June 5, 2006
20 entries filed this day
Tigersharks: Taking Path Finder 10.4-only
David A Chappell · Vice President and Chief Technology Evangelist, Sonic Software · Software Development
Last week (and the week before ) we heard some compelling arguments for the support of legacy platforms. We also learned of the customer service advantages this kind of support can lend a company. But what if there is no company? What if, instead of a team of coders on a project, you find yourself the sole developer? And what if that project, instead of being a simple arcade game from the ’90s, is nothing short of an award-winning replacement for the Finder itself?
Filed at 1:15am
Addendum to Ten Questions with Dr. Joseph Chamie
Guy Kawasaki · Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures · IT Management / ten questions
I asked Dr. Chamie three additional questions based on the comments to his first interview. Here are his follow-on answers. Question: What will the demographics of the US look like in 2050? Answer: Later this year, sometime in mid-October, the...
Filed at 3:00am
Are Certifications A Necessary Evil?
Susan Underhill · Vice President of HP Global Certification & Partner Education, HP · Data Management
In a recent conversation with one of our channel partners a comment was made that I hear quite often: “We view vendor certification requirements as a cost of doing business, but certification doesn’t matter that much. In fact, it just takes our people out of the office when they could be selling…”
Filed at 5:03am
No RJ-11 For You
David A Chappell · Vice President and Chief Technology Evangelist, Sonic Software · Software Development
An old friend called in a panic the other day. The modem on her G3 lime iMac had crapped out, and she needed to get online that evening. We verified that she could still get a dial tone on the line. Had her reboot. No dice. “Still no broadband?,” I asked. “Maybe someday. Haven’t gotten around to it.”
Filed at 5:15am
Is This Like Going Out To Grass?
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, Via Knowledge · Knowledge Management / what's new
News that former Carlton chief Steve Hewlett has been appointed Visiting Professor at Salford University should ring some alarm bells for students who want to plot a career deep into the future.An accomplished journalist, Hewlett has allowed himself to be best remembered for allowing Martin Bashir to secure that hour long interview with Diana Princess of Wales.
Filed at 5:48am
Panorama Manipulates the Drama
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, Via Knowledge · error and bias / Knowledge Management / review
Last night the BBC’s Panorama managed to set a new low in political film making. Climate Chaos was previewed as an investigation into how George Bush’s Presidency suppresses information on global warming. Now am I the only one who remembers May’s Vanity Fair doing exactly the same? But let’s leave that to one side for now....
Filed at 6:08am
Let’s Hear it from Brian Storm
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, Via Knowledge · companies / Knowledge Management
I am an admirer of Brian Storm's new media, online old-fashioned-values-but-highly-innovative publishing business MediaStorm, soI made contact and began by asking himWhat is unique about MediaStorm and the medium Internet TV?Video on the internet is exploding right now. The global penetration of broadband access coupled with the sophistication of new video publishing tools like Brightcove and distribution/social...
Filed at 6:46am
Bringing GIS and Engineering Departments Closer Together
Geoff Zeiss · Director of Technology, Autodesk · Enterprise Applications / sharing spatial data
From time to time I plan to invite people who have an interesting perspective (based on real world experience) that reinforces some of the themes that I have been focusing on to contribute to this blog. Sharing spatial data especially...
Filed at 8:08am
Interview with a Debit Card Scammer
Bruce Schneier · Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Counterpane · Security
Podcast : We discuss credit card data centers getting hacked; why banks getting hacked doesn't make mainstream media; reissuing bank
Filed at 8:23am
Topix.net enters free classifieds market
Barry Graubart · Vice President of Product management, Alacra · content business / Knowledge Management / vertical search
Topix.net appears to be offering free local classifieds, in the mode of Craigslist. When browsing a local city section on Topix.net, a new column of classified ads is displayed in the right column, along with a link to post your...
Filed at 9:15am
Syntax support for collections?
David A Chappell · Vice President and Chief Technology Evangelist, Sonic Software · Software Development
It is common to use final static fields to define constants in your Java applications. For example, you will often find the code similar to this in various Java APIs public class Example { public static int one = 1;} which is used in the following manner
Filed at 9:48am
What is Constellation mode?
David A Chappell · Vice President and Chief Technology Evangelist, Sonic Software · Software Development
Most serious Mac users these days have heard of Quicksilver, the launcher/file manager/all-purpose-do-everything app that attracts almost cult-like devotion from some users. But not all Quicksilver users will have heard of Constellation mode; certainly most non-Quicksilver users are likely to be unfamiliar with it.
Filed at 9:48am
Breakfast at Bolton’s
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, Via Knowledge · for argument's sake / Knowledge Management
Roger Bolton, so long out of the BBC that it's marginally unfair to refer to him as the corporation's lost talent, or nearly man, agonised this morning over the mentality of journalists who seize on poor political decision making like dogs high on aniseed. He excused his argument that we journalists, as opposed to them politicians, don't have...
Filed at 9:48am
Outsmarted by a Chatterbot
David A Chappell · Vice President and Chief Technology Evangelist, Sonic Software · Software Development
I thought I'd set up something funny... then I nearly fell out of my chair.
Filed at 10:15am
Refactoring Everything, Day 28
David A Chappell · Vice President and Chief Technology Evangelist, Sonic Software · Software Development
This 30-day project explores the refactoring of a legacy system. The Everything Engine is an aging softwareproject that powers Perl Monks , Everything 2, and a few other websites.It suffers from poor design and maintainiability. Learn what it’s like to lookover the shoulder of an experienced developer as he refactors, redesigns, andupdates the code.
Filed at 10:16am
Why blog post frequency does not matter anymore
Eric Kintz · VP Global Marketing Strategy & Excellence, HP · Platforms
“Thou shall post every day” is the most fundamental and most well known principle of blogging. Every new blogger is warned about “the” ultimate rule and is confronted with the pressure of a day going by with no new post. Every one has in mind the examples of successful bloggers, like Robert Scoble at Microsoft, who post several times a day. Daily posting shows that you are serious about blogging, generates traffic and drives reader loyalty, as readers come back daily to check your new posts. You cannot be successful if you do not go by the rule, right? RIGHT?
Filed at 11:41am
Do right and do well
Randy Littleson · CEO, Kinaxis · Enterprise Applications
I attended AMR's annual Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix last week where it was about 110 degrees each day! I've been to quite a few AMR conferences now, but this one was quite different. The theme of the event was "Making money and saving the world."
Filed at 12:28pm
Leading companies speak out on the need for supply chain visibility and response
Randy Littleson · CEO, Kinaxis · Enterprise Applications
At the recent AMR Supply Chain Executive Conference (see summary here ), many of the world's leading companies spoke out on the need for supply chain visibility and the ability to sense and respond to change. In particular:
Filed at 1:20pm
Apple + BlackBerry = AppleBerry?
David A Chappell · Vice President and Chief Technology Evangelist, Sonic Software · Software Development
An AppleBerry is exactly what noted analyst Peter Misek has predicted . This story is getting a lot of Buzz because Peter Misek is the same analyst that correctly predicted the RIM move the the Intel processor last year.
Filed at 1:46pm
The Blog is Back
John Andrews · President, Evans Data Corp · general
I’m re-launching my Data dose. Things got so busy around here that I really didn’t have the time to update it the way I wanted too. Now that we have more staff and things are humming right along I decided it’s about time to bring it back. Really there isn’t a better...
Filed at 1:50pm
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