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The Singularity … Chilling Stuff
Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Two recent podcasts from the Accelerating Change 2005 conference really gave me a chill. Check out Verner Vinge’s keynote presentation, and Moira Gunn’s interview with Ray Kurweil.
So what’s so scary here? Here’s wikipedia’s definition of Technological Singularity:
In future studies, a technological singularity (also referred to as just the Singularity) is a predicted future event […]

Vadim Likes XT for XSLT …
Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Based on a request we got from Upayavira, Vadim ran benchmarks on the XT XSLT processor using the same test suite we used for GT2005, and was favorably impressed. XT performed as well as XSLTC, while using a bit more memory, but still less than all the other contenders benchmarked to date. We will […]

Podcasting Hands-on
Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Yes, I am podcasting-obsessed. Not content to simply listen, I decided I had to experience the joy of creating a podcast hands-on. The Cocoon GetTogether 2005 event held in Amsterdam Oct. 5th through the 7th presented a great opportunity, a genuine need. Last year’s GetTogether sessions were videotaped with the intent of publishing […]

Hooked on Podcasts
Saturday, October 15th, 2005

When I bought an iPod mini several months ago, I had in mind listening to technology sessions like those on IT Conversations. At the time, I didn’t fully grasp the concept of podcasting; and for that matter Apple’s iTunes 4 didn’t directly support podcasts. So I started out by downloading MP3s manually from the IT […]

Cocoon GetTogether 2005 Podcast
Monday, October 10th, 2005

The Podcast for GT2005 is now available. The feed comprises each of the Friday sessions as well as three individual interviews conducted during the Hackathon.
Here’s how you subscribe to the feed in Apple iTunes:

Upgrade to iTunes 5 or 6
In iTunes, on the top menu, click Advanced / Subscribe to Podcast
Paste the feed […]

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