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I t has been approximately three weeks since Google announced their Analytics service. I connected Analytics probes to my blog page as soon as I got the message (I think this was a Reuters announcement on a stock - screening site). The probe itself is a tiny Javascript that lets Google gather traffic statistics on the page where it resides. And since the early days of the service I watched my fellow readers visiting my site. It is amazing how much information is available. First, I know where you come from. So far most of the audience is in the United States and in Poland (locations whre I have realtives and friends, who spread the word). But I also have visitors from Australia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Iceland. I still cannot understand why there are no visits from Canada (anybody has friends over there? - ask them to click here and we will see...). Then I know the ratio of new versus returning visitors. The trend is good so far, since the blog is gaining in popularity and n...

W e have expected an iPod killer to come from one of the big three mobile handset players (Nokia, Motorola or Sony-Ericsson). Or may be from the strong far-east challengers (Samsung, LG or Sanyo). But it looks like HTC has come from behind. Again. I've been a proud owner of the i-Mate SP5m for two days now, and must say it is an awesome device. It is not perfect (yet), but it is likely the best mobile phone on Earth at the moment. It has got all the goodies you can dream of (like WiFi , Bluetooth, EDGE, 1.3 megapixel camera...), managed by easy to navigate, elegant and fast Windows Mobile 5.0 and an absolutely gorgeous 240x320 portrait screen. T here are several pioneering design details. W iFi. This is the first mobile phone I have had, to include WiFi along with some other connection options. SP5m has a dedicated Communications Manager button that lets you turn on and off selected transmitters (especially WiFi and Bluetooth). Windows OS takes care of intelligent least cost rout...

S ingularity, the term originally coined by Vernor Vinge , and made recently famous by Ray Kurzweil is spreading all over the world. Redmond is not behind. Microsoft Research has been working on a Singularity project for two years now. Somewhere in its background, singularity means breakthrough, and this - I suppose - was the reason why Microsoft chose the name for the new prototype operating system. The goal is to (finally) have a software you can depend on. Microsoft defines system as dependable when it behaves as expected by its creators, owners and users, noting that many systems do not fit this definition [:)] . S ingularity started with a question: what would a software platform look like, if it was designed from scratch, with the primary goal of dependability, instead of the more common goal of performance? This statement however casts a shadow of doubt, whether an architecture like that will ever be accepted by consumers. Of course, we hate software bugs and instabilities. Bu...

T his time I had a plan to write about something else than Google. I thought I explored its potential impact for a while. But just as I was starting to make up the title for today's entry, my good friend Glenn reminded me of the Epic 2014 story. Yes, I watched this movie before. But it was fairly long ago, at least before I got involved (both financially and emotionally) with Google. So I tuned in to the Epic 2014 home page and watched it again. What strikes me, is how close the movie authors are in their predictions to my own thoughts, on how the information flow chain will evolve (or evolves, should I say). The only difference is timing. Since I am sure 2014 will happen before 2010. Actually I can feel the story is happening now, with the headworx blog being one of the participants and contributors to the changes. E vents happen around the globe. Life, science, politics, technology, literature, music... How do we learn about them today? We read newspapers, watch television, lis...

A s you already know, I do not watch TV and do not buy newspapers. I get 100% of my information feeds from the Internet. It started to be like that a couple of years ago. The first enabler was a WiFi network covering my house and a Compaq Tablet PC as my electronic newspaper. I could sit in any room (yes, the bathroom included) with my tablet and navigate to any site and read. Local news, technology, stocks, email, bulletin boards, blogs... There is the power and freedom to choose exactly what I want. And then RSS technology came along. R SS has been occupying a pole position on a starting grid of technologies set to transform and revolutionize the Internet for several months now. But it needed an enabler. A good reader application that would help organize the news feeds from various sources. Actually hundreds of RSS readers and aggregators have emerged recently, but to be honest none of them took me by heart. I've been waiting for the One. A nd while waiting and waiting, I just h...