Comments for the billblog http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog because it alliterates, and some blogs are journalism Fri, 16 May 2008 04:21:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on Corby by Documentally http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2006/12/10/corby/#comment-84788 Documentally Sun, 11 May 2008 11:35:07 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2006/12/10/corby/#comment-84788 Great post. It's easy for us to forget how these once stable communities become deprived and in some places desperate. It's often also easier for us to blame the victims themselves. A few do break out of the downward spiral but i think this is more survival instinct kicking in and potentially the flip side to turning to a life of crime. Great post. It’s easy for us to forget how these once stable communities become deprived and in some places desperate.

It’s often also easier for us to blame the victims themselves. A few do break out of the downward spiral but i think this is more survival instinct kicking in and potentially the flip side to turning to a life of crime.

]]> Comment on I won’t be going to Cancom again. by Thomas http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2007/06/05/i-wont-be-going-to-cancom-again/#comment-84765 Thomas Sun, 11 May 2008 08:50:07 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2007/06/05/i-wont-be-going-to-cancom-again/#comment-84765 Sorry you had a negative experience. I had a G5 that went completely dead on me and Cancom Cambridge really went the distance to help me. I was very satisfied with their thoroughness and advice in getting my Apple warranty extended due to a known manufacturing problem with certain power supplies. In the past, I have used Albion (used to be good but now terrible), Apple Store (sadly for Apple they have enormously long queues, can't book appointments easily, long repair delays), Honeycomb (avoid at all costs! They took a perfectly good screen out of a monitor and replaced it with one with severe screen burn. A true rip-off joint!). I believe that if I had taken this computer to any one of these shops, I would have been overcharged and the repair would have come back with subsidiary faults which Cancom caught and sought to repair. I have to say that I am VERY happy with Cancom Cambridge's service people. Sorry you had a negative experience. I had a G5 that went completely dead on me and Cancom Cambridge really went the distance to help me. I was very satisfied with their thoroughness and advice in getting my Apple warranty extended due to a known manufacturing problem with certain power supplies.

In the past, I have used Albion (used to be good but now terrible), Apple Store (sadly for Apple they have enormously long queues, can’t book appointments easily, long repair delays), Honeycomb (avoid at all costs! They took a perfectly good screen out of a monitor and replaced it with one with severe screen burn. A true rip-off joint!).

I believe that if I had taken this computer to any one of these shops, I would have been overcharged and the repair would have come back with subsidiary faults which Cancom caught and sought to repair. I have to say that I am VERY happy with Cancom Cambridge’s service people.

]]> Comment on Freedom to Roam by London Calling » Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market? http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/01/22/freedom-to-roam/#comment-84681 London Calling » Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market? Sat, 10 May 2008 22:40:13 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/01/22/freedom-to-roam/#comment-84681 [...] 2: Bill Thompson writes on the Technology section of the BBC website on Finding the freedom to roam - broadly [...] […] 2: Bill Thompson writes on the Technology section of the BBC website on Finding the freedom to roam - broadly […]

]]> Comment on Twitter is the Higgs Boson of the Internet by Ian http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/05/03/twitter-is-the-higgs-boson-of-the-internet/#comment-82332 Ian Sat, 03 May 2008 18:47:38 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/05/03/twitter-is-the-higgs-boson-of-the-internet/#comment-82332 Somebody has been watching TED! That was a <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/253" title rel="nofollow">great talk from Brian Cox</a> about the Higgs Bosun which may be discovered later this year, and this article a good analogy of Twitter, although it did make Twitter sound anti-social if the hypothetical bar is your own home. Earlier I watched BBC Click and it left me thinking Twitter is the ideal communication tool because it assures anonymity without the security risks of Facebook (as far as we know). Somebody has been watching TED! That was a great talk from Brian Cox about the Higgs Bosun which may be discovered later this year, and this article a good analogy of Twitter, although it did make Twitter sound anti-social if the hypothetical bar is your own home.

Earlier I watched BBC Click and it left me thinking Twitter is the ideal communication tool because it assures anonymity without the security risks of Facebook (as far as we know).

]]> Comment on Twitter is the Higgs Boson of the Internet by ade http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/05/03/twitter-is-the-higgs-boson-of-the-internet/#comment-82326 ade Sat, 03 May 2008 17:36:18 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/05/03/twitter-is-the-higgs-boson-of-the-internet/#comment-82326 I love a bit of theoretical physics. I'm just glad someone else has the head for all the maths. Nice analogy. I love a bit of theoretical physics. I’m just glad someone else has the head for all the maths.

Nice analogy.

]]> Comment on 15 years of the public domain web by Hamilton Grayton http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/04/30/15-years-of-the-public-domain-web/#comment-81589 Hamilton Grayton Thu, 01 May 2008 12:31:15 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/04/30/15-years-of-the-public-domain-web/#comment-81589 I like your analogy of "swimming through" rather than "surfing on" the Web. Reaching the conclusion that the information that is accessible via the Internet will pervade most aspects of our lives (if we want it to). Is that what you meant? I like your analogy of “swimming through” rather than “surfing on” the Web. Reaching the conclusion that the information that is accessible via the Internet will pervade most aspects of our lives (if we want it to). Is that what you meant?

]]> Comment on 15 years of the public domain web by Swerdloff Dot Com » Blog Archive » 10 YEARS! http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/04/30/15-years-of-the-public-domain-web/#comment-81476 Swerdloff Dot Com » Blog Archive » 10 YEARS! Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:33:54 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/04/30/15-years-of-the-public-domain-web/#comment-81476 [...] Apparently, Swerdloff dot com is 10 and The Web is 15! Filed under About having Leave a [...] […] Apparently, Swerdloff dot com is 10 and The Web is 15! Filed under About having Leave a […]

]]> Comment on 15 years of the public domain web by Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/04/30/15-years-of-the-public-domain-web/#comment-81365 Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:06:15 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/04/30/15-years-of-the-public-domain-web/#comment-81365 <strong>Cuckoo, cuckoo...</strong> The inventor of LSD, Albert Hofmann, has joined the great Peter Max painting in the sky, but the dreams he spawned live on. Publisher and sometime savant Tim O'Reilly tells the BBC, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the open-sourcing of the W... Cuckoo, cuckoo…

The inventor of LSD, Albert Hofmann, has joined the great Peter Max painting in the sky, but the dreams he spawned live on. Publisher and sometime savant Tim O’Reilly tells the BBC, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the open-sourcing of the W…

]]> Comment on I won’t be going to Cancom again. by Chris Collins http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2007/06/05/i-wont-be-going-to-cancom-again/#comment-80064 Chris Collins Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:44:30 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2007/06/05/i-wont-be-going-to-cancom-again/#comment-80064 I live in Surrey and our Cancom store is just wonderful. I have never had any issues and the young lad on the counter is always very helpful. Having said that I have a iMac and so it doesn't move and less likely to be shaken up. Loved your style of writing. I live in Surrey and our Cancom store is just wonderful. I have never had any issues and the young lad on the counter is always very helpful.

Having said that I have a iMac and so it doesn’t move and less likely to be shaken up.

Loved your style of writing.

]]> Comment on Who Will Write Tomorrow’s Code? by Clyde Seigle http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/04/05/who-will-write-tomorrows-code/#comment-79284 Clyde Seigle Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:18:18 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/04/05/who-will-write-tomorrows-code/#comment-79284 Very interesting article. It resonates with me as a middle-aged (ex) programmer who is still happy to engage in a discussion about how the electrons transit the PN junction of a transistor on the substrate of a multi-core micro-Processor. Unfortunately, current thinking is that IT (including programming) has become a commodity and therefore no longer offers any competitive advantage. The only real need is to manage the cost down. (See the HPR article IT Doesn't Matter). I would argue the point but that’s for a different forum… Large contracts go to the vendor with the lowest price, and probably a vast team of uninspired developers, who crank out inelegant code that ‘meets the requirement’. It is probably on-time and on budget but it also surely does not deliver the impact it could have. Unless and until the current climate changes, there is very little reason to become a programmer. I, in fact, have discouraged my children from coming anywhere near IT or programming. While it is very enjoyable from a creative perspective, it is not a viable career any longer except for those select few who happen to be in a company that still has the vision to see competitive advantage in IT. Very interesting article. It resonates with me as a middle-aged (ex) programmer who is still happy to engage in a discussion about how the electrons transit the PN junction of a transistor on the substrate of a multi-core micro-Processor.
Unfortunately, current thinking is that IT (including programming) has become a commodity and therefore no longer offers any competitive advantage. The only real need is to manage the cost down. (See the HPR article IT Doesn’t Matter). I would argue the point but that’s for a different forum…
Large contracts go to the vendor with the lowest price, and probably a vast team of uninspired developers, who crank out inelegant code that ‘meets the requirement’. It is probably on-time and on budget but it also surely does not deliver the impact it could have.
Unless and until the current climate changes, there is very little reason to become a programmer. I, in fact, have discouraged my children from coming anywhere near IT or programming. While it is very enjoyable from a creative perspective, it is not a viable career any longer except for those select few who happen to be in a company that still has the vision to see competitive advantage in IT.

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