acquired by TransMeta to be renamed TrangreSQL. It is a further baseless rumor that they will build a new web framework on this, based on a suite of custom applications. Finally, it is patently untrue that their new motto will be the following.
Just a suite TransWebSite from TrangreSQL, TransMetaDr. Frank N. Furter declined to comment on any of these unsubstantiated rumors, saying only (and with emphasis, “Ha ha!” Read →