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]
Author: Vince Kimball
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]
Your webcast host could be working in her pajamas
Your webcast host could be working in her pajamas. More and more people tell me “hey, I talked with your wife today.” For those who missed it, she got a job hosting MSDN Webcasts. On some days she has more people listening to her than listen to me (it isn't hard, cause they are getting… Continue reading Your webcast host could be working in her pajamas
The real Golden Rules of IT
The real Golden Rules of IT. After a long and distinguished career of listening to and advising IT shops on products and strategies, Dan Kusnetzky, IDC vice president of system research, has come to realize a few unalterable truths. Below he shares a bit of wit and wisdom about the unofficial (although some are likely… Continue reading The real Golden Rules of IT
Apple offers Tiger Early Start Kit
Apple offers Tiger Early Start Kit [The Macintosh News Network]
Apple iBooks Updated
Apple iBooks Updated. Apple updated the iBook, as we heard they would yesterday, signified by the industry-standard image of an thrashin' snowboarder. The 12-inch model has dropped to just $1,000, with a built-in AirPort Extreme and a 1.2GHz G4 processor. There is no way in hell anyone can bitch and moan about Apples being too… Continue reading Apple iBooks Updated
How to run your own software business
How to run your own software business. Next Tuesday at the OS X Conference I’ll be on a panel that Dan Wood put together: How to run your own software business. One of the great things about running a small, independent software business is that it takes so little investment to get going. You need… Continue reading How to run your own software business
A recession in 2005?
A recession in 2005?. John Makin's analysis in today's WSJ($) seems disturbingly plausible: The U.S. economy is heading for a post-stimulus hangover. The double drag from higher oil prices (a tax increase) and higher short-term interest rates is not helping. If we aren't careful, we'll have a recession in 2005. That possibility makes even more… Continue reading A recession in 2005?