Steve Farber

AUGUST 9, 2009

I don’t know how I’ve missed him; he’s just never popped up on my radar screen–until just a couple of days ago when my wife showed me this YouTube video. Taylor Mali is not just a poet, he’s a full-time, WORKING poet, which I had thought was a bit of an oxymoron, to say the least. More important, he’s a major force in the poetry slam movement (a movement that’s generated some controversy–as any interesting one does), and a past-president of PSI.

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The Recovering Engineer

AUGUST 24, 2009

Subscribe to Receive Updates Home About This Blog Archives Great Reading Contact Me my business about me Communication Skills Persuasion DISC Model Family Relationships Parenting Leadership Skills Post Series Reflections Decision Making From Our Cats Personal Change Resolving Conflict Problem Solving Video Browse > Home / Resolving Conflict / Road Rage, Interpretations, and Workplace Conflict Road Rage, Interpretations, and Workplace Conflict August 24, 2009 by Guy Harris Filed under Resolving C

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 28, 2009

IT architecture Cutting costs and complexity - McKinsey Quarterly - Business Technology - Infrastructure. IT architecture: Cutting costs and complexity - [link] McKinsey's take on IT getting the squeeze just as growth resumes. [from [link]. Enterprise 2.0 2009 - Conference Overview. Good example of an Enterprise 2.0 implementation framework: [link] Will present a survey of these at [link] [from [link].

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 25, 2009

Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay

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Code Simplicity

AUGUST 11, 2009

When I started working on Bugzilla in 2004, it was a difficult time for the whole project. There were tremendous problems with the code, we hadn’t gotten a major release out in two years, and a lot of the main developers had left to go do paid work. But eventually, thanks to a bunch of new members in the Bugzilla community, we released Bugzilla 2.18.

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Steve Farber

AUGUST 30, 2009

Many people have told me how much they’ve enjoyed my free audio series on Extreme Leadership, so–being the customer-focused guy that I am–I’ve decided to make it available again. The store section of this site will be up and running soon, where this series will be available as a CD set for $49.95. In the meantime, you may as well get it for free, no?

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Jeremiah Grossman

AUGUST 28, 2009

Ten of Application Security industry's coolest, most interesting, important, and entertaining links from the past week -- in no particular order. Regularly released until year end. Then the Best of Application Security 2009 will be selected! Apache.org Compromised Are Web Application Security Testing Tools a Waste of Time and Money? When Mass SQL Injection Worms Evolve.Again Homegrown Application Security Program Mass SQL injection attacks still scaling up Research: 80% of Web users running unpa

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 27, 2009

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud. Reading about Amazon's new virtual private cloud: [link] A new incremental step between public EC2 and 100% private. [from [link]. Gov 2.0: do we really know what we're asking for? | ilabra.org. RT @ilabra Post on some questions about Gov 2.0 and what our goals and what we are asking for: [link] #gov20 < Good discussion [from [link].

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 29, 2009

Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay

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The Agile Manager

AUGUST 21, 2009

By going in pursuit of scale, we’ve created an IT function that is “too big to fail” in many businesses. Companies depend on IT – many can’t operate without it – yet they don’t really understand it. The result is moral hazard. Moral hazard is the proverbial “heads I win, tails you lose” scenario: a person takes boneheaded risks knowing that if they turn sour, somebody will come to their financial rescue.

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Code Simplicity

AUGUST 20, 2009

The attitude that every engineer should have, in every field of engineering, is: I can solve this problem the right way. Whatever the problem is, there’s always a right way to solve it. The right way can be known, and it can be implemented. The only valid reason ever to not implement something the right way is lack of resources. However, you should always consider that the right way does exist, you are able to solve the problem the right way, and that given enough resources, you would solv

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Ruminations of a Programmer

AUGUST 16, 2009

There have been quite a few murmers in the web sphere today regarding the ways Java programming paradigms have changed since its inception in the late 90s. A clear mandate and recommendation towards immutable abstractions, DSL like interfaces, actor based concurrency models indicate a positive movement towards a trend that nicely aligns with all the language research that has been going on in the community since quite some time.

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Jeremiah Grossman

AUGUST 21, 2009

Ten of Application Security industry's coolest, most interesting, important, and entertaining links from the past week -- in no particular order. Regularly released until year end. Then the Best of Application Security 2009 will be selected! Security bugs crawl all over financial giant’s website (Ameriprise Website Riddled With Security Vulnerabilities For At Least Five Months) TJX Hacker Charged With Heartland, Hannaford Breaches Adobe Flex 3.3 SDK DOM-Based XSS Web Security is about Scalabilit

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 26, 2009

4 Trends That Will Dominate This Century | Over the Seas. RT @mglazer: 4 workforce trends that will dominate this century: [link] via @rhappe [from [link]. Open Group releases SOA adoption and governance standards - SD Times: Software Development News. Interesting. The Open Group released a new maturity model today for assessing your SOA in a vendor neutral way: [link] [from [link]. 21 Risks in not adopting Enterprise 2.0. 21 risks in not adopting Enterprise 2.0: [link] [fixed link] [from [link]

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 20, 2009

Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 23, 2009

The Rise of the Data Web : Dataspora Blog. The Rise of the Data Web: [link] A great piece that goes hand-in-hand with the Data Enterprise: [link] [from [link]. What Does Cloud Computing Actually Cost? An Analysis of the Top Vendors - Dion Hinchcliffe's Next-Generation Enterprises. What Does Cloud Computing Actually Cost? An Analysis of the Top Vendors: [link] I draw some key conclusions at the end as well.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 22, 2009

Enterprise Karmic Koala | CTO Blog | Capgemini | Consulting, Technology, Outsourcing. Enterprise Karmic Koala: [link] Ron Tolido (@rtolido), Cap Gemini CTO adds to the 2.0 critique, without suggesting alternative. [from [link]. [link]. More Than a New Web Site: What Gov2.0 Is (and Isn't): [link] #gov20 [from [link]. Gadi Ben-Yehuda: More Than a New Web Site: What Gov2.0 Is (and Isn't).

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 21, 2009

IT Project Failures | ZDNet.com. Just got of demo of @mkrigsman's impressive software project assessment tool. Read his great blog at [link] [from [link]. Health Insurers Eye Social Networking - Health Blog - WSJ. Health Insurers Eye Social Networking: [link] Examples of how awareness of social media is spreading to insular industries. [from [link].

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 20, 2009

[link]. RT @chriswarner2000: "I started to see the potential for mashups everywhere", says Mashup Patterns author Mike Orginz: [link] [from [link]. Swebapps | The easy way to build your own app. Checking out [link] A way to "create a mobile phone application for your business in minutes." [from [link]. iLike Deal Puts Facebook In Lose/Lose Situation.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 19, 2009

10 valuable Twitter utilities for business users | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com. 10 valuable Twitter utilities for business users: [link] [link] is one of the best IMO. [from [link]. Gartner, Forrester Revise IT Spending Forecasts - IT Management. RT @bobgourley: Somewhat gloomy till last slide: RT @cioinsight Gartner, Forrester Revise IT Spending Forecasts [link] [from [link].

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 18, 2009

Directory: 100 technology experts on Twitter | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com. Looks like I made Jason Hiner's 100 tech Twitterers directory: [link] A great list BTW, many useful resources. [from [link]. Make Your Own URL Shortening Service - url shorteners - Lifehacker. Make Your Own URL Shortening Service: [link] Good for those who want to make sure their short links are permalinks.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 17, 2009

Five lessons learned about cross-cultural social networking - Intranet Blog - ThoughtFarmer. RT @gyehuda: Five lessons learned about cross-cultural social networking: [link] [from [link].

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 14, 2009

1 In 3 Developers Working On Private Cloud Apps -- Cloud Computing -- InformationWeek. 1 In 3 Developers Working On Cloud Apps: [link] Much more significantly, 21.6% are using the cloud for business critical apps. [from [link]. Startup Tips for Enterprise Software Pricing. Startup Tips for Enterprise Software Pricing: [link] Detailed and compelling advice, worth length perusal.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 13, 2009

Around the Corner. Cool: @caseycoleman talks biological metaphors, collaboration, and organization - [link] #gov20 (via @cheeky_geeky) [from [link]. Coding Horror: Are You a Digital Sharecropper? Are you a digital sharecropper? [link] Will Web 2.0 'enslave' the network? [from [link]. Enterprise Irregulars Join Social CRM Fray | Social CRM: The Conversation | ZDNet.com.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 12, 2009

Reviving SOA | Forbes. Reviving SOA: [link] "An incremental approach is gradually building from the bottom up [instead of top-down]." [from [link]. FaceFeed: the enterprise perspective | Irregular Enterprise | ZDNet.com. Our favorite curmudgeon @dahowlett takes a look at "FaceFeed: the enterprise perspective" - [link] [from [link].

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 11, 2009

Twitlonger: Microsoft's SharePoint thrives in the recession: [link]. Microsoft's SharePoint thrives in the recession: [link] (cont) [link] [from [link]. Microsoft’s SharePoint Thrives in the Recession - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com. Microsoft's SharePoint thrives in the recession: [link] (cont) [link] [from [link]. The Associated Press: Air Force used Twitter to track NY flyover fallout.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 8, 2009

Social Media Optimization: 16 Rules Revisited - Online Marketing Blog. 16 Rules For Social Media Optimization Revisited: [link] Good piece that stands out from the noise. [from [link]. DoD Web 2.0 Guidance Forum. RT @moehlert Dion, you've seen this from DOD re Social Media right? [link] Your comments would be welcome! < Yes, will do, thx!

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 7, 2009

Twitter Status - Ongoing denial-of-service attack. This is why Twitter has been down today. It'll be very interesting to see how this story plays out. Can We REST For A Minute? 6 Lessons From The CRUD vs. Hypermedia Debates. I examine the concerns around CRUD for REST vs using it as a hypermedia engine of application state. If you're building modern Web apps, you should be up on this discussion.

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