Michael Helfrich's Radio WeblogObservations from the trenches...(Untitled)- September 19, 2003 STUPID JOURNALIST TRICKS: In the closing days of a quarter, not much is distracting. I enjoyed a SERIOUS laugh watching MSNBC's coverage of Hurricane Isabel. Brian Williams is caught on screen being blown away by hurricane force winds as he tries to report between two buildings that had created a wind tunnel. His buddy, Mike Seidel from the Weather Channel goes with him. AHHH, HA HA HA HA HA! Momemts later, Williams can be heard on the tape saying, "OH, whoa... ...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110426/2003/09/18.html#a62 (Untitled)- September 7, 2003 POWER TO THE PEOPLE: Some friends in Washington sent me a link to an article on the decentralization of services in post-war Iraq early last week. Kevin Werbach also provides some supporting context in his posting of last week. The stories demonstrate, in a non-information technology context, some of the key drivers that went into the Groove architecture. Groove was architected and built with an eye towards providing adaptive systems at the edge, where human networks form rapidly to address a...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110426/2003/09/07.html#a61 |