The Idea Basket

Archive for June, 2006

The Death of WIMP

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

In the past (before this incarnation of The Idea Basket), I’ve blogged about what the “next-generation” desktop user interface might look like. My hypothesis was that neither Microsoft nor Apple could afford to throw existing UI concepts out of the window because it wouldn’t make immediate financial or business sense. I also said it was […]

Status update on xajax and Willowgarden

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

I know I promised to post something last week, but I was just feeling too crummy. However, I’m much better this week and getting back into the swing of things. Man, I feel like most of June just completely disappeared on me.
Anyway, I want to give you all a status update on the two big […]

Under the weather

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

I just haven’t been feeling great lately and in fact seem to be re-sick with the same cold I had two weeks ago. That and a wacko schedule has restricted my ability to blog effectively. However, I refuse to let this site get stagnant, so I promise I’ll post some interesting stuff later in the […]

Intel’s “Santa Rosa” platform

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

I think it’s so cool that Intel’s upcoming notebook platform is code-named “Santa Rosa” after my home town. It just makes me feel like I live somewhere special (as if I didn’t think that already!). Hooray for Santa Rosa!