SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Is the Relational Database Doomed? - ReadWriteWeb. An excellent introduction to the next generation of non-relational databases that are becoming more and more popular with large-scale Web applications. Includes a good theoretical overview and a great list of databases including CouchDB, Project Voldemort, and others. SOA mistakes are being repeated in the clouds |Real World SOA | David Linthicum | InfoWorld.

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Yes, let's do just that. Let's talking about Learning in Business. with Jay Cross. Tags: Networking Innovation Changing World Social Networks YouTube Learning 2.0 Informl Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Communities Jay Cross Social Media LMS Social Software Enterprise 2.0 Knowledge Management Social Networking Videocast Learning Management Systems KM Learning Skills Informal Learning eLearning Collaboration.

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Ruminations of a Programmer

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Martin Fowler talked about Event Sourcing. Greg Young mentioned about using Event Sourcing in algorithmic trading applications. Very recently Jonas Boner hacked up Martin's example using asynchronous Scala actors. That's heck of a precedence to conclude that there is enough meat in this lunch. Let me summarize my thoughts on Event Sourcing using Scala actors, and how it can be used to perform retroactive monitoring and diagnostics in an environment that supports code hot-swapping.

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Steve Farber

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

All my time, energy, emotion, adrenaline, etc. has been invested in the imminent launch of Greater Than Yourself starting this coming Tuesday, March 3. We have a lot going on behind the scenes to get the word out, and your help, of course, is greatly appreciated. But there’s something else happening on the same day as GTY’s birth: Kaplan is releasing the paperback editions of The Radical Leap and The Radical Edge.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years. Customer Acquisition – social media, SEO, SEM, etc Economies of Scale – not as big a barrier in web world Investment – little to none required to get started Pricing – free or freemium makes trial simple Distribution – syndication and APIs make partnering easier IP – in genera

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Enterprise Software Innovator’s Dilemma « The Agile Executive. Excellent and detailed overview of the challenges organizations have to moving to agile and open source. The good news is that both are now largely ready for broad uptake.

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

And it looks like I will be on the road again! Starting as soon as tomorrow! Busy last couple of days finalising the details, so here it goes: Madrid, Barcelona, here I come for the "Lotusphere Comes To You" 2009 events! Can't wait! Tags: Blogs Thinking Outside the Inbox Challenge Your Inbox Networking Innovation Information Overload Business Value Spain Connections Quick Social Networks Adoption Facebook Madrid Progress Reports Lotusphere Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Communities Barcelona

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Ruminations of a Programmer

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Michael Mitzenmacher describes a great trick with bloom filter and hash table that has been used in Longest Prefix Matching techniques to improve performance by reducing the number of dependent memory lookups. Just in case you are not familiar with bloom filters, have a look at the great introduction in Wikipedia. The Bloom filter, conceived by Burton H.

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The Agile Manager

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In the last installment we took a look at the project management information we get from results-based organization and execution, and how that provides an unambiguous status assessment. But project status data doesn't give us the complete picture: we also need to know that a team is delivering solutions in accordance with all of our expectations, such as quality and maintainability.

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Sailpoint

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Lately I’ve been talking to a lot of customers and prospects about how to proactively approach risk mitigation with identity-related technologies. In today’s climate, I see an ever increasing need for a new approach to managing identity and the need for a more “directed” focus for the deployment of identity management infrastructure.

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Steve Farber

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

I have nothing against numbers. I believe in the bottom line as much as the next business person. (And, fundamentally, that’s what I am–a business person. Except maybe without the silly, stereotypical baggage). But these days, when numbers–like profits, for example–are harder to hit, we’re tempted to focus on them even more.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

» TOGAF 9: Take control of your IT architecture | Dana Gardner’s BriefingsDirect | ZDNet.com. Noting that enterprise "architecture is destiny" Dana Gardner does a great bit summing up the latest EA framework update, TOGAF 9. It's been updated to include cloud computing, more modularity, better security, and more. The architecture development method now includes support for "SOA, security, cloud, hybrids, and federated services ecologies." JackBe Presto 2.5 Masters

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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Developing further into the conversations on figuring out the ROI of Social Software, here is another blog post where I discuss some more the actual challenges behind it referenceing a recent presentation done by David Tebutt. Tags: David Tebutt Networking ROI Innovation Business Value Return on Investment Connections Reputation Social Networks Discovery Morale Silos Lotusphere2009 Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Lotusphere Communities Lotusphere 2009 LS09 Harness Value Add Social Media Trust

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Ruminations of a Programmer

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The following is a typical implementation of service methods of the domain model of an application. The Repository is injected and is used to persist the domain model or lookup objects from the underlying store. The entire storage and the mechanics of the underlying retrieval is abstracted within the DAO / Repository layer. public class RestaurantServiceImpl implements RestaurantService { @ Autowired public RestaurantServiceImpl (.) { //. } // injected private final RestaurantRepository restaura

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Doubling sales in the downturn with Web 2.0. "Use a scalpel, not a machete, to cut corporate costs." A good, if high-level articles that explores how to maximize business returns with Web 2.0 in the downturn. Dovetails nicely with our latest work on ZDNet. Top Enterprise 2.0 Tips for Improving Workforce Collaboration in 2009 | SocialComputingMagazine.com.

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Developing further into the conversations on figuring out the ROI of Social Software, here is another blog post where I discuss some more the actual challenges behind it referenceing a recent presentation done by David Tebutt. Tags: David Tebutt Networking ROI Innovation Business Value Return on Investment Connections Reputation Social Networks Discovery Morale Silos Lotusphere2009 Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Lotusphere Communities Lotusphere 2009 LS09 Harness Value Add Social Media Trust

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Here is a blog post for those folks who do not buy into the whole subject around the digital & generational divide. Truly inspiring. Tags: Networking Challenges Innovation Generations GenX Generation Y Connections Social Networks YouTube Baby Boomers Expectations Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Communities Digital Divide GenY Social Media Twitter Changes Social Software Generation X Videos Beliefs Enterprise 2.0 Relationships Knowledge Management Social Networking Communication Life Style Wor

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

If you are still trying to figure out the business value of Twitter and microsharing, both for your business and within the corporate world in general, here is a blog post I put together where I have shared some further insights with three very helpful resources, to get you going. Tags: Media Darlings Tutorials Metablogging Networking Innovation Microsharing Connections Social Networks Pistachio Enterprise Microsharing Pistachio Consulting Olivia Mitchell Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Commu

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Continuing further with some of the highlights from IBM's Lotusphere 2009 event that I attended in Orlando, FL, in January 2009, I thought I would cover what, to me, was one of the most inspiring and thought-provoking moments throughout the entire event. Tags: David Tebutt Ambassadors Networking ROI Innovation Business Value Return on Investment Connections Social Networks Evangelists Lotusphere2009 Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Lotusphere Communities Lotusphere 2009 LS09 Value Add BlueIQ A

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

This is the second of a series of blog posts on Mac Tips where I get to share some tips on how to make use of your MacBook Pro in a work environment using some very powerful productivity and social tools. Today with my favourite photo handling and processing software. Still in beta, but already truly delivering: Google's Picasa. Tags: MBP Apple Flickr Uploadr Tools Photo Gallery Freeware MacBook Pro iPhoto 08 Photos I'm Feeling Lucky Images iPhoto08 Productivity-Tips Free Aperture Hints Producti

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Sailpoint

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

I just read a Wall Street Journal article by Bruce Schneier, the CTO of BT and a renowned security author. The piece, “ Thwarting an Internal Hacker ,” is timely given recent security breaches hitting the news (including Heartland Payment Systems and Fannie Mae, which he references) coupled with the economy. I’ve already written about how the economy is producing a perfect storm for massive insider threats, and I agree with Bruce that companies need to evaluate their risk expos

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Here is a blog post where I comment on today's launch of the Communities & Networks Connection site put together by Tony Karrer and Nancy White and which will bring a new and refreshing perspective on aggregating content around communities, community building and (social) networks. Worth while subscribing. For sure. Tags: The Network Thinker Networking Innovation Nancy White Mike Gotta Connections Anecdote Social Networks Community Builders Michael Sampson Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Fres

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Here is the first blog post from the weekly progress reports on my "giving up on e-mail" theme for 2009, where I'm sharing further details on my next challenge as well as what I will be doing in the next few months about it as well. Hint: Get you off email as well! Here is how. Tags: Thinking Outside the Inbox Challenge Your Inbox Networking Challenges Innovation Oprah A World Without Email Information Overload Connections Social Networks Progress Reports Knowledge Sharing Social Computing email

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Steve Farber

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Many of you know that Patrick Lencioni and Matthew Kelly are bestselling authors. What you don’t know, however, is that over the years they have developed a very unique and noteworthy personal and professional relationship–exactly the kind of relationship I describe (and prescribe, if that ‘s the right word) in Greater Than Yourself.

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Remember the blog posts I put together yesterday on the topic of "Just Do The Right Thing" by the wonderfully gifted industry analyst / blogger Rachel Happe? Well, today I thought I would share with you what I exactly meant yesterday with that article and also what Rachel probably meant as well in hers: stop all the fuss you are going through to figure out the ROI of social software, and, instead, just go ahead and do it!

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

If you have been reading this blog long enough, by now, you are more or less familiar with my opinion around the subject of Social Computing and trying to figure out its Return on Investment (a.k.a ROI) from a business perspective. Well, I am glad I am no longer alone. Tags: Rachel Happe Networking Innovation ROI Business Value Corporate World Connections Social Networks Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Communities Business World Metrics Measurements Value Add Social Media Social Software Ente

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

If you have been reading this blog long enough, by now, you are more or less familiar with my opinion around the subject of Social Computing and trying to figure out its Return on Investment (a.k.a ROI) from a business perspective. Well, I am glad I am no longer alone. Tags: Rachel Happe Networking Innovation ROI Business Value Corporate World Connections Social Networks Knowledge Sharing Social Computing Communities Business World Metrics Measurements Value Add Social Media Social Software Ente

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