Thursday, March 07, 2002

The more time I spend thinking about P2P architectures, the more I think that IM is the solution.  Here is how they stack up: 1) Proven scalability.  Compare the ~3 m simultaneous users online at AIM with the ~1.5 m at Napster and Morpheus (at their peaks). 2) The ability to connect to specific individuals on an IM system vs. the fractional network approach on the current P2P systems. 3) Authorization and buddy lists.  IM has it.  P2P systems offer the ability to ban only. 4) QoS (Quality of Service) is much higher on IM than the current P2P systems. 5:06:59 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

More than a few people have asked me how they can extend their Radio weblog to provide coverage of new topics.  Two ways to do that: 1) Use categories to create new category-specific weblogs.  Categories are located just below the editing box on Radio's home page.  To create a new category, click on "new."  Select a name, description, template, and language for the category.  Now, when you post a story, you will have the option to click on the category check box below the editing box to send it to your new category-specific weblog.   You can take the link to that new weblog and put it into the margin on the home page template of your site.  Easy. 2) Add a new page to your site using the stories menu.  Stories are actually just new pages for your weblog website.  They are great for longer articles or for a permanent resource.  Once you create a story, you can insert its link into the margin on the home page template of your site or just post it to your weblog in an item. As you can see, you can do lots more than a simple weblog with Radio. 2:40:50 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

WSJ.  Mark Cuban is trying to prove that Broadcast.com's success wasn't a fluke by launching HDNet, a high-definition TV network.  HDNet is now the leading provider of HDTV broadcasting -- ahead of HBO.  Of course, that includes an HDTV broadcast of Cuban's talk show (yuk!).  11:09:47 AM    Comment_ Trackback []

WSJ.   Productivity of US workers grew at a 5.2% (annual) clip in the fourth quarter of 2001.  Wow!  That's huge.  Technology acceleration at work...  That type of increase would double real incomes of Americans every ~14 years if sustained. 11:01:38 AM    Comment_ Trackback []