Archive for November 9th, 2008
Delivering on the promise
Two thoughts to highlight how far we still have to go with developing the voice and messaging offering of telcos. First, I’m reading a bedtime story to my kids. Maybe I’d like to share that experience with other members of my circle of nearest and dearest. I could easily plonk my mobile in front of me and call them on speakerphone. But I don’t for fear of using up these valuable ‘minute’ things on a Sunday evening. Rationed scarcity, not abundance, driven by termina...
Parallel Programming in the Age of Big Data
We’re now entering what I call the “Industrial Revolution of Data,” where the majority of data will be stamped out by machines: software logs, cameras, microphones, RFID readers, wireless sensor networks and so on. These machines generate data a lot faster than people can, and their production rates will grow exponentially with Moore’s Law. Storing this data is cheap, and it can be mined for valuable information. In this context, there is some good news for parallel programming. D...
Obama transition team publishes technology goals
The Obama-Biden transition team launched Change.gov Friday. You can apply for a job or see how the new administration blogs its progress. RSS feeds for news and blog. A national technology agenda is one of the first items brought to the site from the campaign site, with few changes. The problem statement: The Problem We need to connect citizens with each other to engage them more fully and directly in solving the problems that face us. We must use all available technologies and methods ...
MediaShift: Video Report from Jeff Pulvers Nov 5th Tel Aviv Breakfast
Some of the people interviewed by Jaron Gilinsky include: Jeff Pulver, Danial The Tapeman, Brian Blum, Yonni Harif, Osnat Zaretsky, Jonathan Klinger, Shai On, Marc Fishman, Mel Rosenberg, Sharon Kuper and Yossi Vardi. Jaron Gilinsky produced the video above and posted the following in his blog post: Video Report from Jeff Pulver’s Tel Aviv Breakfast Meetup: I thought I was going to a breakfast where people actually ate food. But food is hardly the top priority at a Jeff Pulver brea...
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