Trends in the Living Networks

MARCH 22, 2011

The iPad has changed my life. It feels like I have been waiting for it since I became conscious. However the iPad alone doesn’t do the job. It is the iPad together with a wireless keyboard that has transformed my life. Two years ago tomorrow I wrote a blog post saying It is totally INSANE that you cannot use an external keyboard on an iPhone. For some completely inane reason Apple crippled the Bluetooth on the iPhone so it couldn’t be used for external keyboards.

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All Things Distributed

MARCH 24, 2011

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Hacking with AWS at The Next Web Hackaton. By Werner Vogels on 24 March 2011 10:31 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Over the past years The Next Web Conference has become a premier conference on internet life and its technologies. I have been to the conference almost every year and it is getting better every time.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 24, 2011

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Thursday, March 24, 2011. A Community Cloud: Real-World Example. When I first heard the term "Community Cloud" I shuddered. I thought: Just what we need. another cloud definition. But I had a peek at one yesterday speaking with an established services customer (who must remain anonymous for the moment).

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Chief Seattle Greek Blog

MARCH 25, 2011

'I guess you can teach an older CTO (me!) new tricks. I was pleasantly surprised by a Code for America “inception event” on March 17th. The event was the kickoff – really the kickoff of the second half of our “game” (project) to create open source software which will help Seattle and Philadelphia and other cities’ neighborhood leaders … well … “lead” Every City and County has neighborhood activists – people who care about their blocks and their communities – a

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Trends in the Living Networks

MARCH 19, 2011

In the early 1990s I worked for several years in Japan as a financial and business journalist. The first article I ever wrote beyond the world of business was on an issue that I felt was very important: the dangers of Japan’s nuclear program. I have been searching for the article for the last week, and eventually found it last night. The article (embedded and full text below) was published on June 30, 1992 in The Bulletin, at the time Australia’s leading newsweekly magazine.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MARCH 24, 2011

The majority of my keynote speaking engagements are to executives or managers within organizations, or at large conferences, so there are relatively few opportunities for people to come see me speak (aside from on our collection of keynote speaking videos (which we will be adding to shortly)). However next Wednesday the City of Port Phillip in Melbourne has engaged me to give the keynote at the first of their business breakfast series , intended for businesses in the region.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MARCH 25, 2011

Of a Saturday morning I feel like watching some nice videos and music as I work. So, as we go along, I thought I’d share a few of my favorite music videos: Bjork – All is full of love. One of the best videos ever, exploring the future of sexuality amid humans merging with machines. If you like this kind of stuff, check out our new media site: Future of Sex.

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