tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31523042012-02-16T12:34:41.351-06:00Joe Peichel<a href="http://www.strengthsfinder.com">StrengthsFinder 2.0</a> - Strategic * Maximizer * Relator * Developer * Adaptability<br><br>"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins148840.html">Albert Einstein</a>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.comBlogger921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-71823219339476011892009-11-01T17:10:00.002-06:002009-11-01T17:11:55.631-06:00InfoWorld published this excellent brief overview video on cloud computing. Worth a look if you're in the dark about the cloud!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-31945843591702001032009-11-01T13:40:00.001-06:002009-11-01T13:41:11.514-06:00My First Google Wave
I got my invitation to Google Wave on Friday and finally had a few minutes to check it out last night and today. Started my first wave on "cloud computing." Seems fitting to discuss the topic in a new, cloud-based collaboration platform. Of course, I continue to have dialogs on cloud computing in other media, but couldn't resist trying out Google Wave with such a fitting Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-69434795420563655092009-10-28T21:57:00.001-05:002009-11-01T13:42:17.926-06:00Verizon, Motorola unveil the Droid | Signal Strength - CNET News: "NEW YORK--Verizon Wireless customers will soon be able to get their hands on the much anticipated Google Android phone called the Droid."
I have to say, I'm impressed by the features. The Droid is almost compelling enough to pull me away from AT&T and the promise that (eventually) my wife will let me buy an iPhone (she already Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-80015377331836561812009-03-18T09:28:00.003-05:002009-03-18T10:06:25.555-05:002-Minute TasksOne of the principles outlined in David Allen's "Getting Things Done" is that of immediately executing those items on our "to do" lists that take 2 minutes or less. Of course, this assumes you're good at identifying those things that are "2-minute tasks" vs. all the rest.This morning as my wife was leaving to run errands she commented that she nearly decapitated herself on the Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-25858230240814432702009-01-26T13:52:00.003-06:002009-01-26T15:06:14.611-06:00On My Own - Doing It By The NumbersOver the weekend I got my first call on a consulting opportunity. A few calls later I realized something - I hadn't figured out how to price my "product!"It's pretty hard for someone to buy something (or even determine whether they're interested) if they don't know the price.Of course, that realization came after I nailed down something even more important...myJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-67303640608461155082009-01-22T12:27:00.002-06:002009-01-22T12:30:26.647-06:00Sad Day For Microsoft: 5,000 Laid Off, Earnings And Revenues DownIt would seem, seeing this headline, that even the tech sector is unable to avoid the consequences of this economic downturn. When even bellwether Microsoft must slash jobs, it must be impossible to create a sustainable business model that has the elasticity to weather a severe economic slowdown.Then again, there's this:Apple made Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-27152376336969383902009-01-17T10:28:00.007-06:002009-01-17T12:18:55.648-06:00First Day Started today with coffee in bed until 9am, then got down to business.Earlier this week, after being notified I would be leaving my employer, I decided to take advantage of the company's Employee Purchase Plan (EPP) with Apple. I walked into the Ridgedale Apple Store and picked out a Mac Pro dual Xeon quad-core 2.8GHz CPU, an Apple Wireless Keyboard, a couple of 20" Apple Cinema Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-14052541075277048562009-01-16T09:46:00.002-06:002009-01-16T21:06:09.340-06:00Bless me Father, for I have not bloggedWith the exception of yesterday's post about Mac OS X and Windows 7, it's been over a year since I last blogged here, and nearly two years since I've posted anything technical. I went underground during that time, focusing on writing intranet blogs and articles and neglecting the "real world." As of today, I no longer have an intranet to blog to (I was Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-35885526111715378572009-01-15T13:17:00.002-06:002009-01-15T13:25:03.335-06:00CNET - Will Windows 7 stymie Mac OS X's growth?Earlier this week a colleague sent me a link to a CNET blog entry with the above title, and remarked, "Maybe he's on drugs."I'm not so sure he's on drugs, but I'm also unwilling to concede that Windows 7 will stall (or reverse) the growth trend in Mac marketshare. The reasons people buy Apple products revolves around the entire experience, not just Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-10362668460704258362008-01-09T21:46:00.000-06:002008-01-09T21:47:39.068-06:00Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-4517674162066461992007-12-27T16:17:00.001-06:002007-12-27T16:17:09.463-06:00Rosa MysticaSt Thomas the Apostle choir rehearses "Rosa Mystica," which we performed at one of our Christmas Masses.Mobile post sent by joepeichel using Utterz. Replies. mp3Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-61289729557619058652007-12-27T16:13:00.001-06:002007-12-27T16:13:52.283-06:00Mary, Joseph, Huddle HereSt Thomas the Apostle choir rehearses "Mary, Joseph, Huddle Here," which we performed at one of our Christmas Masses.Mobile post sent by joepeichel using Utterz. Replies. mp3Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-69868263367958007922007-12-27T16:08:00.001-06:002007-12-27T16:08:37.504-06:00"Oh How I Long To See"St Thomas the Apostle choir rehearses "Oh, How I Long To See," which we performed at one of our Christmas Masses.Mobile post sent by joepeichel using Utterz. Replies. mp3Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-11693954200580938622007-12-27T15:59:00.001-06:002007-12-27T15:59:29.777-06:00"My Soul Magnifies The Lord"The St Thomas the Apostle choir rehearses "My Soul Magnifies The Lord," part of our Christmas Mass performance.Mobile post sent by joepeichel using Utterz. Replies. mp3Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-37201004323707964112007-06-17T08:42:00.000-05:002007-06-18T08:42:14.098-05:00Date Night! On those seemingly rare occasions when everything falls into place and events proceed as though following the script of a romantic classic, it's good to savor the moment. I've been savoring now for 28 hours...My wife and I escaped our home last Saturday night to enjoy an evening of unfettered relaxation. We'd engaged the kids' favorite babysitter, and left the house with a simple Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-46539190404163562272007-06-11T08:50:00.000-05:002007-06-11T08:51:41.823-05:00Technorati ProfileFinally discovering Technorati. Wondering why I've been so obtuse as to ignore it for so long...Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-74595278814243202912007-05-18T09:52:00.000-05:002007-05-18T09:52:06.629-05:0014 Great Ways You Can Use OpenID Right NowMicrosoft, AOL Join OpenID CommunityAs highlighted in "14 Great Ways You Can Use OpenID Right Now ," both AOL and Microsoft are engineering OpenID into products and services. With two industry giants moving in this direction, how long will it be before we see other key identity players line up. Are you listening Oracle? IBM? Google? Yahoo? Sun? (and let's don't forget eBay and Amazon, Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-16545198072291001522007-05-07T09:30:00.000-05:002007-05-18T10:04:08.137-05:00GullFOSS - Sun Microsystems joins porting effort for OpenOffice.org for MacWe can only hope that there'll be some excellent cross-pollination between Sun's team and the folks at NeoOffice. NeoOffice has done a good job of delivering added value to OOo, and it would be a shame to see that good work fall by the wayside as the OOo core evolves to include its own Mac-native UX.I'm sure mine is not Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-10947161130002678992007-05-04T08:22:00.000-05:002007-05-04T08:34:34.612-05:00New Kid In TownDuring a lunch meeting the other day, my wife called and asked, "Honey, can I buy another horse?"When she asks a question like that, there's only one possible answer.Meet Simon, the latest addition to the ranch. So far, he seems to be everything my wife wanted (but didn't get) when she bought a filly about 5 years ago. Simon's calm, friendly, very rideable, and brings a little Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-19298049755396757332007-05-03T09:06:00.000-05:002007-05-03T09:08:57.696-05:00OLPC project clarifies: no plans for Windows supportI'm a big OLPC fan, and an advocate of open source. When news surfaced over the last few weeks of a Windows-based version, I was concerned about the potential negative impact of commercial forces on the admittedly idealistic goals of OLPC.It turns out that the way AP and other news sources reported the original story, attributing comments (but Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-11551687965246716452007-04-30T08:54:00.000-05:002007-04-30T08:55:09.794-05:00Bare Metal Restore important to SMBsCMP's ByteandSwitch news source offers The Bare Metal Facts, an interesting tidbit about what SMBs consider most important in backup products and services. I was particularly interested in the bulleted list near the beginning of the article, and several of those points stand out for me as significant opportunities:SMBs think archiving and backup go Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-77460042981578419602007-04-28T09:19:00.000-05:002007-04-28T10:49:14.690-05:00Browser cleanup (aka, Stuff I wanted to Blog about)Time to reduce, reuse, & recycle those browser tabs:CIO.comHi, I'm a Mac and I'm Your Enterprise ComputerBlackBerry from Verizon Works WorldwideThe Big OS Questions: Windows, Linux, or MacOthersSix Basic Truths of Free APIsBlogCirclesUninstalling IE7 renders machine uselessSales Updates:PCs, Macs, iPods and ZunesConfluence:Podcasting PluginApple Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-46083374963318944702007-04-25T09:13:00.000-05:002007-04-25T09:13:57.043-05:00Microsoft Loves Open Source (or Should!)Seven Reasons Microsoft Loves Open SourceThis came across my Twitter feed from friend giovanni and I couldn't resist checking it out! The author, William Hurley, provides a rational, unbiased 7-point summary of the complicated relationship between Microsoft and open source. I particularly like his assertion that "even the most closed-minded executive in Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-46188909334291051342007-04-23T21:05:00.000-05:002007-04-23T22:05:05.170-05:00My Love Affair With StorageOK, so it's not quite a love affair, but with close to 2TB scattered around the house it at least qualifies as an obsession!A few weeks ago I bought a Seagate 500GB SATA drive and a nifty eSATA/USB 2.0/Firewire 800 external case in which to mount it (full disclosure: I work for Seagate). You see, we've been bursting at the seams around here. My wife's eMac, which Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-17790648386023212882007-04-23T19:42:00.000-05:002007-04-23T20:15:51.685-05:00One Laptop Per Child - Poor Use of Funds?A digg post links to a blog posting by a representative of European think tank Globalisation Institute who believes that the OLPC initiative is a waste of money and that its organizers and backers should "leave computers to the market economy." Interestingly enough, it's because of OLPC that "the market economy" is finally recognizing the opportunity Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-46904624930249113442007-04-22T09:39:00.000-05:002007-04-22T11:34:41.243-05:00Good KarmaMy wife and I completed a yard project yesterday that should bring us good karma.A few years ago Kim was inspired to "reduce, reuse, recycle" a commodity of which we have a consistent and significant surplus. As you might imagine, our horses generate quite a bit of output, and normally we just scrape it into a large mound in the back pasture. Kim's inspiration came when she started Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-43476311651628871812007-04-20T18:52:00.000-05:002007-04-22T11:41:11.808-05:00Browser Cleanup (cont'd)Oops, missed a couple:Cambrian House, Home of CrowdsourcingMarratech (recently acquired by Google)Dirk Riehle on the economics of open source softwareSchtuffTutorial on MyOpenIDApache Heraldry (incubator project)Wizard to create custom Google Maps using Google Spreadsheet dataDave Winer:Coexisting with Platform VendorsDave Winer:An Imbalance With TwitterDave Winer:The Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1044581005752435532007-04-20T18:10:00.000-05:002007-04-22T11:39:42.399-05:00Browser CleanupWhat's open in my browser tabs:TeamStudio Product IndexGoogle acquires video conferencing companyHow to make GMail/GCal rock your tasksDiggGraphrRex Hammock on Google Web HistoryTobias Schlitt's 10 golden rules for starting with open sourceKernel comparison - Linux vs WindowsSun Dev Net article on Project PhobosProject PhobosJava Pet Store, Ajax-styleSun Dev Net article on jMaki, Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-4231225102217776492007-04-20T14:21:00.000-05:002007-04-22T11:38:25.693-05:00Vidoop and OpenIDAnother topic that's gaining momentum recently is that of federated identity. On a call today, one of my colleagues mentioned a new player in the space, one whose offering is underpinned by OpenID, a federated identity initiative that's evolved as a lighter-weight alternative to traditional heavyweights like the Liberty Alliance.This new venture, Vidoop, claims to provide a web Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-8633170474357167742007-04-20T13:55:00.000-05:002007-04-22T11:37:29.338-05:00A New LeafLooking back at my posts, it's clear I've been an inconsistent writer at best; most would probably accuse me (and rightly so) of lacking the drive to stay with it. Well, I'm turning over a new leaf and will write regardless of the consequences.Part of what's held me back is my personal fear of losing my job because I revealed something I wasn't supposed to. I've also struggled with anJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1152729747414500162006-07-12T13:35:00.000-05:002006-07-12T13:42:42.793-05:00Telecoms blocking Skype?I chaired a conference call today on an AT&T service. As people were joining (typically about 20 attendees join this regularly scheduled call), we were suddenly treated to a high-pitched squeal (remember 300baud modem carrier tones? like that!!). After about a minute of all conversation being overwhelmed by this interference, it disappeared. We began our meeting and a Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1122243571271361942005-07-24T17:19:00.000-05:002005-07-24T17:19:31.973-05:00A Picture Share!Turns out an 18-second time was good enough for fifth place! way to go Casey!!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1122243451372478262005-07-24T17:17:00.000-05:002005-07-24T17:17:32.113-05:00A Picture Share!My 8 year-old daughter competes in her first horse show. She had an 18-second time...not bad for her first try!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1122133532214063412005-07-23T10:45:00.000-05:002005-07-23T10:58:38.710-05:00ESB Myth Busters: 10 Enterprise Service Bus Myths DebunkedÂ? Since releasing my latest book, Enterprise Service Bus (O'Reilly Media, 2004), I have been doing a fair amount of visiting corporations, conducting seminars, and generally discussing with enterprise architects the subject of enterprise service-oriented architecture (SOA) and how an enterprise service bus (ESB) backbone can be leveraged Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1097611294432181972004-10-12T15:01:00.000-05:002004-10-12T15:01:34.433-05:00IBM buys Systemcorp
Busy week for M & A -- CA buys Netegrity, IBM buys SystemCorp, and EMC buys Dantz. Wow, lots of founders got rich!!
Interesting notes about the IBM and EMC buys...companies looking to consolidate their software purchases and middleware infrastructure can focus even more attention on IBM and EMC, though I believe EMC will continue to struggle a bit in defining the role of Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1097610285263675382004-10-12T14:44:00.000-05:002004-10-12T14:44:45.263-05:00Competitors Pounce on CA's Netegrity Buy
Given CA's record of making good technology disintegrate, this acquisition is bound to make competitors in the IdM space nearly giddy at the prospect of potential customer migration.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1095741643388841592004-09-20T23:38:00.000-05:002004-09-20T23:40:43.390-05:00Just a thought (and probably not a new one in the universe of thoughts)...
Blogging is "just in time" collaboration (remember the early Java JIT interpreters?)
Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1095362011564777282004-09-16T14:09:00.000-05:002004-09-16T14:13:31.563-05:00O'Reilly's XML Hacks
Ran across this in one of O'Reilly's promo emails and I think it's a good starting point for exploring the capabilities of lightweight XML and web services functionality. Probably have to put it on my "buy" list soon.
Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-1095126733219071002004-09-13T20:52:00.000-05:002004-09-15T13:51:59.780-05:00InfoWorld Special Report: Solving the identity crisis -- Companies are finally beginning to recognize the fundamental nature of identity in almost any business transaction of value. This Infoworld Special Report considers identity from several angles, each one timely and relevant to today's enterprise IT environment.
Identity is the convergence point for e-security and service-oriented Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-109805122002-03-21T14:33:00.000-06:002002-03-21T14:33:59.593-06:00Palm Company: Press Room Palm Unveils New Web Browser Optimized for Handhelds -- It's about time!! This has been a major gap between the base PocketPC and PalmOS platforms, leaving Palm users and advocates feel like 2nd-class citizens. It's annoying that they decided to charge for it, instead of just including it in the base OS distribution and making it available for download as an OS update.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-109795022002-03-21T14:04:00.000-06:002002-03-21T14:04:02.306-06:00Bluetooth Qualification Program Website - Qualified Products OK, I'm blown away! Bluetooth has begun to take hold in the market, despite predictions that it would falter due to high component costs and a larger-than-acceptable physical footprint. Evidently the technology has been able to exploit Moore's Law and drive ruthless execution to deliver customer value in a much shorter timeframe than IJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-109224042002-03-20T00:11:00.000-06:002002-03-20T00:11:33.380-06:00ARTS & FARCES internet : Radio community subversion "Personal computers infiltrated organizations through the back door. Someone brought one in to make his or her job easier and the notion spread, like a virus. RCS is going to infiltrate organizations the same way." Ran across this in Dave Winer's "Scripting News" and had to read the whole thing...
I mentioned something very similar in a Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-109063522002-03-19T14:30:00.000-06:002002-03-19T14:30:11.416-06:00Java: Potent Security "Application security and interface security are more than just niche elements of next-generation IT.
Security is the prerequisite to mobility: Without security, most mobile technologies are unacceptably vulnerable to interception and man-in-the-middle attacks.
Security is the foundation of e-commerce: Without it, there can be no spontaneous formation of trust Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-109051102002-03-19T13:51:00.000-06:002002-03-19T13:51:35.530-06:00Dave Winer's Scripting News Weblog "In this release I also wired up both the Blogger API and the MetaWeblog API to Radio's SOAP interface. It would be interesting to see a blogging tool in .Net or other environments that have strong SOAP support. Maybe this is what the SOAP world is waiting for -- something to work on that has clear benefits to users. All the consorting and sparring among the Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-108621612002-03-18T11:00:00.000-06:002002-03-18T11:00:05.783-06:00Cellular show in Orlando to offer Wi-Fi network | Computerworld News & Features Story -- "Tom Wheeler, president and CEO of the CTIA, said in a statement that the decision to offer Wi-Fi access at the cellular show marks 'a leap in to the next era of wireless,' adding that 'there is a great, synergistic opportunity for Wi-Fi and existing wireless carriers to work together to build a seamless Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-108229102002-03-17T07:05:00.000-06:002002-03-17T07:05:25.053-06:00Ernie the Attorney Blogging toward "Knowledge Management." -- Dave Winer mentioned this blog in Scripting News and it's a thought-provoking piece, particularly in the context of how much attention (and $$) I see devoted to the subject at my employer. DW also mentioned another related idea earlier in SN -- "BTW, another reason I blog is patents." The fact that patents must take into account any Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-108205912002-03-17T03:30:00.000-06:002002-03-17T03:30:13.030-06:00AOL Replaces IE with Netscape in New BetaI think it's interesting that AOL's finally prepared to "bet the company" on its own alternative to IE. I wonder if it's got anything to do with the fact that "Mozilla now supports SOAP." (quoted from Mozilla 0.9.9 Release Notes - What's New)
AOL's finally got a browser platform that can act as a web services "user agent", opening new opportunities for Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-108204812002-03-17T03:21:00.000-06:002002-03-17T03:21:08.930-06:00Web Services Wave - Major hurdles must be overcome, but the time is right for close evaluation. "Until now, and for the near future at least, Web services are more hype than substance...(however) expect legions of Web services advocates to crop up soon, and stay away from those who aren't pledging unswerving dedication to the World Wide Web Consortium's XML and SOAP standards work.
Web services Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-101595582002-02-26T16:41:00.000-06:002002-02-26T16:41:07.926-06:00Bringing 3D to the Web - Tech News - CNET.com "Bringing 3D to the Web -- Virtual Reality Modeling Language is back from the dead--again."
OK, so I hope W3C will coordinate between X3D and SVG to make certain they're complementary. There's bound to be substantial existing work in SVG that can be applied to 3D, and it would be a shame to miss the opportunity to leverage it.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-101439432002-02-26T08:36:00.000-06:002002-02-26T08:36:46.173-06:00High-speed access debate goes to D.C. - Tech News - CNET.com -- "WASHINGTON--Hotly contested legislation that would give regional telephone giants a boost in the high-speed Internet market is set to be considered in the U.S. House of Representatives this week."
The Baby Bells are whining that they need favorable legislation in order to compete with cable operators offering broadband. Unwilling Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-101428332002-02-26T07:58:00.000-06:002002-02-26T07:58:42.970-06:00 -- "Amazon Calls New iMac Its Fastest-Selling Computer According to Amazon's sales data, systems manufactured by Apple (including the Titanium PowerBook G4 and iBook) currently claim 10 of the top 25 bestseller spots at the online giant's computer store."
Apple may finally be on the road to increasing their marketshare in the PC industry. With so many hit products selling in such volumes, Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-100794092002-02-24T17:13:00.000-06:002002-02-24T17:13:07.553-06:00HotScripts.com -- Another interesting catalog of useful scripts in a variety of languages.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-100032082002-02-22T08:58:00.000-06:002002-02-22T08:58:20.010-06:00What Architects Know and Do 'In the organizational phases of the architecting process, we make the point that sponsorship by the management community, and buy-in by the technical community, are vital to the success of the architecture. The political aspect of the architect's role frustrates many architects who just want to "get the job done".'
This point is frequently overlooked by IT pros. Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-83862012002-01-03T17:14:00.000-06:002002-01-03T17:14:10.910-06:00Doubt cast over Web standard's ownership -- "Vancouver-based UFIL Unified Data Technologies, a private company, claims that it owns U.S. patent 5,684,985, a "method and apparatus utilizing bond identifiers executed upon accessing of an endo-dynamic information node." The patent was awarded in November 1997."
This could have far-reaching implications for some SmallCos whose products & Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-83860082002-01-03T17:07:00.000-06:002002-01-03T17:07:33.953-06:00IBM WebSphere : Competitive Review Building Web Services the right way using IBM WebSphere Studio -- IBM's response to Microsoft's assertion that .NET is superior to J2EE indicates that, even though much of the development community sees web services as a "level playing field," the vendors will continue to duke it out over whose technology is superior, easier-to-use, etc.
Of course, there are Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-79977552001-12-17T16:15:00.000-06:002001-12-17T16:15:11.393-06:00Stealing MS Passport's Wallet -- "In a demonstration of the exploit earlier this week, Slemko sent Wired News a specially crafted but innocent-looking e-mail. Moments after the e-mail was viewed using Microsoft's Hotmail Web-based e-mail service, Slemko rattled off, over the phone, the credit card number and contact information from the user's Passport wallet."
Another reason why the market Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-77287272001-12-07T09:56:00.000-06:002001-12-07T09:56:01.090-06:003Com® NJ100 Network Jack (3CNJ100-BLK) -- What a cool idea! While 3com promotes their nifty ethernet jack technology for business & educational use, I'm seriously considering it for home 'cuz it's "cleaner" than scattering discrete 10/100 switching hubs around the house.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-74414212001-11-27T09:35:00.000-06:002001-11-27T09:35:16.233-06:00Yahoo - Novell Identity Management Software to Be Bundled With the TIBCO ActivePortal Platform -- It's taken awhile, but Novell's efforts at transforming itself into a strategic Internet infrastructure technology may finally be paying off. This announcement, along with a more recent one involving BEA (see "Novell's Secure Partner Portal Solution..."), offer evidence of Novell's growing success Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-69424522001-11-07T11:04:00.000-06:002001-11-07T11:04:29.736-06:00Planet PDF - PDF Collaboration In Action - WebDAV -- Adobe is leading the collaboration charge on WebDAV in much the same way that Userland/Dave Winer are doing so for SOAP and XML-RPC.
I've been struggling to define an architectural view that clarifies the complementary nature of WebDAV and SOAP/XML-RPC; both are promising collaboration platforms, each takes a different approach to Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-67173032001-10-29T20:38:00.000-06:002001-11-07T10:50:33.000-06:00Interesting observations on OSXvnc -- Trying to remote-control an iMac from a PC, I was unable to map a WebDAV drive using the "Go To Server" dialog in OS X 10.1 'cuz I couldn't figure out which key on the PC keyboard mapped to the tilde (~) (naming and aliasing conventions for personal directories assert the ~ as the leading character in the user's home directory URL).Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-67037392001-10-29T11:19:00.000-06:002001-10-29T11:19:39.063-06:00Retailers: Apple iPod demand iffy -- "The fact that it only works with the Mac OS could also limit its potential, analysts said. Jobs said that Apple will look into making the iPod compatible with Windows, but for now is focusing on the Mac OS."
Sometimes I think Steve Jobs is unable to learn from the past. While he's brilliant within the Mac market, he seems myopic with respect to the rest of Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-66184912001-10-25T17:14:00.000-05:002001-10-25T17:14:46.056-05:00java.oreilly.com -- Java and XML Tips and Tricks -- "SOAP or RPC?: For most inter- and intra-application communication, SOAP is overkill. Very rarely will you actually need the complex envelope handling, data mapping, and error processing in everyday Java-to-Java applications. Don't get me wrong--SOAP is great for communicating with non-Java components, UDDI registries, and through firewalls. Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-66116002001-10-25T12:22:00.000-05:002001-10-25T12:22:18.970-05:00Developers: What .Net will cost you - Tech News - CNET.com -- I sure hope Microsoft's .NET business model inspires creative developers everywhere to come up with viable (e.g., profitable) alternatives; it's the only way the Internet community can hope to avoid MS' domination of the web services marketplace.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-66112132001-10-25T12:04:00.000-05:002001-10-25T12:04:52.936-05:00Readers: Windows XP isn't worth the trouble - Tech News - CNET.com -- It'll be interesting to see shipment volume trends over the next few months...Windows OS releases often get off to a rocky start in the press, and then hit the million-unit mark within a couple of months of introduction. Of course, XP is a different animal from several perspectives and may produce a different adoption trend Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-66104882001-10-25T11:35:00.000-05:002001-10-25T11:35:37.886-05:00MP3.com - Song Detail:God Bless America (Kathie Baillie w/daughter) -- Today at a meeting the host passed out US flags & wanted his guests to sing "God Bless America"; we all decided we needed a good voice to lead us so I tracked down this rendition with which to sing along...Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-66096762001-10-25T10:59:00.000-05:002001-10-25T11:27:50.000-05:00Craig Burton weblog :Novell's iFolder - "The iFolder server and clients work together to form what I call the iFolder “cloud.” Each person that has an iFolder account installs the iFolder client on each machine that is part of the iFolder cloud. This system of computers automatically shares the same files. The files are replicated on every machine that is part of the cloud through redirection."
Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-64321552001-10-18T08:39:00.000-05:002001-10-18T08:44:40.000-05:00OTN -- Looks like Oracle's 9iAS app server uses Orion for its J2EE foundation:
"For example, to map the Employee entity bean to an existing employee relational database table, the following information is supplied in the orion-ejb-jar.xml file...."
(See also Orion Server).Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-64185442001-10-17T18:46:00.000-05:002001-10-17T19:05:32.000-05:00J2EE vs. .NET -- Great discussion on this subject...I found this comment particularly interesting:
"One thing I feel positive about: J2EE is much more successful in promoting code re-use. When I say code re-use I'm not referring to (in Microsoft parlance) component aggregation and extension. I'm talking about old fashion OO fundamentals. Microsoft is always touting binary (component) re-use and Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-63782332001-10-16T08:42:00.000-05:002001-10-16T08:42:32.983-05:00Apple to update iBook, PowerBook - Tech News - CNET.com -- Now if I could only try one out to see if I could make it work on my company's VPN...Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-63781322001-10-16T08:36:00.000-05:002001-10-16T08:36:09.850-05:00Handspring: Treo 180 -- Handspring looks to have nailed the most-desired features in a "convergence" device -- great mobile phone capabilities (including a speakerphone), a keyboard styled on RIM's successful Blackberry, full support for Palm OS applications, always-on messaging. Based on other product rumors announcements, though, I see this product space getting crowded very soon.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-63777912001-10-16T08:17:00.000-05:002001-10-16T08:17:55.643-05:00First Take: StarOffice 6.0 Beta - Software Reviews - CNET.com -- While Sun may succeed in delivering a compelling alternative to MS Office, I'd guess the only companies to adopt it will be those operating on a shoestring budget. Medium and large corporations lack the courage to adopt a desktop product of such operational importance from a company they've traditionally purchased primarily server Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-62717052001-10-11T16:37:00.000-05:002001-10-17T20:25:36.000-05:00Supreme Court rejects Microsoft appeal -- "Microsoft had hoped it could avoid facing a definitive remedy judgment as the case enters its final phase in the U.S. District Court of Appeals. Interactive Week reported that the Supreme Court made no comment in rejecting the appeal, which hinged on unprofessional conduct by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who was the original trial judge."
I'd like to Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-62229912001-10-09T17:28:00.000-05:002001-10-09T19:56:58.000-05:00Larry Ellison on digital IDs & terrorism"Do we need one national ID card? No. But the IDs that the government issues -- such as Social Security cards -- should use modern credit card technology. Do we need more databases? No, just the opposite. The biggest problem today is that we have too many. The single thing we could do to make life tougher for terrorists would be to ensure that all the Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-61302472001-10-05T09:29:00.000-05:002001-10-05T09:29:30.346-05:00Network Computing | Column | Security Watch | Growing Up with a Little Help from the Worm | Full Article | October 1, 2001 "Here's my question (actually, it's a few questions): When will enough be enough? When will the market stop accepting apologies? When will the market demand vendors increase their QA efforts? When will third-party validation efforts become the norm rather than the exception? Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-61134172001-10-04T15:46:00.000-05:002001-10-04T17:18:04.000-05:00"You appear to have a termcap file: /usr/share/misc/termcap
This should be edited manually to replace the xterm entries
with those in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc/xterm.termcap
Note: the new xterm entries are required to take full advantage
of new features, but they may cause problems when used with
older versions of xterm. A terminal type 'xterm-r6' is included
for compatibility with the standard Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-61116542001-10-04T14:25:00.000-05:002001-10-04T14:25:42.000-05:00eLearning choices for content developers -- Docent, Inc. looks like a good choice for enterprise-level courseware development & curriculum management, while Qarbon provides a more open, ad-hoc tool/service (quick-and-dirty tutorials).
I expect many companies can justify using both tools, assuming teams can effectively match content to delivery technology. However, content providers are likely Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-61093802001-10-04T12:44:00.000-05:002001-10-04T12:44:49.453-05:00How the Blogger Deal Happened -- I forgot where I ran across this, but it was probably Dave Winer's "Scripting News" blog. Great story of how some of the early heroes of the PC revolution have continued to foster emerging talent and technologies in the Internet age. Dave, Dan, thank you for all you've done and all you continue to do!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-61092372001-10-04T12:37:00.000-05:002001-10-04T12:37:53.356-05:00Apple Discussions - Tomcat how to installAnother experiment I *must* try...Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-61086642001-10-04T12:07:00.000-05:002001-10-04T12:35:26.000-05:00"It is actually quite simple to use BlogScript. All you have to do is copy a
block of text from any application. Then, select BlogScript from the Script
Menu, and your text will be automatically posted to your weblog."
Success!! I copied the above quote from the "Readme" & ran the script from the script menu - voila! blog from anywhere in Aqua! Too cool!!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-61071382001-10-04T10:44:00.000-05:002001-10-04T11:09:46.000-05:00Whoops! First attempt to use the blogscript resulted in user error - sometimes it's best to read directions!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-61036032001-10-04T07:33:00.000-05:002001-10-04T07:33:20.480-05:00Web Entourage: Mac OS Scripting Solutions "This script uses the built in XML-RPC and AppleScript functions of Mac OS X.1 to post to Blogger powered sites (see Blogger.com). You must be a registered user of Blogger and have the "save password" preference enabled in your Blogger preferences on the site to publish your weblog instantly."
Gotta try this!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-60950032001-10-03T21:03:00.000-05:002001-10-03T21:03:12.560-05:00Upgraded the iMac G3/500 to OS X 10.1 yesterday, and am approaching the point where I could almost abandon my Windows PC. OS X is pretty snappy for most operations & even WebDAV works fast (although it doesn't seem to support SSL-based WebDAV servers...perhaps an oversight Apple will correct with 10.1.1?).Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59560892001-09-27T13:16:00.000-05:002001-09-27T13:16:56.620-05:00Experts warn U.S. more cyberattacks coming - Tech News - CNET.com "Computer users can defend against such worms and viruses by downloading software patches, but the software industry needs to take security more seriously when it designs new products, said Richard Pethia, director of the virus-fighting CERT Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh." (bolding by jp)
Absolutely!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59555842001-09-27T12:49:00.000-05:002001-09-27T13:18:53.000-05:00Sun reveals partners for online effort - Tech News - CNET.com -- Tim Arnoult, Bank of America's head of technology and operations -- "From Bank of America's point of view, the absence of an open, federated standard for identity authentication is a significant impediment to business in our world today," he said in the conference call.
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This comment sums up the most Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59547832001-09-27T12:06:00.000-05:002001-09-27T12:06:35.756-05:00Liberty Alliance -- Here's the coalition Sun has put together to offer an alternative credential management solution to Microsoft's "Passport." The alliance includes some heavy hitters in financial, communications, industrial, travel, consumer products, and technology sectors. If it holds together, this effort actually has a chance at creating real choice in the market. Cool!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59348822001-09-26T15:11:00.000-05:002001-09-26T15:11:04.496-05:00Nicholas Riley: Software -- A WebDAV "extension" for Userland's "Frontier" and "Radio" to allow these content management clients to interoperate with a WebDAV-based server.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59330042001-09-26T13:37:00.000-05:002001-09-26T13:37:23.533-05:00Sun To Offer Alternative Online Digital Identity -- Finally, someone besides Microsoft steps up to the plate in recognizing that all electronic transactions revolve around accurately identifying the parties to the transaction. All the noise about directory services (LDAP) still comes down to a common way to accurately identify the "who" component of electronic business and commerce. The Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59320512001-09-26T12:46:00.000-05:002001-09-26T12:46:44.136-05:00The Jakarta Collection for OSX -- Mac OS X is rapidly catching up to the "rest of the world" in Apache software availability. It'll be interesting to see whether Apple will ultimately be able to translate its newfound "openness" into marketshare in both consumer and business markets.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59313122001-09-26T12:07:00.000-05:002001-09-26T12:18:12.000-05:00iTools Brings ASP to the Mac -- An alternative to the risks associated with running IIS-based application servers? This Mac OS X-based toolkit is based on Halcyon Software's InstantASP product. They've already recognized the opportunity presented by recent Code Red and Nimda outbreaks.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59065462001-09-25T11:46:00.000-05:002001-09-25T11:46:01.566-05:00George Gilder's GTR this month mentions Scale Eight as a key "Storewidth" technology/service provider. Their strategy is based on "JBODS" (just a bunch of disks), and they already support NFS and CIFS services to LANs. Wonder when they'll support WebDAV?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59058312001-09-25T11:04:00.000-05:002001-09-25T11:04:44.973-05:00The ANSER Institute for Homeland Security -- Heard someone from this org on NPR this morning. He had good information & these guys seem like a good source.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152304.post-59055652001-09-25T10:47:00.000-05:002001-09-25T11:00:23.000-05:00D-Link's DI-714 Wireless Gateway/Ethernet Switch -- D-Link Systems Inc. Broadband -- DI-714 (MSRP ~$279)...the specs on this one compare favorably to the Linksys and SMC Barricade products. Still on the fence though, cuz I need to verify that what I put in at home works correctly for Seagate's VPN (CheckPoint SecureClient) and provides access to my "home services" widgets (right now just my Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549322258567488740noreply@blogger.com0