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February 19th, 2007 - 3:55 pm § in Public policy

Information security for the UK: making everyone happy?

The Cabinet Office has released their e-Government framework for Information Assurance for draft consultation. The document sets forth guidelines for implementing the transformational government agenda of delivering more effective, more efficient customer-centric public services. These guidelines ar[...]

December 1st, 2006 - 10:36 pm § in online communities

Being yourself in the virtual world

The messages we broadcast As I wander through my day, I’m reasonably conscious of the messages I’m broadcasting: I try to dress well to present an image of being competent, I phrase my comments in such a way that my colleagues will feel good about working with me, I’m conscious of [...]

November 23rd, 2006 - 5:04 pm § in collaboration

Tessellations: a math metaphor for team working

When I was in fifth grade, our math teacher introduced us to tessellations. Here’s the brief rundown: A tessellation is a repeated pattern of 1 closed shape, arrayed one after the next, with no gaps or overlaps. At their simplist, a grid of squares or a pattern of hexagon tiles on a bathroom f[...]

October 13th, 2006 - 12:49 pm § in Uncategorized

Lots of computers, one problem

For the wish-list: I’d love to find a comparison/breakdown of the infrastructure and uses of : share nothing clusters SMP (Symmetrical Multi-Processing) grid computing (Globus-based) map/reduce implementations (This list is subject to grow)[...]