--- title: links for 2007-03-20 date: 2007-03-20T23:30:25Z modified: 2007-03-20T23:30:25Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/links-for-2007-03-20/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 965 categories: - Uncategorized timestamp: 2007-03-20T23:30:25Z tags: - Uncategorized --- - [Kevin Lynch: Apollo alpha](http://www.klynch.com/archives/000086.html) “It’s obviously been quite a while since I’ve managed to post something here.” Kevin’s been busy… He is also smart enough to position this as a 3.0 play… some context for how Adobe got here. (tags: [Adobe](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Adobe) [Apollo](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Apollo)) - [Apollo:DeveloperFAQ – Adobe Labs](http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Apollo:DeveloperFAQ#Is_Apollo_a_web_browser.3F) The alpha is here. Should be interesting. (tags: [Adobe](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Adobe) [Apollo](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Apollo)) - [Mike Chambers](http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/) mike’s blog cited in the official press release. (tags: [blogs](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/blogs) [Adobe](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Adobe) [Apollo](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Apollo)) - [Apollo Alpha Preview – lynda.com Online Training Library ™](http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?id=378) Mike Chambers recorded presentations on Apollo basics. ApolloHelloWorld, videod. (tags: [Adobe](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Adobe) [Apollo](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Apollo) [Flex](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Flex)) - [tecosystems » Apt-get Install Ian Murdock: The Q&A](http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/19/murdock_sun/) ha ha ha. that headline is some funny shit. ha ha ha. any tecosystem reader will know the score. Apt-get install for Ian Murdock. You dork Stephen. Anyone would think our clients actually read your stuff or something. (tags: [Sun](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Sun) [Solaris](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Solaris) [Debian](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Debian)) - [Mainframe Watch Belgium](http://mainframe-watch-belgium.blogspot.com/index.html) new mainframe blog from a Belgian business partner (tags: [z/OS](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/z/OS) [IBM](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/IBM) [mainframe](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/mainframe)) - [Jim Grisanzio](http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/entry/ian_murdock_and_opensolaris) Sun is pushing ahead with Community Relations 2.0. It increasingly seems like people are treated like adults – and some of the people Sun is hiring are true experts in community building. Wny bother with a press release when smoke signals are faster? (tags: [Sun](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Sun) [Debian](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Debian) [PR](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/PR) [Solaris](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Solaris) [Open-Solaris](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Open-Solaris)) - [OpenSolaris Forums: joining Sun …](http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=26555&tstart=0) excellent quote on the forums – “Wow, I remember you. You were debIAN when Debian was cool. Mahalo.” (tags: [Debian](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Debian) [Ian](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Ian) [Sun](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Sun) [Solaris](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Solaris) [Open-Solaris](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Open-Solaris)) - [451 CAOS Theory » Linux Foundation adds Shuttleworth, not Canonical, half of Red Hat, subtracts Murdock](http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/03/20/linux-foundation-adds-shuttleworth-not-canonical-half-of-red-hat-subtracts-murdock/) the 451 reminds us that Shuttleworth is incoming, while Murdoch is outgoing. He also notes that Sun is a gold member of the Linux foundation, while RedHat is only silver… (tags: [Linux](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Linux) [Debian](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Debian) [markshuttleworth](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/markshuttleworth) [Ubuntu](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Ubuntu) [Sun](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Sun) [RedHat](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedHat)) - [LinkedIn: Eclipse Product Marketing Manager at Zend Technologies](http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=289875&trk=) Zend gets Eclipse religion, seeks Product Marketing Manager. Got this from Mark de Visser, an aggressive linkedin user (the job isnt even listed on zend homepage). Zend is a client. (tags: [Eclipse](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Eclipse) [Zend](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Zend) [PHP](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/PHP)) - [DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.](http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070312#future) Gentoo in crisis? Certainly Daniel Robbins didn’t last long there. Should Sun look to hire Daniel too, for the Murdock-led packaging project, or would he be too combatative a personality. He is a doer, which would earn respect from the Solaris guys. (tags: [Sun](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Sun) [Gentoo](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Gentoo) [Debian](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Debian) [Linux](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Linux)) - [BruceBlog](http://jroller.com/page/bsnyder?entry=apache_activemq_is_now_a) Apache ActiveMQ is now a top level project at ASF (tags: [Apache](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Apache) [ActiveMQ](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/ActiveMQ)) - [Is Comcast selling your clickstream? Audio & Transcript. | wanderingstan](http://wanderingstan.com/2007-03-19/is_comcast_selling_your_clickstream_audio_transcript) Comcast is selliing all your clickstream data. And we’re worried about Google and privacy??? (tags: [Comcast](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Comcast) [privacy](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/privacy) [identity](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/identity)) - [Tim Anderson’s ITWriting: Salesforce.com hints at Adobe Flex support](http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=164) “Stay tuned, Flex makes so much sense for us. I can build those experiences, just like I can in AJAX,but I can build richer experiences that are easy to build, they plug right in and I can upload them to Salesforce, it’s hand in glove.” (tags: [Flex](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Flex) [salesforce.com](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/salesforce.com) [Adobe](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Adobe)) - [The Healthcare IT Guy » Helping Health IT firms commercialize their offerings](http://www.healthcareguy.com/index.php/archives/364) Helping the new breed of healthcare software companies. I would be interested to help but I am far from DC… (tags: [Health2.0](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Health2.0)) - [The Healthcare IT Guy » HL7 library for Ruby Released](http://www.healthcareguy.com/index.php/archives/366) Ruby libraries for HL7. Ruby is coming to healthcare (tags: [Health2.0](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Health2.0) [HL7](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/HL7)) - [The Obvious?: The 100% guaranteed easiest way to do Enterprise 2.0?](http://theobvious.typepad.com/blog/2007/03/the_100_guarant.html) Three Steps To Becoming a 2.0 company. Its as easy as 1,2,3 (tags: [socialsoftware](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/socialsoftware) [via:joemckendrick](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/via:joemckendrick)) - [The FASTForward Blog » Blog Archive » Enterprise 2.0 Success Story within a US Hospital](http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/03/12/enterprise-20-success-story-within-a-us-hospital/) case study for collaborative healthcare (tags: [Health2.0](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Health2.0)) - [The FASTForward Blog » Blog Archive » Enterprise 2.0 Revelation in a Pizza Shop](http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/03/15/enterprise-20-revelation-in-a-pizza-shop/) teenagers are more tuned into business than we were at that age? Sounds about right. Its funny because my dad always says: “where did you learn all this stuff about business? you know what you”re talking about.” Dad is the one with the MBA… (tags: [fatherhood](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/fatherhood)) - [The FASTForward Blog » Blog Archive » E 2.0 Breakthrough in Europe: Trampoline Systems Raises $5.8 Million](http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/03/15/e-20-breakthrough-in-europe-trampoline-systems-raises-58-million/) All the European Enterprise 2.0 people love Trampoline systems. We need it to IPO, rather than get flipped though. (tags: [TrampolineSystems](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/TrampolineSystems)) - [E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez » Blog Archive » 10 Reasons Why Twitter Will Help Improve Your Already Existing Social Networks](http://www.elsua.net/2007/03/15/10-reasons-why-twitter-will-help-improve-your-already-existing-social-networks/) Twitter as viagra for your other social networks in the classic list of ten style… (tags: [Twitter](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Twitter)) - [Duke Listens! : Weblog](http://blogs.sun.com/plamere/entry/major_miner_music_lableing_game) music metadata via game. (tags: [music](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/music)) - [Conmergence: Oh Sure, Everyone SAYS they want Open Source Healthcare Solutions…](http://edodds.blogs.com/conmergence/2007/03/oh_sure_everyon.html) Who is going to pay for Open Healthcare? When OSS needs to meet certification? Shades of Sun/Apache/JCP here. Without Big Vendor patronage will Open Healthcare this catch on? (tags: [Health2.0](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Health2.0)) - [Big Balls – Beatin’ Around The Bush – Music at Last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Big+Balls/_/Beatin'+Around+The+Bush) sounds a lot like this band is trying to channel AC/DC. My first thought was to skip past it and delete it from my SXSW playlist. My second thought was to – turn. it. up. (tags: [metal](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/metal) [AC/DC](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/AC/DC) [dumb](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/dumb)) - [Bisc1 – HeavyMetal – Music at Last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Bisc1/_/HeavyMetal) first really killer track from the SXSW sampler. This gets my vote. (tags: [SXSW](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/SXSW) [music](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/music)) - [Want REAL analysis? « AccMan](http://www.accmanpro.com/2007/03/20/want-real-analysis/) “Athough I characterise Redmonk as sell side (you should be the judges of whether that colours your opinion), Redmonk tries harder than most other analyst firms to be honest brokers and present a balanced picture.” (tags: [RedMonk](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedMonk) [RedMonkbusiness](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedMonkbusiness)) - [Institutes are irrelevant « AccMan](http://www.accmanpro.com/2007/03/09/institutes-are-irrelevant/) Why we dont need an institite of industry analysts, or associated certification (tags: [analystbiz](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/analystbiz)) - [Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better](http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/hacking-knowledge) get smarter, shake a leg and so on (tags: [mindhacks](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/mindhacks)) - [Simon Phipps, SunMink: Charting the Next 25 Years](http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/charting_the_next_25_years) Simon’s commenters are not short of an opinion, are they? Seems like there are some Ian Murdock haters out there (tags: [Debian](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Debian) [Sun](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Sun) [redmonkclients](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/redmonkclients)) - [Is a Linux desktop avalanche coming?](http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9323813019.html) A tipping point? (tags: [Linux](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Linux)) - [Railscasts – Free Ruby on Rails Screencasts](http://www.railscasts.com/) Ruby, Rails (tags: [RoR](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RoR) [Ruby](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Ruby)) - [JBoss.ORG](http://labs.jboss.com/portal/index.html?ctrl:cmd=render&ctrl:window=default.blog.PrjBlogPortletWindowDefaultBlog&project=all&from=1&link=Red_Hat_Expands_SOA_Strategy_with_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_5#Red_Hat_Expands_SOA_Strategy_with_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_5) Red Hat calls SOA “Simple, Open, Affordable”. How did i miss this classic? “JBoss Enterprise Middleware Platforms and Frameworks take on these challenges on our customers’ behalf enabling them to build simple, open and affordable SOAs.” (tags: [RedHat](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedHat) [SOA](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/SOA)) - [fnokd!](http://www.fnokd.com/) Really good blog from a JBossian. On Parasites, more effective flossing, technology, all wrapped up in one oh so simple design. (tags: [JBoss](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/JBoss) [blogs](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/blogs)) - [rebelutionary](http://blogs.atlassian.com/rebelutionary/) if you want to sunscribe to Australian CEO bloggers here is one. Its a good read. (tags: [Atlassian](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Atlassian) [Confluence](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Confluence) [Australia](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Australia)) - [rebelutionary: Where are the Aussie startups?](http://blogs.atlassian.com/rebelutionary/archives/2007/02/where_are_the_aussie_startups.html) Where are the Aussie startups? listed here. (tags: [Australia](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Australia) [startups](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/startups)) - [Druid Street → The Yawning Crevasse](http://www.druidstreet.com/2007/03/19/the-yawning-crevasse/) druidstreet suggests working with…. RedMonk clients!! Excellent. “Want Lightweight Enterprise? Start with Mule, Splunk and Spiceworks. I do like the idea of enterprise architecture informed by stories. I like that a lot.” (tags: [RedMonkclients](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedMonkclients) [driuidstreet](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/driuidstreet)) - [On the Stre@m – Flex has become more accessible](http://www.stratulat.com/blogs/index.php?title=flex_has_become_more_accessible_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1) Building Flex apps using alternative IDEs and editors (tags: [Adobe](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Adobe) [Flex](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Flex)) - [The Observation Deck](http://blogs.sun.com/bmc/entry/ian_murdock_joins_sun) One key to effective management? Make the best software engineers on the planet excited about the new guy on the team. Ian Murdock’s got game, unlike some other people we could mention. If Bryan’s happy Solaris will be too. (tags: [Debian](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Debian) [Sun](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Sun) [Solaris](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Solaris) [open-solaris](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/open-solaris)) - [Erlang Eases Expediting Elves, Reduces Reindeer Rage](http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/staffpriv/ok/santa/index.htm) Erlang vs Haskell – reindeers and elves. And I am supposed to educate myself with Santa patterns? (tags: [Santa](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Santa) [Erlang](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Erlang) [Haskell](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Haskell) [concurrency](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/concurrency)) - [A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods](http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html) amazingly awesome table. seriously you must visit this. every way you can think of to illustrate data, and then some. anyone know leisa reichelt’s delicious name to forward this? Shwing not telling trult outstanding (tags: [visualisation](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/visualisation) [via:paulbrown](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/via:paulbrown)) - [Download details: Office Add-in: Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=113B53DD-1CC0-4FBE-9E1D-B91D07C76504&displaylang=en) I forgot to point this one a while ago. Download to embed creative commons licenses in your Microsoft Office documents. Very cool. (tags: [CreativeCommons](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/CreativeCommons) [Word](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Word) [Microsoft](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Microsoft) [Office](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Office)) - [gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards”: thesher 2.0](http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/003800.html) a discount. on wine? of course it will bloody work again. Do an easter bunny wine special. British people dont *need* an excuse to get pissed, but they do like having one. Make it a treasure hunt- vouchers meets stormhoek meets threshers. geo-caching? (tags: [wine](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/wine) [stormhoek](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/stormhoek) [gapingvoid](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/gapingvoid)) - [Rich application engines and user innovation « Jon Udell](http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/19/rich-application-engines-and-user-innovation/) Anything I can’t link to sucks. if its not chunkable and available its lame. But yes we do need new kinds of crawlers and indexing technology. (tags: [hyperlinks](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/hyperlinks) [web2.0](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/web2.0) [text](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/text)) - [The Long Tail: Introducing GeekDad](http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/03/introducing_gee.html) GeekDad-subscribed obviously. is there a site called GeekMom? (tags: [geeks](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/geeks) [fatherhood](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/fatherhood) [mom](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/mom)) - [Labnotes » JSON Assessment Questionnaire: Are you ready to make the transition?](http://blog.labnotes.org/2007/03/15/json-assessment-questionnaire-are-you-ready-to-make-the-transition/) Ah yes JSON humour. Now its unstoppable. 2007 is the year of JSON, optimising comms between client and server. AJAX: we’ll update just the bit of the page that needs updating, it will be fast. and do it in XML??? wtf? go JSON. (tags: [comedy](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/comedy) [JSON](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/JSON)) - [CROWD CLOUT | Groups of consumers exercising their collective (purchasing) power](http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/crowdclout.htm) getting consumers to reveal their intentions is the easiest thing in the world. harvesting that revelations is the good bit. declarative living and tag gardening. (tags: [declarativeliving](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/declarativeliving) [tag\_gardening](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/tag_gardening)) - [Settling in with OS X « The lost outpost](http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/) Why on earth are we still publishing our software lives in unstructured media like blogs in this way? Its very helpful info but absurd we dont have a way to capture these declarations about infrastructure choices. Why is there no infrastructurescrobbler? (tags: [declarativeliving](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/declarativeliving)) - [ARCast.net – Microsoft Connected Health Framework](http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=290003) Health Infocard (tags: [Health2.0](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Health2.0)) - [ARCast.net – Connecting Kiwis with Services](http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=290858) a new Kiwi bank – 100% MS infrastructure. Hope it doesnt have a JetBlue moment - [mnot’s Web log: REST Issues, Real and Imagined](http://www.mnot.net/blog/2007/02/27/rest_issues) Saw Mark Nottingham keynote on Friday. Thought it was awesome. Said he had a blog? What’s it called I asked? mnot”s he said. Ah- I am already a fan I said. Cool. Mark likes caching with squid, but he doesn’t like WS-deathstar (tags: [mnot](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/mnot) [Yahoo](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Yahoo)) - [A Glimpse into Systems/Network Management 2.0 Mashups and Workflow » dougmcclure.net](http://dougmcclure.net/blog/2007/03/a-glimpse-into-systemsnetwork-management-20-mashups-and-workflow/) IBM Tivoli QED Wiki on Youtube. OK guys all bets are off. disclaimer: Tivoli is a client. (tags: [Tivoli](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Tivoli)) - [mult.ifario.us : Not Quite No Transactions](http://mult.ifario.us/articles/2007/03/20/not-quite-no-transactions) just brilliant. i suspect it was Paul asking the tough questions and making me realise how my pitch at QCon had curdled into EA apologia. Here he talks to database, architecture and scale. what is a transaction. this is a great bridging blog (tags: [EA](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/EA) [transactions](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/transactions) [web](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/web) [scale](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/scale) [eBay](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/eBay)) - [Technology Review: Special Reports: 10 Emerging Technologies](http://www.technologyreview.com/special/2006emerging/) Health (tags: [Health](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Health) [2.0](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/2.0))