Privasoft’s Stephen Davis Discusses how to Leverage Technology to Meet the Requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Arlington, VA – July 30, 2010 – Privasoft, a world leader in specialized software for managing requests in response to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is pleased to feature the interview of Privasoft CTO, Stephen Davis [...]
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Repost: Alienating the 2%
Alienating the 2% via Seth’s Blog by Seth Godin on 11/6/10 When a popular rock group comes to town, some of their fans won’t get great tickets. Not enough room in the front row. Now they’re annoyed. 2% of them are angry enough to speak up or badmouth or write an angry letter. When [...]
Tony Clement says Canada is failing with technology…ARE YOU KIDDING ME????
According to our industry minister, Tony Clement, Canada is “failing on technology“ (although he provides almost no concrete evidence of this) and he offers up his Consultation Paper on the Digital Economy (link, local copy) to discuss the issues and show how to fix the problem. He even has a web site asking Canadians to help him [...]
Striking a balance on Copyright protection
An open response to Michael Geist’s blog on copyright reform…Seven Copyright Questions for Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore I have been following Michael’s blog more intensely recently as the date of the new Canadian copyright bill approaches. While I tend to agree with most of his opinions I would offer some alternative views. To give [...]
My Blog: 2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2010. That’s about 6 full [...]
Repost : The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code
This was written in 2000 but it is equally applicable now. Despite all the new agile methodologies the realities of software development remains the same. —Link here : http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html —ORIGINAL ARTICLE— The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 09, 2000 Have you ever heard of SEMA? It’s a fairly esoteric system [...]
Repost : The @Dharmesh Test: 16 Questions For Better SaaS Companies
Great read…most items are equally applicable to traditional software companies. http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/33197/The-Dharmesh-Test-16-Questions-For-Better-SaaS-Companies.aspx Love this one: 8. Can customers export their data out of your system? To get more people to use/buy your product, you need to reduce not just the barrier to entry, but also the barrier to exit. The product should be what keeps customers to [...]
Wow…Apple Passes Microsoft as No. 1 in Tech
From NYTimes article posted today…. Wall Street has called the end of an era and the beginning of the next one: The most important technology product no longer sits on your desk but rather fits in your hand. The moment came Wednesday whenApple, the maker of iPods, iPhones and iPads, shot past Microsoft, the computer software [...]
Is That a Computer in Your Pants or Are You Just Glad To See Me?
by danlargo on May 9, 2011 in Commentary, Hardware, Mobile Apps
Check out this article on embedded sensors in ExtremeTech web site - http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2375741,00.asp — Every once in a while an article sweeps across my desk that I feel needs some commentary. You may not agree with what I have to say or even care to listen but sometimes I just can’t keep my mouth shut. Embedding [...]