See the below threat to FACEBOOK, and you see the power of standards and cognitive intelligence (Clay Shirkey's new book). Imagine a distributed, open, free social networking capability, and there are lots of possibilities that come to mind....
From WIRED.com.....
1. Open, Distributed Alternatives
A pack of college kids drunk on Free Software launched an open-source, federated alternative to Facebook called Diaspora. After collecting an astonishing $120K in donations, the group is knocking out code. Meanwhile, there’s other cool stuff going on, including OneSocialWeb, the Appleseed Project and WebFinger. Get enough of these open protcols into decent shape and someone is likely to build them into an improbably powerful stack. Research the LAMP stack, if you don’t get my drift.
What might that look like? An elimination of the need for a centralized home and coordinator of social networking — where your social profile lives wherever you want it to (as your e-mail does) and can interact with any other profile around the net, on your own terms.
While it sounds far fetched, a recent poll suggests that people are as happy with Facebook as they are with their cable company, even if they do find it similarly indispensable.
Read More http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/07/five-things-totopple-facebooks-empire/#ixzz0uKFKoRLU
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
5 Billion Wireless connections!!!
http://www.mobilefuture.org/blog/archives/global_wireless_subscriptions_surpass_5_billion/
5 billion wireless connections is a standards triumph - think about all those bits trying to move if they had not been somewhat standardized. There are some issues to be resolved with the different networks, and generational issues as the new starts to supercede the very usable basic stuff that will be around for a long time. The rate of addition seems a little high, but as things like IP6 and very inexpensive sensors start to take off, it may accelerate rather than plateau.
Who would have thunk it? DHS needs to share information
http://http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100716_2491.php?oref=rss?zone=NGtoday
DHS figured out it needs to share information and consolidate intelligence into one shareable portal. Wow.
DHS figured out it needs to share information and consolidate intelligence into one shareable portal. Wow.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
innovation and interoperability
Mention standards, and many eyes glaze over - too hard, too long, not good. I'd ask you to rethink this.
It is important to understand that much of our rapid innovation has come from building on top of standard approaches! If you look at the applications on the Internet (Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, and 1000 more), they all took advantage of TCP/IP, HTML and other standards that allowed for the amazing global growth of the internet.
So take a look at what you can adopt and adapt into your processes that might make for a giant leap forward - building on the shoulder of giants and rapidly emerging, new standard ways of doing things. A good example is QR codes - 2 dimensional bar codes that can hold much more information than a traditional bar code and be read by the newest generation of phones - Iphone, Android, and others.
If you are using interoperable data and standards as a footing, your speed willl pick up as well - others are doing the work for you and allowing more linkages, more outside applications, and better understanding.
It is important to understand that much of our rapid innovation has come from building on top of standard approaches! If you look at the applications on the Internet (Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, and 1000 more), they all took advantage of TCP/IP, HTML and other standards that allowed for the amazing global growth of the internet.
So take a look at what you can adopt and adapt into your processes that might make for a giant leap forward - building on the shoulder of giants and rapidly emerging, new standard ways of doing things. A good example is QR codes - 2 dimensional bar codes that can hold much more information than a traditional bar code and be read by the newest generation of phones - Iphone, Android, and others.
If you are using interoperable data and standards as a footing, your speed willl pick up as well - others are doing the work for you and allowing more linkages, more outside applications, and better understanding.
Interoperable data and cost savings
I doubt that I need to outline the world economic downturn going on - but the latest thinking is that we're headed for a double dip recession, or a prolonged period of very slow growth with a high number of unemployed workers nationwide. Time to think about how to cut costs and enhance an organization's capabilities:
A strong interoperable data approach lays the groundwork for lower costs over the coming years:
1. Far less custom development needs to take place
2. Outside managed providers can be linked in easily, allowing pay as you go approaches
3. Tools to manage and maintain the data can be more standardized
4. Partner (known and unknown) interaction can happen faster, giving more flexibility
5. Reliance and costs for customer applications can be reduced
Much like the introduction of the shipping container, once the initial change resistance has been overcome, and once the vision becomes clear, the new process can accelerate rapidly and have many positive impacts not anticipated in the early project days.
A strong interoperable data approach lays the groundwork for lower costs over the coming years:
1. Far less custom development needs to take place
2. Outside managed providers can be linked in easily, allowing pay as you go approaches
3. Tools to manage and maintain the data can be more standardized
4. Partner (known and unknown) interaction can happen faster, giving more flexibility
5. Reliance and costs for customer applications can be reduced
Much like the introduction of the shipping container, once the initial change resistance has been overcome, and once the vision becomes clear, the new process can accelerate rapidly and have many positive impacts not anticipated in the early project days.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Glimmers of progresss....
I just saw an article on Data.gov and the move to move many of the feeds there into a map based environment. Kudos for the administration toward moving that direction and also making the information available in feed format for use by other applications.
Another article this morning touted agencies use of sensors over the coming years - lower prices, better communications capability, smaller size and increased capabilities make this approach a winner. The data is all structured when it comes from sensors, and an increasing number of them are incorporating standard transaction formats so that they can be automatically linked into existing applications.
Talk is cheap on both accounts, but I'm encouraged to see movement, however small. Building an interopeable environment will allow all organizations to effectively share information better and more effectively. Building the data bridges that will allow sharing worldwide will pay some amazing benefits to every type of application.
Another article this morning touted agencies use of sensors over the coming years - lower prices, better communications capability, smaller size and increased capabilities make this approach a winner. The data is all structured when it comes from sensors, and an increasing number of them are incorporating standard transaction formats so that they can be automatically linked into existing applications.
Talk is cheap on both accounts, but I'm encouraged to see movement, however small. Building an interopeable environment will allow all organizations to effectively share information better and more effectively. Building the data bridges that will allow sharing worldwide will pay some amazing benefits to every type of application.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
When is interoperability a sham?
Dr David Boyd testified in front of Congress that equipment developed under the P25 moniker doesn't mean it is interoperable.
What?
http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/boyd-p25-doesnt-necessarily-mean-interoperable/2010-06-01
DHS (or their pre-cursors) has been working on this problem since people died on 9/11, and it seems we're n0 closer to a radio being able to interact seamlessly with others. Is radio truely more complicated than telephones or the IP networks that support the Internet? I don't think so.
Vendor self interest, good old boy networks, and a host of other reasons have continued to plague this whole area. When will it get fixed? Likely when a disaster happens, people die or property destroyed, and the public is shown by the news media that everything is pretty much incompatible and that we've spent billions as a country. There will be a hue and cry, a search for a scapegoat, immediate regulations proposed, lobbyists rushing to pour water on the flames, and little real change if history is our guide.
P25 has been around for 21 years an effort to standardize radios.
What?
http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/boyd-p25-doesnt-necessarily-mean-interoperable/2010-06-01
DHS (or their pre-cursors) has been working on this problem since people died on 9/11, and it seems we're n0 closer to a radio being able to interact seamlessly with others. Is radio truely more complicated than telephones or the IP networks that support the Internet? I don't think so.
Vendor self interest, good old boy networks, and a host of other reasons have continued to plague this whole area. When will it get fixed? Likely when a disaster happens, people die or property destroyed, and the public is shown by the news media that everything is pretty much incompatible and that we've spent billions as a country. There will be a hue and cry, a search for a scapegoat, immediate regulations proposed, lobbyists rushing to pour water on the flames, and little real change if history is our guide.
P25 has been around for 21 years an effort to standardize radios.
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