Tim O’Reilly’s got another set of good thoughts on Software Above the Level of a Single Device.
I found the title a bit misleading but my simplified summary is that, companies should think beyond a single interface for their product. He uses the example of using a PC for managing an embedded device in a richer [...]
Just the other day I wrote how I hope the “opensource” culture, not of technology but of social obligation, will begin to evolve the enterprise.
I’ve been working through a serious backlog of articles, and while this one’s been on my “to read” list for a while it was particular relevant to my last [...]
This past weekend I had the privilege of watching my wife run a marathon. This makes the third one we’ve done, and while the first two were a little overwhelming I feel like this time we “knew what we were doing”.
If you ever get a chance to go watch a marathon do it! Don’t make [...]
So it’s probably not catchy enough to be a clothing line but I really agree with the proposed concept of an “opensource community grid”, or “grid for us, by us”. Groups like Folding@Home, SETI or other distributed computing activities are a start. However, you either have to get community buy in for assistance in solving [...]
Again, Adam from Monk at Work raises our awareness that no one walks alone. I believe one of the pervasive “myths” of the “man month” is the attitude that tasks can be reduced to an individual unit.
Nowhere in business does someone operate as an individual, or rather I suppose we operate as individuals but never [...]
Is this really what it’s all come down to? Do you really have to game the system to be heard?
It’s kind of demoralizing. I want to believe it’s possible to be true to oneself and still be successful. However with it seems nearly everyone spends every moment of their intellectual life figuring out how to [...]
I was ‘talking’ with a friend of mine and she expressed concern over what the future will hold when the majority of social interaction is via the Internet vs. face-to-face. Social Networking has nearly reached mainstream acceptance and it’s proven to be a powerful tool for cultivating relationships, both pre-existing as well as ones which [...]
I was reading Tim O’Reilly’s post and wanted to record my initial impressions. Tim is a very persuasive writer, not simply because of his pedigree or his prose, but because of the process by which he allows the reader to realize the substance behind what he’s saying.
In short, he doesn’t seek to bludgeon, berate or [...]
