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More evidence of GroupThink at Digg.com: More evidence of GroupThink at Digg.comReminds me of something I wrote 5 minutes agohttp://www.zdnet.com/5208-11515-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=16586&messageID=328964&start=-1These Digg folks sound like Slashdot people, but worse because at least Slashdot people tend to actually understand what they're talking about, albeit through the distorting lens of fanboyism...J.JaThanks Richard.Thanks for the post Richard. My formal...; Tags: Digg, Groupthink, More Evidence, Richard; Discussion threads 2006-01-09

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Notebook SSDs REDUCE battery life at 50x the cost: Tom's Hardware is reporting test results that show that costly notebook flash drives actually use MORE power than hard drives - shrinking battery life by up to an hour. How could this be? The test Testing 4 SSDs against a 7200 RPM 2.5" drive on a...; Tags: Disk, Battery, USB Flash Drive, Tom, Notebooks, Engineering, Flash Memory, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Business PCs are going nowhere fast: Business PCs are going nowhere fastRE: Business PCs are going nowhere fastDefinitely agree with every single word. Todays PCs are bloated with unnecessary features that slow down both the pc and the user, reducing productivity. Even when using awesome stellar looking 3d applications, all you really need is a stable...; Tags: Desktops, PC innovation, PC, business PC; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?: Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?That's what a Board of Directors is forLet them do their job. If they don't think the purchase is worth it, it will be shot down.RE: Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?No.Microsoft needs Gates to return ntntGo big or go home!Initiating...; Tags: Portals, Web technology, SEARCH, lobotomy, Initiating Change, Steve Ballmer, Does Microsoft, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
The tyranny of the majority: The tyranny of the majorityHi Paul, too true.What OS you use should be driven by the requirements specification matched to the particular strengths and weaknesses of each potential solution... not dogma.All operating systems have differing capabilities, and until someone produces something akin to HAL-9000 or Star Trek's LCARS no one...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, tyranny; Discussion threads 2008-03-17

LinkedIn revamps interface, opens APIs: LinkedIn revamps interface, opens APIsMinimize "groupthink" : promote exchange of different viewpoints on the wwwVery clear and concise -- thank you!!Jeremiah Owyang also started an interesting discussion @ http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/12/10/innovation-at-linkedin-from-business-utility-to-platformThe above "minimize groupthink suggestion is "thanks to" Denise Caruso -- who has explicated the [b]risk[/b] of "ivory tower" parochialism very well...; Tags: LinkedIn, API; Discussion threads 2007-12-10
What for 2007? guilt, monopoly guilt: What for 2007? guilt, monopoly guiltAnother one out of the ballparkopen source is all about choice.Good one Murph.Happy new year MurphThe sun is shining, the grass is growing and the flowers are starting to bud - January in Detroit! New for 2007 - NO SNOW! Alberta Clippers becoming Alberta Lakers!Ignorant...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Outlook, Strategy, Operating systems, open source, Microsoft Corp., software; Discussion threads 2007-01-01
Calacanis' AOL resignation: A new era of brutal candor for big companies?: Calacanis' AOL resignation: A new era of brutal candor for big companies?Big company managementYou don't understand the nature of big organizations. The Internet is not going to change how big organizations such as Time-Warner operate. Top management will never show candor about anything, certainly not about major personnel decisions, certainly...; Tags: Transparency, Garlinghouse, Calacanis, America Online Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-11-17
Blogging rings and The Truth: Blogging rings and The TruthFor someone that muses over people's actionsyou sure don't have an interest in Psychology. Yes, Sigmund Fraud spoiled it for everyone with an intellect with his id and ego and pen1s envy. Other than snorting coke with, and raping his very rich clientèle - his ideas...; Tags: blog, Diversity IS, blogging; Discussion threads 2006-10-05
Hey, where's my truth tester, voter dude?: Hey, where's my truth tester, voter dude?And Google will get sued again over rankings.I'm sure it sounds cynical to say, Truth testing google searches is a horrible idea.The divisions are very deep and go way beyond our borders. In one newsgroup I was in some europeans told us all...; Tags: Game players, True Believer, truth tester, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-07-13
AOL remakes Netscape in Digg's image: Today Netscape a division of AOL released what The main difference from Digg is that Netscape is using paid editors, who hold the balance of power looks at first glance like a clone of Digg. It uses a similar format, it has votes, comments, and a range of categories. Netscape...; Tags: Netscape Communications Corp., Digg; Blog posts 2006-06-15
The Top 10 Senior Management IT Mistakes: The Top 10 Senior Management IT MistakesYou forgot a couple1. Identifying with your supplier rather than your employer. Though it can look good on a senior manager's CV to say that "I implemented SAP" for example this does not mean that implementing SAP was necessarily the right thing for the...; Tags: Strategy, information technology; Discussion threads 2006-05-04
Fanzines, fantasies, and facts: Fanzines, fantasies, and factsAt least 2 strikes here...1) Most people who scream 'Science' are usually just slandering. Your version of 'Science' seems to be that people have to prove that activies known to be harmful have to be proven to destroy the planet before you're willing to do anything about...; Tags: Real estate, treaty obligation, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2006-04-28
A dilemma for Photographers who love Macs: A dilemma for Photographers who love MacsWait until you see the MS Expression Suite.Plain and simple, it beats the competition hands down.The Writing Is On The WallMS is doing a lot in Vista to steal the graphics thunder from the Mac. When that happens, the Mac will dramatically lose much...; Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, graphics, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2006-04-21
Is open source now politically correct?: Has the open source movement become politically correct?The charge of political correctness, when it's made, refers mainly to assumptions people feel forced to hold, whether true or not, in public discourse. There are such assumptions in terms of open source. One, that it's good. Two, that it's inevitable. When speaking...; Tags: open source; Blog posts 2006-02-20
Interview with Digg's Kevin Rose, Pt 2: On Personalization and Fighting Spam: In Part 1 of my interview with digg founder Kevin Rose, we discussed digg's popularity, reputation systems and recent issues with GroupThink. In the final part of this interview, Kevin and I talk about digg's battle with spammers and the upcoming release of new personalization features, plus an API. On...; Tags: spam; Blog posts 2006-02-02
Interview with Digg founder Kevin Rose, Part 1: Yesterday I interviewed digg founder Kevin Rose to discuss digg's popularity, its battle with spammers, the recent issues with GroupThink and digg's upcoming personalization features. This is the first of a two-part article presenting that interview....; Tags: RSS, Spam, Kevin Rose; Blog posts 2006-02-01
Collaborative filtering: comparing Reddit's karma system to Digg: In recent weeks I've given Digg.com a bit of coverage, albeit of the kind they wouldn't have enjoyed. But actually I love the concept of digg.com and I still think it has a lot of potential, as long as they reduce the groupthink and address the spam issues (which to...; Tags: Digg, Reddit; Blog posts 2006-01-16
Less Wikipedia will be more: This, the third installment of my commentary [see previous installment] about how to improve Wikipedia, was guaranteed by me to offend just about everyone. I'm not aiming to offend, but contradictory perspectives and experience often come off as condescending to those eager to think they know everything after gaining...; Tags: Wikipedia; Blog posts 2006-01-11
More evidence of GroupThink at Digg.com: I was a bit concerned about the group tarring and feathering of koolaidguy by Digg.com users a couple of weeks ago, but in the end I concluded that koolaidguy probably was a spammer. However the groupthink of Digg users continues to concern me, because today they're attacking an O'Reilly writer...; Tags: Mr Mallett, O'Reilly, Digg; Blog posts 2006-01-09