Monday, June 14, 1999

Jeff Veen: The Web Isn't Free. "Ad targeting may be common today, but it's still in its infancy and certainly not being exploited. There's no excuse for untargeted advertising on the Web. There's no reason I should encounter a solicitation to check my horoscope from a banner on a site offering commentary on the future of computing."

I took my eye off My.UserLand.Com for a few weeks and while I was dozing, Ian Davis of Internet Alchemy was doing some very innovative stuff with RSS. I'm still just figuring out what he's done, and where he wants to go.

SJ Merc: Java's Dual Personality. "In terms of curing cancer, toppling empires, draining swamps, Java has consistently failed to live up to what Sun promised."

Interactive Week: Java Gets Grounded. "Java's main selling point remains its promise of being able to write an application once and have it run anywhere, on any computer."

Wired: EBay said a failure in software from Sun Microsystems caused its service to go down at 7:50 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday.