a blog about information
Following a recommendation from a trusted source (friend and twice-colleague Gary Casey) I went and read Visibility Is Your Friend, a post on CIO.com by Michael Hugos. Excellent post, I thoroughly recommend it, and I will be adding Michael Hugos to my regular reading stack. It also made me revisit something that’s been bothering me … Continue reading “Musing about the opensourcing of processes”
Cory pointed me towards this article in the New York Times, headlined Record Labels Contemplate Unrestricted Digital Music. [An aside: The retarded hippie in me just cannot comprehend the use of the word “contemplate” in a context where “navel” and “lint” are absent…] Where was I? Oh yes, the New York Times article. Here are … Continue reading “Continuing the ramble in open spaces amidst walled gardens”
from DVDsto cigarettesThanks to Doc, I came across Mark Pilgrim’s post on A History of DVD Copy Protection. I have always found DVD Region Coding to be laughable, almost tantamount to fraud, so I loved the article. Read it and decide for yourself. What I particularly enjoyed was how Mark moved from DVDs to cigarettes: … Continue reading “Be careful what you wish for”
A couple of days ago, I mentioned that the commonest question anyone ever asked me about Four Pillars was “What will it look like?” And I answered “Like Netvibes“. Today I’d like to explore this further, try and articulate my arguments more precisely. But before I do that, time for some disclosure: I have NO … Continue reading “More on Four Pillars and Enterprise Software”
A few people have come up to me and wondered why I share “personal” things on my blog: things like changing my job, or, more recently, having a heart attack and then having a pacemaker fitted. Fair questions. And, given I have a lot of time on my hands while I rest and recuperate, I … Continue reading “Thinking about communities and blogs”