CIO Musings

JULY 5, 2010

'CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Monday, July 5, 2010. A Play I Liked - RENT - Firehouse Theater. We went to Firehouse Theater on Broad Street (Richmond, Va) Friday night to attend "Rent".

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JULY 21, 2010

'by Steve Francia. blog. code. talks. me. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. RSS. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. My take on open source licenses. Open Source licensing can be a confusing and daunting task. Most developers simply adopt licenses of other popular projects.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 12, 2010

Madston Black , a top-tier leadership development consultancy, recently engaged me to do some executive briefings on the future of business as part of some of leadership programs they are running for major Australian organizations. For two of their major client leadership development programs, Madston Black also brought out Professor Ron Heifetz , Founder of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, to run workshops.

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Cloud Musings

JULY 28, 2010

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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All Things Distributed

JULY 13, 2010

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud - Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2. By Werner Vogels on 12 July 2010 05:00 PM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Today, Amazon Web Services took very an important step in unlocking the advantages of cloud computing for a very important application area.

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Lundberg Media

JULY 27, 2010

'Ever try to get someone to change the way they do something that they’ve been doing the same way for years? Ever try to break one of your own habits? It’s not easy. Not because people are intentionally contrary or obstinate, but because big parts of our brains operate on autopilot, in deep grooves of […].

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JULY 6, 2010

'by Steve Francia. blog. code. talks. me. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. RSS. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. Why Projects Fail. Regardless of your title or degree of experience, any misstep could result in a failed project.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 6, 2010

The opening words of Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Catalog in 1968 were: "We are as gods and might as well get good at it.". Indeed, the late 1960s were a time of vast optimism for many, based not just on the belief that ancient social strictures could be thrown off, but also that by use of new technologies we could liberate ourselves. The 1970s and then 1980s disabused people of the notion that revolution had truly arrived, as so little of the potential seen in the full flowering of new ideas see

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Cloud Musings

JULY 31, 2010

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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A CIO's Voice

JULY 16, 2010

'I was recently discussing how to properly shake someone’s hand with a collegue and the different variations. ABC News recently did a segment on how to give a greeting that will impress. [link]. Filed under: Random Thoughts , ReBoot Tagged: handshake.

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Lundberg Media

JULY 23, 2010

'About five years, ago, when I was still editor in chief at CIO, we began a major transformation from a print-centric media company to online. During that time, every day brought new challenges, frustrations, discoveries, joy and despair. I think many of us thought we’d power our way through all that turmoil and, eventually, things […].

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Sean Daniel

JULY 15, 2010

'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Thursday, July 15, 2010. Windows Server Codename “Aurora” Video Walkthrough. Wow, over on WeGotServed , Terry found an awesome video that talks about Aurora from our very own Michael Leworthy, product planner for SBS. He talks about the differences between “SBS7” and “Aurora”, and why you might want Aurora over SBS7 Source is We Got Served.

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SPF13

JULY 20, 2010

Open Source licensing can be a confusing and daunting task. Most developers simply adopt licenses of other popular projects. I wanted to shed some light on the most popular licenses and provide some guidance on which one should be used and when. Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer, I am not qualified to nor am I imparting sound legal advice. BSD & MIT Both licenses are very similar.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 6, 2010

Tele-commuting has shifted from something that prognosticators talk about to an everyday work practice for many. More and more companies are happy for their staff to spend some or all of their time working from home, facilitated by a profusion of cloud software as well as familiarity with collaboration tools such as instant messaging, screen sharing, and video chat.

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Cloud Musings

JULY 14, 2010

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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A CIO's Voice

JULY 14, 2010

'Are you a trailblazer? Probably not. I don’t know many CIOs that are. Most of us are just average Joes and Janes keeping the lights on in the datacenter. I always like reading the industry rags when they interview all those cool technology leaders who seem to throw money at every cool tech on the market. They are working on developing the coolness factor for their organization.

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I'm not lost, I'm wondering

JULY 16, 2010

It is better to do nothing than to be busy doing nothing. Doing nothing is refreshing, a chance to recharge if only for a little bit. Your mind is free to wander where it may, with or without conscious intervention. Free association of thoughts runs rampant, resulting in ideas that would never have come to you otherwise. I’m sure you’ve had these moments, where you stopped trying to solve a problem and the answer came to you, “out of the blue&#.

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Leveraging Organizational Knowledge

JULY 8, 2010

In their paper " Strategic planning for knowledge management implementation in engineering firms ", Ravi Shankar , (Ravi Shankar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India.), M.D. Singh , (M.D. Singh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India.), Amol Gupta , (Amol Gupta is a Student in the Department of Computer Science, TIT&S Bhiwani, Haryana, India.) a

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SPF13

JULY 10, 2010

shh. Gustty I came across an article today titled “Help! My boss is on twitter“. Allow me to share a secret with you, if you current boss isn’t on twitter yet, I can guarantee that your next one will be. Social media has caught on like wildfire. In all the excitement too often people forget that everything that you say on twitter / facebook and others is being published and recorded.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 7, 2010

Apologies if you're sick of this story - I am too. But the latest in this sordid saga needs to be reported. The background : On Saturday Facebook threatened closing down Victoria Buckley Jewellery's Facebook page because it showed an unclothed doll (top image at left), prompting widespread media coverage and global discussion. Many mainstream media such as Sydney Morning Herald and London Evening Standard used the original picture, suggesting that they didn't think it was objectionable.

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Sean Daniel

JULY 1, 2010

'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Thursday, July 01, 2010. How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks. Over on Lifehacker.com , one of my favorite sites, they talk a bit about how to stay safe on Public, or even those looming “open” networks that you might discover in an apartment building.

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A CIO's Voice

JULY 12, 2010

'The last few weeks I have been developing a roadmap for the remainder of the year. I am addressing issues related to strengthening the operational aspects of MIS and overall positioning the department to be strategic. In my opinion, MIS cannot be strategic with operational issues happening in the background. The departmental focus will be dealing with “putting out fires” and being reactive instead of proactive.

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I'm not lost, I'm wondering

JULY 7, 2010

“Keep me in the loop.&#. This all too common expression is – or should be – the bane of anyone trying to implement, or just use, a social media approach to collaboration and communication. What it really means is… “I want to know what’s going on with your project, but I don’t care enough to actually spend my own time keeping up with what’s going, so please take time out of your own busy schedule and figure out what information I need to know and th

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CIO Rant

JULY 7, 2010

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SPF13

JULY 10, 2010

'by Steve Francia. blog. code. talks. me. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. RSS. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. Watch what you say. shh. Gustty. IÂ came across an article today titled â?? Help! My boss is on twitter â??.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 12, 2010

We are big believers in the power of visual frameworks to help people understand complex landscapes and build effective strategies. One of the domains we have been applying these frameworks to is the future of media. For those who haven't been following our work through the years, here is a collection of five frameworks we've created to help companies understand and act on the future of media.

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Sean Daniel

JULY 15, 2010

'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Thursday, July 15, 2010. Guy Haycock discusses the SMB Announcements at WPC 2010. Up on VarVid.tv , Aaron managed to get our Product Planner, Guy Haycock, on camera talking about the announcements of “Aurora” and “SBS7” Source Video: [link].

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A CIO's Voice

JULY 2, 2010

'I’m just the CIO. Who would know? I sit in my office thinking. When I was a tech just tinkering. Now I track the project and deal with scope. Looking everywhere for an ounce of hope. Too much time is spent in meetings. Hearing others talk and watch time fleeting. How do I get IT to align right? I try to keep things in sight. Am I the strategic guy?

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I'm not lost, I'm wondering

JULY 13, 2010

Which type of person do you prefer to work with, someone who thrashes early and gets things quietly done, or someone who swoops in at the end for some last minute heroics? Which type of person receives the most attention in your organization? Are you more likely to hear, “John was squared away and relaxed when it was time to ship&# or “Did you see that incredible last push John made, working all night so he could meet ship date?

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 23, 2010

Some lovely research from Northeastern University uses sentiment analysis to show the changing moods of the United States through 24 hours. In the video below showing changes over the course of a day, colors indicate people's moods from red (unhappy) to green (happy), while the size of the state shows how much Twitter activity there is. A few things that stand out: Early morning and late evening are far happier than other times of the day, California and Florida are the happiest states, and from

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