'Off the Cuff' Category

  • Update on the Research Project

    After some time away from my blog I think the best way to report on progress with the common frames of reference project is to basically summarize results and plans and to invite comment from those interested in the project. The common frames of reference project including a recommended approach to improving IT processes, is […]

  • Apple DRM Free? Only if you buy their proprietary model!

    There has been a lot of noise recently about the deal that Apple has cut with EMI - so I decided to dig into this story. Apple - DRM free? maybe finally Apple gets the picture. Given Apple’s proprietory history though this seemed like a strange twist indeed. Further investigation shows that users may in […]

  • Facebook - Should they have taken the Money?

    Should Facebook have taken the $1.5B from Yahoo! Maybe! There is an interesting article in the Canadian Globe and Mail - which essentially poses the question why didn’t they take the money?
    Most pundits are saying they should have and that they won’t get another offer - but not so fast - lets take a […]

  • WEB 3.0 - Darwin’s Revenge or The Next Big Thing?

    Last November there was a very interesting article about new tools
    and technologies that will drive Web 3.0 by John Markoff of the New York Times. Apart from being of general interest,
    this matters because there are claims that within these new technologies there is a “Google Killing” application. Initial reaction across blogs was fairly negative with […]