Blogarithms
Doug Kaye's thoughts on web services, web hosting and managed services.
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Adopting a Service Mentality. Planning an externally accessible web service? If your company has previously delivered software or data in the form of products, it has some important changes to consider. Delivering a service requires a very different mindset than delivering a product. You might think you're delivering the same thing, but you're not. [Sneak preview of an essay to be published in Monday's edition of the IT Strategy Letter.]
Posted Saturday, July 26, 2003 11:34:12 PM 
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Getting to Grips With Web Services. "Regardless of scale, early adopters of web services agree on one key issue: if you don't plan your services management strategy at the outset, you're heading for trouble...Whether the motivation is to manage diversity, unpredictability or change, the message is the same: be prepared, or you'll face mounting problems." [Source: Keith Rodgers, LooselyCoupled.com]
Posted Saturday, July 26, 2003 1:02:47 PM
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WiFi Finder. I'm a hard-core hot-spot detective. Last week you could have seen me walking down Main Street in Ashland, Oregon, in shorts and sandals with my laptop open, looking for a connection. (I finally found one--free, no less--at Starbucks.) So I just *had* to get one of these gadgets from Kensington that ferrets out signals and shows signal strength using LEDs. Well, it works, but I'm less than impressed with its sensitivity. For example, I can use my laptop anywhere in my house, but the WiFi Finder only detects my Apple Airport within 30 feet. Not much good for drive-by searching.
Update: According to Kensington's web site, this little thing isn't even supposed to detect encrypted connections (like mine). More outside testing required!
Posted Saturday, July 26, 2003 11:21:04 AM
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