Dann does a redux of my 1996 research report (which was the “idea of the year” report at Forrester Research and the topic of their 1996 conference) called Personal Broadcast Networks. It was years ahead of P2P networks, RSS, xml-rpc, Grid, etc. Each of these tech innovations deliver and/or demonstrate parts of the vision in… Continue reading Dann
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FT
FT. Economic blowback from the GWOT (global war on terror). Major oil producers have dropped the first shoe on the dollar (the second shoe is China). They have reduced dollar exposure from 75% to 61.5% since 9/11. The trend is accelerating due to fears that assets will be frozen as part of the war on… Continue reading FT
FT
FT. Non-state guerrillas in Columbia are using genetic engineering to boost revenues and defeat defoliation. The innovation continues (here's the Wired story on selective breeding). Colombian police have identified a genetically modified and super-hardy coca “tree” that yields up to eight times more cocaine than a traditional shrub… With the help of foreign agronomists, the… Continue reading FT
A Legal Tech Sea Change?
A Legal Tech Sea Change?. DC-based Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP has chosen enterprise resource management software SAP to run key business processes. This may be a first for a US-based firm. According to an SAP press release, “[t]he first phase of Howrey’s implementation will include SAP® solutions for financial accounting; management accounting; client… Continue reading A Legal Tech Sea Change?
In Support of Best Practices
In Support of Best Practices. My prior post discussed a recent article suggesting that the search for best practices may be fruitless. I believe that the problem is less in defining best practices and more in the mindset of lawyers. [Since my prior post, the article, The Quest for the Best Law Department Management Practices,… Continue reading In Support of Best Practices
Freshfields Chooses Verity for Enterprise Search
Freshfields Chooses Verity for Enterprise Search. Enterprise search – the ability to conduct full-text search across multiple information repositories – comes up at many of the knowledge management meetings I have attended over the last year. Anecdotally, it seems that many firms are evaluating Recommind. So it is interesting to see that Freshfields has chosen… Continue reading Freshfields Chooses Verity for Enterprise Search
Personal Productivity Update
Personal Productivity Update. Periodically, I share findings about how technology improves my own productivity. In this post, I have some quick comments about back-ups and full-text search. Last August, I wrote about using small external hard drives to facilitate back-ups. I realize that for users in corporate settings, including law firms, where back-up is often… Continue reading Personal Productivity Update
The semantic web, digital identity, and Internet governance
The semantic web, digital identity, and Internet governance. Consider Eliyon, a company that's gathered public information about more than 22 million people to support sales, recruiting, and other applications. As it turns out, I am several of those people. In addition to my current title, InfoWorld Test Center lead analyst, I show up as executive… Continue reading The semantic web, digital identity, and Internet governance
Mozilla Calendar
Mozilla Calendar. It's been a while since I looked at Mozilla Calendar, so this morning I installed the Firefox version and gave it another whirl. My first reaction was that this descendant of Netscape's calendar program must share a lot of DNA with the original — it feels a tad clunky, UI-wise, in the same… Continue reading Mozilla Calendar
The Economist
The Economist: If the dollar falls by another 30%, as some predict, it would amount to the biggest default in history: not a conventional default on debt service, but default by stealth, wiping trillions off the value of foreigners' dollar assets. [John Robb's Weblog]