Planning for College. You can afford to put your kids through school. [The Motley Fool]
FileMaker to push universal information exchange. Upgrade focuses on XML data interchange, app integration [InfoWorld: Top News]
Sites bow to Microsoft's browser king. Internet Explorer rivals are stepping up to challenge the market leader, but they're finding little support from skeptical Web authors. [CNET News.com]
Cape Clear, salesforce.com tie CRM knot. Web services deployed to integrate customer data with back-end systems [InfoWorld: Top News]
Billpoint failure a lesson for eBay?. The auction giant's acquisition of PayPal follows a long, costly and ultimately futile attempt to make its first bill payment system succeed. [CNET News.com]
There are 28 million telecommuters in the United States, according to the International Telework Association & Council, and another 10 million Europeans are estimated to work from home.
Andy Dornan: “Why Wi-Fi Will Die” [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] [dws.]
A Drive to Work in La Casa. Business leaders in Latin America, Spain and Portugal promote telecommuting as a hedge against struggling economies and large rural expanses. Ricardo Sametband reports from Buenos Aires. [Wired News]
Anna and I went for a Harley ride down to Dripping Springs to visit some friends. The Austin hill country is truly second to none. I couldn't imagine owning a Harley and living in Dallas. It's just so plain there. The hill country views, tree covered hills, lake overlooks, and winding roads are incredible. If the flooding ever stops, we'll have to make the Harley a permanent part of our trips to Dripping. – andy
I noticed that when I went to the Yahoo story on the new IE 5.2.1 download, Nortel Networks has a simple, animated banner ad at the top. As a former Nortel employee, I was moderately intrigued.
1. Is Nortel interested in the Microsoft audience?
2. Is Nortel interested in the Mac audience?
3. Is Nortel thinking that banner ads will garner some attention? (last close on NASDAQ: NT was at $1.65)
4. If you're paying that much for banner space, don't just put your logo there, put up a message. Push your brand when times are good. Push your products when they're not.
Who knows what they're up to, but for the sake of a lot of my friends, I hope they figure it out soon. – andy