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June 2006

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Military Tribunals at Guantanamo

Score one for the rule of law. See Reuters article (spelling seems OK).

News Travels Fast

Wow! Let’s take a look at where that news item about the Mobile Web Best Practices has gone as of yesterday evening. You can tell which are based on the Reuters article and which are based on the original W3C Press Release by how my name is spelled. www.itwire.com.au www.cio.com (They’ve unfortunately reenforced the cookie [...]

Reuters Misspelled My Name

Reuters did a great article on the Mobile Web Best Practices. Too bad they misspelled my name, misquoted me and got about 2 out of 4 facts wrong. Now I know that I have a name that invites misspelling, but honestly I expected better from Reuters. BBC news didn’t seem to have any problem with [...]

W3C to Help the NSA Snoop Social Networks?

Here’s an interesting article on the unintended consequences of social networking. Basically, it is reported that the NSA is snooping social networking sites (with the juicy twist that it plans to do so using Semantic Web technology – more on that later). This seems to fit into the category of “examples of why it’s important [...]

GoGo MoMo

Mobile Monday is really hitting its stride. We held our 8th event last night and the turn-out was good (we filled the space), the speakers were fantastic, the demos were… interesting, and the “vibe” during the reception was great. We tried to capture that feeling for the podcast by roving around with a camera and [...]

Laptops in the Tube

Here’s an interesting trend: I am seeing more and more laptop usage in the Tube these days. To the New-Yorker in me, it would be unthinkable to get out my laptop and start typing away on any kind of public transport — the rest of the passengers in the car would start fighting over who [...]

Blackberry Wishlist Item #459

I want the ability to prioritize email when I read it on the Blackberry. Whenever I read my email on the blackberry (say when I’m on my way to work on the Tube), there are always a few that I want to flag for later review or reply. For example, I might read something and [...]