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When information is not scarce, what does it mean to know?
Another very interesting video here from the folks at Kansas State University that did the Academia...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 11/16/2007
Another Surface video
Not exactly new, but worth checking out this video if you haven't seen it and are interested in...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 11/15/2007
Windows Live: where it's at, where it's going
LiveSide just posted a podcast interview with Angus Logan. You can also get to it from Angus' own...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 11/14/2007
The democratization of media continues
Wow! A new high for user generated content: 1 song, 5 parts, 1 guy -- all in streaming HD...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 11/13/2007
The consumer value stream mind set
I saw this today, and it cracked me up. It's an insightful (and funny!) one-panel exposition on the...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 11/12/2007
Denny Boynton - First Segment of "Weird Code": The Water Hobo
Denny is introducing a new video series called "Weird Code" about people having fun doing unusual...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 11/08/2007
PhizzPop Interview: Silverlight for cross platform video at University of Michigan
Just saw this over at PhizzPop. What is PhizzPop you may ask? It's a fledgling community site for...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 11/07/2007
» The next big thing: User-contributed metadata ... and More...
Kind of a "roundup" post. First, this user-contributed metadata business. More the evolution of...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 11/03/2007
How to put Silverlight video on your blog
Ed has short, funny, and yes, helpful, post on how easy it is to put Silverlight video on your blog...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 11/02/2007
Acropolis is Dead! Long live Acropolis!
The Acropolis team announced today that Acropolis will not advance from CTP to a supported release....
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/29/2007
I'm so excited about Ford SYNC (aka Windows Automotive)!
I can't wait to get my new Ford with SYNC! See a review here. Pricing is just $395. Learn more about...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/26/2007
Listen to The Man
"The Man" is Denny Boynton, and he is an eminently sensible one. Not only does he quote Shakespeare,...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/25/2007
Ordering by RFID at McDonalds... Do I have to?
Interesting stuff that McDonalds is doing in Seoul, Korea, to let customers order food with their...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/25/2007
How to make Facebook app with Popfly
Tom Foremski has a post on ZDNet that talks about how easy it is to make a Facebook app with...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/24/2007
Popfly is growing up... Now everyone can mashup and mashout!
Technorati Tags: Popfly You might have heard that Popfly has graduated from Alpha to public Beta....
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/22/2007
More on the rise of the Cyborg
Technorati Tags: Cyborg If you found this post on the "hive mind" intriguing, you may also...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/19/2007
Academia 2.0? The reponse to A Vision of Students Today
Technorati Tags: Adaptive , User Experience , Computing is a liberal art , knowledge , academia 2.0...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/17/2007
Platform vs. Cool? My take on Apple's business strategy...
Technorati Tags: Strategy , Apple , innovation , business , software + services , S+S Interesting...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/09/2007
Now available for your review: .NET Source Code!
Technorati Tags: Microsoft , Silverlight , source code Is Microsoft changing? Releasing .NET...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 10/04/2007
Learn some Silverlight for free? Yes!
This weekend in Chicago, you can attend SilverlightDevCamp free o' charge. This looks to be an...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 09/28/2007
8 cool things about Silverlight
Technorati Tags: Silverlight Updated 2-Oct-2007.... If you’re not yet familiar with...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 09/18/2007
Siemens and Microsoft team up on in-vehicle computing
Technorati Tags: Cars , Automotive , In-vehicle software , manufacturing , Car OS Interesting story...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 09/07/2007
More on the Security X-Factor: Vista beating Linux, XP, and Mac
Technorati Tags: Security , threat modeling NOTE: this post is essentially a comment to this post...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 07/15/2007
The security X-Factor: Vista security beating linux, XP, and Mac
Technorati Tags: security , threat modeling , vista , linux , mac What is the X-Factor? That's...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 07/13/2007
Optimizing the consumer value stream
Technorati Tags: systems thinking , lean , consumer experience , web 2.0 , next web , loyalty Are...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 07/03/2007
Mono Moonlight - Silverlight on Linux is near
Technorati Tags: Silverlight , moonlight , linux , UX , User Experience Just saw this from Jesse...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/20/2007
Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 3: Strategies for Reinforcing Loops and the Hive Mind
Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning ,...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/20/2007
Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 2: Knowledge is personal
Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning ,...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/20/2007
Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 1: Education Inflation
Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning ,...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/19/2007
Learning to thrive in times of accelerating change
Technorati Tags: continuous learning , systems thinking , adaptive , change , learning Over the last...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/15/2007
A GREAT collection of Lean Software Development Info
Technorati Tags: systems thinking , lean manufacturing , lean , six sigma , learning , software...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/14/2007
Acropolis Lives!
Acropolis is CTP! The WindowsClient.net site says: Acropolis builds on the rich capabilities of...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/04/2007
2-D Barcodes: Siren Song or Beach Party?
Jon Box posted some about 2D barcodes a couple weeks back. In that post he threw down the gauntlet,...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/04/2007
What is Surface?
Well, by now I imagine many folks may have heard a little bit about Surface -- Microsoft's latest...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/04/2007
Want more info on Popfly?
I recently got into the Popfly alpha, and have been playing around with it off and on for the last...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 06/04/2007
Popfly - new Silverlight mash-up maker - is now alpha!
Popfly is a new tool from Microsoft for people who have great some ideas about how to use...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 05/21/2007
Bill Gates' Keynote at the CEO Summit
Yesterday BillG keynoted Microsoft's CEO Summit. You can see the full keynote for yourself by...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 05/17/2007
Identity -- It's not just for people! (Part 2)
Thanks to both Kevin Hammond, Cardspace guru of Casa de Hambone fame, as well as Delbert Murphey,...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 05/10/2007
If you care about mobile development...
This is both hysterical and useful. The Windows Mobile team has put a spoof video from MIX'07 and...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 05/09/2007
Is Jon Box Related to Don Box?
You may remember Jon from the .Net Developers Journal or .Net Rocks. He's just posted his inaugural...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 05/09/2007
Empowered Consumer Experiences Drive Loyalty, Profits
We don’t get a physical newspaper at our house, but sometimes my wife will go buy one – and then...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 05/08/2007
Identity -- It's not just for people! (Part 1)
Yesterday I sent an email along these lines to a few friends: Automotive part counterfeiting costs...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 04/18/2007
Al Gore and the Power of User Experience
Al Gore's been giving presentation on climate change for 18 years. How did he go from a...
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 04/11/2007
Windows the MOST secure OS .... Look out applications! (...And Introducing Design Fors!)
My colleague, Beth Patton, makes a very interesting point about the impact of improving OS security....
Author: JohnMullinax Date: 04/05/2007