December 15, 2004

Project Tools and Ideas

Note to myself: Smallbuttough.com has a bunch of interesting links to project tools/ideas.

 April 06, 2004

Typewriter nostalgia -- would white-out by any other name smell as sweet?

Retiree prefers clack of typewriter over hum of PC | theledger.com

Though marginalized by general-purpose computers, here's an article about how typewriters can still be found here and there.  As a kid I learned to touch type on a old manual Underwood myself, which necessitated really whacking the keys, a habit I had to un-learn in later years when I moved to electric typewriters and then personal computers and "daisywheel" printers.  There's probably something positive to be said about having to "crystallize each phrase" before putting it down indelibly on paper -- but not by me!  God bless the backspace.

 September 22, 2003

Goals of Government Technology Initiatives

Interesting results of a survey on the goals of government technology initiatives:

51% increase operational efficiency and organizational effectiveness
22% improve customer service
11% facilitate effective decision making and policy formulation
7% enhance citizen participation
4% redefine community interactions
3% enhance economic development
2% other

source: IBM/Robert H. Smith School of Business, U of Maryland, Nov 2002