Gmail a Gentler HailStorm?

Interesting problem. Will short-sighted employers wake up and find the best people elsewhere telecommuting? Some moms quit as offices scrap family-friendliness By Stephanie Armour, (USA TODAY, May 4, 2004) touches on the retention benefits of telework and other family friendly policies. Employers are able to make cutbacks because the tight job market means there are…

An interesting move, given MoveableType's recent licensing changes. I haven't tried Radio Userland. I did try using Frontier in my by-gone Mac days and met Dave Winer at a MacWorld in 1995. Even though some think that blogging is now passé, I think it is actually starting a renaissance. With the explosion of RSS and…

Spyware is driving me crazy. I thought I was pretty safe and clean until I tried PestPatrol's online spyware checker. Yikes! I don't think I was loaded by any standard, but because I had been running AdAware and SpyBot I figured I was cool. Nope. They might be good, but they don't catch everything. Not…

This might explain why Feedster has been so flakey lately. I'm looking forward to seeing the changes. Maybe my account will be fixed too. I can only hope. Feedster Unveils New Look, Sponsored Links Following in the footsteps of fellow RSS player Bloglines, San Francisco-based Feedster will roll out a new version with an ad…

This underscores several things: a) Companies that sell network gear to home users have to improve out of the box security b) Most users don't know nearly enough about the systems they install c) We need to be vigilent ourselves and help our friend and neighbors practice safer computing. Researcher Finds Hole In Popular Linksys…