Taking the Temp. Researchers at Cornell University have found that the temperature of your office can affect your productivity. Cooler temperatures can cause employees to make more errors… [Fast Company Now]
Month: October 2004
Apple Releases Tiger Developer Kit
Apple Releases Tiger Developer Kit. The Mac faithful get their first chance at pre-release versions of Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger and Xcode 2.0. [Datamation Product News]
Kicking and screaming
Kicking and screaming. It appears software vendors and their customers are at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to newfangled licensing techniques. While vendors are quick to move to subscription-based pricing, enterprises still want perpetual, pay-once-and-it's-all-yours licensing, according to a study… [InfoWorld TechWatch]
The most magical day
The most magical day. Red Sox Make History by Beating Yankees: From Fenway Park to Faneuil Hall, from Boston Common to Beacon Hill, the 11th pennant for the Red Sox, the first since 1986, will be remembered as the best for one reason: Beating New York in Yankee Stadium, site of last year's Game 7… Continue reading The most magical day
My business doesn't need me
My business doesn't need me. Several years ago I returned from a brief vacation to discover that sales of my software increased while I was gone. The following year I returned from another vacation and discovered the same thing. Sales went up while I was away. I joked with my wife that I was bad… Continue reading My business doesn't need me
Homeland security under Bush rates code red
Homeland security under Bush rates code red. The Washington-based nonprofit group Public Citizen has a new report out this week assessing the state of homeland security under the Bush administration. A look at its contents is far more frightening than the hyperbolic rhetoric of any Dick Cheney speech on terrorism. The report, “Homeland Unsecured” finds… Continue reading Homeland security under Bush rates code red
GLOBAL GUERRILLA TARGET: The North American Power Grid
GLOBAL GUERRILLA TARGET: The North American Power Grid. A long term target of global guerrillas in our emerging war will be the large infrastructure networks that our national economy relies upon (as do all modern developed economies). The most critical and complex network is our power grid … [Global Guerrillas]
Metadata for the Masses
Adaptive Path: Metadata for the Masses. Peter Merholz. But what if we could somehow peek inside our users' thought processes to figure out how they view the world? One way to do that is through ethnoclassification — how people classify and categorize the world around them. [Tomalak's Realm]
Poor Intelligence Misled Troops About Risk of Drawn-Out War
Poor Intelligence Misled Troops About Risk of Drawn-Out War. Much of the information provided by the C.I.A. to those prosecuting the war in Iraq and planning the occupation proved wrong. By MICHAEL R. GORDON. [The New York Times > Home Page]
Metadata Blues
Metadata Blues. A great article entitled “To Metadata or Not To Metadata” is available on EContentMag. The skinny? Metadata is a pain in the butt to create, but like controlled subject headings, it's essential to creating an organized information infrastructure. [LibrarianInBlack]