May, 8, 2002 archives
paul prescod wrote nine simple rules for “extreme web services” (but you have to wonder what the tenth rule in what was obviously supposed to be a list of ten rules was.) i would extend his rule #5 a bit, to recognize the non-xml and non-http standards that are still important. (particularly mime and smtp.)
(side note: i hate yahoo groups.)
there's been some hand-wringing about the recent car chase in los angeles that got a lot of media coverage. i actually tuned into the last half hour or so, mainly because i had seen the whole mess go by on the hollywood freeway (mainly when the half-dozen helicopters flew by). i hadn't realized it was getting national attention.
good news for the game industry, i guess: electronic arts posts record annual sales. (hmm, e3 is coming up, so i guess we can expect lots of game industry news to hit in the next couple of weeks.)
a nice piece from salon about the use of email in corporate politicking. (here's an observation: you can surmise a lot about how a person reads by how they write.)
san diego tops a recent ranking of the best places to do business, according to forbes and the milken institute. san jose, at the top of the list last year, took a dive to #61. the rankings are based purely on “objective” economic factors, not taking into account things like weather, cultural attractions, or crime.