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The rise of cloud computing
Google insights shows that interest in “Cloud Computing” continues to rise meteorically, possibly at the recent expense of virtualization which is dropping off as virtualization technologies fade into the background of cloud solutions. Also of interest, the term grid computing … Continue reading
Security – a conversation on disclosure with Dave Piscitello
As an information technology professional, information security is of huge practical importance to me, influencing pretty much every project I am involved in. While security is not my key focus I thankfully have some colleagues in the industry who I … Continue reading
A wireless end run on the internet?
It is increasingly obvious that the reasonably functional performance of 3G+ combined with the convenience factor of ‘net access almost anyplace reasonably populated are conspiring to change internet usage for consumers and business. For example when my laptop died last … Continue reading
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The (copy)fight against digital culture, and intellectual privelege
It takes (sci-fi) author Cory Doctorow to put it sufficiently lucidly: the internet is designed to efficiently and inexpensively copy information and has flourished as a result, therefore traditional copyright in the age of the web is a direct attack … Continue reading
What a month – I have a new boss
September was a great month. BitNorth was awesome, videos of content to come soon at Bitcurrent. Akoha had a great launch at TechCrunch and will hopefully inspire a new generation to “play it forward.” Syntenic hired a new Ops manager who brings … Continue reading
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A cartoon guide to new Google web browser
Well I was thinking Amazon’s SAN in the cloud was going to be the biggest web application news of 2008. But that just got trumped by Google’s new web browser, touted by many as an “operating system for the web.” … Continue reading
Personal update
Heri at Montreal Tech Watch broke the news that my web infrastructure services company Syntenic has a new (beta) webpage. I have no doubt that my amazing wife’s blog pulls in more visitors than I do, so I am hoping … Continue reading
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Search gets smarter, we get stupider
A lot has been written lately on how intelligent search will solve all kinds of problems, most recently in The End of Theory, Chris Anderson of “long tail” fame confuses the abundance of low hanging fruit that “big search” and … Continue reading
Cloud computing – linear utility or complex ecosystem?
Reuven of Enomaly speculates on whether there will be an analogue of Moore’s law for cloud computing, looking to coin “Ruv’s law.” I would like to see more detail on what it would postulate, presumably a linear relationship between growth … Continue reading
Awesome Magnetic Visualization
Semiconductor’s Magnetic Movie is a stunning, if questionably accurate visualization of magnetic fields and their interactions. Worth a watch: Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.