The average PC user has five or more passwords — and they are all easily guessable. Is it any wonder why we have so many security problems?
[ ZDNet article ]
What’s due in 2003?
I offer my thoughts and observations in my annual look at what’s coming for the world of business. [ Adobe Acrobat file ]
CNN – “CD players becoming a thing of the past”
But in this case, CNN gets it wrong.
CNN notes in a story that DVD players are coming to replace CD players in homes. No problem with that : DVD players are the fastest growing consumer technology ever in terms of adoption rate, and since all DVD players can play CD’s, they’re replacing them.
But DVD’s are just a transitional step. The real home of the future will be just like mine today — with a central server storing thousands of MP3 or other format music files, accessible through a home-ethernet from a consumer audio device. You’ll have a network-based jukebox through which you’ll access your vast music library; will change the tunes that you play through your Web browser or palm-like device; and will find that CD’s have become a relic of the days of old.
The fact is, that is a future that is already here today.
I’ve been doing this for years, as have thousands of other people, with a magical device known as the Turtle Beach Audiotron.
I wrote about this in my article, “Is This Guy Crazy or Just Way Ahead of His Time?” which appeared in Link Magazine, July 2002. There’s also a video on the page that links to this article which explains why my 8 year old son thinks that CD’s are from the ‘olden days.’
[ My article ]
Always an optimist
It hit -15C (or about 5F) last night here in Toronto. We’ve got a neighborhood rink — volunteer run — and I’m on the flooding committee. I was out yesterday working on it, and again at 5:30this morning. I’m about to head up to see how the ice is coming along, and will give it another 1/2″ or so of water. Some might think you can’t make a rink in December, but they don’t have the constant optimism that I carry with me about anything and everything.
A borrowed design
If you look at the Weblog for a fellow named Phil Ringalda, you’ll notice it looks suspiciously like this site. That’s because while surfing this morning, I came across his Weblog. I liked the design, and sort of borrowed it. Such is the reality for guys like me — someone who failed art in kindergarten, I suppose — who can’t really design anything that looks half-decent…. [ link ]
“…a jump on the future…”
“Change management is a real key component for success in the future – being able to manage change, embrace change and lead change. Some companies are trying to get a jump on the future by seeking out employees who both flexible and willing to learn. ” American Gas Magazine, 1 November 2002
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