Monthly Archives: September 2003

SideTrack

Posted on September 22, 2003 by Lisa Spangenberg

SideTrack, from Raging Menace, is driver software that enables Mac trackpads to accept a variety of “gestures,” similar to those standard on Windows trackpads, strikes me as emminently useful. I’m contemplating trying the beta out, but I’ll certainly keep an … Continue reading →

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Swen

Posted on September 20, 2003 by Lisa Spangenberg

Despite my exquisite taste and judgement in using Mac OS X as my OS, one of my email accounts (the one my students use) is getting swamped with email containing the Swen attachement—and I do mean swamped. So for Windows … Continue reading →

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Why Aren't Macs More Common in IT?

Posted on September 17, 2003 by Lisa Spangenberg

This Cringely column (by way of GeeksRus) asks why Macs aren’t more common in IT, and provides some provocative answers. I think Cringely has a good point; that Macs may mean fewer jobs. Certainly I’ve had to spend less time … Continue reading →

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Micropayments

Posted on September 15, 2003 by Lisa Spangenberg

Kip Manley points to an article by Clay Shirky in which Shirky still argues that micropayments will ultimately fail because users won’t pay for content in a sea of free content. Shirky’s wrong. Users (think readers and listeners and viewers) … Continue reading →

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