Maybe I just have an ear for this, but whenever I hear a number of people saying the same odd thing, using the same strained phrase, it catches my attention and makes me take a closer look. Individuals naturally have a great diversity of expression … [Continue reading] about No Representation Without Specification
Hemidemisemiquavers
Some "short notes" to share with you:From a GrokLaw news pick we hear that ZDNet's David Berlind recently interviewed Tim Berners-Lee in Boston, where Sir Tim received the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange's Lifetime Achievement … [Continue reading] about Hemidemisemiquavers
Documents for the Long Term
We all will die. Institutions come and go. Empires and nations crumble. But what is written down may have transcendent longevity. Whether it is a personal letter from a departed friend, the minutia of administration or the recorded contemporary … [Continue reading] about Documents for the Long Term
The Legend of the Rat Farmer
The Tale A long time ago in a land far away there once was a prosperous town called Hamelin. Everything was perfect in Hamelin until the year the rats came. The rats ate up the grain, bit the townsfolk in the toes and scared the young children. … [Continue reading] about The Legend of the Rat Farmer
Interoperability by Design
We've all heard the interoperability hype. Let's see what is actually there.First, we start by looking at the many ways in which documents are integrated into the Windows/Office platform. Any fluent user of this platform will use many of these … [Continue reading] about Interoperability by Design