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Blogs in organisations

March 10th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Management, Social software

Euan Semple commented on something I’d posted earlier, and it stimulated me to checking out his blog, something I had been remiss about for a while. My bad. I particularly liked the David Maister piece on blogging behind the firewall. You can check it out here. I’ve been a fan of Maister’s ever since Managing [...]

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It?s late, and I can?t resist the temptation

March 10th, 2006 · No Comments · DRM and IPR

I hear that 38% of the human genome has now been patented, and that that number’s growing every day.
Does this mean Intelligent Designers and Creationists can challenge the patents on the basis of Prior Art? Interesting court case as to who can prove what. Glad I’m not a lawyer.

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Do you hug trees when you complain you�re stuck in walled gardens?

March 10th, 2006 · No Comments · DRM and IPR, Social software

I guess there’s a Kathy Sierra Kool-Aid moment for blogging. Crudely paraphrasing her, I think Kathy posited that you know your software works when the customer says HIS software doesn’t work. The Kool-Aid moment. And for blogs, it must be when you get your first decent flame. I haven’t quite got there yet; well, nearly…. [...]

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