Scripting News

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:27:41 GMT

David Cullen on Columbine: "Their vision was to create a nightmare so devastating and apocalyptic that the entire world would shudder at their power." Cullen explains how the story came to be on his Salon weblog.

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:03:11 GMT

Shall we have a Scripting News dinner in Amsterdam?

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:40:54 GMT

Lenn Pryor's report on BloggerCon. "It was the un-conference in many ways."

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:09:50 GMT

Wired News report on BloggerCon.

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:56:36 GMT

Tim O'Reilly: "I do own a small amount of Google stock."

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:03:29 GMT

NY Times quotes Saudi officials saying they don't play politics with oil. Weblogs are famous for providing commentary on the news. Here's my opinion. "They're lying."

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:25:47 GMT

AP: "Researchers found a serious security flaw that left core Internet technology vulnerable to hackers, prompting a secretive effort by international governments and industry experts in recent weeks to prevent global disruptions."

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:47:16 GMT

Brent Simmons: "The next release of NetNewsWire is going to be a big upgrade."

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:35:10 GMT

AP: "Just as consumers are beginning to get comfortable with their DVD players, electronics manufacturers are set to introduce next-generation discs that store more and would be harder to copy."

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:49:57 GMT

NY Times: "Between January and mid-March this year, Americans spent $1.78 billion at the box office. But in the same period they spent $4.8 billion -- more than $3 billion more -- to buy and rent DVD's and videocassettes."

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:01:03 GMT

The EFF is searching for a socially responsible technical director.

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:01:06 GMT

So many people I didn't get to talk with, and conversations I heard about later that I wish had been on the schedule. The emotional life of weblogs will be a big one at the next conference. Barlow was the perfect discussion leader. There's a lot more to do there. We've been tiptoeing up to this one. AKMA's session on Sprituality last year, and Jeff Sharlet's on Religion this year were lead-ups.

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:18:13 GMT

In 1999 Jakob Nielsen wondered if we were stuck with old browsers until 2003. It's even worse than it appears.