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Backblog May 2008
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The Toyota Production System for Software May 28, 2008 By Charlie Bess Categories: General Software Companies Recently, an IEEE Spectrum podcast featured a Q&A session with Clayton Christensen, the author of the Innovator's Dilemma. Even though this book is over 10 years old, it still is thought provoking. In the interview, Clayton discusses how some of his work and work of his previous students is... My Eight Year Old Is Green and So Is My ERP Software May 27, 2008 By Rebecca Gill Categories: Green Tech Software Companies Back in college I was once referred to as a “tree hugger”. I remember thinking this comment was a bit strange, because although I’ve always been conscious about how my actions altered the physical world around me, I’ve never been a fanatic about saving our environment. I thought back to this comment... Can technology save us? Yes, maybe May 26, 2008 By Peter Wolchak Categories: Green Tech At the heart of Backbone's May/June focus issue on green tech is the hope that innovation can save us. Yes, we've made a hell of a mess of this planet, but if we care about that and work to fix it, we can pull ourselves out of this nosedive, and new and innovative technology will be one of the tools... Aftermesh May 23, 2008 By Glen Farrelly Categories: Web 2.0 I should be sleeping, but I figured I would just be recapping in my head the take-aways from the Mesh conference I attended today and yesterday, so I might as well blog it. Mesh is without doubt Canada's web conference, attracting Canadian speakers and attendees doing some of the coolest online work... When is personalization of technology going too far? May 21, 2008 By Charlie Bess Categories: General Software Companies I received a TomTom GPS device last year and finally spent the weekend playing with it. Like many devices, I could change the startup display to show family members... My wife was happy with that. When I customized the voice for the device to have my voice instead of one of the canned ones that was... eMail is for Losers May 16, 2008 By Vaclav Vincalek Categories: Web 2.0 For many years I have been saying 'email is for losers'. The way email is used and the way email systems have been designed—I felt there is something fundamentally wrong with the picture. Some examples that highlight this are: people/organizations do not know how to use email—or how to manage it... Oh CanCon! Should it stand on guard for Canadian Internet content? May 12, 2008 By Glen Farrelly Categories: General This week, in my class, the topic of the America’s domination over global culture was debated. While it's often American movies, tv, & music that is most often discussed, there are clearly implications for the Internet. With only one of the top twenty websites visited by Canadians actually being... Cloud Computing Forecast May 5, 2008 By Charlie Bess Categories: General In Network World magazine there was an article that predicted a cloudy future for cloud computing. They listed a number of problems: Data privacy - The article talked about the country border issues for some types of information. Although that's a constraint, I don't know that it is really what... The Top 100 Open Source Software Tools for Medical Professionals May 1, 2008 By Shahid N Shah Categories: eHealth The folks at LiveSmarter have put together their list of the Top 100 Open Source Software Tools for Medical Professionals. It includes the following subject areas: Medical Billing and Electronic Medical Records Antivirus, Security and Privacy Communications Graphics and Imaging ... Please select a category:
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