From a title like that, it is not that hard to conclude that I am a fan of the Matrix movies. There was something powerful about the first movie that really had not been told before. Besides the fact that…
Obsolete! When the next version of operating system comes out, the previous one is deemed unwanted. This happens in a number of industries including automobiles, fashion, and entertainment devices (games and video players). The question becomes “How often and for…
Myk Willis (ex-Citrix) recently gave a presentation at Demo07 for a new feature of the Myxer platform. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185153705/bclid1202130136/bctid1205096326 Very interesting demo although it would have probably been better to pick a nicer web site. Bill Madden (demo god) is the…
Years and years ago, I came to the conclusion that good software should only provide a few (3 – 5) choices of action at any given time. This was based on text menu systems before even the era of Windows…
Recently I attended a very compelling lecture by Michael Schrage in Sydney. Michael has a very diverse experience within the world of computing but perhaps the most interesting (for me) is his observations about innovation. He said something very important…
Years and years ago at university, I was an engineering student taking classes I was not completely comfortable with. I did not mind the math, science, and engineering classes but had difficulty with ones classified as humanities or language. This…
If you work in the computer industry long enough, you realize that certain things are done more from tradition than from keeping things simple. Recently I helped one of my wife’s friends install an ADSL Broadband Internet connection. In theory…
Scientists say that many different realities exist. It is impossible to prove this however. If one path is chosen, how is it known another path concurrently exists? How can a length of string know about other strings? Only from a…
I have talked about mVisible before since it employees many people that have previously worked at Citrix. Many of these people are old timers from the era of when I worked for Citrix in America. I have been following Myk…
How can something be valuable and yet so plentiful. That’s the question I’m faced with related to computing power. I’ve been thinking about distributed computing and how any kind of economy can be derived from it. It becomes clear quickly…
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