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Build and Break: Virtual Worlds - Real Metrics
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We do not really know how something works until we have taken it to pieces and put it back together again. Thus gaining knowledge involves breaking things. I deal mostly with software. Saturday, May 16, 2009. Virtual Worlds - Real Metrics. This was the salient piece of advice for running a virtual economy that I got from Bill Grosso's talk. To the April meeting of the SDForum Emerging Technology SIG. The talk was entitled "Virtual Worlds and Real Metrics". Bill is CTO of TwoFish. The virtual economy is a...
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Build and Break: Will Microsoft Wipe Out the Google Android Advantage?
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We do not really know how something works until we have taken it to pieces and put it back together again. Thus gaining knowledge involves breaking things. I deal mostly with software. Monday, July 11, 2011. Will Microsoft Wipe Out the Google Android Advantage? Microsoft has also been going after the various Android smartphone makers, getting them to pay royalties on Microsoft patents. Reputedly. HTC is paying Microsoft $15 per smartphone to license patents. It would not surprise me if Microsoft is m...
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Build and Break: Living In the Stream
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We do not really know how something works until we have taken it to pieces and put it back together again. Thus gaining knowledge involves breaking things. I deal mostly with software. Saturday, May 07, 2011. Living In the Stream. So how do we fight back against constant disruption? Secondly, you do need to " return your calls. Which is the most we can hope to be these days. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. The Facebook PR Fiasco. Living In the Stream.
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Build and Break: The Open Source Dilemma
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We do not really know how something works until we have taken it to pieces and put it back together again. Thus gaining knowledge involves breaking things. I deal mostly with software. Saturday, October 30, 2004. The Open Source Dilemma. It is easy to dismiss. Free Software as the dabblings of a bunch of geeks on the fringe. Open Source software is another matter. Open Source is about business. Making a profit and in the end, economic domination. Another IBM product, Websphere is connected with the Apach...
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Build and Break: There is no Such Thing as Free Software
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We do not really know how something works until we have taken it to pieces and put it back together again. Thus gaining knowledge involves breaking things. I deal mostly with software. Friday, September 03, 2004. There is no Such Thing as Free Software. I stand by my statement. The problem with "Free Software" is that it is written by geeks for themselves. Worse, when you upgrade your system, as you have to every few years, you find that you have to download a new version. The people who create Free Soft...
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Build and Break: Understanding MapReduce Performance: Part 1
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We do not really know how something works until we have taken it to pieces and put it back together again. Thus gaining knowledge involves breaking things. I deal mostly with software. Thursday, April 28, 2011. Understanding MapReduce Performance: Part 1. That their MapReduce was 100 times slower than their database system. Searching the web finds many people complaining. At the same time there is plenty of evidence that MapReduce is no performance slouch. The Sort Benchmark. Understanding MapReduce perf...
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Build and Break: Databases in the Cloud
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We do not really know how something works until we have taken it to pieces and put it back together again. Thus gaining knowledge involves breaking things. I deal mostly with software. Tuesday, June 02, 2009. Databases in the Cloud. Was a technical presentation that required concentration to follow but did contain some real nuggets of information. The Cloud Services SIG meeting. On Tuesday Demo Night: Databases in the Cloud was more accessible. This post is about Databases in the Cloud. Now You See It.
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Build and Break: Fired!
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We do not really know how something works until we have taken it to pieces and put it back together again. Thus gaining knowledge involves breaking things. I deal mostly with software. Friday, July 01, 2011. It happened yesterday. They just sent me an eMail. How is that a good way to be fired. Mantra fired all their associates that are California residents. With a sales tax pass similar legislation maybe enough companies will throw in the towel and start complying with state sales tax collection.
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Build and Break: The Facebook PR Fiasco
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We do not really know how something works until we have taken it to pieces and put it back together again. Thus gaining knowledge involves breaking things. I deal mostly with software. Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Facebook PR Fiasco. Last week came the revelation. Firstly, the idea that Facebook should be accusing anyone of of playing fast and loose with peoples privacy is a severely hypocritical. Just last year, Mark Zuckerberg told us that " the age of privacy is over. Fourthly, the whole idea of a sec...
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