A Little Ludwig Goes a Long Way

A smattering of opinions on technology, books, business, and culture. Now in its 4th technology iteration.

Social Software research

25 November 2003

Not sure I am really a believer in Social Software as a space, but Ross has a great collection of links if you want to get educated. I guess I just don’t think average people will ever go out and say “I need to get me some social software today”. People will use point solutions for staying in touch with family, friends, workgroups, potential dates, etc. But these solutions will be dominated by the application (“finding a potential match”, “workgroup collaboration”), not by social software.

BIOS futures

25 November 2003

Phoenix unveils next-gen BIOS firmware roadmap – do I really want my BIOS bloating up to do all this stuff? I am not sure that I have benefited from BIOS bloat in the past…I think I’d rather have all these system management functions in my OS, wouldn’t I?

The OSU Buses are rolling.

21 November 2003

The-Ozone: The Buckeyes have boarded their buses and are the way to Ann Arbor. OSU’s bus caravan departed the Woody Hayes Athletic Center not more than 10 minutes ago.

Some Halloween Pics

21 November 2003

OK I am a pretty lame photographer, and so here are some lame halloween pics from my setup this year. Apologize for their lack of comprehensiveness, lack of compositional quality, lack of any kind of style whatsoever. And apologize that I created this page in Word2003 so it is full of all kinds of html cruft. Next year I’ll get the Sony camera mentioned below so I can get some night shots…