Clymer/JR's Blog (76)

Under the auspices of its Chief Information Officer, the DoD will shortly release an important department-wide memorandum clarifying policy on open-source as part of 'acceptable' DoD software. Though the details have not been divulged, the essence of the new guidelines have been released. See article for more specifics.

The dust is settling, and it appears that the new Google "Android" phones are the real deal. Read an excellent/comprehensive review in eWeek. The milieu is similar to the frenzy seen with the iPhone release. 1.5 million pre-orders have been placed;… Continue

Remember when Apple was Apple Computer? I don't know if I'm the only member of this network who has speculated on when Apple would finally shake up it's laptop line, which apart from "Air", has really grown long-in-the-tooth. For those of you who follow these things, today is the day. The rumor mills have been ripe with anticipation over 'breakout' vs incremental change.… Continue

Interesting article on Microsoft release of Silverlight 2, compatible with 'Rich Internet Application", an open-sourced platform for developing media content. The company provides free developer access under a 'Microsoft Permissive License'. Might we see more open-sourced releases from Microsoft in the future???

Interesting article describing new Scripps Health Service research project, involving 'genetic scanning' of 10,000 volunteers with 20 year follow-up. Partners include Microsoft, Affymetrix, and Navigenics. In addition to ethical… Continue

Thought-provoking article from HowStuffWorks that explains in simple terms the evolution of cloud computing, and the derivative implications for a global thin-client architecture. The author also dreams of the perfect marriage between Google and Apple, and how that union would influence the future of "clouds". BTW, Check out HowStuffWorks on the WWW; it's a real FUN site!!!

WOW! Even faster than expected, Google's open mobile architecture (Android), has shaken the folks at Apple who must see these new devices as the first real threat to iPhone hegemony in this market space. Apple just announced that it is dropping its NDA requirements for developers of already released iPhone software ... a bit confusing and I grant still a way from a completely open architecture, but every step counts. Let a thousand flowers grow. See… Continue

eWeek reports on greater than anticipated T-Mobile orders for its Google Android phone available on 22Oct08 with pre-order. Rumors circulate that the $179 cost (guaranteed only through 22Oct08) will rise to ~ $400. See video from T-Mobile and Google founders… Continue

My bona fides:



1) I'm a technophile, not a technologist

2) I have had a love-hate relationship with Apple™, going back to 1987. Be it the PowerBook, the iPod, or the iPhone, Apple's entry into a market-space is not merely a game changer, but more elemental, a market "definer". The Apple user experience is truly nonpareil. That said, the company has historically been driven by proprietary closed systems that inhibit/punish any collaboration from "unapproved" sources.

3) I… Continue

eWeek has a good review of the status of cloud computing as an enterprise solution for business and government. A second article addresses the timing of Clouds in dominating the IT landscape. Cloud providers abound including… Continue

Check out the Washington Center for Complexity & Public Policy Their raison d'etre is explained as follows:

In the last thirty years a major revolution has occurred in the scientific understanding of complex systems—systems where the components are strongly interrelated, self-organizing and dynamic whether biological, ecological, technical or social—and complexity science represents a new interdisciplinary approach to studying these types of… Continue

Latest on Google's upcoming Android release. More details revealed today.

This week Don Tapscott addressed the Swift International Banking Operations Seminar (SIBOS'08) in Vienna, Austria. He focused on the current liquidity crisis through the prism of Wikinomics 101. Also read his press release. Timely and… Continue

A recent survey confirms the growing use of Epocrates as an Apple iPhone add-on, having become popular not only among healthcare providers, but the general public as well. This would appear to bode well for personalized medicine, and the inchoate PHR (Personal… Continue

On 26Aug2008, the Brookings Insitutution published its ratings of eGov sites employed by federal and state entities. Another recent report analyzes the currency of worlwide government use of the internet. Among many Brookings observations, I'd highlight the following:



Despite the great promise of technological advancement,… Continue

Google 'Android' Phone by 10Nov08??? Google releases a public version of the Android Software Developer Kit (SDK). Will this be the first serious challenge to Apple iPhone market dominance?