Twitter Followers, Should We Have a New Metric?
(photo I took on the Great Wall) It seems like at every tech conference or event the issue of how…
Book Writing vs. Blogging
When I announced that I’d be writing a book, I promised that I would blog about the experience. It may…
Twitterfox- Twitter for the busy people
Here is a nice Firefox plugin for people who want to start using Twitter without losing too much time. It…
SIGIR ‘09 Accepted Papers
Thanks to Jeff Dalton for alerting me to SIGIR 2009 announcing the lists of accepted papers and posters. As Jon…
Clear Use Cases Clear a Path to Success
Is your company using a consistent practice of writing use cases? Are there a lot of power struggles between developers…
ESPC Sets Deadline to Require MD5 Hash Encryption
As of September 1, 2009, MD5 hash suppression file encryption will be required for all ESPC members. Stolen suppression files…
First Look – DeltaR onRules
Delta-R’s product onRules is Java-based, service oriented application. Based on open source like the Spring, Hibernate, Java Server Faces r…
Google Profiles: Nice Idea, Meh Execution
The top story on Techmeme is the new push Google is making around profiles. You can get a sense of…
What does the Oracle-Sun news mean for enterprise CTOs?
OK, sometimes I get emotionally attached to great technology. I need to watch that, I know humans are what is…
Using R to analyze lifetimes of business systems
Here's an interesting use of R outside the "usual" statistics domains: using advanced analytics to estimate how long a typical…