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Now That Sucks!

Wow. Imagine having to do business using AOL email and the AOL interface. This will sap their productivity 40%. -Ian. ——— http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/cn/20010516/tc/mandatory_e-mail_at_aol_1.html Wednesday May 16 12:00 PM EDT Mandatory e-mail at...

The Free Ride is OVER, Baby

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/01/technology/01FREE.html May 1, 2001 Free Rides Now Passé on Information Highway By SAUL HANSELL There never was such a thing as a free lunch over the Internet. But for a while a determined freeloader could find a Web site that would...

Ian’s Alma Mater (sort of) Bought my Microsoft

Before Ncompass was spun out of Excite, I worked for Gerri and with Ncompass co-founders for a year or so. None of us had ever been able to figure out exactly what the tools they were building were until lately. It’s unlikely that the Ncompass folks are all...

Sign of the Times: Microsoft Gives Clippy the Axe.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010411/tc/microsoft_tool_quot_clippy_quot_ gets_pink_slip_1.html Microsoft tool “Clippy” gets pink slip By Erich Luening CNET News.com Software giant Microsoft is laying off one of its most controversial employees: Clippy....

NBC Shuts Down NBCi

This was one of the most transparent old-media attempts to polish the brass on the Titanic, and it deserves to die. -Ian. ———- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010409/tc/nbc_internet_3.html Monday April 9 12:45 PM ET NBC Is Shutting Down NBC...