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The blog of Alex Barnett
Forrester Research RSS feed
Charlene Li reveals Forrester has an RSS feed... "it's at https://www.forrester.com/rss although...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2004
How Microsoft is 'handling' the open source threat
Martin Taylor, global general manager of platform strategy at Microsoft, talks to vnunet.com about...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2004
Firefox full-page ad to appear in New York Times
Via Steve Rubel: "Mozilla today launched a community effort to secure enough funds to take out a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2004
Negroponte on the Future of Money...P2P2P
Information Week is running a 25 Years feature, that includes an article by Bill Gates 'The Enduring...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/18/2004
Lookout, Google launches desktop search
It had to happen, just a matter of when... The Register: Google launches desktop search for Windows...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/15/2004
Audi sponsors car blog
Via Signal vs Noise: "Gawker Media launches three new blogs today: Jalopnik, a car site; Kotaku, for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/05/2004
More CEO blogging
Via Steve Rubel, "Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman, has started a weekly blog. PRWeek.com has the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/05/2004
Personalised RSS feed & web UI from MSDN UK
During my trip to Redmond last week, we launched MSDN Connection in the UK. The concept is simple...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/19/2004
On the interplanetary net there is no "now"
Vint Cerf gives an interview for BBC's Click Online (transcript and video) where he shares his...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/19/2004
Jeremy Allaire, distracted: Internet Video
Macromedia's Jeremy Allaire has been distracted by TV, very distracted in fact. His last blog...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/14/2004
Maths holy grail could bring disaster for internet
I really have no idea how plausable this is...From Future Now: "Riemann Hypothesis and the future of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/14/2004
Spam? I don't have spam, I use RSS ;-)
Spam? I don't have spam, I use RSS ;-)
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/11/2004
RSS: The GPRS KillerApp
(Via New Mobile Computing) "With a little bit of marketing RSS on the cellphone could be the next...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/10/2004
Microsoft B2B Site Case Study
(Via Digital Web Magazine) "In February 2004, Microsoft UK launched Advisor, an extranet targeted at...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/10/2004
Dynamic RSS Feeds and Bandwidth Consumption
Nick Bradbury's take (author of FeedDemon RSS reader) on the RSS bandwidth concerns. "This sounds...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/10/2004
RFID and Privacy
Microsoft describes (word.doc) key privacy issues around RFID use, and presents recommendations to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/10/2004
Eyetrack III study - text speaks louder than pictures
Via Robert Scoble: "Poynter does scientific study on how people read Web sites Everytime Poynter...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/09/2004
Case study on effect of a blog to the bottom line
Marketing Sherpa has published a case study on the effect of a blog to the bottom line (btw: the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/08/2004
Blogspats - the fog of blogwars
Nick Bradbury points to a posting by Douglas Rushkoff 'the real threat of blogs'. I then saw a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/07/2004
Internet2 sets new record: 6.63 gigabits per second
From Digital Media Europe: "Scientists at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research), the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/06/2004
Don't Lock the Taskbar
UI Designer mentioned that he has moved his taskbar to the top of his desktop rather than leave it...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/05/2004
RSS not ubiquitous, yet.
Rick Bruner at Business Blog Consulting gives 'One (Percent) Reason Why Not to Switch From Email to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/03/2004
Gates explains Longhorn changes
ZDNet interview with Bill Gates on Longhorn. Robert Scoble has posted a load of related blogosphere...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/01/2004
UK turning into nation of gamers
A couple of articles referencing a new report on the games market. Highlights: BBC: UK turning into...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/01/2004
40% of Internet households interested in purchasing Portable Media Centre devices
From WindowsForDevices.com...(Via IT Facts.biz): The Diffusion Group's Consumer Interest in Portable...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/01/2004
My new Smartphone
I got my new Smartphone this week, and am so happy! The SPV C500 is an upgrade my SPV E200 and is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/28/2004
What makes RSS readers so compelling?
UI Designer asks what it is that makes RSS readers so compelling. He gives is own reason:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/27/2004
RSS Usability
Via Lockergnome, some useful tips on RSS usability.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/26/2004
Get ready for Windows XP Service Pack 2
Microsoft is preparing to release a free update for Windows XP that provides better protection...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/20/2004
Macromedia Flash 7 install base - US 66.7%, Europe 81%, Asia 76.9%
I don't know how many times the question comes up about the install base of Flash on browsers, so...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/20/2004
In schools, blogs are the new bulletin boards
At ZDNet: "School Web sites are labor-intensive and are left up to administrators and teachers,"...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/19/2004
RSS Weather
As a Londoner, now I can get depressed by RSS Weather. Thanks to David in sunnyier Sydney...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/18/2004
Testing, Testing, 1,2,3
You dev? You test? You PM? You are 'client'? Then you need to check out The Braidy Tester (Making...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/18/2004
Request from student - help on blogging survey
I got this mail via my blog...if you have 5 mins, please help this student from Plymouth Portsmouth...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/17/2004
Blogwars - Real takes on Apple via campaign blog (update: backlash - it is going wrong)
(Via Steve Rubel's Micro Persuasion) "Real has launched weblog as a tool to help it fight its...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/17/2004
UK - If More Digital, Then Less What? Displacement theory?
Consumers in the UK are lapping up more and more electronic media and communications services...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/16/2004
Nanotech promises internet 100 times faster
(Via Roland Piquepaille) Canadian researchers have shown that nanotechnology can be used to pave the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/13/2004
ASP.NET site of the week
Inspired by Frank's ASP.NET Site of the day, I want to know which are the GREAT sites running...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/11/2004
ZDNet: Positive reaction to XP SP2
ZDNet article on review of XP SP2: "Security company F-Secure has reverse-engineered SP2, a process...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/11/2004
Genomic SETI: The truth is inside us?
Paul Davies, author of Mind of God is Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Australian Centre for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/10/2004