Cox Crow

Fighting Past Mistakes

If everybody hates sprawl, who is the Bad Guy?

PLANetizen points to Measuring Urban Form: Is Portland winning the war on sprawl? (Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 70, No. 2, Spring 2004), which looks interesting, even if it does use quantitative analyses.

Meanwhile, over in Charleston, West Virginia, the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority is confiscating property through eminent domain [via David Sucher].

And, in this corner,

The Home Town Advantage Bulletin is a bimonthly electronic newsletter reporting on efforts nationwide to stop chain store proliferation and support locally owned, independent retail businesses.

12:24:19 PM # Google It!
categories: Place

Rumbles

As you may know, SBC Communications' contracts with the Communications Workers of America expired on April 1st. We sysadmins are not seated at the bargaining table, but are able to get both sides of the arguments because of the web. CWA Local 4630 provides local context, while the union leadership sets the tone.

12:10:10 PM # Google It!
categories: Industry

Enterprise Applications

One has to wonder why Enterprise applications are so much less usable, scalable — everything — than Internet applications. Could it be assumption of control?

10:33:00 AM # Google It!
categories: System Administration