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NYT OP-ED #1. Tom Friedman started his op-ed piece in today's New York Times by suggesting that he'd run for office on a one-issue platform: He'd promise to make America's cell phone service as good as Ghana's. Friedman points out that our technological infrastructure is actually falling behind the rest of the world—in addition to… Continue reading NYT OP-ED #1

08/03 Symphony OS Alpha 4 [DistroWatch.com: Distributions]

An Amazing Printer Set-Up Utility. If you have a laptop computer and you join a new network (usually a wireless one) it would be nice to be able to immediately use any of the printers on that network.  In theory, you can.  In practice, you usually have to 'set up the printer' by means of… Continue reading An Amazing Printer Set-Up Utility

Information Anxiety – Remember what you forget.  As I continue to re-read Information Anxiety (by Richard Saul Wurman) I continue to realize what an important book this is.  Teachers should especially read this book. Here's a provocative passage that applies to the teachers: The most universal information trap is the one that inevitably occurs when… Continue reading Information Anxiety – Remember what you forget

Spent most of the past week working on a project for a client in Ohio.  Got back Saturday around 2:30am.  Trying to get caught up now.

Three women who inspire me. I was just thinking back on my conference experiences. I helped on the first VBITS conference (now it's the VSLive conference). At that one, about 10 years ago, there were 428 attendees. Only two women. One was Deborah Kurata. We hired her to speak (at least in part because of… Continue reading Three women who inspire me

Law Firms Reinvent KM. According to an article by Judith Lamont, Law Firms Reinvent KM, KM is being integrated nicely in many law firms these days. Though the general KM hype has definitely died down, Dennis Kennedy is quoted as saying “Law firms have become more pragmatic in their use of knowledge management technology. They… Continue reading Law Firms Reinvent KM

The Sniffer vs. the Cybercrooks. Sniffers, people paid to test a computer network's security, must do their best to think like an enterprising cyberthief. By GARY RIVLIN. [NYT > Technology]

It's official: Filene's brand will be gone. Boston will lose one of its most famous brands next year when Federated Department Stores Inc. turns all remaining Filene's into Macy's and closes about a dozen stores in New England, including the flagship in Downtown Crossing where Filene's began in 1890. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

Ancient Space Technology In technological terms, the Space Shuttle is ancient. It was designed with technology that is 25-30 years old. This, in addition to the fact that the system has endured substantial wear and tear over the years, has made every launch an event rather than business as usual. A crisis is on the… Continue reading Ancient Space Technology