Tuesday, December 30, 2003

BBC: "The inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, has been awarded a knighthood for his pioneering work." 

Jay Rosen: "Ordinarily we make New Year's Resolutions for ourselves, not for other people." 

Brent Simmons: "I except 2004 to be fun." 

Last year on this day was my first trip to Harvard. It was cold and snowy. Harvard Square was empty, I got lost, but found my way to Berkman, had a great meeting with John Palfrey, and that led to me becoming part of the team there. Today it's warm and spring-like, the square is empty, the campus quiet. It's been a wonderful year. Thanks to everyone who made 2003 so productive, fun, so unusual.  

BBC: "More people looked for information about the file-swapping program Kazaa than anything else on the net in 2003." 

Wired: "Gibson's maverick CEO wants to shove Ethernet up your ax and rock the music world." 

InfoWorld: "Phil Goldman, the founder and chief executive officer of Mailblocks and one of the founders of WebTV Networks has died at age 39, according to a statement released by the company on Sunday." 

SF Chronicle: "A fitness nut, Mr Goldman seemed in excellent health, said those who knew him. After a long night of programming, Mr Goldman often headed over to Gold's Gym to lift weights, Perlman recalled. He was also notoriously careful about his diet." 

Kay Trammel picks up on the Universal Story ID idea.