Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Don't trust the Government ...

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Recently I've found myself listening to BBC News at Ten and Huw "fearlessly reads it all" Edward's coverage of the collap...

Trust the Government ...

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According to Alastair Otter of MyBroadband, whilst the South African government has been a long advocate of open source software, 72% of IT...
Monday, July 28, 2008

Phew, it's hot in here ....

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The "cloud" is a hot topic, by which I mean it has moved firmly into the transitional stage of its lifecycle and it is therefore ...

The printing revolution approaches ...

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Back in 2001, I wrote a research report on the future of manufacturing and the commoditisation of the manufacturing process. I highlighted t...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Time to let go of the brake ...

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I've just been reading on Patently-0 about the following PTO ( Patent and Trademarks Office ) position on software patents which threat...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Slightly grey swan ....

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Well Apple have been upgrading to MobileMe recently. So this morning I was surprised to discover that my entire email account with a mere 7,...

Waste not, want not ....

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This is fascinating, bioproduced hydrogen ( ok, it's anaerobic rather than a photo bioreactor ) used to run a generator. Nanologix seem...
Monday, July 21, 2008

There's money in that goo ...

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Just came across this paper on photobiological hydrogen production using green alga. Ok, after being completely stunned by the simple beaut...

Smart move ... almost.

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Thanks to Tony Lucas for spotting this announcement by 10Gen that they have open sourced their platform as a service technology. Overall i...
Saturday, July 19, 2008

For the people, by the people ....

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The old battleaxe, Ann Widdecombe, has been defending the rights of MPs to get a living wage. Apparently contrary to current reports, not a...

I read a book ... once ....

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Yesterday I started to read Nick Carr's article in the Independent about how "Google is making us stupid" . Nick's idea i...
Friday, July 18, 2008

Farewell to Enterprise 2.0 ...

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Yesterday I gave my last conference talk on Enterprise 2.0 for the foreseeable future. Actually, it wasn't a talk but rather I was on a ...