Just when you were getting comfortable, look out.  Consider a browser that works offline as well as on.  As someone who is never offline, even I need to get my mind around this, but there is enough work ocurring here, I am open minded enough to think it must be for a reason.  The Apollo team from Adobe is here at ETech, presenting the Alpha version of their new runtime environment – which is aimed at empowering web developers to create desktop applications. Apollo is a lightweight virtual machine that runs on the desktop and acts as an interpreter of … Continue reading Technology update | Adobe Apollo & Firefox 3 will redefine browsers

 In two separate announcements, carried at Finextra, wireless banking seems set to take off in 2008 in the US.  The first is a JV between Metavante, and Monitise from the UK to provide a mobile banking platform, that is also linked to the NYCE debit/ ATM network.  The second is AT&T and some Banks using a downloadable application from Firethorn, in Atlanta. Metavante says it will provide hosting services for the US platform and as part of this service it will link the m-banking system to its Nyce electronic payments network, which connects 280,000 ATM’s and 1.5 million point-of-sale terminals. … Continue reading Wireless banking gets a boost in the US

This is totally off BKW topic, and I apologise if you are not aware of the issue that’s circulating.  Normal programming will resume.  Blogging is bigger than all of this, and the death threat story (no links provided deliberately) is something that rational people cannot tolerate.  This is truly amazing … I cannot fathom this statement that follows.  Better to shut up.  We now we have Dave Winer, and Chris Locke … previously admired internet guru’s standing together on matters that no sane person would even consider.  On this one, I take the side of the mean kids, because no one … Continue reading Lets never forget what Winer wrote here

I posted this comment to the Kathy Sierra blog late afternoon, after she received a death threat.  I respect and subscribe to her blog, and the notion that she gave up a conference, and has stopped blogging is unfathomable.  This is just wrong. This / these guys) have a problem, and I have encountered this irrationality from one of them before, so if its him, I am NOT surprised. I note none of the names mentioned have denied responsibility, and claimed horror at their names being used this way. Hang in there Kathy … its a small step, but everyone should unsubscribe … Continue reading A turning point in "social" – online ‘rage’ is out of control

 Stephanie focusses on a great question here at her presentation to BlogCamp in Zurich, and manages to invent a new word in the process.  What is going on in the other languageospheres? I know almost nothing of what’s going on in the German-speaking blogosphere. The borders on the internet are linguistic. How do we travel? There is no digital equivalent of walking around town in a foreign country without understanding a word people say. Note: cultural divides are a general problem – I’m trying to focus here on one of the components of the cultural divide: language. Source: BlogCamp: Multilingual Blogging … Continue reading Bridgeblogging – how can we eliminate language barriers?