Reading for February 8, 2011

• China: Wealth But Not Freedom - I wonder how long this can go on. Indefinately, perhaps, if most people feel satisfied with State actions and it maintains its legitimacy.
• Supposed change in Apple policy has e-book fans worried about their apps - As someone who regularly buys books from Amazon for the iPad Kindle, I’d hate this.
• All abstract strategy discussions are useless - “Strategy is worth thinking about if it causes you to make difficult or non-intuitive decisions.”
• Can Government Manage the Economy? - And no, the question isn’t rhetorical
• The unearned follow - Nice introspection from Robert
• Chris Heathcote: anti-mega: 40p off a latte. - Wonderful look at what personalized commerce and offerings realy ought to be like
• Obamacare and the constitution: Anthony Kennedy, a nation turns its angry eyes to you - Many thought this challenge would go no where.
• How APIs Are Changing The Way Brands Connect With Consumers - APIs and Brands? They’ve jumped the shark, maybe.
• Multi-Tenant Data Architecture - An oldie, but a goodie.
• Should we trust Bill Keller? - I have to admit, I didn’t even know who Bill Keller was…
• Apple to Tighten Control on Content - More on Apple and its moves to control content on iOS devices
• Cornfield Socialism - Pot, Kettle, Black
• Senator: domain name seizures “alarmingly unprecedented” - “the domain name seizure process does not appear to give targeted websites an opportunity to defend themselves before sanctions are imposed.”
• The BCS Turing Lecture with Prof Donald Knuth - Nice report on what Knuth’s saying
• The Disruption of Bronze - Bronze was where it was at. Iron was a not so good technology. Classic disruption.
• Jobs, But No Qualified Applicants - The problem with changing needs in the economy is that reeducating people takes a long time.
• Space stasis: What the strange persistence of rockets can teach us about innovation - You’ve got to love Neal Stephenson…long book or short piece.
• Exodus from Egypt - I’m looking forward to Doug’s promised second article. And don’t miss my podcast with him.
• The Personal Data Locker Vision Video - This vid is worth watching. It lays out the vision very nicely.
• Students: You Are Probably Not Mark Zuckerberg, So Stay In School - Education is a worthwhile backstop to your billion dollar idea…just in case
• The Personal Cloud - Drummond lays out a vision for personal data stores

Posted by Phil Windley on February 8, 2011 9:50 AM