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My friend Jakob has written a clever interface into Google Groups.
You can check out “Google Groups advanced search front-end” here.
Very cool.

Come Together, Right Now: The Internet’s Unlit Fuse
“But basically, in the political evolution of the Internet, we have barely touched the surface of its potential to shift the locus of real political power. Never before in history have we had a tool that enables–with so little work–local groups to act in coordination with other […]

One nice thing about flying so much is I actually get time to catch up on reading, particularly the stack of magazines I get at the airport (or borrow from the lounge). Wired has great article about Phillip K. Dick, the author Blade Runner and Minority Report (amongst many others).
Favourite quote -
“We live […]

Weblogs In Business

“Weblogs inside corporations: I’m currently trying to establish weblogs as an information system inside our company. We have different groups inside the company and the idea is to give each group a journal (a group-blog written by members of the group). Then by linking the various journals with each other (Trackback etc). I […]

As I got numb (or as my Mom put it ‘warred out’) watching all the TV coverage of the ‘Disarmement of Iraq’, last night I turned off the TV and got caught up on my email. While doing that I decided to listen to Tony Blair’s speech in full to the British Parliament (on […]

“An RSC client would allow one to subscribe to both entire sites and individual discussions. It will give users the option to thread discussions, ignore some users. In general, it will make it easy for people to participate in conversations with groups of people online and for users to manage a number of those conversations, […]

An Open Letter to the Members of Congress/ “The case against the war is simple, clear and strong. The Administration calls it a chapter in the war on terror, but Iraq has no demonstrated ties either to the September 11 attack on the United States or to the Al Qaeda network that launched it. The […]

Tales of the Tyrant. This helped me a few months ago to arrive at some of my current reasoning when it comes to Iraq.
“On July 18, 1979, he invited all the members of the Revolutionary Command Council and hundreds of other party leaders to a conference hall in Baghdad. He had a video camera running […]

A reveiw from the Seattle Times of the new Apple operating system, /Jaguar/ - Jaguar OS X 10.2
“Exchanging files with Windows machines is now built-in and painless. Select Connect to Server from the Go menu in the Finder, and any Windows workgroups show up in the leftmost column. Likewise, sharing your Mac as a Windows-readable […]

Today’s post by Ray Ozzie is a fascinating ramble on blogging, and its impact on business and one’s personal life. I’ve long believed that convergence of IM, closed communication groups (opt in), and more effective database management will save shipping users from the onslaught of email - 14 Days, in the Groove - still seeking […]