Sarah Allen describes the development process Laszlo Systems used to release the (excellent!) LaszloMail hosted web application. Her article is worth reading just for the excellent (and crisp!) definition of bug severity.
I am ready to buy a phone handset to use with my (excellent!) Skype phone service. If you have experience with any of the available Skype handsets, please comment here or email me. My email is listed the About page.
I live about 45 miles from Lompoc, CA, and several co-workers live in Lompoc. That means I should be able to get some decent feedback as the Lompoc rolls out $20 a month WiFi service. I’ll keep you informed. And by the way, it’s pronounced “Lahm-POKE.” Now you know.
Xooglers has an interesting riff about a Google Adwords design decision
It’s VERY annoying when somebody reads my mind and publishes something I’ve been secretly thinking about. Consider this example, where TechCrunch lists thirteen excellent web services.
Ricky Gervais created The Office, a very funny (and very British) show. Now we can enjoy his insane humor via the magic of podcasting. [via Nivi]
I’m still looking for my perfect mobile phone and PDA combo. For business use, a dedicated mute key is very desirable. So far I know the Blackberry 8700 has a mute key. Do you know of any other phones with this very cool feature? (I hope it also has an easy to see mute status indicator. I’ll let you know.
I stumbled on Revver via this BusinessWeek TechBeat article about how the Amazon warehouse works. It’s a clever concept. Wonder it it will take hold?
We all need a little down time. So I suggest you play this wierd game. See how many people you can rescue from Hell and pull up to Heaven. Yeah, the page is in Japanese, but directions are not required. Read more about it here. Addictive.
Om Malik has published a PDF version of his 20 most popular blog posts in 2005. The graphic design is fresh, very magazine-y, and as usual for Om, it’s interesting reading. But that’s not the most interesting thing about this work.
Jeremy Reimer of ArsTechnica comments on the article by Om Malik about the practical limits of ever faster broadband acess speeds service providers are offering.