“The new economy is driven by ideas, which is why people are becoming rather cagey about sharing them, explains Richard Reeves… Twenty people — specialists, experts, thinkers — sit around a seminar table. They might be discussing education, or the US stock market. Although people are speaking, no one is saying anything. At least half of the participants have an original idea at the front of their mind. But they do not share it because it is too valuable. They are afraid that one of the others will steal the idea and use it, publish or sell it before they do. Their intellectual property is at risk. So received wisdoms are recycled.”

“This form allows you to ask a Domain Name Server (DNS) to translate a domain name (e.g. vader.eeng.brad.ac.uk) into the numeric Internet Protocol address (143.53.37.102), or vice versa (i.e. numeric to alphabetic).”

“Adobe on Monday rolled out a public beta version of LiveMotion, a new software tool for creating graphics in a variety of formats, including Macromedia Inc.’s Flash as well as GIF, JPEG, PNG and Adobe Photoshop. Adobe unveiled LiveMotion — dubbed a ‘Flash killer’ by some industry observers — for Macs and Windows systems at February’s Seybold Seminars Boston/Publishing. The beta software is available for download from Adobe’s Web site; the company said the final version of the software will ship in the second quarter for about $400.” —ZDNet News

“This first-ever Flash solutions conference and expo is three jam-packed days of keynotes, panels, pre-conference workshops, hands-on training, breakout sessions and product showcases. With something for every Flash user from beginner to advanced, this event features the most creative uses of Flash 4 technology.”

An interesting look at how experience creates technique — then how technology tries to replace technique for for everyday use by ordinary people. I wish the piece were longer…

“The elements of Image, Object, and Text anchor the primary statement of this thesis: that a book is manipulated under these three categories in order to produce a marketable good. This is not presented as an argument, but rather, it is a general method that is defined by specific examples as they pertain to the publishing of books in general and to Daniel Richler’s Kicking Tomorrow (1991-3) in particular. This study examines the reproduction of the text; that is, not the act of writing, but the act of editing and preparing a book for publication — reproduction of a manuscript with its paratext. Hence, this study is a genetics of reproduction as opposed to the traditional view of reception aesthetics as a genetics of production.”

“Adobe on Monday rolled out a public beta version of LiveMotion, a new software tool for creating graphics in a variety of formats, including Macromedia Inc.’s Flash as well as GIF, JPEG, PNG and Adobe Photoshop. Adobe unveiled LiveMotion — dubbed a ‘Flash killer’ by some industry observers — for Macs and Windows systems at February’s Seybold Seminars Boston/Publishing. The beta software is available for download from Adobe’s Web site; the company said the final version of the software will ship in the second quarter for about $400.” —ZDNet News

“The elements of Image, Object, and Text anchor the primary statement of this thesis: that a book is manipulated under these three categories in order to produce a marketable good. This is not presented as an argument, but rather, it is a general method that is defined by specific examples as they pertain to the publishing of books in general and to Daniel Richler’s Kicking Tomorrow (1991-3) in particular. This study examines the reproduction of the text; that is, not the act of writing, but the act of editing and preparing a book for publication — reproduction of a manuscript with its paratext. Hence, this study is a genetics of reproduction as opposed to the traditional view of reception aesthetics as a genetics of production.”

An interesting look at how experience creates technique — then how technology tries to replace technique for for everyday use by ordinary people. I wish the piece were longer…

“We gathered questions for Jakob Nielsen Monday; here are the answers. Interesting, possibly even essential reading for anyone involved in software or Web site design.”

“Producing a cutting-edge Web site is no longer a job for a single firm, or even two. If you haven’t worked with other companies on joint projects, it’s very likely that you will in the near future. In this first of a four-part series on working with third parties, Mike Caprio, information architect at Lizard Database & Web of Boylston, MA discusses the pitfalls and rewards of working with another shop.”

“After being introduced by Jon Bosak as ‘the one who does most of the work,’ XTech 2000 co-chair David Megginson took a look at some of the less pleasant possibilities of XML and the ‘XML Web’ envisioned by the W3C.”