Links last week – 080622

The following is a selection of links collected from 16th to 22nd June. Shared via Google Reader, FriendFeed and Twitter. Organised roughly by library category: Systems and the elements – People, Information and Technology.

BillG crops up a couple of times this week. Not surprising, given his impending semi-retirement from Microsoft. Fewer links but the quality of the posts is high (IMHO). And if you do one thing, watch the video at the end. Enjoy.

Systems

• Anatomy of the Enterprise Octopus – http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/
• The four principles of social computing in business (simple but perfect advice if you are worried about getting started) – http://theobvious.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/the-four-princi.html
• How one CEO Facebooked his company (Serena) – http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/12/technology/kirkpatrick_facebook.fortune/index.htm
• Embrace laziness (why productivity tools are popular) – http://howtosplitanatom.com/tips/embrace-laziness-business/
• Discussing Internet governance at Supernova – http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/supernova-the-p.html
• Tyranny of the Power Law (and why we should become eclectic) – http://econophysics.blogspot.com/2006/07/tyranny-of-power-law-and-why-we-should.html

People

• The Myth of Multitasking – http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-myth-of-multitasking
• Inconspicuous consumption – http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/consumption
• You get what you pay for (pain relief works better when you pay more for the pills) – http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/06/you_get_what_you_pay.html
• The secrets of Bill Gates’ success (some great anecdotes, even from Alan Sugar) – http://theobvious.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/the-four-princi.html
• Lessons from Bill Gates (I first saw this list a few years ago and thought it was a spoof. Source not given here either, but it’s funny and the advice not untrue) – http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/06/20/lessons-from-bill-gates.aspx

Information

• Using GPS data to predict human behaviour, where you’ll go and what you’ll like – http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/technology/22proto.html
• Results from Gartner survey of CIOS and their priorities – http://blogs.msdn.com/architectsrule/archive/2008/06/20/making-the-difference-the-2008-cio-agenda.aspx
• Results from Information Week survey of CIOs and their priorities – http://blogs.msdn.com/mmevents/archive/2008/06/20/more-on-tomorrow-s-cios.aspx
• Eigenvector: the linear algebra behind Google – http://www.scribd.com/full/2605952?access_key=key-1e99atbgzdlu9zudyd4u
• 11 search trends that may disrupt Google (I can see one already brewing, involving the creation of a brand new algorithm) – http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/11_search_trends.php
• The fantastic future of FriendFeed – http://macrolinz.com/macrolinz/index.php/2008/05/24/the-fantastic-future-of-friendfeed/

Technology

• Multi-tenancy and SaaS (not sure I agree with the argument (electricity is not the same as data) but the conclusion is correct and its a good post on the subject) – http://blogs.msdn.com/gianpaolo/archive/2008/06/20/i-can-t-believe-we-are-still-talking-about-whether-saas-multi-tenancy.aspx
• Cloudy future for the Enterprise and most likely for ISVs too – http://blogs.msdn.com/gianpaolo/archive/2008/06/19/cloudy-future-for-the-enterprise-and-most-likely-for-isvs-too.aspx
• Demand for data puts engineers in spotlight (those clouds involve gadgets) – http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/technology/17data.html
• Social gaming design: Bartle types vs Web 2.0 participation pyramid – http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/06/social-gaming-design—bartle-types-versus-web-20-participation-pyramid.html
• The birth of the computer: George Dyson on TED – http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/06/you_get_what_you_pay.html
• One Dead Media – http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/06/one_dead_media.php
• “It’ll never work”: inventions that were initially dismissed (keep an open mind about the future) – http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/science/strange-but-true/item/invention_failure_never_work_disaster

SharePoint

• FAST web parts for SharePoint released – http://markharrison.co.uk/blog/2008/06/sharepoint-web-parts-for-fast-esp.htm
• Case study: Christian Children’s Fund extranet – http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/06/16/how-we-did-it-christian-childrens-fund-extranet-powered-by-sharepoint.aspx
• SharePoint Solution Packages, “No more Xcopy” (imp for devs) – http://blogs.msdn.com/ekraus/archive/2008/06/18/sharepoint-solution-packages-no-more-xcopy.aspx
• Thumping great big MOSS 2007 scaling and performance white paper now available (90+ pages!) – http://macrolinz.com/macrolinz/index.php/2008/05/24/the-fantastic-future-of-friendfeed/
• Configure SharePoint for Kerberos authentication – http://blogs.msdn.com/cmmahesh/archive/2008/06/18/how-to-configure-microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007-for-kerberos-authentication.aspx

And finally, fun video of the week – Don’t talk to the police! If you’re a law-abiding citizen, you might just want to watch this…

Link to Don’t Talk to Cops, Part 1 (the lawyer) / Don’t Talk to Cops, Part 2 (the cop)

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