March, 2010

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VIM Crash Course : spf13.com

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'by Steve Francia. blog. code. talks. me. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. RSS. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. VIM Crash Course. Most developers know the basics of VIM, enough to edit a conf file, but most stay there, unaware of the power and beauty of vim.

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The latest country comparisons in that key economic driver: broadband speed

Trends in the Living Networks

Speedtest.net is my go-to resource for Internet speed testing, whether it's checking whether there are service problems, or making sure that event venues where we have video over IP links to speakers around the world have sufficient bandwidth. One of the great additions to the service is a compilation of all their data to show bandwidth speeds around the world.

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Fountainhead: IT Industry Analysts - Falling Into the Bond Rating.

Fountainhead

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. IT Industry Analysts - Falling Into the Bond Rating Agency Trap? One of the leading causes of our recent economic melt-down was that "independent" credit rating agencies had a conflict-of-interest with the firms they were supposed to be watching.The very firms tasked with objectively gauging risk were also being paid by the firms they were evaluat

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AWS Import/Export launches support for Legacy Storage Systems

All Things Distributed

Today Amazon Web Services takes another big step in making it easier to migrate legacy storage systems to the cloud through AWS Import/Export support for ingesting Punch Cards. AWS Import/Export accelerates moving large amounts of data into and out of AWS using portable storage media for transport. Punch cards are paper-based storage media that represent data using the presence or absence of holes in specific positions.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Army Knowledge Leaders.

Cloud Musings

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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Unemployed? 10 Ways to Fight Depression in Your Job Search By Meridith Levinson

A CIO's Voice

'“Job loss, unemployment and never-ending job searches can lead even the most upbeat people toward depression. Follow IT professionals’ and mental health experts’ tried-and-true advice for preventing depression before it derails your job search.” By Meridith Levinson. [link]. Filed under: Career , CIO Tagged: depression , job loss.

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Media Revenue Models Framework: 12 categories of income sources for media companies

Trends in the Living Networks

As the world of media moves beyond its traditional boundaries, media operators need to broaden their thinking about potential revenue sources. In a connected world, the possibilities transcend the classic advertising, sales and subscription models. In my recent article Creating the Future of Media: 4 Driving Forces, 4 Strategic Issues, 4 Essential Capabilities in Media Titles magazine I wanted to point to some of the possibilities.

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Which do you fear more, failure or mediocrity?

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

What motivational methods make some of you cringe (or worse)? This is one of the questions that Dan Pink posed to the group participating in his live chat at The Book Club on the New Yorker. In response to the &# Don’t make mistakes because I (mgr,owner, boss) will think less of you&# motivational method, he said: That’s one of the most insidious, imho.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Start your day with sip of coffee and byte of.

Sean Daniel

'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Monday, March 08, 2010. Start your day with sip of coffee and byte of technology. Microsoft and HP have been bringing technology solutions to small business customers since before most people ever heard of a latte. Things change fast in our industry.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Cloud Computing's Next.

Cloud Musings

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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CIO Blogs from March 2010

A CIO's Voice

'Change Management by Mark Brewer. Licensing Challenges by Mark Brewer. Yes we can, yes we must: the ongoing case for IT/Business alignment by Peter Kretzman. Outsourcing–When it works, when it doesn’t by Don Lewis. Is Creativity & Innovation enough? by Eric D. Brown. The VolksPad by Oliver Widder. Taking Control Of Your Technology by Mike Schaffner.

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Finding the Right People : spf13.com

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'by Steve Francia. blog. code. talks. me. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. RSS. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. Finding the Right People. Since I began at Open Sky a few weeks ago I have been tasked with building out a great team.

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Yes, internet bandwidth IS a key driver of economic growth

Trends in the Living Networks

A commenter on my last blog post The latest country comparisons in that key economic driver: broadband speed questioned whether bandwidth does drive economic growth. While it is easy to take that for granted, there are in fact many studies that have demonstrated this fact. One of the more interesting is a Booz & Co study that compared labor productivity growth over 5 years with bandwidth, titled Digital Highways: The Role of Government in 21st-Century Infrastructure.

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Learning from failure (is overrated)

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

Failure and the fear of failure are two completely different things. That’s what I wrote in my copy of Rework at the end of the “Learning from failure is overrated&# section. It came to mind last night as I was reading Children With Disabilities and Making Mistakes. In the article, Zach brings up one of the (often true) stereotypes about parents of disabled kids – overprotectiveness – with some thoughts on the importance of mistakes.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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The Enchantress of Numbers

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

Whether they are colleagues, clients, or associates from my business, I am blessed to work with many women in the field of technology. . Today, on Ada Lovelace Day , let us take a moment to remember the woman who often thought of as the first computer programmer, having written programs for computers (Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine ) before they even existed.

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NCOIC Discusses e-Discovery and Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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ReBoot – “Why I like my iMac and Why You Should Get One…”

A CIO's Voice

'When it comes to computers I am always a bit hard on the technology. I believe that computers are tools and should function as such. When I pick up my hammer I know I will hit a nail perfectly each and every time. That is the whole point of tools. Computers should be no different! I was always skeptically about transitioning to Apple but my former boss talked me into it.

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Transitions

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I couldn’t be more excited to announce that I have accepted a position at The Open Sky Project. I am leading the architecture, development and technology. It’s rare in life that one has the opportunity to do what they love to do and be paid to do it. Even rarer is to do something great with people you love working with. At OpenSky I have found this and more.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Five key characteristics of great pilot team members

Trends in the Living Networks

I recently posted an excerpt from Chapter 17 of Implementing Enterprise 2.0 titled 8 Guiding Principles for Pilot Programs: A Key for Enterprise 2.0. To follow up, here is an additional excerpt from Chapter 17 on pilots. CHARACTERISTICS OF GREAT PILOT TEAM MEMBERS. The selection of pilot team members is a major factor not just in the success of the pilots, but also whether useful lessons are learned and the successful migration of the pilots into other parts of the business.

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Parent as student

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

I have had a lot of teachers throughout my life. Some taught me because they were paid to, some because they were supposed to, and some because they wanted to. Many of the best teachers in my life, though, had no idea that they were teaching me. (Or, perhaps more accurately, that I was learning from them.). At the top of this list of unintentional teachers are kids, especially my own.

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We Have Clients.

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

No, this post is not to celebrate recent sales wins. It is an echo of a blog post I read by Mike Myatt, where he delineates between customers (who buy goods and services from us) and clients (with whose care we are charged) in clear and emphatic fashion. After attending a terrific Executive Education course, "Leading Professional Services Firms," in late 2008, I was struck at the time by how consistently the professors and attendees used the words "firm" and "clients," rarely used the word "c

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Take the survey, get a book!

Cloud Musings

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Turnaround CIO

A CIO's Voice

'“IT is broken, and it needs fixing…”. So you want to be a turnaround CIO? You want to go into an enterprise and turn around performance and create a sharp improvement in delivered value from IS. Turnaround CIOs require deep IT experience and the ability to come into a chaotic situation and make things work. What are the characteristics of a turnaround CIO: Deep IT experience.

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Transitions : spf13.com

SPF13

'by Steve Francia. blog. code. talks. me. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. RSS. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. Transitions. I couldnâ??t be more excited to announce that I have accepted a position at The Open Sky Project.

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5 ways to add value to information

Trends in the Living Networks

As I prepare a presentation to the senior staff at one of Australia's more innovative universities later this week I just had a glance at the slides to a keynote I did back in 2002 to the Australian Library and Information Association. I used the image below showing five ways to add value to information. It still makes sense.

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A theme for Autism Awareness Month

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

Every year when April – otherwise known as Autism Awareness Month – rolls around, I ask myself, “Awareness? Awareness of what exactly?&# Most times I forget my own advice and try to find a “one-size-fits-all&# answer to the question. (My advice: there is no such thing as one-size-fits-all for anything.) Some times I just bail on the question altogether.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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Enterprise 2.0 is not a game anymore, it's serious business

Leveraging Organizational Knowledge

Another good post from Bertrand Duperrin following the Enterprise 2.0 Forum in Paris on March 17th/18th. His bullet point list of conclusions is good news for everyone (like me) promoting the uptake of E.2.0. I will highlight the following 4 points: It’s not a game anymore. Now projects are global and carried by the top management. That’s the end of social bubbles disconnected from reality.

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Northrop Grumman & Lockheed Martin Selected for CANES

Cloud Musings

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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The Technology Pyramid

A CIO's Voice

'As a former architect, I am a strong believer in having strong foundations. Without a strong/stable foundation anything you build on top will be weak and might collapse. Information technology is no different. Without a stable environment, anything you add on top will be prone to issues. Below is an illustration of what I believe the fundamentals are for any environment.

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VIM Crash Course

SPF13

Most developers know the basics of VIM, enough to edit a conf file, but most stay there, unaware of the power and beauty of vim. One of my developers has expressed desire to abandon the bloated GUI ways of eclipse and discover VIM. I have been using VIM for such a long time I forgot how difficult that transition is. Here are some resources and approaches to help you learn vim.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.