Links for 07-16-2008

• Internet Evolution - Marc Canter - The Dawn of the PKB (Personal Knowledge Base) - Good point. I have emails (several), local files, various Web 2.0 services, bookmarks, and a saved Knowledge Base (Surfulater) that are all largely disjoint from each other. (To say nothing of some things that are just on paper.)
• ssd-usenix08.pdf (application/pdf Object) - Detailed look at SSD design tradeoffs.
• It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's.... The Burj Dubai! - Shoot The Blog - Amazing pic!
• EBays Pyrrhic Victory - Business, Power and Deals – Executive Suite blog – NYTimes.com - I only agree with some of the points in this piece. What I think is true, however, is that eBay is shifting its focus from the auction business and customer satisfaction (from both buyer and seller side) with that auction business is at least anecdotally in steady decline.