I need to write lots of Python on my MacOs X IBook... (more)

process of doing a Route Around the Book Publishing process (or Music Industry, etc.) after Writing A Book. (more)

key to the Industrial Age (more)

Michael Mace says Mobile devices need a way to auto-customize promotion of certain types of software to new purchasers, so the user can get more value/satisfaction (Mass Customization). I believe that a mobile device has to solve a Compelling problem before people will buy it. Solving fifteen problems is too hard to market, so there needs to be one flagship function or usage that gets a device sold in the first place. In this respect, I think the "mobile device = appliance" folks are right. But once the user gets a mobile device, I think many customers will allow it to blossom into more usages - if that blossoming process is handled properly. That's where I think the mobile data world fails today, and that's what I think we need to fix... Even among the Palm enthusiasts, there was never a single "killer" application everybody used. Instead, everyone had a different set of personal killer applications that met their own individual needs. Each person was a vertical market of one, the exact opposite of a Mass Market... In addition to creating the Guides, we ran a couple of contests soliciting first person usage stories from users. They were big successes, generating several thousand stories. They ranged from comical to heart-wrenching - people using handhelds to overcome disabilities or start new careers. Almost every story featured different apps... When the user first gets started, the device asks the user a few questions about their work and interests. Based on the user's responses, the device suggests the installation of appropriate software. So, for example, if the user is a doctor and a boy scout troop leader, the device suggests a selection of medical software, and a boy scout troop management program (yes, there's an Expert Guide on that, listing about 70 relevant applications, including knot-tying instructional software - something critical for a Scout). If the user agrees, these are downloaded to the device, and the user's wireless account is automatically charged for them.

PayPal is forcing Smash Words to modify is policy for erotic fiction to exclude works that contain bestiality, rape-for-titillation, incest and underage erotica, and to remove any works that contravene the new policy. Some assumed it was the Credit Card companies pushing PayPal in this direction, but Visa says they had nothing to do with it.

the gaping maw of Consumerism (more)

online Self Publishing platform (more)

page was renamed from z2009-05-08-ShawEuroDjangoCon (more)

Trying to get a Private Wiki running on my Nokia N810, to replace Wiki On Zaurus. (more)

shorthand for How To Raise Reality Hackers

Time to actually do some Django For Simplest Thing development work.

Energy sources beside Cheap Oil - prefereably Renewable Energy (Sustainable) (more)

One of my newbie peeves is having Python find a new library I may download. This involves 'sys.path' (more)

external Hard Drive line I'm using for my home Back Up system (more)

Server that layers some type of info/interaction on top of a 3rd party's "base". (more)

PythonCard is inspired by HyperCard, built with Python and WxPython (for GUI widgets). *PythonCard is designed to be an application development framework for (more)

Mar'2012 - it looks increasingly likely that the US will end up in a war with Iran, mainly because Israel wants to maintain monopoly-tho-unofficial status in the Nuclear Club of the Middle East. (more)

aka BlogTypes (more)

Happy Cog and others are experimenting with the idea of using Twitter posts instead of Blog Comment-s. (TweetBack) (more)

John Sundman interviews Mark Coker of Smash Words about the future of Book Publishing. I created Smashwords so I could take a risk on every author. (Self Publishing) (more)