tools | Kris Smith has read these articles about "tools" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "tools" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpTypography: Going back to the future- March 30, 2008 For the past twenty years or so many software companies have oversold "quick & easy" design, just as late-night TV informercials today oversell the idea of losing weight without having to workout or change your lifestyle. Why use your brain (or work hard) just follow our easy template for success, they say. Now, I am not suggesting that software templates are by their nature bad things. They can be very useful. But a template without knowledge and understanding can also be a...http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2008/03/typography-goin.html From RSS to MMS- March 29, 2008 Boston-based Mobile technology developer Skycore, LLC launched a publishing tool for content providers that will convert and deliver RSS feeds as messages to mobile subscribers via Skycore's Cellyspace Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)Source How is this done According to the company's press release: Converted content is presented in a slideshow format including up to eight (8) slides, each with an image, 300 characters of text and an optional URL link for additional content, info or...http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/b5media/AFeedisBorn/~3/260115876/ Ideas + Great Web Services = New Fun Site. Introducing Crocspotting.com!- March 27, 2008 I love the internet. There are SO many cool tools, services, and ways to network and connect with people that it makes the whole process of turning an idea into reality almost effortless. For example, a couple of months ago, Scott Kveton wrote a blog post about how cool it would be to have a way to aggregate all of the cool Portland people on Twitter in one place (and yes, he worked a bacon reference in there). He even registered a domain name for the idea - pulseofpdx.com. I thought it would...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tinyscreenfuls/~3/258504563/ iPhone: SDK Today, Enterprise Features in June- March 7, 2008 Apple held one of their flashy dog-and-pony shows (er, press conferences) this morning to bring us all up to date on the latest developments for the iPhone. As expected, the announcements were split between discussing enterprise support and showing off the coming iPhone SDK. The beta releases of these things are going out to developers today, but if you're an iPhone user, don't get too excited: customers will see the new features as part of a software update in June (which, based on Apple's...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Webworkerdaily/~3/246924506/ Is the DMCA Still Relevant- March 4, 2008 That's the question I've been asking myself (and, occasionally, others) for most of the last year. (As some of you know, I've spent quite a bit of that time working on a new paper about the DMCA, and I'm not jaded enough yet not to feel a twinge of regret at the prospect that the point I've written about may be on its way to becoming moot). The DMCA (in relevant part, 17 U.S.C. 1201) protects digital rights management (DRM) schemes against circumvention, and forbids the creation or...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2008/03/04/is-the-dmca-still-relevant/ |