--- title: links for 2007-03-15 date: 2007-03-15T23:32:16Z modified: 2007-03-15T23:32:16Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/links-for-2007-03-15/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 959 categories: - Uncategorized timestamp: 2007-03-15T23:32:16Z tags: - Uncategorized --- - [The World Clock Meeting Planner – Results](http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?month=3&day=15&year=2007&p1=136&p2=5&p3=75&p4=24) and there was me thinking Stephen and Cote were the bottleneck. Foiled by the pesky World Clock meeting Planner. How easy is it to talk to Australia, UK and US at the same time? This easy…. (tags: [redmonk](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/redmonk) [redmonkclients](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/redmonkclients) [time](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/time)) - [Catherine Orenstein – Op-Ed Writing Seminars – New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/arts/15oped.html?pagewanted=2&th&emc=th) “What I want to suggest to you is that the personal and the public interests are not at odds, and the belief that they are mutually exclusive has kept women out of power.” Don’t you want money, credibility, access to aid in your cause?” (tags: [women](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/women) [politics](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/politics)) - [Google Adds a Safeguard on Privacy for Searchers – New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/technology/15googles.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1173953583-FPmViznTkGXO1XrE9CPJUw) GREAT job Google. i will take 24 months over forever any time. This is a really positive step in the right direction when it comes to privacy, search and attention. Once again, well done Google for stepping up the responsibility of power. (tags: [Google](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Google)) - [Google adding search privacy protections | Tech News on ZDNet](http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6167333.html) i am with the EFF – this is so definitely a step in the right direction. Its time for some carrot after a fair bit of stick. (tags: [privacy](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/privacy) [Google](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Google) [Googllefear](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Googllefear)) - [FT.com / Companies / Media & internet – Microsoft suing to evict ‘cybersquatters’](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/fbddb398-d19e-11db-b921-000b5df10621,_i_nbePage=cbad994c-3017-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html) I really hate domain name squatting. it stinks. icann needs to do something about it. not every company has lawyers like Microsoft’s to protect itself. of course BigCos often get it wrong but domain name speculation is a tax on the future. which is bad. (tags: [internetgovernance](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/internetgovernance)) - [Don’t you just love it when you discover on Flickr – Photo Sharing!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/squeakywheel/419372859/) banned from IKEA UK. how cool is that? (tags: [IKEA](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/IKEA)) - [Schneier on Security: Making Another 9/11 Impossible](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/03/making_another.html) in which Bruce points out the enemy might perhaps maybe use a different attack this time…. (tags: [security](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/security) [risk](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/risk)) - [Vista activation cracked by brute force](http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37941) pretty vicious article about Vista activiation technologies being cracked. (tags: [Vista](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Vista)) - [PressThink: Assignment Zero: Trend Reporting Gone Pro-Am](http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2007/03/14/az_announce.html) “The people formerly known as the audience” run RedMonk. Analysis by the people for the people. (tags: [RedMonk](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedMonk) [RedMonkbusinessmodel](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedMonkbusinessmodel) [blogging](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/blogging) [proam](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/proam)) - [People Over Process » Blog Archive » Personal Message Depot, or, Another Damn Post on Twitter](http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/14/personal-message-depot-or-another-damn-post-on-twitter/) When my toaster starts Twittering me I know I am utterly screwed. I am surprised Cote didn’t make the mashup angle to systems management notifications via Twitter. “I gotta run – SAP performance is a little spotty in Oslo.” Twitter 3.0 – push fixes too. (tags: [Twitter](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Twitter) [via:annez](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/via:annez) [systemsmanagement2.0](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/systemsmanagement2.0)) - [Brendan’s Roadmap Updates: The Open Web and Its Adversaries](http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2007/03/the_open_web_and_its_adversari.html) I like this article because it points out what Dare’s argument actually was. (tags: [Flash](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Flash) [Web](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Web) [Open](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Open)) - [AAS Feature: The Nokia N800 and Semi-Convergence](http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Semi-Convergence_Can_you_have_your_cake_and_eat_it_with_the_Nokia_N800.php) I would really like to play with one of these. (tags: [Nokia](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Nokia)) - [Druid Street → RedMonk redesign](http://www.druidstreet.com/2007/03/15/redmonk-redesign/) Fantastic. A reverse disclaimer from tinternet. “Disclaimer: my employer is not a RedMonk client.” And for a real breath of fresh air check out Robert’s blog. No muss, no fuss, no widgets, just plain text and hyperlinks. lovely. (tags: [redmonk](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/redmonk) [druidstreet](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/druidstreet)) - [Druid Street → Marmalade](http://www.druidstreet.com/2007/03/15/marmalade/) that is what i call a photograph (tags: [flickr](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/flickr) [druidstreet](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/druidstreet)) - [Technoracle (a.k.a. “Duane’s World”): What is Apollo (Really)? Will it replace browsers?](http://technoracle.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-is-apollo-really-will-it-replace.html) Hey Duane have you finished that yet? Tell you what- make me more more productive clientside and I will deliver those chapters I owe you. What’s that he said? Chapters? A book? James is involved in? Sounds crazy. (tags: [Adobe](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Adobe) [Flash](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Flash) [blogging](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/blogging)) - [Open Data a tremendous success | AttentionTrust.org](http://www.attentiontrust.org/node/430) RedMonk is an open data company, though we don’t get hyped on it. It would be nice to change a closed and proprietary industry. We’re getting there. (tags: [RedMonk](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedMonk) [attention](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/attention) [OpenData](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/OpenData)) - [Enterprise Architecture: Thought Leadership: SOA and Enterprise Security](http://duckdown.blogspot.com/2007/03/soa-and-enterprise-security.html) I think presence will be key to SOA. Triangulation using presence will be a core identity service, because SOA badly needs context. Can x access this/ can x access this from here. WSDL not so much- i think the metadata needs to be independent. (tags: [WSDL](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/WSDL) [Security](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Security) [SOA](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/SOA)) - [O’Reilly Radar > The Mantra of Entrenched Industries](http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/the_mantra_of_e_1.html) Robertson Davies is a fantastic writer. Really fantastic. I can’t recommend him highly enough. If you’re from Canada and don’t know him you should. he is a 20th century literary genius, full of play, power, compassion and story-telling like dreams (tags: [books](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/books)) - [davidmaister.com > Passion, People and Principles > Do My Ideas Work?](http://davidmaister.com/blog/355/) I used a lot of David’s ideas in RedMonk’s advisory model but the worst advice i have ever had in business came from him. He told me to try and come off like a Cambridge professor to be taken more seriously. BS. Authenticity drives credibility. (tags: [credibility](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/credibility)) - [Microsoft to Acquire Tellme Networks: Combined expertise will bring the power of voice technology to everyday life.](http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/mar07/03-14PowerOfSpeechPR.mspx) voice is the most important user interface. period. This will be another big IBM Microsoft fight. (tags: [voice](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/voice) [microsoft](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/microsoft)) - [SOA – Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=SOA&btng=Go&domains=redmonk.com&sitesearch=redmonk.com) thinking i really don’t want people visiting RedMonk to end up at a bunch of Google links in order to try and work out what is singificant in our content. thinking the approach is not nice. time to take a look at Lucene or something? (tags: [RedMonkIT](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedMonkIT))