From: Gleanings
To: newsy buggers
Subject: Gleanings: music and linking and auto-censors oh my

Today is a heavy news day. go figure. (MP3 fiends scroll down)

NEWS
auto censors don't know jack.. or cock
http://www.dfn.org/Voices/Americas/usa/blackplanet.htm

illegal to link? say huh?
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38360,00.html

from Newmedia:
"Every cell phone user will want to read both of Harry Bruinius's
stories on hotly contested studies that suggest a link between cell
phone use and brain cancer, and the lawsuits and warning labels that
have ensued "
http://www.newmedia.com/nm-article.asp?articleID=1044
http://www.newmedia.com/nm-article.asp?articleID=2143

I like visionaries spouting off about the future. do you?
http://www.next20years.com

Amazon is going to sell cars. what tab does that go on?

Amazon to Put New-Car Service Into Gear
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17927,00.html?nl=mg
Amazon.com Plans to Offer Cars Online
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/24online.html

from ZDnet, but for mike:
Has 'Survivor' Missed the Boat?
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2618943,00.html

from webmonkey:
"Hey! We have a new article on Webmonkey! And it's got something for
everyone: Not only is there a blow-by-blow of the major MP3 players
(Napster, Macster, Gnutella, and Scour Exchange), but there's also
fiery, FezGuy commentary about the future of the whole file-sharing
phenom! Click click click!
http://go.hotwired.com/webmonkey/00/35/index2a.html/eg20000824

Has the taste we've given you left that monkey on your back itching for
more hot MP3 action? Visit Webmonkey's Audio/MP3 collection for all your
how-to needs:

http://go.hotwired.com/webmonkey/multimedia/audio_mp3/index.html/eg20000824

And get the latest news about Napster, MP3, and Internet audio by
riffling through Wired News' "MP3 Rocks the Web" collection:

http://go.wired.com/news/mp3/eg20000824"

Speaking of which, those of you who correspond with me have probably seen my sig. Well you can now give a listen
"She was sinister but she was happy" --Robyn Hitchcock
http://www.eleganthack.com/blog/tune/SinisterHappy.MP3
so now I'm part of the problem.
BUT if you are smart you'll buy it because Moss Elixir is a great album.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002N9B/eleganthack
and now I'm part of the solution.

and here is a way record companies could also be part of the solution

How Web Finance Might Untangle the Napster Mess
http://www.businessweek.com/ebiz/0008/ep0821.htm

EYECANDY
Jezebel... www.jezebel.com
They have very beautiful ecards.
http://www.jezebel.com/stuff/postcard/index.html
posted by Christina Wodtke 8/25/2000 9:03:45 AM

From: Gleanings
To: bored stiffs
Subject: Gleanings: lame but here

Today was the all time record slow news day. Luckily I found the Journal of Conceptual Modeling... that should keep the IA's on the list busy. The rest of you can bake pie.

IA MATTERS
the journal of conceptual modeling
http://www.inconcept.com

NEWS
Gnutella, Napster ... What's the Difference?
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17871,00.html?nl=met

APROPOS OF NOTHING

ecards that didn't make the cut
http://www.stileproject.com/cards/ecard1.html (may have racy content and porn ads)

* SURVIVAL EXPOSED!
Nine nutbags try to survive in paradise. An AtomFilms original.
http://www.atomfilms.com/default.asp?spot_id=127&sl=0822

How to make an apple tart, French style. easy and tasty.

250g flour
1g egg
80g sugar
125g butter
pinch salt

break egg into mixing bowl, add sugar and salt, mix vigorously wiht a fork or whisk until white (but not foamy) then progressively add flour. when spoon doesn't work, use hands to mix. when all flour is all there, crumble with your hands until mixture is like coarse sand (make sure all large chunks are well broken up into a fine mixture).
cut butter into small pieces,then add to mixture. work into a homogenous mixture.

rest one hour in the refrigerator

take out, then work a little to soften, and then roll out and line shallow tart dish (9 in).

peel apples (tart-tasting. Jonathan, roma but never red delicious) and quarter, removing core. slice each quarter in half, then half again, making thin slices. layer these slices in a circular spiral pattern. Sprinkle lightly with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar.

bake for about 30 minutes at about 400 When apples are soft and crust is nice and brown, it's probably done.
posted by Christina Wodtke 8/24/2000 9:17:36 AM

From: Gleanings
To: faithful listeners
Subject: Gleanings: Other People's Gleans 2

IA MATTERS

from Andi:
globalization UI issues
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/22/globalization.trials.idg/index.html

interview with every IA's favorite comic artist, Scott McCloud
http://avclub.theonion.com/index.html

EVENT
Conference from Creative Good (Mark Hurst) in San Francisco.
http://www.ecustomerexperience.com

NEWS
from Muffy:
I see London, I see Uranus
http://archive.lp.org/rel/20000111-xray.html

from Tracy:
wap
http://www.allnetdevices.com/industry/reality/2000/08/21/three_paradigm.html

from Vic:
what do you get when you cross a goat wiht a spider?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_889000/889951.stm

oh the moral dilemma
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17868,00.html?nl=dnh

APROPOS OF NOTHING

Camp Chaos ...
http://www.campchaos.com/

Star Wars Episode 2
http://download.theforce.net/theater/episode2/ep2_large.mov

Sixteen-year-old high school sophomore Becky Atherton, believed
to be the last remaining American who did not hate Microsoft,
announced today that she was "tired of being different" and would
now hate Microsoft just like everyone else.

http://www.satirewire.com/news/0008/satire-microsofthated.html

LINK-O-RAMA
On CHI-WEB a call was put out for favorite CHI and web design resources here it is (it's a bit short, but that makes it manageable for this list)

http://argus-acia.com/index.html
http://Flazoom.com
http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/
http://is.twi.tudelft.nl/hci/
http://stc.org/pics/idsig/
http://usableweb.com/
http://websitesthatsuck.com/index.html
http://websitesthatwork.iab.com
http://wsupsy.psy.twsu.edu/surl/
http://www.acm.org/
http://www.acm.org/dl/proc_bysig_list.html#SIGCHI
http://www.acm.org/sigchi/hci-sites/
http://www.alistapart.com
http://www.asis.org/
http://www.asktog.com
http://www.baychi.org/
http://www.bogieland.com/infodesign/
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~cspgpjw/hci.html
http://www.contenu.nu/200006.html#usabilityislikelove
http://www.contenu.nu/resources.html
http://www.electricseed.com/joeclark/usability.html
http://www.foruse.com
http://www.goodexperience.com
http://www.hcibib.org/
http://www.hcirn.com/
http://www.ida.liu.se/labs/aslab/groups/um/hci/
http://www.info-architects.net/
http://www.jnd.org
http://www.lynda.com/
http://www.sandia.gov/itg/index.html
http://www.system-concepts.com
http://www.uidesign.net
http://www.uie.com
http://www.usableweb.com
http://www.useit.com
http://www.webmonkey.com
http://www.webreview.com
posted by Christina Wodtke 8/23/2000 8:53:41 AM

From: Gleanings
To: read-herrings
Subject: Gleanings: for girls with glasses and men who make passes

IA MATTERS
read these books.
http://eleganthack.com/reading/index.html

and one from biggerhand.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568982585/

"because sometimes it's good to remember that things should be fun.
and that fun and usability are NOT polar opposites."

NEWS
j*sus f*cking chr*st. what the h*ll is happening in our society?
http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/082100court-tv.html

got options?
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2576435.html?tt.abc.newsfeed.body

from tomalak:
SJ Mercury: Online companies violate our privacy because we let them.
Dan Gillmor. They lobby for what's hilariously called self-regulation, and
create utterly toothless privacy-watchdog organizations that barely even bark
at the worst violations. We are not people to these businesses. We are data,
and we are fair game.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/dotcom/docs/dg082100.htm

Xerox PARC: Free Riding on Gnutella
http://www.parc.xerox.com/istl/groups/iea/papers/gnutella/

APROPOS OF NOTHING
this will make you happy, esp if you are from the midwest
http://web.0sil8.com/

FEEDBACK:

a friend writes regarding http://www.usps.gov/stories/spw :

"Wow... I'm speechless.

Okay, new web phenom here? This is the second time this week I've looked at a Flash cartoon that went on so long that I just closed out the window & gave up - it would be nice if people would start giving some indication of the LENGTH of these things instead of just leaving you at the mercy of their Flash movie."

EVENTS
thanks Andi!
*****MON, AUG 21, CHURCHILL CLUB EVENT AT SANTA CLARA
=================================================
"Startups 2000: What it Takes to Create a Wildly Successful Startup"
Location: Santa Clara Marriott, 2700 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara,
CA , Phone: 408-988-1500
Starts at 6PM
Speakers:
Lisa Henderson, President and CEO, LevelEdge.com
Darlene Mann, General Partner, Onset Ventures
Zaki Rakib, Terayon Communications
Hans Severeins, Band of Angels
Moderator: Guy Kawasaki, Garage.com
Detail + registration -- http://chc1.expocity.com/cgi-chc1/welcome.veos

****TUE, AUG 22, WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION EVENT AT SF
========================================================================
"A Year in the Life of the Internet"
Presented by -- Women in Technology International (WITI) Foundation
August 22nd, San Francisco
Courtney Rosen, the founder of eHow, and CNET executives team up to discuss
the latest insights and observations on how to succeed as an Internet
entrepreneur. Talk with eHow executives as they celebrate their first year
in business and eceive analysis from CNET on a year in the Internet economy.
Topics discussed may include:

· Ingredients to succeed as a dot.com
· Building a business to last in the new economy
· The lessons learned in one year at Internet speed
· What is on the horizon for the dot.com industry in the next year and
beyond
· What every Internet entrepreneur should know today
· Resources available for mentorship of women entrepreneurs
Panelists/Mentors:
Moderator: Sydnie Kohara, MSNBC Money Talk
Blaise Simpson, VP of Corporate Communications, CNET Networks
Marianne Marck, VP of Technology Infrastructures, CNET Inc.
Courtney Rosen, Founder and CEO, eHow
Kristen Sager, VP Marketing, eHow
Gladys Barnes, VP of Engineering, eHow
TIME: 6:00 - 9:30 PM
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero, Embarcadero 4,San Francisco 94612
http://www.hyatt.com/usa/san_francisco/hotels/map_sfors.html
RSVP: Seating is limited. Deadline for registration is Thursday, August
17th.
Evening Schedule
6:00 - 6:30 Networking and Refreshments
6:30 - 7:20 Panelist Intro and Presentation
7:20 - 8:00 Open Q & A
8:00 - 8:15 Break
8:15 - 9:00 Roundtable Mentor Discussions: People will sit according to
their
particular area of interest.
9:00 - 9:30 Summary of Group Mentor Discussions, Q&A, networking
Registration Fee: $30 members, $40 non-members
To Register go to:
http://www.witi.org/center/regionalchapter/bayarea/registration/index.shtml
,
Or email Michele Carr at michelecarr@hotmail.com
Advance registration only as space is limited. We expect the event to
sell-out quickly, so please register now.
Please forward a copy of this e-mail to any of your women colleagues or
friends who you think may be interested in attending the event.
For more information about the WITI Greater Bay Area Chapter and its
activities, check out our web site at
http://www.witi.org/center/regionalchapter/bayarea
Porter Novelli Convergence Group Nicole.kenyon@pnicg.com Ph: 415.975.2244

****WED, AUG 23, WOMEN'S TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER EVENT AT SF
=====================================================
WTC Seminar - Purple Moon - A StartUp Case Study
Date: Wednesday, Aug 23, 2000
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Fee: $23 through online registration only (see ticketing instructions) --
Lunch is included
"Purple Moon - A Startup Case Study"
Speaker: Nancy Deyo, Former CEO, Purple Moon
Funded by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, spun out of Interval Research,
Purple
Moon was meant to be the premiere source of girl's computer games. Former
CEO
Nancy Deyo will share her experiences on launching, building and ultimately
selling Purple Moon to Mattel. Her comments will include:
* case study on how she built the company/brand
* the lessons learned as a first time CEO (the 20:20 hindsight)
* the advice she'd give to first time CEOs just starting out.
Venue -- Women's Technology Cluster
1207 Indiana Street (@ 23rd St.) Conference Room 7B, San Francisco, CA 94107
t: (415) 970-5090, e: seminars@wtc-sf.org
Ticketing -- http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=7298.
(Please make sure to arrive at least 10 minutes early!) Bring your
confirmation number. Ring the intercom for #4. Once inside, proceed to the
2nd floor (do not enter Suite #4) and we'll check you in at the
receptionist's desk. http://www.wtc-sf.org

****WED, AUG 23, WOMEN'S TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER EVENT AT SF
=====================================================
WTC Seminar - Purple Moon - A StartUp Case Study
Date: Wednesday, Aug 23, 2000
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Fee: $23 through online registration only (see ticketing instructions) --
Lunch is included
"Purple Moon - A Startup Case Study"
Speaker: Nancy Deyo, Former CEO, Purple Moon
Funded by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, spun out of Interval Research,
Purple
Moon was meant to be the premiere source of girl's computer games. Former
CEO
Nancy Deyo will share her experiences on launching, building and ultimately
selling Purple Moon to Mattel. Her comments will include:
* case study on how she built the company/brand
* the lessons learned as a first time CEO (the 20:20 hindsight)
* the advice she'd give to first time CEOs just starting out.
Venue -- Women's Technology Cluster
1207 Indiana Street (@ 23rd St.) Conference Room 7B, San Francisco, CA 94107
t: (415) 970-5090, e: seminars@wtc-sf.org
Ticketing -- http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=7298.
(Please make sure to arrive at least 10 minutes early!) Bring your
confirmation number. Ring the intercom for #4. Once inside, proceed to the
2nd floor (do not enter Suite #4) and we'll check you in at the
receptionist's desk. http://www.wtc-sf.org
posted by Christina Wodtke 8/22/2000 8:49:43 AM

From: Gleanings
To: glean-team
Subject: Gleanings:less real but more fun

new jakob.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000820.html

APROPOS OF NOTHING
I am in love with this site. With its well thought out icons, strange
photodisk testimonials and clever personalization and stickiness ploys it is more successful as a fake site than many real e.coms.
http://www.it3c.co.uk
Goodwill. Globally.

more on fake websites

NY Times: Wacky, Fake Web Sites Grab Attention.
The trend is meant to capitalize on the growing use of and fascination with
the Internet as well as to take advantage of the capabilities of the Web to
produce content at a low cost that appears to be genuine. In other words, on
the World Wide Web, it can always be April Fool's Day.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/columns/081400adcol-internet.html

this has to be seen to be believed.
http://www.usps.gov/stories/spw
super postal worker.

EYECANDY

(flashcandy)
http://www.graffiti.org/figm/index2.htm
http://www.lorenhaynes.com/

I quite like the design and navigation of this webshop.
http://www.entercomm.com/

NEWS
domain squatters are starting to lose...
Yahoo! Wins 40 Domain Names (AP)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/446029.asp

from Tomalak

Salon: Don't call us.
In five years writing about the Net, I've seen a lot of ridiculous endeavors
-- like publicists who fax over press releases and then request that, if you
don't plan to write about "Making Merry with Shari's Berries!" you fax back
an
explanation of why you passed on that hot story tip.
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/14/dotcom_publicists/index.html
from webmonkey
Friday, 18 August 2000

Levi's and Phillips have banded together to create the first
commercially available line of e-clothing! They're starting out with
jackets that come with built-in MP3 players and cellphones, and cost
between $600 and $900 (so reasonable!). Some people are concerned about
the possible health risks of having so much technology constantly
radiating your body, but I just want to know what the coats look like. I
mean, unless they're really cute, you probably won't wear them enough to
worry about anything but the wrath of the fashion police, right?

Read all about it at Wired News:
http://go.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38288,00.html/eg20000818

and more

MP3 Overview
http://go.hotwired.com/webmonkey/00/31/index3a.html/eg20000818

Intro to HDML
http://go.hotwired.com/webmonkey/99/48/index3a.html/eg20000818

Digital Storage Options
http://go.hotwired.com/webmonkey/00/22/index3a.html/eg20000818

Palm Images for the Web
http://go.hotwired.com/webmonkey/00/32/index3a.html/eg20000818

Industry Standard: Hello, And Welcome to Our Redesign!
Q&A with Alex Weil, designer at Charlex. What I tried to do was raise the
quality of the Web site to match the brand and culture it created through
the
phone. The first thing we did was add its well-known slogan to the top of
the
Web site. "Hello, and welcome to Moviefone!" can also be downloaded as an
audio file.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17534,00.html

Adweek: From July 3, 2000; Sneak Previews
http://adweek.com/iqinteractive/000703iq_09.asp

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posted by Christina Wodtke 8/21/2000 11:20:11 PM