A Manifesto for the Home Office

August 15, 2005

Paul Graham’s posts are an antidote for the ordinary, always fresh, always unexpected. His latest discusses what business can learn from the open source movement, and marvelously, one of the lessons is the power of the home office. This quote was particularly apt: This proves something a lot of us have suspected. The average office […]

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The Fortune 5,000,000

August 15, 2005

There have been some terrific web services launched recently that target the small business. My favourites so far are Basecamp (web-based project management), Blinksale (invoicing) and Strongspace (secure file archiving). What’s particularly compelling about these offerings is that they target the great unwashed – the multitude of small businesses that are willing to pay a […]

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Open Source Software Posts

August 15, 2005

Anthony Cerminaro at Bizz Bang Buzz recently celebrated a blog anniversary and has on the occasion has posted some omnibus articles on popular topics at this blog. Here is his post listing his open source posts – it’s a great resource covering a wide variety of topics.

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Liability for E-Harm

August 13, 2005

Computerworld has a short piece on the increasing awareness of risk and liability caused by malware – this article focuses on the possibilities for litigation to recoup losses.

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Old Media vs. New Media

August 11, 2005

The Globe has at least two articles today on the new Ontario mandatory child booster seat law, to be introduced on September 1. They’re here, here and here (this, from August 2). The main story page online has, of course, Google AdSense ads that key on child seat keywords, so one can read the story […]

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Avoiding Corporate Security Breaches

August 11, 2005

David Fraser has a great post identifying specific steps to reduce the risk of corporate security breaches. Details are here.

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Celphone Camera Use Policies

August 11, 2005

Todd Mayover has some words of advice on a camera phone policy for employees and visitors to address the use of celphone cameras in secure areas of your company. Details are here.

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The High Cost of Not Planning for Disasters

August 11, 2005

The inclination of many entrepreneurs to put off taking proper data protection and other disaster planning precautions has made it into the NYT Business section, which features a story today with multiple object lessons in just how costly this can be. Don’t put it off any longer. That is the advice of specialists in planning […]

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U.S. Students Interning for Indian Outsourcers

August 11, 2005

The NYT has an article on the growing trend of U.S. students from leading business schools choosing to do summer internship programs with outsourcing fims in India. Some sample quotes: This summer, Omar Maldonado and Erik Simonsen, both students at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, did something different. Bypassing […]

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The Legality of Accessing Someone Else’s Wi-Fi

August 9, 2005

A lot of ink has been spilled on this topic in the U.S. lately – I’m not sure why – perhaps it’s just one story ricocheting across the ‘net, perhaps many writers are coming to the topic at the same time. It’s most likely the latter, with everyone driven to the keyboard by the recent […]

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Another Contender for Fast Wireless

August 9, 2005

Techworld writes about the fast wireless landscape and whether the market is ready for yet another contender – this one, 60 Ghz. Gist: Today’s 60GHz research has the benefit of fast processors. Bose plotted the non-linear reactions of semi-conductors, but he was 60 years too early for any solid state help in applying his research. […]

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The Future of Media

August 8, 2005

Someone (?) has created an astonishing piece of flash-animated media on the future of media. It’s the most potent flash work I’ve ever seen, and a very clever look at the future of media. Highly recommended. http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/ Update: I’ve received a comment about who produced the flash. For details, see here.

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