Brooks Jensen has this to say: …a clearly, demonstrably, indisputably better image compression format that failed miserably in the marketplace because of bureaucratic wrangling and delay after delay after delay. Shame on everyone involved in this one. It’s always tough for new document or network standards, because their successful implementation requires so many people to… [Read More]

Prefatory note number one: this post, unlike most of the Technology Hall of Shame series, is not about the infliction of pain and suffering by technologists, but rather about aggravation caused by the confluence of brittle technology and excessive lawmaking. Prefatory note number two: Doctors have to take an oath before they’re allowed to practice…. [Read More]

Here’s what Brooks Jensen has to say in his nomination: …for not including Flash, crippling untold numbers of both web pages and PDFs from playing correctly. What gives with implementing a format half way? What if the iPad had Word document capabilities, but no tables or bold fonts? What if it played MP3 files, but didn’t… [Read More]

You’re using your laptop. Maybe you’re doing the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle. You’re well into it… No, wait. You’re trying to get your startup funded. You’re making a presentation to a group of VCs. All the partners are in the room. It was hard to get them there, and some of them don’t… [Read More]

While I’m waiting for the Dell workstation to arrive, I thought I’d return to the Hall of Shame. I’m sorry, but I just can’t leave Blu-Ray alone. The scenario that most drives me out of my gourd is this: You put in a Blu-Ray disc. The volume jumps to way above the level for a… [Read More]