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Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims tag:radar.oreilly.com,2011://57.46164 2011-04-17T12:00:00Z 2011-04-17T12:00:00Z

Remember when we used to place data centers in whatever cheap abandoned warehouse was nearby? That's a quaint notion in an era where trading advantage and arbitrage depend more and more on the speed of light and link distance.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims Remember when we used to place data centers in whatever cheap abandoned warehouse was nearby? That's a quaint notion in an era where trading advantage and arbitrage depend more and more on the speed of light and link distance. tag:radar.oreilly.com,2011://57.46114 2011-04-12T14:00:00Z 2011-04-12T14:00:00Z

Will a big data revolution dramatically change lives, or will it instead yield a middle class feel-good machine that's irrelevant to the working poor?

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims Will a big data revolution dramatically change lives, or will it instead yield a middle class feel-good machine that's irrelevant to the working poor? tag:radar.oreilly.com,2011://57.46077 2011-04-06T13:00:00Z 2011-04-06T13:00:00Z

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims tag:radar.oreilly.com,2010://57.43234 2010-10-29T13:00:00Z 2010-10-29T13:00:00Z

We love companies that innovate, even if they can extract rent from it. What we don't like is when they mature and transition to less palatable rent extraction strategies.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims We love companies that innovate, even if they can extract rent from it. What we don't like is when they mature and transition to less palatable rent extraction strategies. tag:radar.oreilly.com,2010://57.42888 2010-09-08T14:30:00Z 2010-09-08T14:30:00Z

In this response to Carl Malamud's Gov 2.0 Summit speech, Jim Stogdill says that demonizing the "beltway bandits" without addressing the root cause -- the lock-in incentives inherent in a single-customer market -- will just lead to new ways to lock them in. Fixing government IT means fixing incentives and making the cognitive leap to intentional emergence.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims In this response to Carl Malamud's Gov 2.0 Summit speech, Jim Stogdill says that demonizing the "beltway bandits" without addressing the root cause -- the lock-in incentives inherent in a single-customer market -- will just lead to new ways to lock them in. Fixing government IT means fixing incentives and making the cognitive leap to intentional emergence. tag:radar.oreilly.com,2010://57.40035 2010-06-09T20:48:08Z 2010-06-09T20:48:08Z

Digital video streamlines the craft of filmmaking and makes a professional look available to the amateur film maker. It's a very cool time to be a visual storyteller on a budget.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims Digital video streamlines the craft of filmmaking and makes a professional look available to the amateur film maker. It's a very cool time to be a visual storyteller on a budget. tag:radar.oreilly.com,2010://57.39616 2010-04-13T22:28:34Z 2010-04-13T22:28:34Z

The iPhone was a relatively open phone and we accepted it, but the iPad is a relatively closed computer designed to be a controlled distribution channel, and that's a bummer. The thing is, Jobs' argument was always a bit disingenuous. Closed follows from his brain architecture, not from an argument on behalf of his customers or their network providers. Those are post facto justifications supporting an already-held point of view. And the reason the iPad is going to stay closed isn't because it is good for users, it's because it is good for Apple.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims The iPhone was a relatively open phone and we accepted it, but the iPad is a relatively closed computer designed to be a controlled distribution channel, and that's a bummer. The thing is, Jobs' argument was always a bit disingenuous. Closed follows from his brain architecture, not from an argument on behalf of his customers or their network providers. Those are post facto justifications supporting an already-held point of view. And the reason the iPad is going to stay closed isn't because it is good for users, it's because it is good for Apple. tag:radar.oreilly.com,2010://57.39284 2010-03-05T16:55:36Z 2010-03-05T16:55:36Z

Yammer is getting viral adoption in the enterprise, but will it convert to sales?

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims Yammer is getting viral adoption in the enterprise, but will it convert to sales? tag:radar.oreilly.com,2010://57.39264 2010-03-03T03:40:34Z 2010-03-03T03:40:34Z

The Army launches Apps for Army. Contest or harbinger of the hybrid enterprise that combines planning and emergence under one roof? Apps for Army looks to uncork the Army's cognitive surplus and let soldiers start solving their own problems in code without the personal risk of going off reservation to do it.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims The Army launches Apps for Army. Contest or harbinger of the hybrid enterprise that combines planning and emergence under one roof? Apps for Army looks to uncork the Army's cognitive surplus and let soldiers start solving their own problems in code without the personal risk of going off reservation to do it. tag:radar.oreilly.com,2010://57.39016 2010-01-29T16:01:53Z 2010-01-29T16:01:53Z

It's been a long time since most of us have used our computers to do anything approaching "computing," but the iPad explicitly leaves the baggage, leaps the conceptual gulf, and becomes something else entirely. Something consumery, media'ish, and not in the least bit intimidating. The automobile went through a similar evolution. From eminently hackable to hood essentially sealed shut.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims It's been a long time since most of us have used our computers to do anything approaching "computing," but the iPad explicitly leaves the baggage, leaps the conceptual gulf, and becomes something else entirely. Something consumery, media'ish, and not in the least bit intimidating. The automobile went through a similar evolution. From eminently hackable to hood essentially sealed shut. tag:radar.oreilly.com,2010://57.38803 2010-01-04T12:00:00Z 2010-01-04T12:00:00Z

The very technology that makes our collective integration possible also distracts us from advancing it. In equilibrium, distraction and ambition square off at the singular point of failed progress. If the next generation of Moores, Joys, and Kurzweils are half as distracted as I am, we are going to find ourselves frozen right here, nodes in a wormy borg that never becomes a butterfly. My computer is turning out to be the interface to a giant network Skinner Box. But maybe Twitter is just God's way of making sure we're too distracted to destroy ourselves.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims The very technology that makes our collective integration possible also distracts us from advancing it. In equilibrium, distraction and ambition square off at the singular point of failed progress. If the next generation of Moores, Joys, and Kurzweils are half as distracted as I am, we are going to find ourselves frozen right here, nodes in a wormy borg that never becomes a butterfly. My computer is turning out to be the interface to a giant network Skinner Box. But maybe Twitter is just God's way of making sure we're too distracted to destroy ourselves. tag:radar.oreilly.com,2009://57.38314 2009-10-27T15:31:18Z 2009-10-27T15:31:18Z

I've been holding my breath for so long waiting for this memo that I may not remember how to start breathing again, but here it is. The Department of Defense Deputy CIO Dave Wennergren has signed and released "Clarifying Guidance on Open Source Software."

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims I've been holding my breath for so long waiting for this memo that I may not remember how to start breathing again, but here it is. The Department of Defense Deputy CIO Dave Wennergren has signed and released "Clarifying Guidance on Open Source Software." tag:radar.oreilly.com,2009://57.37666 2009-08-05T22:39:06Z 2009-08-05T22:39:06Z

Three quick defense open source links, and one other random one.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims Three quick defense open source links, and one other random one. tag:radar.oreilly.com,2009://57.37353 2009-07-01T12:00:00Z 2009-07-01T12:00:00Z

Is the hacker ethic harming developers? We don't think so, but maybe the idea resonates a little bit? On Monday Neil McAllister posed the question "is the hacker ethic harming American developers?" Slashdot picked it up and Tim forwarded it to the Radar list. As you might expect, it resulted in some spirited discussion.

Jim Stogdill http://radar.oreilly.com/jims Is the hacker ethic harming developers? We don't think so, but maybe the idea resonates a little bit? On Monday Neil McAllister posed the question "is the hacker ethic harming American developers?" Slashdot picked it up and Tim forwarded it to the Radar list. As you might expect, it resulted in some spirited discussion.