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Foo Camping: I was invited to Foo Camp this past weekend for the first time and after going, I can definitely see why it's such a big deal to go and why it's become an uber geek event. If you've never heard of Foo Camp, there's a pretty good article over on...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications; Blog posts 2007-06-25
Report from Foo Camp â€“ goodness!: Report from Foo Camp â€“ goodness!hammers and nailsI don't know what it means and don't want to overinterpret but I am struck that on the one hand that your day job is to hack the institutional structure of capitalism and, on the other hand, you confront the questions of good...; Tags: Business ethics, Tools & Techniques, morality, ethics, Foo Camp; Discussion threads 2006-08-16

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Best way to sell drugs is to talk to your doctor: A Harvard study of direct-to-consumer advertising, using French Canadians as a control group, found expensive TV ads foo drugs like Nasonex, Enbrel and Zelnorm had, at best, a transitory impact on sales, which quickly dissipated. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Advertisement, Enbrel, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Psystar files answer to Apple complaint: Psystar files answer to Apple complaintBut they don'tYou have to modify Leopard to get it to run on non-Apple hardware.Case closed, Psystar loses.Especially the asinine argument that OS X is not a copyrightable work.Except....I would imagine Psystar is well backed in its endeavor. Or would be. There is...; Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-08-29
Hero of the week: Mike McDerment: It's rare for me to pick out individuals but Mike McDerment CEO of FreshBooks deserves attention by anyone in the startup game and especially those trying to develop business applications. I first came across Mike some two years ago when FreshBooks had about 70,000 registrants. That number is now over...; Tags: Start-up, Hero, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-28

SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?: SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?The SOA Problem has moved elsewhereMy comments here.http://www.gandalf-lab.com/blog/2008/08/soa-adoption-down-from-2006-are-you.htmlI think the problem SOA tried to solve has moved elsewhere. With WOA ,SaaS and crowd sourcing the notion of a central body managing all enterprise services has diluted and hence you see a lot of...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA Problem, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-08-27
Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated: The Irregulars draws its 'crew' from a wide and varied group of technology interests. One is Charlie Bess, an EDS Fellow. These are the brightest of the brightest among EDS thinkers and we are honored to have Charlie's insights. Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated, Charlie felt free...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Investment, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-27
Open source extremism lives: Open source extremism livesNot the same thingI admit there's a continuum of opinion. Those who are advocating ogg aren't advocating defiance of the law, but a format more in keeping with the ideals of FOSS, which is a different thing.Userama decided to laugh at Democrats, but he made an apt...; Tags: ZD Net, F/OSS, extremism, Open source extremism, extremist, open source; Discussion threads 2008-08-26
Fastest-growing search terms in June 2008: Rank Search Term Volume 1. george carlin 0.04% 2. summer vacation 0.01% 3. where is my rebate check 0.01% 4. transformers 2 0.01% 5. spinning skyscraper 0.01% 6. camp rock lyrics 0.01% 7. perceptions of tattoos...; Tags: NB; Blog posts 2008-08-22
Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnership: Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnershipWhy would you want your competition...selling your product and why would you want to sell your competitions product? I would like to believe this is being done for the good of the customer.I'm trying to think of any other industry where this kind of relationship...; Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, partnership, Companies, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Linux partnership; Discussion threads 2008-08-20
Crazy Machines 1.5 (exe): Create Your Own Zany & Rube Goldberg & Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Viva Media, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources; Software downloads 2008-08-19
BuddyPress, an open source competitor to FaceBook: At Today's WordPress Camp in San Francisco - covered in detail by ZD's Andrew Mager here - Founder Matt Mullenweg discussed impressive growth for WordPress.com and WordPress.org. Page views grew from 1.5 billion to 6.5 billion/month with 120-160 million unique visitors, including a third from heavyweight media...; Tags: Facebook, Network, Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, BuddyPress, Andy, Blogging, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-08-16
Question from a reader - What notebook/OS for college?: Question from a reader - What notebook/OS for college?Check with the college to see what is their preference...If there isn't one then being as I'm from a Windows IT background that moved over to Mac I'd chose the Mac. If you do need Windows you can run Boot Camp, VMware,...; Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, college life, Apple Macintosh, notebook, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-08-15
More on the iPhone 3G woes (updated): More on the iPhone 3G woes updatedRE: More on the iPhone 3G woes updatedfail.the issue isn't 3G failing with the iphone, it's with a chipset inside the phone itself failing. other phones don't have the issue because the don't have that chipset.and what in tarnation does your subject line mean...; Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Apple iPhone 3G, Apple iPhone, 3G; Discussion threads 2008-08-14
Flare data visualization library: I've been playing with Flare, an ActionScript library for creating basically any kind of visualization you want from graphs/charts to interactive graphics. It's a great example of being able to use an RIA technology for exactly what it excels at - powerful graphics. What's great about Flare is that it's...; Tags: Data Visualization, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-08-14
Download cool PhysX-enabled stuff from NVIDIA: Download cool PhysX-enabled stuff from NVIDIALinux?Do they have Linux demos available or are they only showing off their technology to Windows gamers? Its a bit disappointing to always see "choose operating system" and only finding "windows blah" and "windows foo" and "windows 9000 64-bit" listed with Linux buried 27...; Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Games, PhysX, window, Linux, NVidia Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-08-12
Second guessing at 3AM: Second guessing at 3AMIt's 3 AM...A crisis is happening somewhere in the world. It's 3 AM, and a phone is ringing at the White House. Who do you want answering that phone?...Couldn't resist. :)hey murph here a conceptDeep down inside what your guts telling you.This morning when you...; Tags: Roman; Discussion threads 2008-08-11
Will the Olympics melt the Internet?: Will the Olympics melt the Internet?Well...No one really watches the Olympics, so it won't be a test.ScalingThe Internet will be able to handle it... unless they use Twitter's servers.Umm...2006?The Internet didn't melt then.p2pusers already use p2p programs and they download a massive amount of GB/week of films, but the network...; Tags: Olympic Games, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-08-07
Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source: Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourceA little simple reasoning... is enough to reveal what's going on. Let's try.Quote: "Anything you can do with Microsoft servers, clients, Office, and dot.net technologies I can do better [i.e. at some combination of greater functionality, lower risk, and lower cost] using the standard LAMP/SAMP...; Tags: Development tools, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Microsoft Corp., open source, development environment, PHP, environment, Cocoon; Discussion threads 2008-08-07
"I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!: "I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!DangIf they'd just throw in tip calculator functionality with it, I'd snap it right up. :-PNothing "remotely scammy?""but I can't see anything remotely scammy about this since what the app is and does is clearly explained in the description."Other than the...; Tags: Pet Rock, Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2008-08-06