SPF13
AUGUST 12, 2012
'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. Add PhotoshopCS5 support to Picasa. If you are like me you use Picasa to manage your photos, but recognize that the editing options are very limited.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 15, 2012
A recent study from Burson-Marsteller looks in depth at what the Fortune Global 100 are currently doing on social media. Burson-Marsteller Global Social Media Check-Up 2012 from Burson-Marsteller. Some of the interesting insights from the study include: * There is a massive amount of communication about major companies, with each company mentioned in an average of over 55,000 tweets and 19,000 blog posts each month. * Corporate participation in social media is high though not yet pervasive, with
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The Accidental Successful CIO
AUGUST 15, 2012
'Image Credit Innovation is where you find it…. “Be more innovative” – how many times has your CEO told you that? Although being innovative isn’t really part of the definition of information technology, CIOs still want their IT department to always be ahead of what their internal customers want. We’d like to be able to have our IT staff be solving problems that our customers might not even know that they have.
All Things Distributed
AUGUST 16, 2012
'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Total Cost of Ownership and the Return on Agility. By Werner Vogels on 16 August 2012 10:00 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). In the many meetings with customers in which I have done a deep dive on their architecture and applications to help them create an accurate cost picture, I have observed two common patterns: 1) It is hard for customers to come to an accurate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calcu
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SPF13
AUGUST 12, 2012
If you are like me you use Picasa to manage your photos, but recognize that the editing options are very limited. You can easily add a button in Picasa that will allow you to edit the current picture in photoshop. I took an existing button built for PhotoshopCS3 and updated it to work with this more contemporary version. It’s limited to working only on Windows.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 16, 2012
Pew Research Center has just released the latest results in an study that has been running since 1983 on the credibility of US news organizations under the title Further Decline in Credibility Ratings for Most News Organizations. Some of the data is shown below. Source : Pew Research Center for the People & The Press. There is no question that as we experience an increasing profusion of information, there is a very real and greater value to having trusted brands to help filter the overload.
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All Things Distributed
AUGUST 17, 2012
'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - Staged Event-Driven Architecture. By Werner Vogels on 17 August 2012 07:00 PM. | Permalink. | Comments (). I am in São Paolo, Brazil for the 2012 AWS Latin America Summit and for The Next Web Latin America conference. I will also be visiting Chile and Mexico on this trip and have the great fortune to meet many of our Latin American AWS customers.
Future of CIO
AUGUST 13, 2012
Enterprise architecture related to corporate business , and the documents and diagrams that describe that architectural structure of the business. People who build business architecture are known as Business Architects. Business architecture bridges between the enterprise business model and enterprise strategy on one side and the business functionality of the enterprise on another side. rom Wikipedia, A business architecture is a part of an Below are ten additional insights about BA via LinkedIn
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 14, 2012
The rise of the reputation economy is one of the most important trends of our time. As such, like it or hate it, Klout’s role as probably the most prominent influence engine today means it is useful to track its structure and mechanisms. Klout today unveiled a major change to its algorithm and scores. Here are some thoughts on the changes. * It is valid to regularly change algorithms.
Chief Seattle Greek Blog
AUGUST 14, 2012
'This past week Gizmodo/Wired Writer Mat Honan’s iPhone, iPad, iCloud (and probably iRaq) where all hacked and wiped clean after a hacker stole his password, aided and abetted by the help desks of none other than Amazon and Apple. This little episode provided plenty of grist for the blogosphere this week, as tech writers far and wide trotted out their best advice for us common folk to avoid getting our finances and data drawn, quartered, toasted, fried and bobbed like an Apple on Halloween.
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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.
All Things Distributed
AUGUST 11, 2012
'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - On Naming and Binding. By Werner Vogels on 11 August 2012 10:00 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). I have just returned from two wonderful weeks in the rugged NorthWest wilderness. Every time again I am amazed of the magnificent outdoors at only two hours drive from Seattle.
Cloud Musings
AUGUST 12, 2012
'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.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 14, 2012
This post was first published on the Getting Results From Crowds book website. Today the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) issued a wide-ranging guidance on crowd funding. The guidance in essence recognizes crowdfunding and clarifies the current legislation that applies to the area. It notes that if crowdfunding activities “produce financial benefits” then they are regulated under the Corporations Act and will require a disclosure document.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 16, 2012
We have just launched our new recruitment site We’re Looking For Talent. Crowd business models are a major theme for us in our publishing and events. They are also at the heart of the AHT Group business model. As we build our businesses we want to see how far we can take the use of distributed work. We currently tap work and talent on a wide variety of crowdsourcing sites, but we have reached the stage of creating our own platform in finding the best people to work with.
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