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IIW2007B Kicks Off
IIW2007B is underway. I flew to San Jose with two of my grad students, Bryant Cutler and Devlin Daley this morning. We went to Costco to buy food for snacks and showed up at the Computer History Museum about... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on December 3, 2007 4:12 PM
I'm on YDN Theater
While I was at Defrag, I sat down with Jeremy Zawodny for an interview on the Yahoo! Developer Network Theater. You can watch it here: Alternately, you can download it. We talked about a variety of topics, including the... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 16, 2007 11:13 AM
Starting a High Tech Business: Commitment
I'm starting a new business called Kynetx (nothing to see there yet). As I go through some of the things I do, I'm planning to blog them. The whole series will be here. This is the fourth installment. You... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 9, 2007 9:27 AM
New Conferences on IT Conversations
This week, I published shows on IT Conversations from two new series: the Singularity Summit and RailsConf. Here are the show descriptions. Rodney Brooks - The Singularity: A Period Not An Event - In the keynote presentation from the... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 7, 2007 8:45 AM
Defrag Closing: Relevance and Information Overload
Paul Kedrosky, moderator of the closing panel at Defrag.(click to enlarge) "Everytime I try to get more personalized information, I end up with more celebrity obituaries in my newsfeed. Why is that?" asks Paul Kedrosky, moderator of the closing... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 6, 2007 5:07 PM
Andrew McAfee on the Exploitation of Ties
Andrew McAfee of Harvard Business School(click to enlarge) I'm listening to Andrew McAfee's keynote at Defrag. He's talking about how social software can be used inside the enterprise. One of the key tasks facing proponents of social software is... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 6, 2007 9:16 AM
Free Markets: Your Choice of Silo
Doc is giving his riff on VRM. It's new and different every time. No one does this sort of thing as well as Doc. With respect to VRM, he quotes Whitman: And I know I am solid and sound;... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 5, 2007 4:21 PM
Dick Hardt on Trust
Dick Hardt is giving a new talk at Defrag. He's talking about trust; his thesis is that trust defrags identity. Much of what's he's saying is right in line with the reputation work (PDF) my students and I have... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 5, 2007 3:35 PM
Defrag: Making Interactions Explicit
Eric Nolin is being very explicit about sponsor talks at Defrag. No harm there--in fact, I like it. The sponsor talk is clearly labeled as such and right before lunch. Today, it's Shane Pearson, from BEA. I interviewed him... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 5, 2007 1:35 PM
Defrag: Web 2.0 and Security
I just put a piece on Michael Barrett's (CISO, Paypal) presentation at Defrag. He started by saying that Web 2.0 scares the hell out of him.... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 5, 2007 12:14 PM
Forgetfulness as a Virtue
Joshua Schachter, the creator of del.icio.us, just mentioned that one of the key methods we have for dealing with too much information is forgetting. He said it in the context of talking about how every time he finds an... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 5, 2007 10:07 AM
At Defrag
I'm in Denver at Defrag. Eric Nolan, Brad Feld, and Phil Becker have organized it to discuss "the internet-based tools that transform loads of information into layers of knowledge, and accelerate the "aha" moment. Defrag is about the space... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on November 5, 2007 9:49 AM
Think Similarly
This post at CrunchGear showing a 1989 Apple ad encouraging people to "think different" by challenging the status quo, followed by a video about Apple not allowing third party apps on the iPhone touched a nerve following the most... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on October 1, 2007 8:41 AM
Avast Me Hearties!
Today, September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. My kids thought it was great fun when I woke them all up with pirate talk this morning and spent the morning calling each other "scurvy bilge rats."... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on September 19, 2007 8:33 AM
Defrag Registration is Now Open
Registration for Defrag is now open. If you look at the agenda, I think you'll agree there are some really interesting speakers and topics. We'll be hosting the audio from Defrag on IT Conversations and doing some pre-conference interviews... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on May 1, 2007 7:23 PM
Install the Parallels Tools!
Yesterday I did something in Parallels that I'm embarrassed to say I hadn't done before--it made a huge difference. I installed the Parallels tools in some guest OS's and compressed and defragmented their disks. The guest OS tools allow... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on April 12, 2007 4:39 PM
Defrag Conference
Eric Nolin, who helped organize and build Digital Identity World with Phil Becker is starting a new conference with Phil and Brad Feld (of Mobius VC) called "Defrag." From the "About" page: Defrag is the first conference focused solely... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on April 4, 2007 11:14 AM
BYU Linux Install Fest
The BYU Unix User's Group will be holding a Linux Install Fest this Saturday from 10am to 3pm in the lobby of the Crabtree Building (just south of the Wilkensen Center). They say: Bring your computer and get help... [Continue reading]
Posted in Phil Windley's Technometria on June 22, 2004 11:38 AM