Watched this tutorial to see Google Apps script could solve simple workflow problems within Google Apps. Described functionality and use cases reminded me of the “Enterprise Application Integration for the Cloud” startup runmyprocess.com.
The language used is javascript, but everything runs serverside. And of course the question of lockin is crucial here… only commit projects to this platform that you would not have been able to realise otherwise, or projects with a life expectancy or importance low enough that you don’t care about the continuity of Google Apps Scripts.
Victim of the Brain is a 1988 film by Dutch director Piet Hoenderdos, loosely based on The Mind’s I, a compilation of texts and stories on the philosophy of mind and self, co-edited by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett. The film weaves interviews with Hofstadter with adaptations of several works in the book: Dennett’s Where am I?, The Soul of the Mark III Beast by Terrel Miedaner, and also the short story The Seventh Sally by Stanisław Lem. The film was shown several times on television in the Netherlands in the late eighties. (Wikipedia)
“Internet of things” is one of those metaphors in tech that is causing more harm than it is useful as most people see it as a technology/trend in itself and not a holistic description of a co-evolution of both technological and organisational developements.
This short movie by IBM does a good job in explaining the meme (via).
Interview with the 2 guys that introduced “Monkeyfist”, a tool that automates the process of doing cross-site request forgeries (via).
The guys who talked last year about hacking MySpace are back. They’ve got a new tool that automates the hacking of user-generate content across a bunch of sites. Listen to these security researchers talk about the implications of unsafe Web 2.0 security.
Another blitzily designed video on social media, actually a viral to promote the book and other socialnomicsTM -branded activities (notice the TradeMark?).
“A high quality landing page should have relevant, original content, be easily navigable with quick load times and minimum pop-ups and pop-unders and be transparent about the nature of your business, how it interacts with the visitor’s computer, and how you intend to use the visitor’s personal information.”
Interesting. Wondering just how they quantify that transparency. Is it an on-off switch i.e. do they just check the availability of a privacy/terms of use page?
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