I’ve been a huge fan of Calypso, an email program that’s simple, highly fiddle-able, and small. Unfortunately its producers, MCS of Dallas, dropped it a few years back leaving a lot of users in the lurch. I’m still using it, however, despite its quirks under Windows XP, and am very glad to see that … Read more
Wired reports on the arrival of flash mobs — “performance art projects involving large groups of people. Mobilized by e-mail, a mob suddenly materializes in a public place, acts out according to some loose instructions, and then melts away as quickly as it formed”. Last Wednesday a mob turned up at the Grand Hyatt … Read more
Mobile phones make you rude From the excellent Techdirt website, a collection of stories about how rude we are getting with our mobile phones: “Yet another study about mobile phone rudeness (going along with the one we posted earlier this week has determined that a stunning 71% of people are now consistently late … Read more
Further to my note on the interesting news toolbar ToolButton. I’ve heard back from ToolButton Inc’s Deb Alloway on the issue of privacy, and here’s her answer: “While a user has the ToolButton toolbar installed we collect stats on the activity of their ToolButton toolbar. For example, we will know which buttons they have … Read more
Another way of getting news I’ve talked ad nauseam about RSS feeds — a method of getting you snippets of news and whatnot but not clogging your inbox, or exposing you to more spam — but if you find it all a bit fiddly, you might want to try this option. ToolButton Inc. … Read more