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Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:06:05 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/32eab7b42036993123e5aceba3b6dc50#ddmcd http://www.clearbox.co.uk/intranet-of-things/ http://del.icio.us/url/32eab7b42036993123e5aceba3b6dc50 http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/32eab7b42036993123e5aceba3b6dc50 ddmcd's links DDMcD: Great post! t really helps to visualize the "... of things" meme by relating it to the workplace. As I look at the examples, though, a lot are what I would consider focusing on creation of an environment (or infrastructure) in which people can work, not on the actual work that has to be done. That's not necessarily bad but it does increase the risk of concentrating too much on the tools rather than on the work the tools are supposed to support. See my "'Mobile First' Is An Obsolete Strategy" http://www.ddmcd.com/first.html for some related comments. comments tools Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:27:36 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/e00c4cdf142f2e74080b749986728e43#ddmcd http://www.zdnet.com/its-over-windows-tablet-its-not-you-its-me-7000034172/ http://del.icio.us/url/e00c4cdf142f2e74080b749986728e43 http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/e00c4cdf142f2e74080b749986728e43 ddmcd's links DDMcD: "I've been running WIndows 8.1 on my desktop (no touch screen) and a small Asus notebook (with touchscreen) and have to agree with what you say. The tile side of Windows is great but not everything works that way and I'm still figuring out my way back and forth. It's great to have all the flexibility and I do find myself using the touch screen on the notebook more and more. Yesterday, though, I had an experience with the Chrome Browser on the desktop that totally confused me. I selected RELAUNCH CHROME IN WINDOWS 8 MODE and I selected that as an experiment. As far as I could tell Chrome decided that it wanted to be the machine's "desktop" and I spent the morning experementing with going back and forth, now in three different modes. I know a lot of this is due to operator error since I've never really taken the time to study the new software but I think the "dual personality" issue is really the problem here." comments windows user interface chrome Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:31:38 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/eca62ff1330ff497c356ac84643c6912#ddmcd http://officesupplygeek.com/pen-review/gel-pens/uni-ball-signo-um-151-revisiting-old-favorite/#comment-29532 http://del.icio.us/url/eca62ff1330ff497c356ac84643c6912 http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/eca62ff1330ff497c356ac84643c6912 ddmcd's links DDMcD: "Great review of my now favorite everyday gel pen (blue 0.38). In the past I have preferred retractables due to the ease of losing caps but this pen wins for writing (smooth despite the small tip), color (a lovely blue) and aesthetics (the barrel is crystal clear and the tip elegant). I'm wondering if the ink is the same as the RT's ink (even though the refills are different)." pens comments Tue, 08 Jul 2014 19:49:03 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/91a1e09435890958b112c1e0ce41cd2c#ddmcd http://www.pcworld.com/article/2450540/many-employees-wont-mingle-with-enterprise-social-software.html http://del.icio.us/url/91a1e09435890958b112c1e0ce41cd2c http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/91a1e09435890958b112c1e0ce41cd2c ddmcd's links DDMcD: "Anyone who has worked in the enterprise collaboration space will not be surprised by any of this. You have to provide a collaboration framework as well as a reason for using it, especially if you want to move people away from less efficient collaboration and sharing technologies like email. Management has to lead by example and you need to tie adoption to specific goals associated with defined campaigns or projects. For more see "Pixar's Lessons for Project Communication & Collaboration" htt­p://www.ddmcd.com/pi­xar.html ." comments collaboration adoption Wed, 21 May 2014 19:27:03 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/f9db23b9e90cb455a6cab118f47d9639#ddmcd http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2014/5/13/taking-next-steps-open-government/ http://del.icio.us/url/f9db23b9e90cb455a6cab118f47d9639 http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/f9db23b9e90cb455a6cab118f47d9639 ddmcd's links DDMcD: "Yes, there does seem to be a convergence of interests, not only between "open data" and "open government" but with performance measurement as well: "Open Data and Performance Measurement: Two Sides of the Same Coin" (http://www.ddmcd.com/coin.html) looks at some implications for having a more comprehensive data management strategy that supports all such efforts." comments opendata Thu, 15 May 2014 14:05:13 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/0b0603dd09355e4ab1032d4ccf4f72de#ddmcd http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/republicans-and-telecom-ceos-threaten-legal-war-if-fcc-makes-the-internet-a-utility-20140514 http://del.icio.us/url/0b0603dd09355e4ab1032d4ccf4f72de http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/0b0603dd09355e4ab1032d4ccf4f72de ddmcd's links DDMcD: "The arguments here seem pretty simple to me. Which is better -- a government sanctioned monopoly that discourages competition, or a government regulated utility that promotes equal access? I think of that question every month that I have to pay $1.99 per "digital transport adapter" to Comcast to receive digital cable TV signals, even though Comcast originall said, when the conversion from analog to digital was made, that such adapters would be "free." I don't have the option to buy these adapters I have to keep renting them and I'm charged a fee whenever I add one or change one out, and I can't go to a competing cable TV supplier because competing cable suppliers don't exist. Arguing that I can use streaming internet instead sounds fine till I try to locate the same stations -- and the vendor of broadband internet service here is ... Comcast. So every time I see one of those huge full page ads in the Washington Post arguing for the Comcast Time Warner merger using arguments li" comments cableTV monopolies Fri, 09 May 2014 14:57:18 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/240cd09c4102ed8f183d8e574b7a375e#ddmcd http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/08/the-solutions-to-all-our-problems-may-be-buried-in-pdfs-that-nobody-reads/ http://del.icio.us/url/240cd09c4102ed8f183d8e574b7a375e http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/240cd09c4102ed8f183d8e574b7a375e ddmcd's links In my case I've found that .pdf's can be both an asset and a liability. As you say they make it difficult to search and extract data; there are ways around that but you do run the risk of changing the source data in the extract process; see one of my blog posts for some comments along this line: http://www.ddmcd.com/order.html. On the other hand, I've found that there are still people who prefer to read documents that are formatted as traditional page-oriented reports; that's one of the reasons I usually make a .pdf version of my longer blog posts available for downloading.     While some of what you say about World Bank reports might be true it's also true that the Bank and its affiliates have made great strides in making the data associated with its research and reports available as downloadable files; check out http://data.worldbank.org/use-our-data. In fact, the Bank is one of the increasing number of governmental and official organizations that is taking the "open data" movement quite seriously by making government sourced data files available to the public as downloadable files or accessible via specialized APIs. I suspect, though, that .pdf reports are gooing to be with us for a long time given the need to satisfy demand for unified documents that combine text, graphics, and data; it's hard to resist the "save as .pdf" command!  open data world bank pdf comments Tue, 06 May 2014 12:59:54 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/81de45650284789fac7ad5b3cf28a517#ddmcd http://gigaom.com/2014/05/05/level-3-accuses-five-unnamed-us-isps-of-abusing-their-market-power-in-peering/ http://del.icio.us/url/81de45650284789fac7ad5b3cf28a517 http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/81de45650284789fac7ad5b3cf28a517 ddmcd's links DDMcD: "I don't pretend to understand all the technical details of all this but I sense that this is a situation where one of the reasons we have such arguments is that the data that would help us understand the situation is lacking. We don't know what costs are, we don't know what the actual throughput is among the different players, and we don't know how prices are actually being set. Till there is more transparency about all this we'll continue to suffer from the effects of secrecy brought about by monopolies and lack of oversight. Perhaps it is simply impossible to have true network neutrality without true network transparency." comments net neutrality Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:20:09 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/0eb8a2e74d0c51b6a533c2b8fcad15a1#ddmcd http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/03/code-red_-they-have-no-use-for-someone-who-looks-and-dresses-like-me.html http://del.icio.us/url/0eb8a2e74d0c51b6a533c2b8fcad15a1 http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/0eb8a2e74d0c51b6a533c2b8fcad15a1 ddmcd's links DDMcD: "Great piece! Publishing on Linkedin was an interesting idea. Agree procurement needs fixing -- the only way is to set up a separate process -- the existing system is too complex to fix. Same may be true about systems -- cloud based systems that minimize legacy integration might help some. Also, outsourcing program management to megaconsulting companies by definition inserts layers between policy and implementation. Smaller chunked projects will help but that assumes someone is knowledgeable enough to do design work. Also, it would also help if tech folks didn't sneer at government work; that attitude really does exist, you know. " comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:44:10 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/b22fe6e0e4ed602b6bdb48c01c2e8ada#ddmcd http://time.com/18867/popcorn-time-is-so-good-at-movie-piracy-its-scary/?utm_content=bufferc68f9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer http://del.icio.us/url/b22fe6e0e4ed602b6bdb48c01c2e8ada http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/b22fe6e0e4ed602b6bdb48c01c2e8ada ddmcd's links DDMcD: "I'm a US citizen. Were I to use this service wouldn't my ISP, Comcast, monitor my usage and cut off my internet access?" comments copyright comcast PopcornTime popcorntime Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:45:09 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/cf53fed9ee3cbb1ae7b2a7fd265e8c09#ddmcd http://www.zdnet.com/kindle-fire-hdx-smooth-operation-great-screen-hands-on-7000026958/ http://del.icio.us/url/cf53fed9ee3cbb1ae7b2a7fd265e8c09 http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/cf53fed9ee3cbb1ae7b2a7fd265e8c09 ddmcd's links DDMcD: "I've been bouncing back and forth between getting this new model to replace my original Kindle Fire or getting an iPad. Other than price it sounds like I could go with either for consuming Amazon and video content. The gmail and twitter apps that run on the original Fire are awful though as is the original browser -- sounds like the HDX would be much better for these non Amazon apps." kindle amazon comments Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:01:48 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/7a8c3bce80d4d57c747f827825e2badc#ddmcd http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/takai-dod-info-federal-it-dashboard-not-necessarily-accurate/2014-02-26?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal http://del.icio.us/url/7a8c3bce80d4d57c747f827825e2badc http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/7a8c3bce80d4d57c747f827825e2badc ddmcd's links DDMcD: "Maybe the fact that such updates only occur on a quarterly basis is partly responsible for the lack of updates and completeness." comments Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:56:15 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/2d2ddd354f938fac94780ff35bd83b2f#ddmcd http://production.culanth.org/articles/722-opening-access-publics-publication-and-a-path http://del.icio.us/url/2d2ddd354f938fac94780ff35bd83b2f http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/2d2ddd354f938fac94780ff35bd83b2f ddmcd's links DDMcD: "I hope you set up a special page or blog where you regularly publish information about this open access experiement. Info about process and cost impacts on all stakeholders will be much appreciated." comments journals copyright openaccess Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:40:22 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/25fb19df82ef7302fee5aa9dfd5d930c#ddmcd http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lookingcloser/2013/09/constantine-2005-remembering-a-movie-id-rather-forget/ http://del.icio.us/url/25fb19df82ef7302fee5aa9dfd5d930c http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/25fb19df82ef7302fee5aa9dfd5d930c ddmcd's links DDMcD: "My own review is much more positive: http://www.ddmcd.com/movies/co... I was not as offended as others -- I figure my faith is strong enough to weather such slings and arrows and, besides, I thought the satire of religious symbolism was quite clever in parts. Freedom of speech and all that, you know. I have a hard time believeing that anyone would have thought the movie could have been taken seriously or used in any kind of religious program." comments movies Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:00:42 +0000 http://del.icio.us/url/2e7ef1d1ec363ac90a0b8662dd1f2ffe#ddmcd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/delicious%20bookmarks%20extension?hl=en-US http://del.icio.us/url/2e7ef1d1ec363ac90a0b8662dd1f2ffe http://feeds.del.icio.us/v2/rss/url/2e7ef1d1ec363ac90a0b8662dd1f2ffe ddmcd's links undefined comments