Great phones, questionable services
A few days ago I lost my mobile phone and had to buy a new one. The Nokia 6210 may not be innovative (unless you count WAP 1.1), but it’s a very well-designed and solid phone. It shows what happens when designers have a clue: it feels almost like my old Nokia… just a little better in almost every small way I can think of.
On the other hand, the Club Nokia website shows the dark and clueless side of mobile computing: Nokia ask for lots of personal information to sign you up for initially free services that will cost money later. But it’s impossible to find any prices on the entire site! They are also very anxious to share your information with anyone they please, at any time - yet the site doesn’t even have a visible webmaster.
The moral is simple: don’t ever trust manufacturers of great things to sell you great new services. It does happen, of course - but don’t bet on it.
Guido van Rossum: PythonLabs Team Moves to Digital Creations. “I am proud to have found a new home for my entire team: starting today, Tim Peters, Barry Warsaw, Jeremy Hylton, Fred Drake and myself are working for Digital Creations. We will be spending part of our time on core Python development (including Jython and Mailman) and part of our time on Python infrastructure improvements that also benefit Zope.”
Link via ZopeNewbies. And Luke Tymowski wonders: did BeOpen simply run out of money? BeOpen isn’t talking, but the CEO of Digital Creations had this to say.
As usual, Booknotes has interesting links if your are intested in things like: ancient script systems, interactive archeology sites and coptic manuscripts.
Craig is in fine form. Most weblogs are made to be read once - but Booknotes you can come back to.