Archives for October 2001

Google Zeitgeist

October 5, 2001 by Michael Boyle

search statistics related to the terrorist attacks. Fascinating, if not exactly surprising.

to support the new Weblogs.Com XML-RPC interface? I’m sure some will ask the question, “why should I have to support this system. Shouldn’t it be supporting me?” I’m not asking that question, because for me the give and take on both ends is perfectly fine, I give to it, it gives back to me. But there’s a leap here that many won’t really see the point in making. Will that break a system that, above all, is fundamentally about engaging the network effects that come from being able to join easily?

The latest in the battle

October 4, 2001 by Michael Boyle

over filters in libraries? San Francisco bans the use of filters in its public library system. A clear victory for those who understand that simplistic faux-solutions are worse than no solution at all.

Now this is what

October 3, 2001 by Michael Boyle

I want from a computer OS: BlogScript, a script that allows me to post anything to my Blogger site from a menu that’s always available. To me, this is what it’s all about. An OS that lets anyone plug into it. An OS that is built from the ground up understanding that the internet is there, and that it will often be part of it. And always-on networking at a reasonable rate to make that true.

It may seem that I’m going overboard here, but I don’t think so. I’m not saying, “Wow. So wacky, who knew [boggle]?!?!” I just feel happy that finally something is going as far as I need it in the direction I want. They’ve made an OS that, with other elements easily put together, allows me to express myself as I choose, with no encumbrances.

I don’t know if there’s

October 3, 2001 by Michael Boyle

any relation to the Current Situation, but last night an Indian plane was hijacked on a domestic flight. It has landed in New Delhi at last report.