Geek And Poke

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

Sure, there are reasonable reasons to use or not use a give programing language (see Slashdot).
But maybe we IT folks are not any time and any place reasonable.

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

Is it just my perception or is the term "Smartphone" actually out?

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.

Etiquette

See Slashdot about Corporate Email Etiquette.