Labnotes

My sources at [supr.c.ilio.us](http://supr.c.ilio.us) are hinting at a new service that will be revealed before the closing of the [Web 2.0 conference](http://www.web2con.com/). From what I’ve learned, this new service is about to redefine the Web 2.0.

Update: [It's live!](http://web2ornot.com/)

From [Limbo](http://hellonline.com/blog/?p=34):

> [JetPaks](http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/7962835,,,1124819773,,search,,view.html) are collections of resources that offer more flexibility than a single bookmark but are more structured than a Web page. A JetPak can contain many related resources of different types, expanding the bookmark concept, but can still be quickly scanned and digested unlike a blog post or a Web page.
And in English:

> JetPaks allow you to do just that - as you search, collect the links in a JetPak, annotate them or add select quotes and images. Attach this JetPak to your research notes when you’re done so that, sometime in the future, you or anyone else can recreate the trail of thought you followed on the way to a your final conclusion.

> Every JetPak is a statement by a person, saying these items are all related to each other, they are interesting and they are even more interesting when viewed together in a single context.

Now, this is seriously cool. I’ve been looking for a OneNote/EverNote that lives on the Web and works from the Web. I think I just found it.

link: http://jeteye.com/

tags: jeteye jetpak tagging bookmarks

[According to Business 2.0](http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2005/08/last_october_du.html), Gavin Newsom is about to announce tomorrow details about a free WiFi initiative. To quote [Matt Marshall](http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2005/08/16/san_francisco_to_announce_free_wifi_initiative.html):

> Will we really be able to just show up in SF, put our laptop on any table, and start working? That would be rad, and would be sure to lure a bunch of eager, empty-pocketed start-up folks to open shop south of Market — and maybe help SF outdo the southbay part of Silicon Valley.

I’m not quite sure free WiFi is the make it or break deal for empty-pocket startups. I’m a bit more concerned about such luxuries as rent, parking and good places to eat at 2am in the morning.

What’s promising about a city-wide initiative is not free WiFi, but accessible WiFi. Replacing spotty and unreliable hot spots with always on connectivity, that’s available to all residents at all times. That’s just a step into something much bigger, trust people to find a lot of creative and interesting uses.

tags: wifi sf

> On the second day of the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Open Source Development Labs CEO Stuart Cohen announced a new OSDL Patent Commons Project “designed to provide a central location where software patents and patent pledges will be housed for the benefit of the open source development community and industry.”

Is this great or what? It used to be that computer patents were about innovation, but back then it was also said that we only need four of them. Today we have companies who’s core business is patenting the patently obvious, and pocketing on the legal loophole that is the USPTO. The Europeans got it. Here in the US, you need to do all the legal footwork before you can think of innovations. That might well be one of the key moves to bring back the pace of innovation.

link: http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2005-08-10-a.html
tags: patents osdl commons

> Building on its original decision last year to move its OS to the Linux (Overview, Articles, Company) kernel, PalmSource announced Tuesday a partnership with key mobile Linux OS provider MontaVista Software. The two companies plan to promote the development of Linux-based OSes and applications for Linux-based mobile phones.

So first there was Cobalt which by now is top contender for Vaporware of The Year award. Then rumors about a Windows Mobile Treo 670. And now Palm is back to talking about Linux on the PDA.

Light, reliable, hacker friendly. Where do I sign in?

link: http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/09/HNpalmsource_1.html
tags: palm linux

This according to Ian Forrester, via Scoble:

Jeremy Zawodny was very interesting and pointed out a couple of things.

• The rumours about Yahoo working on a Technorati killer, are true.
• The aggregator will support Microformats and RSS Extensions, including some of Yahoo’s rivals
• Yahoo will be REALLY opening up more APIs. Zawodny failed or kept very quiet about the Konfabulator take over
• Yahoo are counting RSS/Atom as a type of API not just as a syndication format

It seems that the young blood infusion at Yahoo is giving Google and everyone else a run for their money. It’s refreshing. And gives us a bit of cheap thriller suspense. What will Google do next? Technorati getting acquired? How many RSS search/aggregator roadkills? What’s with this Twin Peaks soundtrack?

tags: yahoo technorati blogsphere

Just announced.