a blog about information
Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts I’m committed to writing about filters; I started with the principles of filtering, and will proceed to blow up each of the principles in as much detail as makes sense at this stage. Earlier I looked at network-based filters, and then spent time on routing. … Continue reading “Filters: Part 4: Publishing responsibly”
In earlier posts towards the tail end of last year and early this year, I committed to writing a number of posts on filtering. The background is simple: soon, everything and everyone will be connected that includes people, devices, creatures, inanimate objects, even concepts (like a tweet or a theme) at the same time, the … Continue reading “Filtering: Seven Principles”
Where do you go to, my lovely? Peter Sarstedt, 1969 Where do the children play? Cat Stevens, 1970 Where have all the flowers gone? Pete Seeger, 1955 Platforms are a bit like Jabberwocky: to paraphrase Alice, they seem very pretty, but they’re rather hard to understand. I chose the songs above for a number of … Continue reading “Where do you go to, my lovely? A look forward to platforms in 2014”
What I said last year The headline of my closing post last year, written on 30 December 2012, was “…and then you win….Gandhi, platforms and 2013″. In the two posts on either side of that one, I’d majored on platforms as well: On habanero dosas, platforms and makers and On platforms and sharing. I’d fairly … Continue reading “Yes, 2013 was the year of the platform. And there’s more to come in 2014”
[Note: This is a follow-up to my post yesterday on silos and streams and flows.] Walmart changed how people thought about “bricks and mortar” retailing by connecting all their operating units together; their ability to track inventory and sales was remarkable as a result; in some ways, they had begun the journey of converting their … Continue reading “More on flows and streams: thinking about connections and combinations”