John Battelle's Searchblog
JULY 13, 2012
Google was kind enough to send me a Nexus 7 tablet to play with last month, and over the past week or so I’ve had the chance to actually put it to use. Even though I own an iPad, I have serious reservations about the constraints of Apple’s iOS ecosystem (more on that below), so I was eager to see how Google’s alternative performed.
Collaboration 2.0
JULY 12, 2012
A terrific book about how the planet is wired for multimedia and data, the locations, sights and smells of global to local internet infrastructure.
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ChiefTech
JULY 13, 2012
via johnstepper.com. A great explanation from John Stepper about how we use social business platforms for "working out loud", "observable work" and "narrating your work" in the workplace. These are simple but powerful ideas that underpin the value of social intranets and enterprise social networks. He writes in his introduction (emphasis added): Two of the most common objections I hear are “I don’t have enough time” and “I don’t know what to post.
Robert's Db2
JULY 12, 2012
Recently I got a question from a mainframer who was seeing rather high CPU times for the DB2 DDF address space. DDF, of course, is the distributed data facility -- the DB2 component that handles communications with client systems (usually application servers) that send requests to the DB2 for z/OS server using the DRDA protocol (DRDA being Distributed Relational Database Architecture).
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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
John Battelle's Searchblog
JULY 10, 2012
Last month I finished a compelling biography of Samuel Morse: Lightning Man: The Accursed Life Of Samuel F.B. Morse , by Pulitzer-prize winning author Kenneth Silverman. If you’re a fan of great biographies, or just want to learn more about the history of both our industry and of the United States during a seminal and innovative period, I certainly recommend this book.
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ChiefTech
JULY 9, 2012
We have discussed the importance of adoption events to the success of enterprise social network adoption a few times. A successful adoption event informs users of the benefits of using the ESN, models desired behaviors, increases awareness and establishes a call to action. An example of a really creative launch came to my attention, and I just had to get to know the company that made its own Yammer shirts (and sent me one!
Preservica
JULY 12, 2012
Organisations are realising that it is business critical to archive digital information for several years. Ensuring archived information can be accessed when the need arises is key, as is creating value from assets that are archived. The term “Digital Archive” is however used to cover many different types of solution for this problem. Our latest paper provides a way of categorising these different approaches to enable organisations to understand the differences and to select the best solution fo
John Battelle's Searchblog
JULY 10, 2012
It’s summertime, and if you’re not already lying on a beach somewhere, I’ve got a good reason for you to go: My friend Rob Reid’s new novel is out today, and it’s absolutely tailor made for beach reading. It’s called Year Zero , and it’s a hilarious send up of the music industry, mixed, naturally, with a ripping yarn about aliens, romance, and intergalatic politics.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 12, 2012
On June 27, 2012, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed a bill to amend the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “Ordinance”). The amendment will become effective in phases. Most provisions will become effective on October 21, 2012, and the others will take effect on a day to be announced by publication in the Hong Kong Government Gazette. The amendment establishes a number of changes and new requirements, but the principal changes include provisions imposing increased notification and cons
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
ChiefTech
JULY 11, 2012
I talked to some corporate Yammer , Chatter and Jive users, all of whom claimed measurable gains from these tools in a variety of areas. Here are seven ways they derive value from social enterprise applications. via blog.softwareadvice.com. Ashley Furness identifies seven usage patterns for enterprise social software tools. However, she also highlights that some firms are reporting they can be 'more “of a distraction” than a value driver'.
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
JULY 12, 2012
Today the Supreme Court of Canada determined that 30 second previews of songs offered by online music services constitute “fair dealing […].
ChiefTech
JULY 9, 2012
via slideshare.net. You can now read the exec summary and view the table of contents for my Ark Group report, over on SlideShare. You can order the full report from Ark Group. Permalink.
ChiefTech
JULY 12, 2012
Working with the regional user group , Headshift Asia Pacific is hosting the inaugural user group meeting for Jive Software users in Australia (although anyone from the Australasia region is welcome to attend!) - details here: https://aussiejiveusergroupjuly2012.eventbrite.com/. BTW If you are in Sydney the night before, why not also come along to the joint KM Australia and NSW KM Forum networking event ?
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
ChiefTech
JULY 9, 2012
I did walk through our 'bottom up' method of stakeholder engagement using value network analysis techniques. My point wasn't so much that we should abandon 'Top Down' analysis, but that we should be open to injecting some 'bottom up' analysis to ensure ourselves that we are getting a more holistic picture of the business. via governanceandnetworks.blogspot.com.au.
ChiefTech
JULY 11, 2012
via johnnyholland.org. Great article, using travellers as an example, to explain how to apply situational awareness to a mobile app design using Goal-Directed Task Analysis (GDTA): I know what you’re thinking. User task flow analysis is nothing new. Why is GDTA different? GDTA helps you plan displaying the right content at the right time for the right situational awareness.
ChiefTech
JULY 8, 2012
Paul Hunter from the Institute of Strategic Management tells LeadingCompany , an unthinking focus on best practice can undermine the strategic positioning of a company. The reason for this is very simple. “Best practice is about standardisation,” Hunter says. “It doesn’t provide any basis for competitive advantage. It’s just about becoming as efficient as the next person.
ChiefTech
JULY 11, 2012
via flickr.com. All this diagram needs is Clay Shirky's concept of a ' a plausible promise, an effective tool, and an acceptable bargain with the users ' added to explain why people will use social media and you've got a pretty good model. Hat tip John Sheridan. Permalink.
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Hunton Privacy
JULY 10, 2012
In a July 9, 2012 press release issued by Rodoljub Sabic, Serbia’s Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, the Commissioner commented on his meeting with Hunton & Williams’ Lisa Sotto, who was invited to Serbia by the Commissioner and the USAID-funded Judicial Reform and Government Accountability Project to provide advice and education on data protection issues.
ChiefTech
JULY 10, 2012
Today I received some advance copies of my new mobile apps report. I'm not against digital books etc, but nice to see something I've written in hard copy! Permalink.
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
JULY 7, 2012
Privacy debates in connection with cloud computing often generate more heat than light! Some regulators (not in the UK!) have […].
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
JULY 13, 2012
Today is Friday 13th; so timely to consider the news stories this week saying that Google will soon be fronting up to […].
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ChiefTech
JULY 7, 2012
via youtube.com. An amazing talk at MIT's Collective Intelligence 2012 conference by behavioral biologist, Iain Couzin. This is the abstract: Conflicting interests among group members are common when making collective decisions, yet failure to achieve consensus can be costly. Under these circumstances individuals may be susceptible to manipulation by a strongly opinionated, or extremist, minority.
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