http://www.greenpointdesign.com Building the Web Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:41:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A big part of information management is filtering out the crap you don't need. This morning, NPR's excellent Marketplace program mentioned an IM tool whose time has come: Catalog Choice. Catalog Choice is a way to opt out of many of the catalogs that are crammed into your mailbox each day. ... http://www.greenpointdesign.com/2008/01/17/junk-mail/ Google's introduction of Android a few weeks ago has been the source of much speculation in the blogosphere. One of the most interesting takes on this development is Tim Wu's piece in Slate last Friday titled Yes Google Is Trying to Take Over the World. The article predicts an ongoing ... http://www.greenpointdesign.com/2007/11/20/google-vs-telcos/ This morning NPR's On The Media had a fascinating piece about Comcast and net neutrality. In a podcast titled "Please Don't Share" OTM interviews an AP reporter who found that Comcast was blocking uploads from customers using file-sharing software like BitTorrent. In one instance, the upload of a version of ... http://www.greenpointdesign.com/2007/10/27/comcast-throttles-uploads/ An alert nerd over at Slashdot noticed that Wikipedia had clocked its 2 millionth article in the English edition on Sunday. Whatever reservations you may have about Wiki-reality and consensual knowledge, you have to admit it's a resounding success in terms of participation. I just want to find the guy who dumbed ... http://www.greenpointdesign.com/2007/09/10/wikipedias-2-million-milestone/ Today the Washington Post’s Foreign Bureau posted an interesting piece about broadband internet service in Japan and how it has outstripped American connectivity. The median download speed in Japan is 61 megabytes per second, while the average American’s throughput is about 2 mbps. Furthermore, the Japanese pay less for their ... http://www.greenpointdesign.com/2007/08/29/us-lags-in-broadband/