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IA MATTERS Tufte is coming to town Dec 4/5 Call 800.822.2454 or 203.272.9187 He will sell out. Don't know who he is? Go read this now http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0961392118/o/qid=964625829/sr=8-2/ref=aps_sr_b_1_4/104-0033573-7152776 Tufte's treatise on information design. He is the guru of this field. The New York Times discovers IA. http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/circuits/articles/13usee.html (registration needed, but free and all the good articles are here anyhow) If you haven't see it, Andi at metrius.com sends "The new usability tool: kinda sci-fi, kinda creepy, kinda interesting." http://www.avotec.org/eyetrack.htm ASSORTED NEWS Gee, the first amendment doesn't mean anything to the French, does it? http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17097,00.html?nl=dnh Not only does this have business ramifications, it has huge moral ones as well. The ACLU requests source code of FBI snoop program under the Freedom of Information Act "Right now, the FBI is running this software out of a black box," said Barry Steinhardt, Associate Director of the ACLU and author of the letter. "The FBI is saying, 'trust us, we're not violating anybody's privacy.' With all due respect, we'd like to determine that for ourselves." http://www.aclu.org/news/2000/n071400a.html Backed by 12 other Net companies, TRUSTe will seek to educate consumers about its seal of approval. http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17088,00.html?nl=dnh and of course, Gleanings is watching the Napster battles: "How VCRs May Help Napster's Legal Fight The file-sharing company is likely to base its defense on Sony's successful 1984 fight to legalize the Betamax. " http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17095,00.html?nl=dnh ODDS AND ENDS Every year at the Illinois State fair there is a cow made of butter. Starting July 24, you can see her in action: http://www.state.il.us/fair/webcam.htm EYECANDY more than nighthawks http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/auth/hopper/ The Word of the Day for today, Wed Jul 26, is: **** six **** You can hear all the translations spoken at: http://www.travlang.com/wordofday/58.html The translations you requested of this are: French: six ................................................................ sick of me? Go to www.eleganthack.com and unsubscribe. Can't get enough of me? Go there and read my 'blog. Talk to me: gleanings-comments@eleganthack.com |