a blog about information
Just back from reboot. Fantastic conference. Truly participative. Over 20 nationalities, incredible energy. Thomas and Nikolaj and team have really made something special happen. Thanks for inviting me, guys. I learnt some things, was exposed to different ways of looking at things I thought familiar, met some old friends, made some new ones; even met … Continue reading “Four Pillars: There’s a hole in my bucket, and I’m getting WeT”
You may have read my previous post on Google versus Microsoft. I wish I could link to the whole article and share it with you, but it’s been DRMed out of existence. The link to the teaser stub is to be found here. You may prefer to read the firecat, a special report on Google … Continue reading “Four Pillars: Thinking about Empires: Open and closed information”
Have you come across the works of a guy called Cass R. Sunstein? I first got into reading him when I discovered Free Markets and Open Justice maybe a decade ago; then, when I saw the ideas he exposed in Republic.com, I knew I had to track what he does, which led to my reading … Continue reading “Four Pillars: For Want of a Nay, Kingdoms are Lost”
I was reading the print edition of the latest issue of Fortune, and chanced across this article: Not Exactly Counterfeit. [That feels so good, to be able to link to a new story that I read as a paying subscriber, and then finding I can actually link to it and share it with others for … Continue reading “Four Pillars: Digital rights and wrongs: “IP leakage””
If we accept that blogging is the opensourcing of ideas, then we need to expect returns from blogging that are consistent with opensource software. Let’s see how that plays out: Opensource models are open to inspection and are consequently better designed through criticism and error and modification; opensource ideas should similarly reflect learning through conversation … Continue reading “Four Pillars: Thinking more about blogging and enterprise architecture”