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The Lessons We Don't Learn

2009-12-04T01:37:45Z

In my Twitter stream today, Sylvia Martinez (@smartinez) retweeted a link to Seymour Papert's 1980 paper written for a Presidential commission that proposed that we provide a computer for every child in America. Long before One Laptop Per Child, Papert saw that computers should not be an "auxiliary" aid to learning but "fundamental" to changing how we learn. He understood that the computer by changing education could change our culture for the better. After thirty years, Papert's call for action is still fresh today.

Google Android: on Inevitability, the Dawn of Mobile, and the Missing Leg

2009-12-03T21:00:54Z

If for no other reason than the 'Anyone but Apple' crowd needs an alternative, there is an 'inevitability' meme associated with Google's Android initiative. But, is their success in the market really inevitable? Over a year after Android's launch, the jury is still out.

Climategate and XML

2009-12-03T17:27:04Z

One interesting artifact to come out of the stolen Climategate material is an epic file HARRY_READ_ME.txt. It seems to be a year long log by a programmer (Harry?) who has to port old data and various old FORTRAN (and MATLAB?)...

Register Now - Free Upcoming Webcasts - DRBD and MySQL, Cloud Security, IT and Sustainable Business, Entity Framework 4, and Social Media Marketing

2009-12-03T17:04:45Z

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How to Replace Yourself with Very Small Shell Script - An Ignite Video

2009-12-03T16:01:42Z

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Four short links: 3 December 2009 - History Lesson, Historic Science, Hospital IT, and Predicted Consumption

2009-12-03T11:00:00Z

How Robber Barons Hijacked the Victorian Internet (ArsTechnica) -- cautionary tale of the exploitation of a monopoly. Once installed as the dominant proprietor of the nation's telegraph system, public trust in the confidentiality of Western Union transmissions evaporated. Gould "scanned the telegraph, or manipulated it, as an open book to the secrets of all the marts," Josephson wrote.

Good News: The Daily Me is a stop on the way to richer discussion

2009-12-03T00:14:54Z

Surveys show us cocooning ourselves in worlds of information that reinforce our existing prejudices. It's not enough to read opposing viewpoints because our assumptions and interpretive lenses differ. When we get tired of power plays, we'll start communicating.

Happening Today: Confessions of a Public Speaker - Join us at 10am PT / 1pm ET

2009-12-02T15:15:08Z

For leaders, managers and anyone who speaks and expects someone to listen, Scott Berkun shares an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. Loosely based on his third book, Confessions of a Public Speaker, this fun, interactive webcast brings you lively lessons and insightful confessions, giving you new insights into the art of persuasion--as well as teaching and learning--directly from a master of the trade. Bring your toughest questions and situations for Scott to answer or solve. Attendance is limited, so register now!

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Four short links: 2 December 2009 - Dow Jones Tanty, When a Purchase Isn't a Purchase, Surveillance Surprises, and an Open World Bank?

2009-12-02T11:00:00Z

8 Million Reasons for Real Surveillance Oversight -- Sprint set up a self-service portal for law enforcement and returned 8 million requests for cellphone GPS locations in the first year. This is an incredibly comprehensive analysis of published and revealed numbers of surveillance--it's orders of magnitude larger than anyone had realised. See also the leaked law enforcement howtos from Facebook, MySpace, and Yahoo!. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Video: Roger Magoulas on The Next Device - Future at Work Series: Pico Projectors and OLED Screens

2009-12-02T09:00:14Z

I recently sat down with Roger Magoulas, Director of Research at O'Reilly to talk about what he is paying attention to these days. I thought we would do a single, quick segment for Radar. I was mistaken. I have broken out the interview into several parts and will release them weekly... Call it Wednesdays with Roger. This episode touches on new devices that will shape how we work and get things done in the future including Pico projectors and OLED screens.

No More Chief of Answers - Nilofer Merchant on Challenging the Status Quo

2009-12-01T18:51:03Z

Leaders Need to be Collaborators Too -- "Crowning yourself the Chief of Answers sets your team up to be the Tribe of Doing Things. You become the bottleneck restricting productivity, because you have to be involved in every decision," writes Nilofer Merchant in a new O'Reilly Insights column on Forbes.com. According to the author of the soon-to-be published The New How, collaboration must be baked into the process for an organization to rise. Read more.

What's New in O'Reilly Answers - MS Project 2010, Backup Systems, PHP, GIT, and much more!

2009-12-01T18:28:12Z

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Inside Exchange Server 2010: A First Look

2009-12-01T17:49:31Z

William here, talking about my new book Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Administrator's Pocket Consultant. This book is designed to be a concise and compulsively usable resource for Exchange Server 2010 administrators. Exchange Server 2010 Administrator's Pocket Consultant covers everything you need to perform the core administrative tasks for Exchange Server 2010, whether your servers are running on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 Release 2. Because the focus is on giving you maximum value in a pocket-sized guide, you don't have to wade through hundreds of pages of extraneous information to find what you're looking for. Instead, you'll find exactly what you need to get the job done. In short, the book is designed to be the one resource you turn to whenever you have questions regarding Exchange Server 2010 administration.

Over 600 Microsoft Press Titles Now Available on oreilly.com - New Ebook Initiatives Launched Today

2009-12-01T17:02:03Z

You can now purchase Microsoft Press books direct on oreilly.com. Select from over 600 print titles, and 200 DRM-free ebooks. All ebooks are available in four convenient formats, all for the price of one: ePub, PDF, MOBI, and Android. And there's more to come. All new titles will release in ebook formats as they're published, and we're working our way through the Microsoft Press backlist to make all titles available. So check back often.
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Getting Real with LCDS 3, Part 1

2009-12-01T14:00:00Z

Enterprise RIAs are big, and not the "big-in-Japan" kind of big, but big as in I use one every day. New apps are born almost daily and buzz across the blogosphere. It's usually dashboard-this and data-viz-that, but every once in a while we get an amazing look-ma-I-made-a-heat-map. The forthcoming LCDS 3 is something different and something wonderful. To me, LCDS 3 changes the game, and I fully expect the richest of the next generation enterprise RIAs to have LCDS 3 under the hood. In this article, we will build a "real" application while exercising some of the cooler features of LCDS 3 along the way. And check this out: we won't need to write any server-side code!