#“Cloud computing storm - The blind leading the blind”
While not renowned for its technology expertise, one of the roles of the Chief State Solicitors Office is to review commercial agreements for public bodies before they sign them. via irishtimes.com I generally think the Public Sector makes too much use of outside consultants instead of building in-house expertise and encouraging their own people to be specialists. And then something like this happens and I'm actually speechless with despair. »
#“No No No. No-one can play Jim Rockford except James Garner”
The new Jim Rockford is described as "slightly crumpled, wry humored, cynical, world weary, compassionate when it's called for and easily irritated by morons. via msnbc.msn.com - Dermot Mulroney to star in Rockford update - Television- msnbc.com Are they trying to destroy every cherished memory of my youth? What next? Mannix?
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#“You know you’re a geek when this man was your childhood hero”
via guardian.co.uk Sir Clive Sinclair: "I don't use a computer at all" | Technology | The Observer I still want a QL. Dunno why. But I do.
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#“Twitter / JFK__1960: \u0093The key to the future is …”
The key to the future is power - power on the farm as well as in the factory - power in the country as well as in the city. via twitter.com Now if we had a politician who had the vision to see that the key to _our_ future is ultra hi-speed broadband to every house in the nation. That would be someone I could vote for. »
#“Well if Padma likes Foursquare”
via businessinsider.com It took Twitter nearly 4 years to get even remotely recognised or understood by normal people. From what I can see, Foursquare is going to do the same in less than 18 months (someone find me a Moore's law analogy there). They now have Bravo TV in the US promoting it. And any ad that has Padma Lakshmi in it, is a winner in my book. »
#“Holy Crap, Paul Carr re-invents patronage”
Instead what someone needs to build is a macropayment service. A way to make a one-off payment to a specific creator to thank them for their entire body of work. If you insist on using a ‘micro’ word, then the correct one is ‘micropatronage’: an affordable version of the age-old practice of wealthy patrons supporting artists in substantive, public ways – ways that stroke the patron’s ego and/or guarantee their place in heaven. »
#“Good response from the LastPass guys to their outage”
This only took a few minutes to diagnose and fix; but we were not awake when it became clear that this was a problem. We have a global user-base and need a way for them to get our attention if there are issues. Were still debating the best ways to do this but will get something into place as soon as possible. »