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The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy online

The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy onlineWhy dont they just make it legal, regulate and tax the crap out of it.If many law abiding citizens continue to break a particular law then the law is no longer socially justifiable. Laws are simply social control over behavors that are unwanted....

Tags: game, hypocrisy, Evangelism

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

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What do Linux vendors want with those former Microsoft graphics patents?

Trolls are worse than MicrosoftMS could face retribution from the likes of IBM, whose portfolio and depth of patents dwarf most other stockpiles. Most likely this has been the main source of MS restraint - only saber rattling - to date.A troll has no legitimate business to protect and...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, graphics, Microsoft Corp., patent, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing

When it comes to Google's entry into the Microsoft-dominated computer operating system business, there's a bigger question as to whether Google's move is an offensive one or a defensive one? Microsoft's official comment on Google's latest announcement seems to be a big fat "no comment" from Bill...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Computing, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Long-time Microsoft evangelist retires

Long-time Microsoft evangelist retiresGood LuckI had the privilege of working for Sanjay for a short time at Developer & Platform Evangelism and he will be missed at Microsoft. Best of luck, Sanjay, in your next phase of life.Yeah, good luck Sanjay, see you in KeralaAs a former MS evangelist I...

Tags: Sanjay, evangelist, Long-time Microsoft evangelist, LONG-time Microsoft

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Layoffs hit Microsoft security unit

Layoffs hit Microsoft security unitOH NO!That's the last department where they should lay people off.RE: Layoffs hit Microsoft security unitinstead of laying off people the big shot executives can cut there bonuses and other perks they are enjoying... at least that will save some jobsWindows has no security... ;)What security,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft security unit, Microsoft Security, layoff

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Identity thieves take aim at Facebook users

Identity thieves take aim at Facebook usersTurn off FB emailsI turned off all Facebook email notifications. I got tired of wading through them all. As a result, I won't get any emails from FB except the rare administrative missive. I also keep the number of applications I allow to manageable...

Tags: E-mail, Phishing, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Identity Thieves, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

CRM Playaz Episode #6: Enterprise Tech Poll - Hmmm; Garbled Lingo; First C-Level Smackdown & Twidiocy Celebrity HOF Inducts Third "Member"

CRM Playaz Episode #6 I suppose I should be covering Oracle's acquisition of Sun but I think that ZDNET blogger Larry Dignan does the seminal job on it here so read it here.  I'm putting up the next episode of CRM Playaz, which very soon will be...

Tags: Episode, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-04-20

The CIA's Collaboration Growth Curve & IBM's Lotusphere ecosystem

One of the highlights of last June's Enterprise 2.0 conference was Don Burke and Sean Dennehy of the US Central Intelligence Agency CIA describing how their 'Intellipedia' wikis were transforming the agency into a more collaborative organization: that presentation is embedded above. Ten...

Tags: Fax Machine, CIA, Network, IBM Corp., Intellipedia, Fax, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-16

WSJ: Jobs heading up Apple netbook project

WSJ: Jobs heading up Apple netbook projectIt usually takes Apple about 5 years to copy the restMP3 player? Check.Smartphone? Check.Time Machine? Check.Netbook? Right on target.Cupertino's photocopiers are working full time!! :)I INVENTED PSEUDOTRANSPERANCYRobert Mehlschau;I am NOT interested in the arguments above, Macs are OBVIOUSLY BETTER AND HIGHER QUALITY THEN WINDOWS,...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Now Let, ARM Processors, netbook, Apple Inc., Apple Netbook, ARM, job, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

Energy-efficient chips are cool, but Intel is reaching much deeper in eco-innovation

OK, OK, we've all heard a gazillion and one things this week about why Nehalem, er the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, is like, a total breakthrough in terms of energy efficiency. Intel calls the chip its most revolutionary product in the past 15 years shades of Pentium and all...

Tags: Intel Corp., Chip, Desktop Virtualization, Wi-Fi, Processors, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Virtualization, Semiconductors, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-03-31

So long and thanks for all the fish

So long and thanks for all the fishGood Luck!Good luck with your career Ryan. Your blog has been fun - particularly in the early years. Now browser apps are continuing to become progressively richer, and desktop apps are almost all becoming Internet connected. It's kind of nice when people start...

Tags: Blogging, Universal Desktop, Ryan, fish, blog

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

Do We Really NEED CRM 2.0?

Do We Really NEED CRM 2.0?what is CRM?After reading first two sentences i give up on articleRE: Do We Really NEED CRM 2.0?Great post. I really think it doesn't matter whether one vendor is able to provide the complete "CRM 2.0 solution". Similar to closed-loop marketing, the productivity comes,...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise software, CRM

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

What do community managers, you know, do?

One of the questions I get most often is "what does a community manager do"? As a growing field (in as much as any field is growing these days...), there's a fair amount of interest in what community managers do. Dawn Foster has a great post on...

Tags: Community Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Communication Skills, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-01-30

Joyent takes on Google

In what many will see as a bold move, cloud computing infrastructure provider Joyent is taking on Google. Today it announced the acquisition of Reasonably Smart, a Canadian open source infrastructure provider based on JavaScript and Git. Rod Boothby, Joyent's VP of platform evangelism said this is the first...

Tags: Google Inc., Environment, Joyent, Capital Structures, Open Source, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Brightcove adds some new leadership talent

Brightcove adds some new leadership talentHi Ryan,Hey Ryan,Thanks for the kind words. Hope all is well.Brightcove 3 really does rock. There is a lot more now for developers to dig into to really leverage everything they have built, and I hope the Flex, Flash, ActionScript, AIR and AJAX communities...

Tags: Brightcove, leadership talent, Ryan, leadership

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

A $1 billion plan for car-charging network

A $1 billion plan for car-charging networkAre you serious?Hybrid cars are only the first step in the process of moving toward alternative energy. If you seriously believe that we are going to be able to continue use gasoline, even in smaller quantities, then you might want to start paying...

Tags: apparatu, car-charging network, car, electric vehicle, linear distance, battery, network

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

What's the big deal about the Firefox EULA?

A number of people seem to have their knickers in a twist over Mozilla's requirements to display the Firefox EULA when the program is launched the first time in Ubuntu. What's the big deal, exactly? The big fuss comes over the realization that Firefox 3.0 will be...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, EULA, Web Browsers, Internet, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-09-15

Wordcamp 2008

In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...

Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-16

Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?

Exxon Mobil got "brand-jacked." About two weeks ago, someone named "Janet," believed to be a spokesperson for the oil company, started posting one-liner comments about the company on Twitter. There was no reason to doubt the legitimacy of the Twitter account. There are a lot of big-named...

Tags: brand, internet, exxon mobil corp., twitter, janet, branding, marketing, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-07

"Reliability is a management issue" [podcast]

The Enterprise 2.0 conference currently being held in Boston reminds us that mission-critical web-based applications require high availability. Unfortunately, some enterprise 2.0 application vendors take development shortcuts resulting in poor reliability, which angers users and damages the developer's credibility. In  this podcast, I speak with Rod Boothby,...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Podcasts, Cloud Computing, Internet, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-06-12