Open source as a business strategy- May 29, 2008 Netvibes CEO Steps Down; Widget Platform Will Open Up: "Krim also reveals that, in an attempt to take on Google Gadgets, All the technology around our widget platform will be open source. The APIs and tools will be available on Friday at Netvibes.org. And they will also work for turning widgets into mobile apps."http://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/open-source-as-business-strategy.html Its Time To Rethink Copyright Law- May 27, 2008 Michael Arrington (Techcrunch): Its Time To Rethink Copyright Law: "Its time to rethink copyright laws, and its time for copyright holders to rethink their business models. The winners wont be the companies that win or lose billion dollar lawsuits. Itll be the companies that throw out everything thats come before, and build new businesses around the natural behavior of people. Removehttp://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/its-time-to-rethink-copyright-law.html Useful ICD 9 tool embedded in Google- May 23, 2008 I haven't seen this before - search Google for ICD 9http://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/useful-icd-9-tool-embedded-in-google.html Computerising the NHS needs more sensible debate- May 22, 2008 Michael Cross: Computerising the NHS needs more sensible debate Technology The Guardianhttp://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/computerising-nhs-needs-more-sensible.html Google Health Launches- May 19, 2008 Google Health Launcheshttp://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-health-launches.html Microsoft To Advance Its Search- May 19, 2008 Look out for announcements this week - John Batelle Microsoft To Advance Its Searchhttp://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/microsoft-to-advance-its-search.html A service that worked- May 17, 2008 and hopefully will continue to - Further feedback on the demise of Q&Ahttp://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/service-that-worked.html Systems thinking in the public sector- May 11, 2008 I'm reading Systems thinking in the public sector by John Seddon, and its a good read so far. The account of the DWP Verification Framework is new to me. Here's a quote: If the Council Tax officers are working to service standards (very likely) they too will have learned that sendinging something somewhere (rather than actually completing the work) is often the best way to survive in this systemhttp://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/systems-thinking-in-public-sector.html Microshoft Mesh- May 10, 2008 Joel Spolsky: Architecture astronauts take overhttp://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/microshoft-mesh.html Semantic search - killer app... or not- May 8, 2008 Should the semantic web be able to improve search Some say yes , some say no. It would be handy if it was, because then there would be a real world yardstick to measure the added value of semantic web technologies.http://nelh.blogspot.com/2008/05/semantic-search-killer-app-or-not.html |