So … did that headline get your attention?
Well, it isn’t what you think.
Dell put out a press release today. You can see it here: http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1720097
They referenced (see footnote 3) my page here:
http://www.JamesSHuggins.com/h/tek1/how_big.htm
Some days even blind squirrels find an acorn!
Walter Brennan made that line famous. So, this morning I’ll borrow it before I say HEY … LOOK HERE!
http://www.yale.edu/its/stc/feedback.html
and
http://www.yale.edu/its/stc/supportform.html
Down at the bottom of the page … Under the form.
I know. It’s a little thing. But it makes me feel good to know that I helped.
PS: Unless there are some hiccups, I plan on “releasing” Version 2.1.0 of Huggins’ Email Form Script next weekend. The latest user documentation is available here http://JSH.us/hefs.
In the New York Times there is an article about Jay Harman. It is a good article and I enjoyed it.
But what caught my eye (courtesy of a colleague on a list) were these paragraphs about how long progress takes.
Even in fields such as the computer industry, which celebrates innovation, systemic change can be glacial.
Consider that Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse in 1964. It was obvious to many people that it was a better way to control a computer, yet it took two decades even to begin reaching a mass audience. Or consider the hyperlink, invented independently by Mr. Engelbart and the computing evangelist Ted Nelson in the mid-1960s. It took roughly three decades to reach the public in the form of the World Wide Web.
This summer will mark the 40th anniversary of the day when Alan Kay, the father of the modern personal computer, had his “aha” moment. Seeing a plasma display engineered for the Plato educational computing project, he realized that a portable computer with a flat panel display was possible. Yet computers that came close to matching his original “Dynabook” idea — which included a wireless connection to a global digital library — weren’t widely available for another three decades.
TransUnion (one of the big 3 credit bureaus) has lost a huge class action lawsuit … about $10 Billion dollars worth.
If you have used a credit card or carried any kind of debt or loan account in the past 21 years you probably qualify for a free credit report and free credit monitoring as part of this lawsuit.
This is worth about $60 to you.
The settlement is expected to get final approval in September. But, starting June 16, you can go to www.listclassaction.com to participate in the settlement by filing a claim.
Consumerwatch warns people not to respond to emails claiming to be from TransUnion. It could be a trick by spammers posing as the credit agency and going after your private information. TransUnion said it will only communicate through that website.
For more information:
http://cbs2.com/consumer/Credit.report.TransUnion.2.737321.html
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/05/30/straight_story
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzcred315708532may31,0,2654628.story
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