By ashvil on 3/23/2001 10:03 PM

Ellen Kampinsky presented a great article at E&P Interactive Newspaper Conference //Online Content.It talks about telling a story on the web and about how Amazon got it right.

By ashvil on 3/22/2001 12:04 AM

Codenamed HailStorm, this suite of user-centric XML Web services turns things inside out, said its architect and distinguished engineer Mark Lucovsky. Instead of having an application be your gateway to the data, in HailStorm, the user is the gateway to the data.

By ashvil on 3/11/2001 5:52 PM

Ray Ozzie , the inventor of Lotus Notes, has come up with something for the web.
Groove is Internet communications software that allows people with shared interests to make direct connections for real-time interaction

Ray Ozzie Interview
http://www.devx.com/free/newsletters/ent/ented102400/ednote102400-1.asp
http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2000/10/24/ozzie_interview.html

I think in terms of architecture, Groove is the most advanced architecture right now. Ray Ozzie is also an inventor ot Notes - and his solution carries a great deal of respect in the industry.

But, I feel Ray is making a few mistakes here -
1. He is making IT an enemy by focusing on an architecture - that does not allow any control of where data is replication and how. IT is a friend and they want to do the right thing.

2. His focus on P2P as a sole model is an issue. You need to be flexible.

3. Focus on the groove platform is not very well understood. Ray and Lotus/IBM messed up targeting developers for Notes.

4. Productivity in collaboration work happens when integration occurs at a vertical level. So, far no talk about Biz templates integration.

5. Collaboration has never worked before even through Notes showed it value. Groove marketing message tied to collaboration is in my view a kiss of death.

6. Groove UI is oriented around tasks and discrete components like calendar, contacts, etc. This is Groove\'s problem. It is still stuck in the groove of the past.

What they should do
1. Make IT a friend
2. Focus on the right architecture. Computer networks are very complex and different. The architecture should recognize this diversity.
3. Target third party developers and develop solutions on our platform using solution providers and OEMs.
4. Add workflow, Biz rules and Biz templates.
5. Focus on Communication and leverage Instant Messenger popularity.
6. Focus on User Goals and aggregate information like Information at a glance screens that integrate information from various sources.

By ashvil on 3/8/2001 1:51 PM

None of the companies I saw so far have a strong biz model to cover the \'tragedy of commons\' situation.

What we need to do is Cornucopia of the Commons: Use brings overflowing abundance.

Please read this article and presentation very well

In other words, How do we build a system that each user coming on board increases the value of the system, instead of pulling it down.

By ashvil on 3/7/2001 9:51 PM

Alan Cooper\'s Goal directed design

By ashvil on 3/4/2001 10:48 PM

Bruce Schneier cannot says this any better: Security Is Not a Product; It\'s a Process

By ashvil on 2/7/2001 5:49 PM

Sometimes is best not knowing how tough the problem is, Ask any inventor :-)

>What holds people back is their knowledge: \"We know this industry, we know that new idea will never work!\" Truisms aren\'t always true: knowledge is not always a liberator; it can be an inhibitor, a constraint, on your freedom of action. Knowledge can fix your view of the world.

By ashvil on 1/18/2001 12:14 PM

This editorial from Indian Express writes \'A rigidly set curriculum that rewards rote, for one, cannot inculcate innovativeness in thinking -- neither can the current insistence on compartmentalising students into either the arts or the sciences at a young age.\'

By ashvil on 1/14/2001 10:47 AM

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/15/010115hnbrazil.xml?p=br&s=2

Now, all the major software players in the Industry have announced a web services vision.

By ashvil on 1/10/2001 5:46 PM

The Mitre organization has released their toolset as Open Source. This is more advanced then Netmeeting as it supports multi-point audio-video conferencing.

>The Collaborative Virtual Workspace (CVW) is a prototype collaborative computing environment, designed to support temporally and geographically dispersed work teams. From a user\'s point of view, CVW provides a persistent virtual space within which applications, documents and people are directly accessible in rooms, floors and buildings. From a technical point of view, it is a framework for integrating diverse collaborative capabilities.