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- When Art meets Maths
- I recently read the latest issue of Santa Fe Trend, an artsy magazine about architecture, interior design, art and more. If you find the paper version of this Summer issue, you'll read an article named "Creative Trinity," which explores the boundaries between art, science -- including mathematics -- and spirit....
- Tags: artist.Jean Constant, Nancy Zimmerman
- Blog posts 2006-08-07
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- Tech czar job: CTO or CIO?
- Is the national "chief technology officer" job promised by Obama going to be more of CTO or CIO job? The consensus seems to be leading towards the latter. The Washington Post quotes Gary Arlen of Arlen Communications: It seems to be much...
- Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?
- A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?Neato technology, but...I was a nuclear engineer in a former life, so I can make a pretty good guess as to what the technology in these mini-nukes is. Its all very clever, as one could imagine from a product coming out of LANL.However,...
- Tags: reactor, micro nuclear reactor, nuclear reactor, garden, nuclear energy
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Open source and the blame game
- Open source and the blame gameHmmm..So Open Source isn't magic beans in a tin. The problem with these ventures is the delusional prospects these guys cook up.How many social networks do people want to set up? It's like treating a commodity market as a broad base offset market. You run...
- Tags: history lesson, banking, Federal Reserve Board, open source, game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Apple's former counsel settles with SEC
- Nancy R. Heinen, the former general counsel of Apple and considered by some to be the sacrificial lamb in the company's options backdating scandal, has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Without admission or denial of the SEC's accusations, Heinen has agreed to a fine of $2.2 million. In...
- Tags: SEC, Apple Inc., Backdating, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Amanda Chapel, aka "Strumpette," needs some tough love
- I had a strange Twitter back-and-forth with "Amanda Chapel," the pseudonymous authors of a PR blog called "Strumpette," about the nature of the hacker ethic. I personally don't think the hacker ethic is very effective as a counterpoint to the system of intellectual property it decries, because hackers seem intent...
- Tags: Hacker, Twitter, Amanda Chapel, Hacking, Security, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Another mobile phone recycling resource
- Heard from someone this morning with another place where you might donate your old mobile phone, when you're looking to upgrade. The 911 Cell Phone Bank out of Ocala, Fla., is another non-profit who distributes phones for emergency purposes to crime victims, people in witness protection programs and senior citizens...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal charges
- Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal chargesI wonder how much fury this news will muster?Pagan jimRE: Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal chargesIf I had $10 billion... would I really need to be dishonest to get $10 billion more????(I wouldn't really need either amount.)RE: Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal chargesBS. Steve Jobs...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal charges
- Steve Jobs is off the hook for options backdating charges, according to the Wall Street Journal. Not that he was ever really on the hook. More interesting is that former Apple lawyer Nancy Heinen has also been cleared on criminal charges although she still faces civil litigation with the SEC....
- Tags: Job, Board, Hook, Lawyer, Apple Inc., Backdating, Corporate Governance, Litigation, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?
- I caught this article the other day on InfoWeek, where Nancy Gohring discussed Microsoft's new-ish open systems policy. As noted in the article, it's easy to view Microsoft's new stance with a certain amount of skepticism: But Microsoft may have a way to go to placate a market that...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decision
- It's becoming clear that the Atlantic v. Howell decision is a major big deal in the RIAA lawsuit landscape, as the heavy hitters are starting to comment. William Patry just published a seven-volume treatise on copyright law, Patry on Copyright (yours for just over $1,500). He's also...
- Tags: Copyright Law, Judge, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your business
- Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your businessIt's not your job to question.It is your job to feed Penelope and Rupert.RE: Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your businessYeah, remember that Alar stuff that was so bad? Oh, wait, it wasn't. Well, what about that really bad stuff, DDT? What do you mean I...
- Tags: Oops IT, green tech blog, bad stuff, green technology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Liveblogging: Apple's Q2 2008 financial results
- In a conference call today with analysts, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) discussed financial results of the second fiscal quarter of 2008 which runs from 01 January – 31 March 2008. Apple's revenue was up 43 percent year-over-year. The company posted revenue of US$7.51 billion and...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Sales Strategy, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Revenue, Growth, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Apple iPod, Finance, Financial, Sales
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Move to increase H1B visas
- From TechCrunch: House Republicans are asking the Democratic leadership to act on Bill Gates' increasingly urgent calls for an increase in H1B visas for foreign high-tech workers. In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the House Republican Study Group said: As a country, we are...
- Tags: Republican, Leadership, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Senate approves telecom immunity, rejects compromises
- The Associated Press reports this dire news: The Senate voted Tuesday to shield from lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without court permission after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. That's the Democratic-controlled Senate. After nearly two...
- Tags: Associated Press, U.S. Senate, Telephony, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Bandwagon for electronic records rolls on
- The bandwagon on behalf of electronic health records EHRs or electronic medical records EMRs as a "silver bullet" solution to America's health care crisis rolls on, despite growing reports of problems. (Picture from Norman, Oklahoma school system.) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the latest to jump on,...
- Tags: Electronic Record, Electronic Health Record, Fact, Health Care, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Web safety pork: House offers $25m to Hollywood-linked group
- The House has passed a bill that would direct $25 million to a single nonprofit organization that provides information about online child safety, the National Journal reports. (Via News.com). HR 4134, sponsored by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) pictured would pay i-Safe, based in Carlsbad, CA, $5 million a year....
- Tags: Web, Group, House, i-Safe, Safety Education, Internet, Channel Management, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- Facebook's Orwellian customer service
- It's well known that corporate culture and tone are set by top management. Many of my colleagues enjoy riffing on Oracle as being the embodiment of CEO Larry Ellison's variation of the Art of War. But I think even Larry would be appalled at the way Facebook behaves. ...
- Tags: Facebook, Customer Service, Jon Swift, Scoble, Techmeme, E-mail, Public Relations, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Biotechnology, Online Communications, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- Congress passes 7-year Net tax ban
- The House unanimously passed a seven-year extension of a ban on Internet taxes, in harmony with a bill passed by the Senate last week. The bill goes to President Bush for approval, just two days before the existing tax moratorium is scheduled to expire, Computerworld reports. While...
- Tags: Tax, U.S. Congress, Final Version, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, E-mail, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- Cal fires: broadband, digicam ubiquity enable these"citizen" videos of tragedy to hit the Web with force
- With little room for debate, the most dramatic doemstic U.S. news story this week is the terrible fires raging in much of Southern California. The loss of thousands of homes and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands pale any technology angle into virtual...
- Tags: Web, Broadband, Video, CNN, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing, Networking, Personal Technology, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-26
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