Linked List: September 4, 2004

Saturday, 4 September 2004

iMac: The Missing Memory 

I agree with Dan Frakes: 256 MB of RAM is not enough. It’s penny-wise, pound-foolish for Apple to save a few bucks this way — these machines are going to be slow for anyone who doesn’t add additional memory.

Searching and Filtering 

Ben Hammersley, astute, as usual:

It’s always said that the future of intellectual development is in being able to wrangle search engines. You don’t need to teach anything, the half-idea says, other than basic Boolean notation and Advanced Googling. This has a lot to be said for it, for sure, but perhaps it can be paired with the other key life skill for the 21st Century: filtering. Without spam filters, virus filters, spyware removers, pop-up blockers, email filters, ad-blocking proxies, smart subscriptions and smart lists, life using the internet would be much more difficult.

Khoi Vinh: OmniWeb Tweaks I’d Like to See 

I like his idea for getting rid of folder icons from the favorites bar.

Report: Apple Offered Sony iTunes Deal 

So reports Paul Kallender of IDG News Service. If true, Sony made a huge mistake.

(Via MacSurfer.)