I hate splash pages. I hate being held hostage. The topic came up recently on the “Information Systems Forum” listserv. It’s a listserv of diverse participants, gracefully managed by the indefatigable Deborah Elizabeth Finn.
The question was: “Are splash pages effective.” I thought about it for a few days and I posted a response. Michael Gilbert [...]
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Who’d of thunk it? A simple shoe — well, actually two — thrown with the right twist could so clearly express an opinion. An opinion so succinct, that the world can do nothing but applaud (and perhaps wish the thrower had had slightly better aim). It was a shoe heard ’round the world. A Thanksgiving Tale from the Wild Wild East Connectivity is dangerous. The fricative sounds of German wafting through the open windows of today’s hotel room reminded me of that fact, reminded me of a misadventure long past, a memory from a time when connectivity took a modem and a phone line. Sometimes it took the diligent and careful application of alligator clips. Hotel [...] I learned of the game the hard way. Sometimes it’s called “Follow the Lady” — you probably know it as “Three-card Monte.” It depends on the art of misdirection, distraction and illusion, and just a little sleight of hand. And now it seems, it’s played every night on the evening news. Even “The Daily Show” [...] [The exciting sequel to "The Cuneiform Code"] Having established the elements, theories, and principles, what I really wanted was pretty simple. I know what I wanted to keep (element one); I had a place to keep it (element two); and what I thought was a simple way to find it all again (element three). In theory, knowledge management is easy. Then again, in theory, lots of things are easy. In practice, things are never quite as easy as they sound. Nevertheless, lightly armed, I set out to put a few of my theories into practice. My car doesn’t trust me. My bank thinks I’m stupid. Fact is there are quite a number of things that seem to think I’m royally dense. The sad thing is I’m starting to believe them. The list includes the dipsy-dumpster down the road, my car, Amazon.com, and the American automobile industry. The NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference) has come and gone. This year’s was in D.C. As was true for the two previous NTC’s, there were surprises all around for me; all around. If you work bending technology to serve the greater good, and you missed it; well, shame, shame, shame. For me, as usual, I [...] I’m reminded of the Dormouse’s advice to Alice when I start to talk about philosophy. |
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