Random Articles

• We Are All Silos Another day, another MacLeod (the word I’m using to describe my heavy-handed, Hugh MacLeod-inspired imagery). How many login/password combinations are you (or your browsers) remembering? Aside from the security issues inherent in having multiple keys around the web, each login/pass is another barrier to adoption, integration, usability, and usefulness. Customers are the silo, not publishers - application or
• The Power of 1 Slice of Bread Every wonder why there aren’t as many open-face sandwiches for sale in your local supermarket. No?…..well, it’s political: “USDA inspects manufacturers of packaged open-face meat or poultry sandwiches (e.g., those with one slice of bread), but FDA inspects manufacturers of packaged closed-face meat or poultry sandwiches (e.g., those with two slices of bread).” - U.S.
• Feeling Temporarily Secure I’ve been to handful of airports - the underlying architecture of them all is: open, flowing, permanent. The ironic exception is the airport checkpoints - like pop-up stores in malls. Foldable tables, movable queue markers, equipment on wheels - makes it feel so temporary. Like it just might packed up and gone tomorrow. “The tables aren’t quite
• PopSci Delivers Geek Triumverate PopSci Podcast #14: Jonathan Coulton asks Bruce Schneier about the risks of snakes on a plane.
• We’ll Get Better Security When it Makes Business Sense “Before the photo ID requirement, these tickets were regularly advertised in classified pages: “Round trip, New York to Los Angeles, 11/21-30, male, $100.” Since the airlines never checked IDs, anyone of the correct gender could use the ticket. Airlines hated that, and tried repeatedly to shut that market down. In 1996, the airlines were finally