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- The democratization of IT
- Get your head out of your paradigm"democratization of IT"... are you serious? Look at any complex multipolar situation in the world and you'll see that when there are diverging forces, democracy is a liability.Iraq... competing religious factions turned the idea of democracy into a joke.The Palestinian territories... Democracy resulted in...
- Tags: Quality, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- Taskforce Initiative interview with Long Zheng
- Can an Australian student change the way Microsoft and Apple make their products? Can influence from the community ensure a product is to the high standard we expect? I spoke to Long Zheng, world famous blogger on the istartedsomething website, to see how he is single-handedly using his Taskforce initiative...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Web Technology, Software, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- Election Day '08: Where to get live results
- There's no better time in history to watch election results on the fly. Some, but not all, of us will have access to a television, where you can watch results stream in on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC or Fox. But for those of you...
- Tags: Result, Associated Press, Election Day, Twitter, CNN, Palm Beach Post, Northwestern, Corporate Communications, Blogging, RSS, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Election-day technology watches the polls
- I'm in Reno, Nevada, preparing to do some poll watching for the Obama campaign. We went to a training last night where they explained what seems like a convoluted reporting system, but organizers promise it actually works well. Poll watchers basically hang around and wait for the...
- Tags: Election Day, Poll, Obama, Corporate Communications, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing, Human Resources, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Tonight's election results: Is the Internet ready for prime time?
- Just how much has the Internet transformed the conduct of presidential and other elections this year? The New York Times says it's been huge. Howard Dean calls the Obama campaign's directors Apollo 11 astronauts and controllers, compared to his use of the Net four years ago. ...
- Tags: Internet, Corporate Communications, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Hacking the vote
- Hacking the voteYou'd think soBut lots of very smart people have spent lots of time not solving it.i think your server idea is right except that programmable clients make it possible to attack the server data store - something that can't be done with Sun Rays.Downside to having people pick...
- Tags: Scanners, E-voting, SECURITY, VOTING MACHINES, ballot, hacking, programmer, server
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Digital Web Business News: Weekly Report - Oct. 23, 2008
- A couple weeks ago I kicked off this Digital Web Business News feature so that I could recap the happenings in the world of Enterprise 2.0 -- at least those that got my attention. Last week got skipped due to my crazy work travel schedule, but this week I'm almost...
- Tags: Web, Saba Software Inc., QikCom, Zannel, Zannel Community, Collaboration, Groupware, Strategic Planning, Enterprise Software, Software, Strategy, Management, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- Verizon's story on McCain cell tower full of holes
- Verizon's story on McCain cell tower full of holesMore idle speculation and inuendo.I can't wait for your hard hitting articles about Rezko and Obama or Acorn and Obama.Um...this from the same people...who talk about how great it is that we can erect cell towers in sparsly-populated areas in Africa, because...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., cell tower, U.S. Secret Service, John McCain, tower
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- Child predators apparently don't use Gmail
- Child predators apparently don't use GmailWell saidI enjoyed this post and agree in a whole hearted way. The law and legislators are woefully behind the times. Maybe it's time for a tech savvy litmus test for would-be legislators. After all how they perceive technology will have a great deal to...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, predator, Google Gmail, Child predator
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
- Resurrecting E-voting
- Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...
- Tags: SECURITY, Resurrecting E-voting, risk, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers
- Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has offered a thoughtful but misguided palliative at CNN to the shortcomings of the age of networked democracy. ... if you know how Americans use the Net to talk, you can easily stay in touch with real people. ...
- Tags: Politics, Democracy, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Dancing on E-voting's grave
- Dancing on E-voting's graveAgreed - but consider the slippery slopeBecause once you recognized the problem in kind, you ended up arguing (accurately, I think) about degree.Why client-server can't workBecause the expert has to say "yes" to the question in court - no matter how difficult or impractical it may actually...
- Tags: Fair Use, e-voting, client-server, Fairness Doctrine
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- A look at Obama's IT strategy: The Facebook connection and the scale challenge
- Barack Obama has sealed the Democratic party nomination with the help of social networking, a Facebook staffer and an off-the-shelf IT strategy. Those are some of the takeaways from a case study by David Carr at CIOZone, a site started by a bunch of my former Baseline...
- Tags: Strategy, Facebook, Phone, Information Technology, Volunteer, Barack Obama, David Carr, Hughes, Productivity, Social Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?
- Here's a bit from a Washington Post report dated Dec 22/07 and headlined "FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics": CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would...
- Tags: Database, Information Technology, FBI, Ballot, Catalist, Federal Government, Government, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at risk
- Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at riskCommonThis is a common phenomenon, happens to MS-only shops.You get a 'developer' who only knows Microsoft technology. (aka: Softie). Since Microsoft stresses ease of use (they don't do complexity well), you get the point and click 'developer'...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., ASPX, online voter registration, voter registration, MAJOR Flaw
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Our students will need to drive e-voting
- Our students will need to drive e-votingEvoting vs Paper voting.Chris,That's a great question. I sent my wife teacher this link to ask her opinion and also ask her to talk to a few students to see what they say. I'll be interested in what they have to say.In my...
- Tags: e-voting, ballot
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Can+we+cut+Microsoft+some+slack+here%3F
- Can+we+cut+Microsoft+some+slack+here%3FWho is that loon?That guy in your blog talking about pre-emptively whatever is a kook. They are the ones that act like Microsoft is the great satan. I think Microsoft has done alot to help advance this industry and no one can deny that fact. Its funny how...
- Tags: Government, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Is Obama campaign a model for the future?
- TechPresident takes note of the Obama's campaign integration of online methods into its overall campaign strategy. Colin Delany refers to a Post article that looked at the campaign's operations in Iowa. Depending on the voter, they follow with Facebook reminders, telephone...
- Tags: Operation, TechPresident, Internet, Social Networking, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-03
- Technology Voters' Guide: John Edwards
- Technology Voters' Guide: John EdwardsJohn Edwards for Specific ChangeNot only is John Edwards offer an "attitide of hope" as many Obama Supportors will generically say, He also has SPECIFIC plans and responses to voter concerns. As shown in the above article, Edwards KNOWS what he is talking about, yeah...
- Tags: John Edwards, Technology Voters
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Ohio orders counties to offer paper ballot option
- Ohio orders counties to offer paper ballot optionThe ACLU is rightCan't be wrong all of the time. 62 days before the primary is not the time to make a change. Better to wait until the general election.Give Us The Choice For Who/What To TrustPaper Please. I want my...
- Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, ballot option
- Discussion threads 2008-01-03
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