April 30, 2005
QuickSilver - A new way of interacting with the computer
There is a lot buzz around QuickSilver. I don't know how to best describe what it does, but once installed I can do a search and the system launches an application within its context.
Lets say I am looking for person with an entry in address book, email, itunes, or a recent web search.
By invoking QuickSilver with space-command and typing in my search criteria, QuickSilver then will give me an option to launch an application to see the address, send an email, play an itunes playlist, or go to the previously searched url.
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April 25, 2005
Do we need structure to find our data
I have been using Google mail for the past few months and right know I am seriously thinking of using it as my main mail-box (if interested and want to receive an invitation send me an email at hazigh@gmail.com). I am now using del.icio.us for storing my bookmarks on the web. Also giving a whirl to flickr for storing my pictures. The common thread to all these sites is tagging and search capabilities. They have done away with folders and I can tag to my heart?~@~Ys content my emails, bookmarks, and pictures. Further with del.icio.us and flickr I can share my stuff with family, freinds and why not strangers (as Scott McNealy said you have zero privacy anyway, "Get over it"). With the advent of Desktop search (Google, Copernic and soon to be released Exalead), which I believe is going to be the next must have killer app, I don?~@~Yt have to worry about where on the hard disk the file is being stored. This is the view expounded by Sergey Brin (no structure) of Google, which is in contrast with Tim Berners-lee wanting to wrap everything in a tight structure. As usual we are all stuck in the middle nd Exalead search may be a middle ground solution after all in our daily life with live with implicit structured tags. More on Exalead in a few days.
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April 22, 2005
Showing tags
Showing the number of occurrences of a tag by changing its size is definitely cool. Check out Flicker and O'Reilly
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April 21, 2005
Ben du or Benedikuto XVI
The new pope has chose his name after Benedict XV and St. Benedict. His name is Benoît in France, Benedikt in Germany, Benedetto inn
Italy, Benedykta in Poland, Bento in Portugal, Benedicto in Spain, Benedikuto in Japan, and Ben du in mandarin.
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April 16, 2005
Blog redux
Around 1999 I started a blog similar to Jorn Barger's Robot Wisdom which by the way is back after a long absence. After awhile the pressure of posting something everyday got to me (it was before RSS and feed subscriptions) and stopped. I am starting a new one, let's see how far I am going with this one.
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