From Philosophy Now Does Surveillance Make Us Morally Better?… These musings are intended to frame a set of questions: What is the likely impact of ubiquitous surveillance on our moral personalities? How might the advent of the surveillance society affect a person’s moral education and development? How does it alter the opportunities for moral growth?Read… Read more »
Been around long enough to the “birth” of the internet, and it’s rebirth a couple of times, could this be the next rebirth? My personal opinion is that this ought to be the way we are headed, not sure there won’t be a lot of speed bumps along the way but… Marina Gorbis‘s blog WeRead… Read more »
The paper and the article are talking primarily to the private sector but suspect there is a significant amount of relevance to the public sector as well 1. Introduction of viruses and malware to the organizational network 2. Exposure to customers and the enterprise through a fraudulent or hijacked corporate presence 3.Unclear or undefined contentRead… Read more »
MAYBE just POSSIBLY if enough people brought this issue to the attention of the carriers and FCC maybe this thing will get legs and the results will be the same as what happened when David Pogue NY Times blog brought to everyone’s attention regarding charges for the providers waiting 5 seconds to allow voice mailRead… Read more »
From Mike Elgan’s blog …. Instant gratification. When any product gives us what we’re looking for instantly, we tend to crave it more than things we have to wait for. Fast food is more addictive than slow food, for example. Instant gratification puts the “crack” in “Crackberry.” You see the addicts in on airplanes. TheRead… Read more »
VERY INTERESTING COMMENTARY From the Gartner Blogs Legacy systems are not socially adaptiveMay 5th, 2010 · Author: Mark McDonald Business executives, technologists, academics and journalists marvel at the emerging power of social technologies aka Web 2.0. They see developments in social media as transformational, ushering in a new type of computing – social computing. TheRead… Read more »
MY OPINION ABOUT TIME! From the Facebook blog Safety is Facebook’s top priority. Our most talented people are dedicated to creating an environment where people can connect and share comfortably. As a result, we’re unveiling today a completely redesigned Safety Center . It offers new safety resources for parents, educators, teens and members of theRead… Read more »
Work Reserved for Performance by Federal Government Employees From the federal register ….Appendix A: The following is an illustrative list of functions considered to be inherently governmental.1. The direct conduct of criminal investigation. 2. The control of prosecutions and performance of adjudicatory functions (other than those relating to arbitration or other methods of alternative disputeRead… Read more »
The US Office of Personnel Management has decided that WE will become the federal governments “test bed” for a relatively new concept called ROWE Results Only Work Environment. News story from Gov Exec ….Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry announced at a White House forum on Wednesday that he is moving 400 agency employeesRead… Read more »
Kinda Dated (Oct 20, 2009), that is the disadvantage of receiving “monthly” newsletters, but I believe is still very relevant. Gartner Press Release Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010 Analysts Examine Latest Industry Trends During Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, October 18-22, in Orlando ORLANDO, Fla., October 20, 2009 — ? Gartner, Inc. analysts todayRead… Read more »