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- An Army of Davids
- An Army of DavidsBook's not newAn Army of Davids came out about 1 year ago.Why Spain And France Lost North AmericaPatriots recognize that Spain and France lost control of North America to English speakers because of an economic theory called mercantilism. Mercantilism held that wealth was fixed and for one...
- Tags: Davids
- Discussion threads 2007-07-13
- An Army of Davids
- Glenn Reynolds has a new book called An Army of Davids about how markets and technology are empowering individuals in new ways. In a similar vein, I wrote a column about the rise of personal businesses several months ago.The gist of my column is that many businesses, especially...
- Tags: Web Technology, Personal Technology, Government, General, Amazon
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Conflicts and passions
- There's a lot of heat in the media today about disclosure, over a story that needs to be written now and again which isn't such a big deal. Doc Searls says he sees the question of blogger disclosure as "a typical, predictable, stir-the-shit mainstream journal's dig against blogging." But...
- Tags: Blogging, Davids, blogosphere
- Blog posts 2006-02-09
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- Windows+Mobile+falls+behind+iPhone+in+latest+mobile-market+numbers
- Windows+Mobile+falls+behind+iPhone+in+latest+mobile-market+numbersLOOK EVERYONE!@#*@#! HE MENTIONS ME!!!I am loved >:)
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Smart phones, Operating systems, Handhelds, Apple iTunes, WinMo, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Coming up: Web 2.0 Summit
- Tomorrow the star-studded Web 2.0 Summit gets underway. Co-hosted by John Battelle and Tim O'Reilly. I will be blogging from the event over the next few days and trying to figure out, once again, the import of Web 2.0. Thematically, the Summit will focus on the following questions. ...
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-16
- Mr. Ballmer's personal mushroom cloud
- Mr. Ballmer's personal mushroom cloudAll that is being askedare what are the 235 patents? Why? So they can either be validated or refuted. Until Microsoft puts up the patents this is nothing more than scare tactics to try and force payment. ]:)I don't accept thatClaiming that Linux users owe MS...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., patent, Linux, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Office nomads: co-working gaining ground
- Office nomads: co-working gaining groundI am none of the aboveSince we actually run a bonafide coworking space RIGHT DOWN THE STREET from ZDNet...Citizen Space which has been open for almost a year and full - one of two spaces in San Francisco that receive coworkers plus another two are opening.You...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, nomad
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- Podcast: JavaOne, Software 2007, Red Hat and more...
- This week on the Dan & David Show, we have special guest, blogger and tech analyst James Governor of Redmonk. He joins us to discuss the fallout from the weeks events--JavaOne, Software 2007 (featuring Steve Ballmer, Ed Zander, Marc Benioff and other industry execs) and Red Hats annual Summit. We...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, General, Google, Open Source, Red Hat
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- Zude's drag-n-drop Web authoring/remixing make it the Switzerland of the social Web
- Although it is unquestionably one of the most revolutionary services to hit the Web in a long time -- one that, once out of beta, should prove to be equally usable and useful to Grandma as it is powerful to hackers, corporate developers, knowledge workers, and business analysts --...
- Tags: Web technology, Video, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, Personal Technology, General, Entertainment
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- Thoughts on the online/offiine apps controversy
- So David from 37Signals dropped the f-bomb in a particularly myopic post wherein he tries to argue that we dont need offline functionality from online applications because, "like dude... were all connected ll of the time and why dont you read a book or something when youre on a plane?"....
- Tags: Web Apps, Productivity, Mobility
- Blog posts 2007-04-08
- Why Linux will not displace Windows
- I firmly believe that, all else being equal, the differences between the Windows desktop, the Macintosh desktop, and the Linux desktop are negligible. With the proper applications, all three platforms will be capable of providing a satisfactory experience for any user. All three platforms have both free and...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- Davids versus Goliath: a comparison of wikis versus Blackboard CMS
- Davids versus Goliath: a comparison of wikis versus Blackboard CMSI am sadthere is not more discussion about this from educators and colleges. BB is way to expensive to justify given the alternatives of wikis and moddle. And we complain about the cost of education. Today many more...
- Tags: Wiki, content management system
- Discussion threads 2007-03-10
- Davids versus Goliath: a comparison of wikis versus Blackboard CMS
- [Guest Blogger Stewart Mader, Atlassian - makers of Confluence and Jira]In almost a decade in higher ed on both sides of the classroom (and in the middle, as a consultant helping other teachers integrate technology into their courses), Ive seen an interesting shift in whats available for teachers, and...
- Tags: Education, CMS, Windows, Wiki, Mac, Web as Platform, Web Office, Business, Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Screen Gallery: When is a firewall not a firewall? When it's Vista's built-in firewall
- Screen Gallery: See the screen gallery that demonstrates all that went wrong with Davids attempt to configure Vistas firewall. Whereas one job of a personal firewall is to block potentially malicious inbound connections to your machine, another is to block potentially malicious outbound connections. For example, if...
- Tags: General, Vista, Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, Security, Image Gallery, firewall
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- Yahoo vs. Google: Why Panama is the wrong destination
- Do the marketers rule at Yahoo, while the engineers rule at Google? Fred Vogelstein believes he has “empirical evidence” that such is the case.Vogelstein begins his Wired magazine piece: “Terry Semel was pissed,” in bold for emphasis.Vogelstein looks back to Yahoo vs. Google in 2002, and apparently has a pictorial...
- Tags: Advertising, Search, Google, Yahoo, Google Software Applications, Yahoo! Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-01-17
- Video: David's adventures at CES
- For your viewing pleasure, weve collected more than 20 videos from Davids visit to CES. He covers everything Wi-Fi rabbits and tasers to ultra mobile PCs and large LCD and plasma displays.
- Tags: General, Personal Technology, Hardware Infrastructure, Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Mobile, Entertainment, VOIP, CES
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- Why software sucks: the podcast
- Last week, I posted an entry on why users put up with bad software and referenced David Platts book "Why Software Sucks." The topic was top of mind because Id just finished interviewing David for IT Conversations. If youre interested, I just published the podcast version of Why...
- Tags: General, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, software, Software Sucks
- Blog posts 2007-01-09
- Open source in the post-telephony era
- We are firmly in the post-telephony era. (Image from the BellSystemMemorial.) On buying BellSouth, AT&T executives spoke of selling "bundles" of service, wireless being the most important, and of using ads as a primary revenue stream. They were combining the land lines business as a by-product -- local, long distance,...
- Tags: Trixbox 2.0, open source, 2007 preview, business models, VOIP, Infrastructure, Strategy, Enterprise Policy, Implementations, Applications, General
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- Vista and Office 2007, defining open source, ZDNet's new look and more...
- This week on the Dan & David Show, Mary Jo Foley joins us to talk about the official release of Vista and Office 2007 for business users. We have lots of coverage here. We also discuss Davids new blog, Testbed, which will cover products for business users, and preview the...
- Tags: General, Open Source, IT Management, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Web Technology, Dan &, David Show, Legal, podcast
- Blog posts 2006-12-01
- "The Pirate and the Suit" at Web 2.0
- This afternoon at Web 2.0 in San Francisco, John Battelle brought together David Munns, vice chairman of EMI Music worldwide and chairman and CEO of EMI Music North America, and Eric Kleptone of the Kleptones. EMI has been on the front lines of the mashup wars, first with D.J....
- Tags: Conferences, Copyright, DMCA, DRM, Licenses, Live Web, Social networking, User generated content, Mashups, EMI Group Plc.
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
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