2010 will undoubtedly be a year of technology. In 2009, Twitter revolutionized the way we get news, it brought us closer to those who were a part of the news, almost making traditional media irrelevant. I don't know who (or what) will be the Twitter of 2010, but below are a few predictions for the coming year. Google's Chrome Netbook OS will be a hit. Their OS will mostly be dependent on a Google Account. A Google Account opens up their full Google … [Read more...]
More good action coming out of DHS: The Commercialization Office
December 22, 2009 By
I recently watched a briefing from Dr. Thomas Cellucci of the DHS Commercialization Office. The office runs programs designed to enable DHS S&T to do its job. It is supposed to draw on the resources, skills, experience and productivity of the private sector to develop technologies aligned with DHS S&T focus areas. This office helps keep many stakeholders aware of technologies of interest. The mission of the office, according to the … [Read more...]
Want a new information superiority idea? Read an old book
December 18, 2009 By
Newspapers and blogs around the globe have been carrying an amazing story of technological arrogance and organizational ineptitude regarding security of a key data feed from US intelligence systems. We read headlines like: "Iraq Insurgents Hack US Drones" (WSJ), "Hacked Drones: How Secure Are US Spy Planes?(ABC)", "Insurgents Hack Into US Spy Drone Videos"(AP), "Officers Warned of Drones Flaw in 04 (WSJ)." As worrisome as those articles are, perhaps … [Read more...]
The promise and peril of the White House Open Government Directive
December 11, 2009 By
One of the great resources for tracking trends in Open Government, Gov2.0 and related activities is GovFresh.com, a site I recommend all visit and bookmark and track. GovFresh founder Luke Fretwell can be found on GovLoop, LinkedIn, Twitter. Luke recently asked several folks who track the Gov2.0 scene for thoughts on the recent Reactions to the White House Open Government Directive. The directive itself is well worth a read: Open Government … [Read more...]
SpaceCurve is a fundamentally new kind of massively parallel analytical database technology
December 9, 2009 By
SpaceCurve is a new database technology. Their approach was designed to make indexing of geospatial polygon data effortless and so fast it is done in real-time (or "cyber time" as some of my friends have taken to saying). They do this by use of compute clusters that can scale from small to Internet-scale. The benefit of this approach is an ability to efficiently analyze social and semantic graphs, very very fast. Complex sensors and data sources … [Read more...]
An Admin Note: The FTC has issued guidelines that apply here
December 8, 2009 By
Dear readers, The Federal Trade Commission, a cadre focused on protecting America's consumers, has issued new guidance governing endorsements and testimonials of products, including comments made by bloggers. Like most rules, I think the rules in this guidance were devised because some bad apples were doing wrong, and the FTC has created these guidelines with the intent of helping the good guys and slowing the bad guys. But I don't mind telling you … [Read more...]
Working with Adobe Flex: From idea to application in very short order
December 5, 2009 By
Adobe Flex is a software development approach and environment which enables the production of cross-platform Rich Internet Applications. Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is the cross-platform runtime environment used by Flex (as well as Flash, HTML, JavaScript and AJAX) for deployment of desktop applications. I've long known the power of Flex and AIR, and have long respected the smart strategy of enabling developers and enterprises to decide when a … [Read more...]