musings
December 31, 2010 Leave a comment
Prediction of Top 15 Data Storage Trends of 2011 including ‘no new killer apps’.
I disagree, what do you think?
http://www.storagenewsletter.com/news/miscellaneous/top-15-storage-trends
February 18, 2009 Leave a comment
Last week, a new web-based enterprise IT magazine launched: GestaltIT.com, and the whole thing is based on blog syndication.
Gestalt IT consists of some of the best enterprise technology bloggers syndicating their content under one roof. These guys have been blogging separately on their own individual blog sites, and I’ve long subscribed to Stephen Foskett’s blog on storage. All of their topics relate to each other, and if you follow one of their blogs, you’d probably enjoy reading all of them. That’s where the syndication magazine format comes in.
Each of these individual bloggers figured out that they’d get a better audience, reach more people and cover more topics if they teamed together. Syndication makes all of this painless for the reader. When you surf GestaltIT.com, you don’t realize that this content is being sucked straight off their personal blogs and presented as a seamless magazine.
January 15, 2009 Leave a comment
Last month, EFF filed proposals with the Copyright Office seeking DMCA exemptions to cover mobile phone ‘unlocking’ (allowing the phone to be used on any carrier’s network) and ‘jailbreaking’ (allowing the phone to run any software). Carriers like MetroPCS and Pocket Communications have also asked for an unlocking exemption, but the Copyright Office needs to hear from users, too. That’s where you come in. Read more of this post
January 9, 2009 Leave a comment
Typing On A Plane: Notes From The Field – By Stephen Foskett
Working on the road is not for everyone. Some people need the structure of the office: Compress and organize on the way in, checkpoint with co-workers at the coffee pot, then buckle down and knock out some deliverables at the desk. This daily ritual helps some to focus, and draws a sharp distinction between work and non-work.
But all of this is disrupted for a ‘digital nomad’ like me. My commute can be a walk downstairs or a ten-hour combination of drive, wait, fly, and bus. My check point can be a phone call, IM or Skype, or a sip/meeting at the Starbucks near the client site. And I buckle down to work as often in a seat on a plane, a hotel room desk, or unfamiliar conference room as at my desk.
It is surprising, but many mobile workers are not the driven and focused ‘type-A’ folks. Rather, they can be extroverted, disorganized, and scattered, which seems a poor match for the self discipline needed to get things done on the go. But attention deficit can easily be turned to hyper-focus, and this is the key to my success!
January 9, 2009 Leave a comment
ifPeople: Plone makes Econtent 100 List for 2008
As an ongoing recognition of the importance of Plone in the web content management space, E Content magazine highlighted Plone in the Content Management category in the list of the 100 most influential companies in the digital content industry!
Congrats to the Plone community and all the contributors who make Plone possible! If you haven’t met Plone yet, you can get to know one of the leading content management systems that is free, open source, and supported by a vibrant community at plone.org
(Via Planet Plone.)
