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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Microsoft goes open?
Well I guess the announcement by Microsoft on 21st February of a change of policy and attitude towards being ‘open’ and using ‘standards’ could be taken as a sign that a very fundamental shift in the software industry has taken place. You can read the full announcement, watch the video, maybe even get a tee shirt on the Microsoft web site. Personally I would recommend reading it in full if for no other reason than …
Government 2.0: leading the way to Enterprise 2.0?
It’s really starting to look like government is going to make good use of Web 2.0 to transform the way it can ‘do business with’ its citizens, and most importantly to start to address some of the regulatory issues that Industry could do with some help with. And right at the centre of this is ownership of, and use of, data, or content. I haven’t had a chance to refer to an event back in …
Change me
I have a theory. It seems that most people learn something in their early to mid 20s, and then spend the rest of their career happily doing the same thing over and over again. This might be anything ranging from developing a certain type of software application (thee tier Java web shops, COBOL transaction processing solutions, Zachman …) or IT desktop management and support through to retail management or running a typing pool. Once they’ve …
Effortlessly Complex
I have to admit, at first glance I was pleasantly surprised. Somebody pointed me to a recent article of two professors at the New York university in which they argue that Java is an unsuitable language to learn how to program. Instant recognition! Java and me, we just don’t get along that well. All in all it’s just a nasty, posh little programming language. And far too complex, for that matter, like the evil twin …
3G World in Barcelona; Phone, Internet, Services, or is it GPS and Femtocells?
3G World or Mobile World Congress as it is officially called, has continued the growing excitement that the Mobile or Cellular Industry is a key industry in a changing social and technology conscious society as some 50,000 people descended on Barcelona to see, discuss and of course hopefully decide how to make money out of all the new capabilities and products on display. The key message is unchanged; the Mobile device is already the ubiquitous …
Wait and they will come, but don’t stop them first!
I got some interesting feedback on my post ‘Imagination in the use of Web 2.0 thrives’, of which one point was about the need to work differently when using Web 2.0. This pretty well crossed with two other events; the first was a really funny advert on US television which shows a father and son in a new car; and the second being sent a link to a blog on five questions a teenage kid …
Obituary – ‘IT Industry Version 1.0’
Feb 11th, 2038 Reporter: Your global news network software agent Not without a little fondness, and after a long and gallant struggle, the IT Industry Version 1.0 passed away in the night at 02:00 GMT, Feb 11th 2038, when the final operational IT product sold by licence was decommissioned. The decommissioning was a low-key affair, although it was witnessed by a small selection of luminaries from the academic world. Some say the spirit of the …
System corrupted?
When you think of the word ‘system’, what comes to mind? If we turn to the dictionary, we get something like ‘an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.’ One of my personal favourite ways of thinking a little more about systems comes from a most brilliant book – ‘When a Butterfly Sneezes – Systems Thinking for Kids, Big and Small’ by Linda …
Mashups; Everywhere or Nowhere? – The Conundrum
It’s been a real MashUp month back since the beginning of December with new MashUp events appearing right across the world, and seems like a good time to review progress, which is considerable, if you know where to look. And that’s my first comment, those who are into the new World of Web 2.0 work and play in the Web 2.0 space, and that’s resulted in their being not much on Web 2.0, and MashUps …
Open Source or View the Source Code
Sometimes it seems really quite big news gets ‘slipped out’ almost as though the large corporation concerned really doesn’t want to let on formally. Maybe it’s because there has been so much work done to construct a public position for some time and this new story just doesn’t fit. Microsoft seems to be in the position and I have been meaning to get around to commenting on the informally released news that the Microsoft .NET …
