Monthly Archives: February 2004

Value Creation

Tom Friedman reports from Bangalore: There is nothing more positive than the self-confidence, dignity and optimism that comes from a society knowing it is producing wealth by tapping its own brains — men’s and women’s — as opposed to one … Continue reading

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If You Don’t Have a Feed You’re Not Doing Your Job!

Brian Cantoni posts his notes from Tuesday’s SDForum Web Services SIG discussion on syndicated data.

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RSA

Doug Kaye reports on his day yesterday at the RSA Conference and, in particular, Dan Geer’s session.

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Amazon Web Services Workshop

Amazon.com will be holding another of its Web Services Workshops on March 17 in Santa Clara (in conjunction with the Software Development Expo). Admission is free. I learned a bunch at last year’s workshop and will definitely be attending this … Continue reading

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Let’s Meet Before We Die!

Superb, from John Updike. [Tnx: Megnut]

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Syndicated Data

As the world moves beyond email to providing content via syndicated data, some obvious sources come to mind. Here’s one (from the US General Accounting Office) that is just screaming to be available from a set of syndicated data feeds.

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Dan Geer: Data-Level Risk Management

Dan Geer‘s got a new white paper out on data-level risk management. Titled “Shrinking Perimeter”, it’s available (following registration) from the Verdasys web site. His focus is on threats within the enterprise. Highly recommended! Dan’s presenting the paper this afternoon … Continue reading

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Sparklines

Edward Tufte’s on to a new way of communicating data that he calls “sparklines“. Powerful stuff.

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So

Ever listen to how some of us talk? So, … Take a look at this transcript — and count the number of times a paragraph begins with “So…” It’s the new “you know”…

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California Dreamin’

Sam Zuckerman reports in this morning’s San Francisco Chronicle on the results of a study by Bain & Co. to be released later this week on California’s climate for employment. The cost of doing business in California is about 30 … Continue reading

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