See Joe McKendrick about CEP (post is a couple of weeks old).
Minigeek - Ed.4
How To Use Web 2.0 In The Enterprise - Part 4
If you're a salesman for Web 2.0 stuff, go to the larger companies (see Between The Lines).
One Year In A IT Project - Day 11
One Year In A IT Project - Day 10
Nicholas Carr writes:
"There are two ways that big advances happen in business IT. One way is top down: the powers that be - IT departments and corporate executives - make a decision to bring a new system into a company, and employees are required, either happily or unhappily, to use the system. (...) The other way is bottom up: individual employees or business units begin using a new technology, without any formal imprimatur from higher-ups, and it proves so valuable that IT departments and corporate execs have no choice but to embrace it."
Magic Moments
Geek Parents - Part 1
See Slashdot about "Online Parent-Child Gap Widens":
"A new study by Dafna Lemish from the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University has found that there is an enormous gap between what parents think their children are doing online and what is really happening. 'The data tell us that parents don't know what their kids are doing,' says Lemish."
The Art Of Programing
Minigeek - Ed.3
Minigeek - Ed.2
Minigeek - Ed.1
The History Of Web 2.0 - Part 14
I Have No Time, I Have To Be Social
Times are not easy. See Tom Foremski.
Programers Belief
A Visionary Boss
See Paul Murphy about
"[...] the inability to identify and correct the misinformation senior executives pick up from the media and then unconsciously rely on to override our carefully researched and thought through recommendations."
But there are a lot of executives with visions out there.
Thoughts On "What If The Internet Went Down"
What happened this week:
NetworkWorld asks "What if the Internet went down...and didn't come back up?" (seen through Techdirt) and Robert Scoble spent some day with Web 2.0 celebs in Davos.
One Day In A Bloggers Life - Part 1
Endangered Terms - Part 1: The Smartphone
One Year In A IT Project - Day 9
Dan Kusnetzkys post about purchasing decisions in organizations is a couple of days old but nevertheless worth reading.
The Small Geek Dictionary - Part 1: A Fork
Wikipedia writes:
"In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct piece of software."
See also ZDNet how Proprietary forks undermine open source’ purpose.