--- title: links for 2009-07-21 date: 2009-07-22T01:02:29Z modified: 2009-07-22T01:02:29Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/07/21/links-for-2009-07-21/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 2886 categories: - Links timestamp: 2009-07-22T01:02:29Z tags: - Links --- - [Why Google Wave makes Tim Bray nervous • The Register](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/25/tim_bray_web_today_tomorrow/) can't say i agree with Tim on Wave, but his thoughts are – as always – worth listening to (tags: [google](http://delicious.com/sogrady/google) [wave](http://delicious.com/sogrady/wave) [technology](http://delicious.com/sogrady/technology) [internet](http://delicious.com/sogrady/internet) [cloud](http://delicious.com/sogrady/cloud) [timbray](http://delicious.com/sogrady/timbray) [bartongeorge](http://delicious.com/sogrady/bartongeorge) [interview](http://delicious.com/sogrady/interview)) - [What's North Dakota's Secret? – Forbes.com](http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/30/north-dakota-hoeven-business-energy-economy.html?feed=rss_popstories) huh. this, i didn't know. (tags: [northdakota](http://delicious.com/sogrady/northdakota) [economics](http://delicious.com/sogrady/economics) [growth](http://delicious.com/sogrady/growth) [business](http://delicious.com/sogrady/business) [enterprise](http://delicious.com/sogrady/enterprise)) - [The EveryBlock source code](http://www.everyblock.com/code/) maybe i'll play with this when (if) i get some vaca time (tags: [django](http://delicious.com/sogrady/django) [python](http://delicious.com/sogrady/python) [opensource](http://delicious.com/sogrady/opensource) [everyblock](http://delicious.com/sogrady/everyblock) [code](http://delicious.com/sogrady/code) [maps](http://delicious.com/sogrady/maps) [mapping](http://delicious.com/sogrady/mapping) [gis](http://delicious.com/sogrady/gis) [adrianholovaty](http://delicious.com/sogrady/adrianholovaty)) - [Why carriers shouldn't control OS distribution | corey gilmore's blog](http://coreygilmore.com/blog/2009/06/25/why-carriers-shouldnt-control-os-distribution/) amen. the carriers are good at very little when it comes to software, as they've proven over and over again. (tags: [carriers](http://delicious.com/sogrady/carriers) [coreygilmore](http://delicious.com/sogrady/coreygilmore) [iphone](http://delicious.com/sogrady/iphone) [rim](http://delicious.com/sogrady/rim) [blackberry](http://delicious.com/sogrady/blackberry) [distribution](http://delicious.com/sogrady/distribution)) - [Re: \[Drizzle-discuss\] Drizzle Replication Question](https://lists.launchpad.net/drizzle-discuss/msg04596.html) an interesting observation from Mark on MySQL and Drizzle (tags: [mysql](http://delicious.com/sogrady/mysql) [drizzle](http://delicious.com/sogrady/drizzle) [markcallaghan](http://delicious.com/sogrady/markcallaghan) [replication](http://delicious.com/sogrady/replication) [rdbms](http://delicious.com/sogrady/rdbms) [via:brian](http://delicious.com/sogrady/via%3Abrian)) - [Drizzle: Rethinking the MySQL Database Kernel | Linux Magazine](http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7379/1/) great look from Jeremy (tags: [jeremyzawodny](http://delicious.com/sogrady/jeremyzawodny) [drizzle](http://delicious.com/sogrady/drizzle) [mysql](http://delicious.com/sogrady/mysql) [database](http://delicious.com/sogrady/database) [opensource](http://delicious.com/sogrady/opensource) [linux](http://delicious.com/sogrady/linux) [performance](http://delicious.com/sogrady/performance) [architecture](http://delicious.com/sogrady/architecture)) - [Twitter is not for teens, Morgan Stanley told by 15-year-old expert | Business | guardian.co.uk](http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/13/twitter-teenage-media-habits) unclear on why people got so fired up about this, given the anecdotal nature. it's an interesting datapoint, but it's just a datapoint. (tags: [twitter](http://delicious.com/sogrady/twitter) [socialmedia](http://delicious.com/sogrady/socialmedia) [research](http://delicious.com/sogrady/research) [media](http://delicious.com/sogrady/media) [socialnetworking](http://delicious.com/sogrady/socialnetworking) [technology](http://delicious.com/sogrady/technology) [web2.0](http://delicious.com/sogrady/web2.0) [guardian](http://delicious.com/sogrady/guardian)) - [Six in 10 companies plan to skip Windows 7: survey | Technology | Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56C0NC20090713?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews) we'll see how these numbers change closer to release. if 7 is what Vista could have and should have been, we're going to see more adoption than people think. (tags: [windows](http://delicious.com/sogrady/windows) [microsoft](http://delicious.com/sogrady/microsoft) [computing](http://delicious.com/sogrady/computing) [marketshare](http://delicious.com/sogrady/marketshare) [enterprise](http://delicious.com/sogrady/enterprise) [adoption](http://delicious.com/sogrady/adoption) [windows7](http://delicious.com/sogrady/windows7) [vista](http://delicious.com/sogrady/vista)) - [Linux Chrome now with Flash & extensions « ☠ I could not think of a blog title ☠](http://h3g3m0n.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/linux-chrome-flash-ext/) this worked great for me (tags: [linux](http://delicious.com/sogrady/linux) [chrome](http://delicious.com/sogrady/chrome) [flash](http://delicious.com/sogrady/flash) [google](http://delicious.com/sogrady/google) [ubuntu](http://delicious.com/sogrady/ubuntu) [browser](http://delicious.com/sogrady/browser) [daily](http://delicious.com/sogrady/daily) [ppa](http://delicious.com/sogrady/ppa) [chromium](http://delicious.com/sogrady/chromium)) - [Google Fishes for IBM Lotus Notes Users with New Migration Tool](http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Google-Fishes-For-IBM-Lotus-Notes-Users-With-New-Migration-Tool-700933/) interesting. the technology questions aside, it'll be interesting to see Google compete with IBM's sales force. (tags: [google](http://delicious.com/sogrady/google) [lotus](http://delicious.com/sogrady/lotus) [ibm](http://delicious.com/sogrady/ibm) [notes](http://delicious.com/sogrady/notes) [migration](http://delicious.com/sogrady/migration) [apps](http://delicious.com/sogrady/apps) [enterprise](http://delicious.com/sogrady/enterprise) [collaboration](http://delicious.com/sogrady/collaboration)) - [Analytics 360° 1.0 | alexking.org](http://alexking.org/blog/2009/07/14/analytics-360-1-0) couldn't get this to work, but it's a great plugin for users of wordpress, mailchimp and google analytics. kudos to the mailchimp guys for sponsoring it, incidentally. (tags: [wordpress](http://delicious.com/sogrady/wordpress) [plugin](http://delicious.com/sogrady/plugin) [analytics](http://delicious.com/sogrady/analytics) [article](http://delicious.com/sogrady/article) [plugins](http://delicious.com/sogrady/plugins) [alexking](http://delicious.com/sogrady/alexking) [crowdfavorite](http://delicious.com/sogrady/crowdfavorite) [mailchump](http://delicious.com/sogrady/mailchump) [analytics360](http://delicious.com/sogrady/analytics360)) - [Code Monkey: Banshee as a Platform](http://jpobst.blogspot.com/2009/07/banshee-as-platform.html) an interesting and fresh take on what application installers should look like (tags: [ui](http://delicious.com/sogrady/ui) [install](http://delicious.com/sogrady/install) [yast](http://delicious.com/sogrady/yast) [banshee](http://delicious.com/sogrady/banshee) [via:miguel](http://delicious.com/sogrady/via%3Amiguel)) - [Pitchf/x Summit portends bright future – Baseball Prospectus – ESPN](http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/news/story?id=4325006) it does indeed. the implications of the data being collected are deeper by the minute (tags: [baseball](http://delicious.com/sogrady/baseball) [pitchfx](http://delicious.com/sogrady/pitchfx) [data](http://delicious.com/sogrady/data) [baseballprospectus](http://delicious.com/sogrady/baseballprospectus) [metrics](http://delicious.com/sogrady/metrics) [quant](http://delicious.com/sogrady/quant)) - [Netbooks Confuse Consumers :: The Daily Stat :: July 17, 2009 :: HarvardBusiness.org](http://hbdm.harvardbusiness.org/email/archive/dailystat.php?date=071709) "60% of netbook purchasers expect them to have the same functionality as notebook computers, according to recent market research by the NPD group. That misperception leads to disappointment; only 58% of purchasers surveyed were very satisfied with their netbooks. 60% of those who bought netbooks said they did so primarily because of the device's portability, but exactly the same percentage said they never took their netbooks anywhere." (tags: [netbook](http://delicious.com/sogrady/netbook) [market](http://delicious.com/sogrady/market) [consumer](http://delicious.com/sogrady/consumer) [hbs](http://delicious.com/sogrady/hbs)) - [How Red Sox pitchers work the strike zone – Tony Massarotti sports blog – Boston.com](http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/massarotti/2009/07/how_red_sox_pitchers_work_the.html) a perfect example of what the mainstream media could do with better data if they cared to. while i continue to have my differences with Mazz, this is a very nice piece; wish we saw more of this. (tags: [mainstream](http://delicious.com/sogrady/mainstream) [media](http://delicious.com/sogrady/media) [tonymassarotti](http://delicious.com/sogrady/tonymassarotti) [redsox](http://delicious.com/sogrady/redsox) [sports](http://delicious.com/sogrady/sports) [data](http://delicious.com/sogrady/data) [pitchfx](http://delicious.com/sogrady/pitchfx) [pitching](http://delicious.com/sogrady/pitching)) - [The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch at eMusic](http://www.emusic.com/audiobooks/book/The-Last-Lecture-MP3-Download/10032243.html) "Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories. And they will figure out how those stories apply to them." — Randy Pausch (tags: [randypausch](http://delicious.com/sogrady/randypausch) [lastlecture](http://delicious.com/sogrady/lastlecture) [quotes](http://delicious.com/sogrady/quotes) [stories](http://delicious.com/sogrady/stories) [education](http://delicious.com/sogrady/education) [emusic](http://delicious.com/sogrady/emusic) [audiobook](http://delicious.com/sogrady/audiobook))