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Professional audio advice for podcasters (rookies and vets)

Earlier this year, Dan Bricklin called me up to say that he had attended a BoomersTV party in Boston and that he took the opportunity to interview John Osborne, a Boston area-based video and audio production professional who has been doing on-location recording for reality shows and documentaries...

Tags: Dan Bricklin, microphone

Blog posts 2006-04-03

Now Johnny CAN program, says Behlendorf

I had a chance to chat to Apache co-founder Brian Behlendorf late last week. Now CTO of CollabNet, Behlendorf these days is in the business of helping companies co-ordinate their software development. But I was surprised and pleased to find the extent to which that increasingly means welcoming...

Tags: Johnny, CollabNet Inc., Brian Behlendorf, mashup

Blog posts 2006-02-27

Podcast interview of PC industry icon Dan Bricklin

Podcast interview of PC industry icon Dan BricklinMP3s linksUsually ZDNet's lins to podcasts have a glitch, as in http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/zd.pod/http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/z/e/200601/itmatters_bricklin_010706.mp3But the link in the blog text is correct.

Tags: Podcasts, podcast, Dan Bricklin, PC industry, industry, PC

Discussion threads 2006-01-07

Podcast interview of PC industry icon Dan Bricklin

A lot of people don't realize that Dan Bricklin should be a household name in the PC business. Back in 1978, he and Bob Frankston came up with the idea of an electronic spreadsheet. Until then, spreadsheets were done on paper. The numbers in the boxes were...

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Blog posts 2006-01-06

Geeks brave Boston's cold for Cambridge meet-n-greet

I dove down to the CambridgeSide Galleria last night to check out a eat-meet-geek-greet organized by Scripting News' publisher Dave Winer and got a chance to meet some new people like Philip Greenspun (pictured on the right in a discussion with Dave Winer while Dan Bricklin [center] records the discussion...

Tags: Dan Bricklin, Edirol R1, Philip Greenspun

Blog posts 2006-01-06

Bricklin on DVD: Good software copyright primer for enterprises

Normally, when PC-industry pioneer Dan Bricklin comes out with a new product, you can download it or get it on a CD. Not this time. Instead of publishing some new innovative software (as we're so accustomed to seeing him do), he has published a video of himself discussing...

Tags: DVD, Dan Bricklin

Blog posts 2005-05-12

Dan Bricklin to the rescue

Dan Bricklin has been a hero to me for some time. Now, if you're trying to get open source into your enterprise, he can be a hero to you, too.Bricklin is producing a DVD,"Copyright, Open Source, and Why a Lawyer is a Developer's Friend." It should be out in April,...

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Blog posts 2005-02-15

Dan Bricklin ponders technology evolution and innovation

I joined the Gillmor Gang forthis week's edition with featured guest Dan Bricklin, one of the creators of VisiCalc and other innovative software. During the show, Dan gives his views on where innovation is happening today and what's in store for the future as technology evolves. Listen at IT...

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Blog posts 2005-02-04

Ballmer spins "opportunity" to software association

Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer was a guest speaker at a conference this morning for the members of the Massachusetts Software Council, a technology trade association in that state. In attendance there was Dan Bricklin (co-creator of VisiCalc, the first PC spreadsheet) who, in his blog, summarizes what Ballmer had to...

Tags: Steven Ballmer

Blog posts 2004-09-01

Bicentennial software

Dan Bricklin, author of VisiCalc on Software That Lasts 200 Years."The structure and culture of a typical prepackaged software company is not attuned to the long-term needs of society for software that is part of its infrastructure." Bricklin's Societal Infrastructure Software concept asserts that software should be thought of more like...

Tags: software, Dan Bricklin

Blog posts 2004-07-15

Additional Resources

Hyperic CloudStatus adds Google App Engine monitoring

There are many factors that could be seen as impediments to the adoption of "cloud computing" architectures. One of them is the assumption by some suppliers that organizations are going to leap with both feet into running important applications offsite somewhere in the cloud. These folks haven't learned from what...

Tags: Google Inc., Performance, Monitoring, CloudStatus, Hyperic Inc., Google App Engine, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-21

News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Sun release claims Sun Ray shipments nearly double

Sun just issued a press release claiming that its shipments of Sun Ray "thin client" systems nearly doubled. The most exciting part of the announcement was that the document was sent not as a text message, not as an HTML formatted document, but as a Sun Staroffice document. I'm sure...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Sun Ray Unit Shipment, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Thin Clients, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-20

News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Intel Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-20

The Weather Channel CIO: Brian Shield

Brian Shield, CIO of The Weather Channel talks to CNET News' Dan Farber about delivering the weather on multiple platforms in a timely manner for its 120 million users. He also discusses new innovations, including a new LEED certified HD studio and how they are using open-source software to power...

Tags: CIO, Leadership, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-19

An Event Apart 2008: Day 2

The second day of An Event Apart will feature plenty of web standards jargon. I will be posting photos and notes from today's events. Unfortunately, the slides are reserved for attendees only, but I will try to gather as much information as...

Tags: Google Inc., Microformat, Tool, Post-it Note, Eric Meyer, CSS, Productivity, Keyboards, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Conversation with HP's Roberto Moctezuma

I recently had the chance to speak with Roberto Moctezuma, VP, Desktop Solutions Organization for HP about the company's approach to providing its customers with desktop and client virtualization solutions. I've spoken with one of Roberto's team, Tad Bodman, and posted HP and Desktop Virtualization a while back. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Waiting for Fay

One of the joys of living along the coast of Florida is the opportunity to see tropical storms and hurricanes up close and very personal. After moving all of the outdoor furniture up under the eaves or into the house and closing the hurricane shutters (big fan-fold aluminum jobs), all...

Tags: Hurricane, Food & Beverage, Engineering, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, Manufacturing, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-19

News to know: IDF; Office 14; Google; Flash flaw; MobileMe; Zoho

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason O'Grady: MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is the "killer app" argument dead? More info on USB 3.0 emerges ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Attack, Flaw, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Zoho's future in Google's hands?

  Earlier today, Zoho sent over an intriguing email with a whole bunch of numbers and spreadsheet demonstrating why Google in particular is not likely to be a threat to the company. It makes interesting reading. The argument goes something like this: Google's revenue and profit per...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Google Inc., Zoho, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-18