bootstrapping.net

BTW, switched back about a week ago. Small learning curve to adopt, but all ready feeling greater productivity coming my way…

Christian Lindholm, the guy responsible for Nokia Lifeblog, on why a moblog makes sense for a famous chef

BBC joins the podcasting craze - read more atInterconnected.
Validation anyone?

Linux Times interviews Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds: Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small _trivial_ project, and you should never expect it to get large. If you do, you’ll just overdesign and generally think it is more important than it likely is at that stage. Or worse, you might be scared away by the sheer size of the work you envision.

So start small, and think about the details. Don’t think about some big picture and fancy design. If it doesn’t solve some fairly immediate need, it’s almost certainly over-designed. And don’t expect people to jump in and help you. That’s not how these things work. You need to get something half-way _useful_ first, and then others will say “hey, that _almost_ works for me”, and they’ll get involved in the project.

And if there is anything I’ve learnt from Linux, it’s that projects have a life of their own, and you should _not_ try to enforce your “vision” too strongly on them. Most often you’re wrong anyway, and if you’re not flexible and willing to take input from others (and willing to change direction when it turned out your vision was flawed), you’ll never get anything good done.

In other words, be willing to admit your mistakes, and don’t expect to get anywhere big in any kind of short timeframe. I’ve been doing Linux for thirteen years, and I expect to do it for quite some time still. If I had _expected_ to do something that big, I’d never have started. It started out small and insignificant, and that’s how I thought about it.

The infinite loop of solutions
New solutions creates new problems that needs new solutions.
Only through longterm thinking when creating new solutions can we sometimes improve a bit in each loop.
(the above probably has a fancy name when someone thought of it originally)

unwired.dk: Next 2004: Udstilling om fremtidens hverdag
Innovationlab is doing their exhibition/conference once again. Last years was ok with loads of gadget - but some examples of connectivity and social interaction would’ve been nice.
Looking forward to this years event - you can visit the exhibition for only 50 danish kroner.

Guardian Unlimited | Newsblog | What we’re up to today
“What we’re up to today

From today, we’re experimenting with the idea of a “newsdesk update” Newsblog entry. Every weekday morning, one of our editors will tell you some of the main stories we’re planning to cover during the day, let you in on the editorial discussions that go on behind the scenes in our newsroom, and give you an opportunity to offer your comments and suggestions. And today it falls to me to get the ball rolling …”

frontline: the persuaders | . New Rushkoff PBS documentary - available for online viewing this friday.

firefox 1.0 - danish dynamite - release party for the opensource browser firefox
- experience the power of a global selforganizing marketing launch!

Was up all night watching the american election - a couple of questions from a person in “old europe”
- how can you call a state like Florida when reportedly 1,6 million votes still haven’t been counted? (haven’t been able to validate that number)
- is the not yet counted votes both provisional, absentee and military votes?
- how can you let the media’s urge for a simple quick answer interfere with the counting of the citizens votes?
- why don’t the people demand that their votes be counted?