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Apple App Store to be bigger than Wal-mart?

OMG. Where do you "journalists" get these stupid comparisions? Wallmart? Since when does the App Store sell furniture, mobile phones, electronics, computers, body care etc. ? What the F ? It sells mobile applications for a mobile platform, what does this have to do with wallmart?Why not compare it to...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Wireless and Mobility, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Apple Inc., rice, metaphor

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Is Wordpress 2.7 a metaphor for enterprise agile?

Is Wordpress 2.7 a metaphor for enterprise agile?RE: Is Wordpress 2.7 a metaphor for enterprise agile?Dennis,I concur, WordPress does an excellent job of listening to it's users via forums, surveys, polls and soliciting feedback. Enterprise software makers have a tendency to forget the concept of user-centered design.Natasha Bakernmbaker.wordpress.com

Tags: Wordpress, Wordpress 2.7, metaphor

Discussion threads 2008-12-15

Not Constantinople. Again!

I love it when cyber crime is linked however remotely to Istanbul. While there is absolutely no pattern here it is still fun to pile up all the incidents. I have written (my 24th post!) how I first learned of the criminal use of keystroke loggers to...

Tags: Istanbul, Metaphor, Trojan Horse, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2007-08-22

Is MySpace's widget policy upsetting users?

Is MySpace's widget policy upsetting users?Note to editor...."...and could pimp out their profiles at will..."Please refrain from use of sex-related metaphors. Frankly, some of us adults don't appreciate their filtering into everything we read. And adults aren't the only ones who might read tech news. I don't...

Tags: INTERNET, metaphor, MySpace

Discussion threads 2007-03-20

Digital ID World recap: final thoughts

Its now almost a full month since Digital ID World is over and done, and my thoughts about what happened are finally starting to coalesce. "Starting" - I said, and this post I hope reflects that beginning. The primary "big move" that Im coming away with is the idea that...

Tags: metaphor, identity

Blog posts 2006-10-09

Catalyst: Day 2 begins

The morning of day two of Catalyst began with an early morning meeting of the Identity Gang. The majority of the meeting discussed the semantics of metaphors -- by that I mean, the use of "cards" as a metaphor for identity (see Microsoft's CardSpace). The metaphor of course has its...

Tags: Eric Norlin, identity, Identity Commons, metaphor

Blog posts 2006-06-15

Security is like love

Symantec threw its hat in the identity ring yesterday, when CEO John Thompson told the audience at their annual Vision conference that identity management was a "critical part of the stack" and an "area of great interest to the company." All of this follows Thompson's earlier comments about Symantec not...

Tags: metaphor, security

Blog posts 2006-05-09

Metaphor Conversation Manager 3.0.2 (Windows)

Metaphor is speech application development toolset for both speech novices and experts. .NET developers can now use C# and Visual Studio for building high quality speech applications at the level of the call flow and business process. The IDE hides the low level complexities of building speech applications but has...

Tags: Metaphor, Metaphor Solutions, C#, Software Development, .Net, Microsoft Windows, Operational Planning, Development Tools, Microsoft Development Tools, Middleware, Programming Languages, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2005-09-27

The Hans Andersen Metaphor Machine 1.0 (Windows)

The Hans Andersen Metaphor Machine creates poetic metaphors inspired by the tales of Hans Christian Andersen. You can feed it with your own words and enjoy the music while being inspired by the enchanting world of metaphors drifting by.

Tags: Metaphor, Vingholm, Hans Andersen Metaphor Machine, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2005-06-21

Metaphor war

It's interesting to hear arguments about the future of high-tech played out in the realm of metaphor. After all, it is the "utility" metaphor that has proved a strong foundation for the folks behind the "on-demand" movement. Heck, they even got Nick "IT Doesn't Matter" Carr to embrace this metaphor....

Tags: on-demand, metaphor

Blog posts 2005-05-11

Metaphor watch: Super-saturated solution

Metaphor watch: Super-saturated solutionUntil Solid?Pretty sure super-saturated is accurate for solutions that currently have more saturant than they normally hold. This does not make them solid. An example is taking water - heating it - and adding sugar to the point where it will no longer dissolve. ...

Tags: metaphor

Discussion threads 2005-04-25

Metaphor watch: Super-saturated solution

Think like a chemist. Imagine pouring a powder into a liquid until it becomes a solid. That's what you call -- in experimental terms -- a "super-saturated solution." It's the metaphor that Miko Matsumura, vice president of marketing for Infravio, uses to describe the state of the current SOA field...

Tags: SOA, Miko Matsumura

Blog posts 2005-04-25

Microsoft Metaphors

I am metaphorically challenged. One of the best ways to communicate difficult concepts quickly and succinctly is in the form of a metaphor. Four years as an industry analyst did little to help me overcome my inability to generate metaphors on the fly. I have to think about...

Tags: Metaphor, Microsoft Corp., PCWorld Pescatore, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2005-02-17

Metaphor Watch II: City Planning

Recognizing the need to continue clarifying the meaning of Web services so that business people can more readily understand and capitalize on the concept, here's another metaphor that has found the light of day: city planning. As this piece from CNET explains, "SOA is not a product per se, but...

Tags: SOA

Blog posts 2004-11-08

Metaphor Watch

As Joenoted in a previous post, one of the most significant challenges hampering theadvance of Web Services today is the opaque and abstruseway we speakof it.We are still very focused on tech talk and standards concerns; we have yet to really paint a vision that will grab the attention of...

Tags: LEGO Co.

Blog posts 2004-11-04

The LifeWay 1.1 (Mac)

The Lifeway is a realtime-generated 3D animation representing some life metaphors in an abstract way. Smooth music and great visuals

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Metaphor, Spontz, Lifeway

Software downloads 2004-01-12

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Time Tagger 1.3 (Mac)

Time Tagger revolutionary new tag-based interface makes time-tracking simpler and more elegant than it's ever been before. Whether you track your time for invoicing or just for productivity, Time Tagger simplifies this vital business task by eliminating the projects, clients, tasks and timers that bog down other time-tracking solutions...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Tagging, Tag, Matterform Media, Construction

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Strangest Windows 7 promotion

Bloated?Are they saying Windows 7 is bloatware?RE: Strangest Windows 7 promotionNo Fat Tax ?RE: Strangest Windows 7 promotionIts a metaphor. Everyone is going to want a taste of Microsoft Windows 7.The Real QuestionThe real question is whether sales of the Windows Vista Whopper will now tank....yeap, that's a clever punch...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, whopper

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Net Neutrality: Hit satire coming to a theatre near you

wow bravo again encore bravowhat what a introduction ... Come on Doug bring some more .... If this is the type of blog that you are planing ill by hook like a addict .... give us more dammit .Goverment should nationalize the infrastructure...

Tags: Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Microsoft's Courier tablet: A Franklin Covey planner on steroids?

I'd buy one instantlyThe Courier embodies everything I've wanted in a portable device for well over five years now - essentially an electronic pad/binder that works very similar to the physical counterpart. Notebooks are too cludgy (being clam-shells) and tablet PCs far too heavy (and still basically clam-shells), not...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Microsoft Corp., Franklin Covey

Discussion threads 2009-09-29