CIO Musings

JULY 9, 2012

'CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Monday, July 9, 2012. Call Me Maybe - A Technology Metaphor. #cio #tech. Hey, I just met you, And this is crazy, But heres my number, So call me, maybe?

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 9, 2012

One of the many reasons humanity is at an inflection point is that the age-old dream of the “global brain” is finally becoming a reality. I explored the idea in my book Living Networks , and at more length in my piece Autopoiesis and how hyper-connectivity is literally bringing the networks to life. Today, my work on crowdsourcing is largely focused on the emerging mechanisms that allow us to create better results from mass participation.

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All Things Distributed

JULY 13, 2012

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - Hints for Computer Systems Design. By Werner Vogels on 13 July 2012 09:00 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). For a while now I have been on a track to read one influential/fundamental Computer Science paper each weekend. I find that going back to the basics of system, network and language design forces a good appreciation for keeping designs simple and focus on those f

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A Screw's Loose

JULY 10, 2012

'Home. About. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. Get IT into the game. by Brian Katz on July 10, 2012 · 2 comments. I watched somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 soccer games this weekend as my daughter was playing in three of them. I spend many weekends like this throughout the year going to different tournaments that she is taking part in.

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Sean Daniel

JULY 9, 2012

'As the saying goes, a user will do things over and over and over again, but a developer will automate it and never touch it again (until something breaks of course). I am not a developer, but I do have a developer education, and that makes me want to automate stuff. Why do something over and over again that a computer can handle just fine? I do this sort of thing on a client computer, and often write scripts using AutoHotKey.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 10, 2012

Singularity University describes itself as “a vibrant innovation and impact engine that generates leaders and start-up companies with the ability to positively impact the lives of a billion people within a decade” Apostle of lean startups Eric Ries recently joined Singularity University as the chair of its Entrepreneurship track. In this video Ries is interviewed by entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa about the link between startups and the Singularity , asking him about how to students at the

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A Screw's Loose

JULY 12, 2012

'Home. About. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. Why buy the cow? by Brian Katz on July 12, 2012 · 2 comments. Anytime anyone refers to bring your own device (BYOD) today, the biggest argument in favor of it is that people are more productive when they bring their own device. Now, let’s be clear here, it’s not a function of a BYOD program that is driving these benefits but the fact that a company has added a mobile component to their strategy.

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Future of CIO

JULY 13, 2012

There’re a growing number of organizations shifted their risk management orientation from bottom-up to top-down, with more senior management and board involvement. The economic turmoil makes all businesses large or small to rethink their risk management strategy, through all those reputable consulting/audit firms’ survey and deep dive research, the consistent message is sent out about risk management as strategic imperative, create value via it and deliver the high-performance business result.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 12, 2012

One of the most important dynamics in almost all industries today is how value creation is increasingly shifting to be between organizations rather than within organizations. Most notably, the nature of client-supplier relationships have dramatically shifted over the years. This is not new. I have spent considerable time working with the institutional financial services sector, and seen major changes over the years.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 10, 2012

Incubators and accelerators are blossoming all over the world, with in Australia the seed accelerator space represented most prominently by StartMate , PushStart , and Melbourne-based AngelCube. I wrote about the Australian accelerator scene when PushStart was launched. Yeseterday afternoon I went to PushStart’s demo day for their first intake.

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