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title: links for 2007-07-18
date: 2007-07-18T23:30:30Z
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- [Firefox takes IE down another notch – WebWatch – Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com](http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39167861,00.htm)
    
    I had not seen these Firefox growth figures, which have to worry Microsoft a fair bit. And as for Slovenia with a *47%* Firefox market share – holy web standards support, batman.
    
    (tags: [Firefox](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Firefox) [IE](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/IE))
- [Agile Elephant: The Architect NDA](http://agile-elephant.typepad.com/agile_elephant/2007/07/my-architect-ca.html)
    
    Don’t sign overly restrictive IPR policies at your employers or clients. We don’t. Be careful and do read the small print. If they want your first born don’t sign the deal. If you’re good they will negotiate. Lawyers are such asshats though, policies at B
    
    (tags: [NDA](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/NDA) [IPR](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/IPR))
- [Agile Elephant: Governance Advisory Services](http://agile-elephant.typepad.com/agile_elephant/2007/07/governance-advi.html)
    
    Architect insourcing. Another boutique services firm. This is a great idea as long as the architect providing governance advisory doesn’t suck. Some architects, like many analysts, are not as pragmatic or close to the ground as they need to be.
    
    (tags: [agile](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/agile) [architecture](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/architecture) [via:jamesmcgovern](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/via:jamesmcgovern))
- [Freeform Comment: a circular tale…](http://freeformcomment.blogspot.com/2007/07/circular-tale.html)
    
    Everybody loves the top down bottom up discussion. To Bex’s point, shared purpose underpins a lot.
    
    (tags: [bottomup](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/bottomup))
- [Micro Persuasion: Crowdsourcing a New System for Measuring Influence (Beta)](http://www.micropersuasion.com/2007/07/a-new-system-fo.html)
    
    Steve Rubel starts his side of the conversation around the new social media index (SMI) “beta”
    
    (tags: [attention](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/attention) [Rubel](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Rubel) [AR](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/AR) [PR](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/PR) [influence2.0](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/influence2.0))
- [FT.com / World – US urged to act on energy](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f3670136-3492-11dc-8c78-0000779fd2ac,_i_nbePage=ff3cbaf6-3024-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html)
    
    National Petroleum Council gets off the pipe and starts talking sense. Its time for a windfall tax. Hoist them with the petard, they have had a very good six years.
    
    (tags: [greening](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/greening))