CS Odessa releases Project Documentation Suite
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CS Odessa releases Project Documentation
Suite for Mac OS X and Windows
CS Odessa releases Project Documentation
Suite for Mac OS X and Windows
03/29/2005 11:40 AMOdessa, Ukraine, March 29, 2005 – CS Odessa launches Project
Documentation Suite for Mac OS X and Windows. The bundle includes
LeadingProject 1.1, professional project management tool and
ConceptDraw V, business and technical diagramming software. Together
these tools cover project documentation stages from planning to visual
presentation and save their users $249 in comparison with separate
purchase.
CS Odessa offers Project Documentation
Suite
CS Odessa offers Project Documentation
Suite
03/29/2005 09:09 AMCS Odessa on Tuesday introduced Project Documentation Suite, a
collection of software for Mac OS X and Windows that helps users with
their project doucmentation needs. The suite includes LeadingProject
1.1, a project management tool, and ConceptDraw V, business and
technical diagramming software. Available for US$349, the suite
represents a $249 savings compared with purchasing the software
separately, according to CS Odessa. System requirements call for Mac
OS X v10.2 or higher, G3 or faster, 128MB RAM and 20MB hard drive
space.
News: CS Odessa offers Project
Documentation Suite
News: CS Odessa offers Project
Documentation Suite
03/30/2005 05:42 PMCS Odessa on Tuesday introduced Project Documentation Suite, a
collection of software for Mac OS X and Windows that helps users with
their project doucmentation needs. The suite includes LeadingProject
1.1, a project management tool, and ConceptDraw V, business and
technical diagramming software. Available for US$349, the suite
represents a $249 savings compared with purchasing the software
separately, according to CS Odessa. System requirements call for Mac
OS X v10.2 or higher, G3 or faster, 128MB RAM and 20MB hard drive
space.
CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw Project
CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw Project
11/19/2003 09:22 AMEarlier this month Ukraine-based software developer CS Odessa
announc
ed a pre-release version of its new ConceptDraw Project software
package. Now the company has released
the full version for Mac and
Windows.
CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw PROJECT
v1.3, redesigned for speeding-up
CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw PROJECT
v1.3, redesigned for speeding-up
06/05/2005 11:48 PMOdessa, Ukraine, June 1, 2005 – Computer Systems Odessa releases
Concept
Draw PROJECT v1.3, new version of professional project management
software for Mac OS X and Windows. Version 1.3 is optimized for better
productivity and features new pro-looking interface. Considering
Multi-Project Workspace and Global Resource List the program is
especially recommended to project managers and business leaders who
have to handle many different projects at a time.
CS Odessa Releases LeadingProject, the
New Project Manager Tool for Windows and
Mac OS X.
CS Odessa Releases LeadingProject, the
New Project Manager Tool for Windows and
Mac OS X.
12/17/2004 06:44 PMOdessa, Ukraine, December 14, 2004 - CS Odessa, the author of
award-winning ConceptDraw productivity line, releases LeadingProject
1.0 - the professional project manager tool for Windows and Mac
OS...
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CS Odessa offers new project management
software
CS Odessa offers new project management
software
11/18/2003 05:35 PMComputer Systems Odessa has released ConceptDraw Project, a new
application that "facilitates brainstorming sessions and organizes and
manages projects of any complexity and size."...
CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw MINDMAP
3.0
CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw MINDMAP
3.0
04/15/2004 01:05 PMComputer Systems Odessa has released ConceptDraw MINDMAP 3.0, a major
upgrade of its brainstorming and mind-mapping tool...
PR: CS ODESSA RELEASES CONCEPTDRAW
CREATIVE MANAGER BUNDLE
PR: CS ODESSA RELEASES CONCEPTDRAW
CREATIVE MANAGER BUNDLE
12/17/2004 06:44 PMOdessa, Ukraine, December 16, 2004 - CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw
Creative Manager - the bundle of ConceptDraw V and ConceptDraw
MINDMAP, diagramming and brainstorming products. The bundle
offers...
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CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw Creative
Manager Bundle
CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw Creative
Manager Bundle
12/19/2004 03:00 PMCS Odessa releases ConceptDraw Creative Manager, a bundle of
ConceptDraw V and ConceptDraw MINDMAP, diagramming and brainstorming
products. The bundle offers 20% savings on both products and costs
$399. ConceptDraw Creative Manager enables project managers,
consultants, sales people and other professionals to effectively
brainstorm and develop ideas with their teams, create pro-quality
business and technical diagrams, make convincing proposals, reports
and presentations both on-screen and on-line.
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FreeDOS Documentation Project
FreeDOS Documentation Project
03/15/2003 02:46 PMNew HOWTOs posted
ActionScript 2 Documentation Project
ActionScript 2 Documentation Project
09/16/2004 05:56 AMRoadMap 1.0
The Bitacora a Documentation Project
The Bitacora a Documentation Project
11/03/2003 05:54 PMBitacora en Washigton
The FreeBasic Documentation Project
The FreeBasic Documentation Project
12/30/2004 04:24 PMQuick web page added
The Linux Documentation Project Turns 10
The Linux Documentation Project Turns 10
10/31/2003 04:03 PMhta writes: "The Linux Documentation Project is happy to announce its
10-year anniversary! Once upon a time, there was a general consensus
that Unix in ...
Planning User Documentation: A Guide for
Project Managers
Planning User Documentation: A Guide for
Project Managers
07/19/2004 01:31 AMCreate Help systems faster and easier by planning for it in the
initial stages of your project.
AlterPoint releases DeviceAuthority
Suite 3.5
AlterPoint releases DeviceAuthority
Suite 3.5
02/01/2005 08:21 PMI was chatting with some folks from AlterPoint last week about the new
release of DeviceAuthority Suite (Version 3.5). This has long been one
of the premiere network (as in switches, routers, etc.) change
management packages available and the new version incorporates some
really nifty enhancements.
Microsoft Releases Digital Image Suite
10
Microsoft Releases Digital Image Suite
10
08/10/2004 02:02 PMMicrosoft has released its own image editing/organizing software.
Called "Digital Image Suite 10", the program sells for $129.
To sweeten the deal, you'll get a $30 rebate if you purchase a
digital camera alongside the software - Not a bad price overall
considering what this software offers.
This software isn't wont be targetted at users of Adobe's world famous
Photoshop software. Instead, Microsoft is targeting its software
towards users who rely on Adobe's Photoshop Elements. Photoshop
Elements was created for general / basic use. It's for users without a
need for all the advance features that Photoshop offers. Digital
Image Suite 10 offers all the features of Elements and more; Features
like Microsoft’s Photo Story 2.0 which allows you to create videos
from your photos, support for an auto fix feature (such as color,
exposure, contrast, levels, camera phone auto fix), and an impressive
image management interface.
Adobe has been, for as long as I can remember, the king in the image
editing market. So i applaud a bit of competition there. This software
provides a interesting insight into the demand for non-bundled /
established Microsoft products, and is perhaps one of the few examples
where Microsoft are actually taking on a competitor on the basis of
quality.
View:
Microsoft Digital Image Suite
View:
More InformationRead full story...Apple Releases Motion, Production Suite
Apple Releases Motion, Production Suite
08/12/2004 03:01 PMApple has delivered Production Suite, a real-time set of production
tools composed of Final Cut Pro HD, Motion and DVD Studio Pro. Retail
versions of Final Cut Pro HD and DVD Studio Pro 3 may have already hit
the store shelves, but Apple needed to put off releasing Production
Studio until Motion was ready.
Autodesk releases location services
suite
Autodesk releases location services
suite
12/10/2003 07:46 PMZDNet Dec 10 2003 6:46PM ET
Angel.com Releases Hosted IVR Suite
(TechWeb)
Angel.com Releases Hosted IVR Suite
(TechWeb)
09/14/2004 03:13 AMTechWeb - Enterprise Voice Sites allows businesses to build and deploy
pre-packaged IVR solutions on a pay-as-you-go usage model.
Corel Releases Designer Technical Suite
12 (Ziff Davis)
Corel Releases Designer Technical Suite
12 (Ziff Davis)
04/01/2005 05:17 PMZiff Davis - The applications target illustrators working on technical
documents and instruction manuals.
Net-O2 Technologies releases industry’s
first Link Aggregation (LACP) Test Suite
Net-O2 Technologies releases industry’s
first Link Aggregation (LACP) Test Suite
07/21/2004 02:51 AMNet-O2 Technologies, one of the leading providers of Protocol
Conformance Test solutions announces immediate availability of Net-O2
ATTEST™ LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) test suite. ATTEST
LACP’s comprehensive test coverage enables network equipment
manufacturers verify conformance to the IEEE 802.3-2002–Clause 43
specifications. [PRWEB Jul 21, 2004]
Mac GPG Project releases GPGPreferences
1.2
Mac GPG Project releases GPGPreferences
1.2
03/13/2003 10:23 AMSkolelinux Project Releases Version 1.0
Skolelinux Project Releases Version 1.0
06/20/2004 05:39 PMMono Project Releases Beta 1
Mono Project Releases Beta 1
05/05/2004 08:17 AMMono Project Releases Version 1.0
Mono Project Releases Version 1.0
06/30/2004 11:13 AMMozilla Project Officially Releases
Firefox 0.9
Mozilla Project Officially Releases
Firefox 0.9
06/15/2004 09:33 PMNovell Releases Project Mono Beta
(TechWeb)
Novell Releases Project Mono Beta
(TechWeb)
05/07/2004 03:19 AMTechWeb - Novell posted Beta 1 of Mono 1.90, an open source version of
the
Microsoft .Net development platform. It's designed to allow Linux and
Unix
developers to build and deploy cross-platform .Net applications.
News: Nine Inch Nails releases
GarageBand 2 project
News: Nine Inch Nails releases
GarageBand 2 project
04/15/2005 08:21 PMInterested in remixing a Nine Inch Nails song yourself? You can,
legally. All you need is an Apple Mac running GarageBand 2 and a file
you can download courtesy of Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor -- he's
released a version of the song "The Hand That Feeds" in GarageBand 2
format.
STANDPIPE STUDIOS RELEASES VERTABASE PRO
v3.6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL
STANDPIPE STUDIOS RELEASES VERTABASE PRO
v3.6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL
07/14/2004 03:05 AMVersion 3.6 offers on-demand video training knowledge center, support
for Quickbooks and project planning mode. Vertabase Pro 3.6 extends
the product's suite of easy-to-use project management and analysis
tools by providing a new video-based Learning Center with both
specific Vertabase Pro usage tips and general project management
advice, support for Intuit, Inc.’s QuickBooks financial software, a
new project planning mode for project “whiteboarding” and other
usability updates. [PRWEB Jul 14, 2004]
Mozilla Releases Security Updates To
Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite
Mozilla Releases Security Updates To
Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite
03/27/2005 12:35 PMInformation Week Mar 27 2005 3:53PM GMT
Carbon Project Releases Free .Net
Toolkit for Open Geospatial Development
Carbon Project Releases Free .Net
Toolkit for Open Geospatial Development
02/01/2005 09:17 PMThe Carbon Project has announced it is providing a free development
toolkit, CarbonTools 2, which will allow thousands of software
developers to use Microsoft .NET technology to easily develop
interoperable geospatial solutions and access hundreds of online
geospatial resources. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]
Microsoft releases first open source
project with externally-created license
Microsoft releases first open source
project with externally-created license
04/09/2004 04:10 PMInternetNews.com: "WiX is the first project from Microsoft to be
released under the Common Public License, an externally created open
source license." Slashdot readers remain skeptical, but I think the
world is truly changing....
The New WinINSTALL Version 8.6 and
Desktop Availability Suite Releases
Defined By Early Success with Key
Customer Wins Adds Many Usability
Enhancements for Easier Deployment and
Implementation
The New WinINSTALL Version 8.6 and
Desktop Availability Suite Releases
Defined By Early Success with Key
Customer Wins Adds Many Usability
Enhancements for Easier Deployment and
Implementation
12/19/2004 03:31 PMAutomated Multi-Threaded PC Refresh and Operating System Migration for
Companies of all Sizes Now Easier than Ever Before [PRWEB Dec 16,
2004]
lying in odessa - part two
lying in odessa - part two
03/06/2004 01:58 AMThe game starts at 8. My watch -- a gift from Sean Astin when we were
promoting Toy Soldiers in Japan-- says it's 7:55. The tables are
starting to fill up, so I ask the bartender for a glass of water. I
take it, tip him a dollar, and head for my table.
The blinds start out at 5-10, and double every 30 minutes. I have
studied my Sklansky and Jones faithfully for the last ten days or so,
and I have what I think is a solid game plan: Play extremely tight,
but aggressive. Only premium hands, no chasing, and no raising before
the flop unless I'm sitting on AA or AK. For the first two levels,
whenever I have something worth playing, I'll skip sandbagging and
just bet into the raisers. No free cards, just survive. I thought it
was a good strategy, and I hoped that my opponents wouldn't catch on
that I was only in the pot when I had the nuts. I figured that if I
wasn't the first one out, I'd be happy.
My seat is the only empty one at Table Two. I put my coat over the
back of my chair, stack my chips, and sit down. Everyone at my table
seems to know each other. They're the regulars, I guess, and I've read
enough to know that I'm already at a disadvantage.
lying in odessa - part three
lying in odessa - part three
03/06/2004 01:58 AMI get up, take a piss, and grab a Coke. My cell phone rings while I'm
at the bar. It's my stepson, and he wants to know how I'm doing. I
tell him about the 7-4, and he says, "Don't tilt, Wil."
"Too late," I say.
"Oh. That sucks. Well, don't worry about it. I'll see you when you get
home. I love you."
"I love you, too." I say. We hang up.
For some reason, the conversation settles me down, and I return with
new focus. I decide that
I am the only person at this table
who can beat me, even if the cards aren't helping me win.
lying in odessa - part four
lying in odessa - part four
03/06/2004 01:58 AMEver since I played my first game of Hold'em in high school, and
learned about the World Series of Poker sometime during my junior
year, I've entertained notions of playing in the big one. But every
time I go to Vegas, I look into those poker rooms, and lose my nerve.
Before tonight, I've never had the balls to play in anything bigger
than a home game with friends . . . I doubt I'll ever play in the
WSOP, but the way I feel right now, I could be at the final table,
staring across the felt at Johnny Chan.
I take a deep breath, and grab the back of my chair tightly, I don't
have to look at my knuckles to know that they're white. Here comes
fifth street . . .
lying in odessa - part one
lying in odessa - part one
03/06/2004 01:58 AMA couple of weeks ago, I played in a no-limit hold-em tournament.
There were sixteen players at two tables. It was a freezeout, with the
top three finishers taking home money. I had never played in a real
money tournament before, and this was my first chance to test out the
teachings of Doyle Brunson, Mike Caro, David Sklansky, and Lee Jones
that I've spent so many hours studying.
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The BPM Group Joins Gartner at Gartner
Business Process Management Summit;
Presents Five Fundamental Truths of BPM
The BPM Group Joins Gartner at Gartner
Business Process Management Summit;
Presents Five Fundamental Truths of BPM
06/05/2005 11:58 PMThe BPM Group today announced its support for the Gartner Business
Process Management Summit including the presentation by BPM Group CEO
Steve Towers of the Five Fundamental Truths of BPM on June 5th at
4:00pm Eastern Time. [PRWEB May 23, 2005]
Re: aterm 0.4.2 tty permission weakness
Re: aterm 0.4.2 tty permission weakness
07/15/2004 03:10 PMArmin Wolfermann (Jul 14 2004)
Serious TCP Weakness Identified
(26-Apr-2004; 10.4K)
Serious TCP Weakness Identified
(26-Apr-2004; 10.4K)
04/26/2004 09:53 PMaterm 0.4.2 tty permission weakness
aterm 0.4.2 tty permission weakness
07/13/2004 06:40 PMMaarten Tielemans (Jul 13 2004)
FTC peers through Windows weakness
FTC peers through Windows weakness
11/06/2003 11:10 AMZDNet Nov 6 2003 9:52AM ET
Sales Weakness From InterMune
Sales Weakness From InterMune
04/30/2004 01:43 PMActimmune is stumbling without data to support its use.
Intel shows weakness
Intel shows weakness
09/02/2004 04:10 PMZDNet Sep 2 2004 9:00PM GMT
Re: [security] aterm 0.4.2 tty
permission weakness
Re: [security] aterm 0.4.2 tty
permission weakness
07/15/2004 05:20 PMlorenzo (Jul 14 2004)
No weakness in IT expat salaries: Survey
No weakness in IT expat salaries: Survey
12/09/2003 08:25 AMCNET Asia Dec 9 2003 7:43AM ET
McAfee sees accounting weakness
McAfee sees accounting weakness
04/04/2005 08:22 AMAnother tech company that can't keep the books
Re: Inexcusable weakness in Kmail /
GnuPG
Re: Inexcusable weakness in Kmail /
GnuPG
12/25/2004 05:09 PMSimple Nomad (Dec 23 2004)
This Deal Might Reveal Cisco's Weakness
This Deal Might Reveal Cisco's Weakness
06/13/2004 11:02 PMBusiness Week Jun 14 2004 2:54AM GMT
U.S. Economic Gauge Signals Weakness
U.S. Economic Gauge Signals Weakness
09/23/2004 04:04 PMReuters via Wired News Sep 23 2004 7:31PM GMT
Researchers spot XP SP2 security
weakness
Researchers spot XP SP2 security
weakness
08/20/2004 08:22 AMvnunet.com Aug 20 2004 12:25PM GMT
Wi-Fi's new security standard has a
weakness
Wi-Fi's new security standard has a
weakness
11/04/2003 03:37 PMBoingBoing pal
Glenn Fleishman
writes:
I wrote a piece yesterday for the Mac journal TidBITS about the
recently released implementation of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) in
the AirPort Extreme product line from Apple. WPA replaces WEP by
fixing its various holes. That article drew a response from Robert
Moskowitz, long-time wireless security expert, who sent me a paper and
his permission to post it about a serious weakness in the consumer
version of WPA: if you choose short keys that are comprised of real
words, WPA keys can be easily broken through passive access to a
network. I've written this up and posted his paper here.
Interestingly, the problem is all at the presentation layer, not at
the encryption layer. It's a flaw with how manufacturers are offering
users the chance to create and enter WPA keys, and thus could be
easily fixed with a driver update -- no firmware
necessary.
Weakness in Passphrase Choice in WPA
Interface
Weakness in Passphrase Choice in WPA
Interface
11/04/2003 02:32 PMBy Robert MoskowitzSenior Technical DirectorICSA Labs, a division of
TruSecure Corp Use of PSK as the key establishment method WPA and
802.11i provide for a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) as an alternative to 802.1X
based key establishment. A PSK is a 256 bit number or a passphrase 8
to 63 bytes long. Each station MAY have its own PSK, tied to its MAC
address. To date, vendors are only providing for one PSK for an ESS,
just as they do for WEP keying. When a PSK is used instead of 802.1X,
the PSK is the Pairwise Master Key (PMK) that is used to drive the
4-way handshake and the whole Pairwise Transient Key (PTK) keying
hierarchy. There is a straightforward formula for converting a
passphrase PSK to the 256-bit value needed for the PMK. This paper
will look into the risks of using a PSK and particularly the risk
associated with a passphrase-based PSK. How the PSK is used in WPA and
802.11i The PSK provides an easily implemented alternative for the PMK
as compared to using 802.1X to generate a PMK. A 256bit PSK is used
directly as the PMK. When the PSK is a passphrase, the PMK is derived
from the passphrase as follows: PMK = PBKDF2(passphrase, ssid,
ssidLength, 4096, 256) Where the PBKDF2 method is from PKCS #5 v2.0:
Password-based Cryptography Standard. This means that the concatenated
string of the passphrase, SSID, and the SSIDlength is hashed 4096
times to generate a value of 256 bits. The lengths of the passphrase
and the SSID have little impact on the speed of this operation. The
PTK is a keyed-HMAC function using the PMK on the two MAC addresses
and the two nonces from the first two packets of the 4-Way Handshake.
This is why the whole keying hierarchy falls into the hands of anyone
possessing the PSK, as all the other information is knowable. The
Intra-PSK attack The normal practice is to have a single PSK within an
ESS. To generate any PTK, a device only needs to learn the two MAC
addresses and nonces (and the selected ciphersuite). All of this is
available in the initial exchange, from the ASSOCIATE through the
4-Way Handshake. Any device can passively listen for these frames and
then generate the PTK. If the device missed these frames, it can send
a DISASSOCIATE against the STA and force the STA to perform the...
AP: Witness Shows Weakness in Bashir
Case (AP)
AP: Witness Shows Weakness in Bashir
Case (AP)
09/13/2004 04:59 AMAP - Prosecutors have pinned their case against an alleged terror
chief on a former comrade, who plans to testify that cleric Abu Bakar
Bashir heads the al-Qaida-linked network blamed for numerous attacks,
including last week's bombing of the Australian Embassy.
Sun Java Predictable File Location
Weakness
Sun Java Predictable File Location
Weakness
07/13/2004 10:33 AM“A weakness has been reported in Sun Java, allowing malicious
websites to write arbitrary content to a file with an easily guessable
name….Solution: Use another browser than Microsoft Internet
Explorer. Alternatively disable Active Scripting in Internet
Explorer. If you do not use Internet Explorer, this issue is not
considered a security problem.”
Paul Gigot brings out the Kerry weakness
Paul Gigot brings out the Kerry weakness
08/03/2004 12:06 AMWall Street Journal .. The Patriot
Act
opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005434
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Broken Networks: The Weakness of Weak
Ties
Broken Networks: The Weakness of Weak
Ties
04/13/2005 08:39 AM
 The Idea: The
Internet has made it technologically
possible for anyone to find and connect with anyone else -- and for
ideal relationships to be established. But these idealized connections
are rendered almost impossible by human nature, which leads us to
prefer the known and trusted over better-suited strangers, and leads
the people most in demand to cut off connections with almost everyone
else. That effectively prevents a lot of powerful ideas from being
realized.
In my recent post
on Blog-Hosted Conversations, I threw out the following Question as a
possible first Conversation topic:
How
could we overcome the huge disconnect that exists
today between the
people who have great ideas and the people who have the money and
other
resources to realize those ideas?
The question provoked almost as much response as Jeremy Heigh's idea for the
Conversations did, so I thought it might be worth exploring further
how and why this disconnect exists.
In the post I mentioned that I belong to these informal communities
and networks, with about 1500 members in total:
- natural philosophers/environmentalists,
- business advisors/theorists/entrepreneurs/co-workers,
- technophiles/social
networkers,
- progressives,
- artists/storytellers,
- Salon bloggers,
- Canadian bloggers, and
- physical neighbours/relatives/friends
Some of those people are useful 'connectors' that give me access to
other communities and networks: For example, some of the bloggers in
my
business, progressive, Salon and Canadian blogger networks also happen
to be published authors, journalists, publishers, economists, venture
capitalists, teachers or professors, and know others in these fields.
Some of them are true Tipping Point 'connectors<
/a>',
who pride themselves on hooking people up with others they would
probably never find on their own. The logic of LinkedIn and eCademy is
based on the presumption that if your networks are substantial and
well-managed you should be able to get access to virtually anyone and
anything you need through "the strength of weak ties
(SWT)".
This may work fine in the application that SWT theory was originally
developed around -- finding prospective employees. The employer is
often looking for the best possible candidate, and wants to cast as
wide a net as possible. The onus is on the job-seeker to navigate
his/her way through the weak ties and win the job. The employer incurs
virtually no cost in casting the wide net (especially today with the
cost of posting electronically virtually zero).
This is especially true if the recruiter delegates pre-screening
duties
to HR staff or a 'head-hunter' to create a tiny short-list of
candidates to interview. And today, with big corporations being net
destroyers, not creators, of jobs, where searches for well-paying jobs
are increasingly scarce, a wide net can attract some extraordinary
people, enough to pay for the head-hunter in spades. When you're a big
corporation with lots of resources at your disposal, it's a buyer's
market.
But in most situations -- the
search for business partners, marriage partners, jobs or investors for
example, or the search for experts or employees if you're an
entrepreneur with modest resources -- the value of casting a wide net
in the search is limited by two constraints:
- There is a significant cost to the searcher of each
potential candidate to be considered. That cost can be mental or
physical energy, or time, or money, or all of the above. If you open
yourself up to candidates outside your immediate network, you can
attract a flood of candidates, many of whom will be inappropriate,
annoying, dangerous or even fraudulent.
- If you're looking for a business partner you'll
likely
attract unskilled unemployed people who would really rather just have
a
job.
- If you're looking for a marriage partner you may
attract hookers, golddiggers, economic refugees, and their respective
pimps.
- If you're looking for an investor you could attract
thieves and usurers.
- If you're looking for an expert you'll often
attract charlatans, con artists, and failed consultants.
- If you're looking for a decent job you'll likely be
besieged with pyramid/MLM scheme hucksters, shoddy "education"
vendors,
and others exploiting your desperation.
Unlike the large corporation
executive, you can't afford to hire someone to separate the wheat from
the chaff (or, more likely, find the needle in the haystack). And even
if you could, it's quite possible the agent you hire will accept
kickbacks from one of the candidates to give them the inside track.
Bottom line: Better not cast a wide net. Go to your
strong personal contacts one at a time and ask them for one candidate. Repeat until you
find the right person.
- The human need for trust in all important
relationships
means that you will tend to prefer a fair candidate you know and trust
well, over a good candidate
that someone you trust trusts but whom you don't know well enough to
trust. And you'll prefer either of these over a sensational candidate you don't
know from Adam. Trust takes time, shared experiences, and usually
face-to-face contact. Bottom
line: We usually go with who we know.
Now consider this from the perspective of the person you're seeking
-- the prospective business or marriage partner, expert, investor or
employer. They're getting overwhelmed by twice or thrice-removed
referrals for connections. Most of the 'callers' are looking to get
something that the recipient is unable or disinclined to give
(especially to a stranger), or may not have even thought about. What
do
they do? They tell their close contacts not to refer anyone to them.
They unsubscribe from social network lists. They get unlisted phone
numbers and unlisted e-mail addresses. They get agents and
intermediaries to handle communications for them and shield them from
'weak ties'.
 So
instead of the idealized networks of the Tipping Point, shown at
right,
where connectors, mavens and salesmen work to connect people and ideas
virally, we end up with the constricted, broken networks shown in the
diagrams above: Outgoing
connections are constricted by the high cost of extending too wide a
net, and the lack of trust the further away the connection is, to the
point the 'ideal' connection is rarely made. And returning connections
are likewise constricted by the sequential disconnects of connectors,
agents & intermediaries, and filters, to the point the people you
most want to connect with are often the least likely to 'return your
call'. This has always been so, and insofar as
information
is concerned, the Internet is much less constricted than previous
information channels. But insofar as people are concerned, I would argue that the
disconnects are as great as they have always been.
The rich, the famous, the powerful, the most-wanted and the ideal
matches are no more accessible and available for relationships than
they ever were. Even those who are not still on the wrong side of the
digital divide have mostly reintermediated themselves so the
technologically possible connection between everyone and everyone else
is kept humanly impossible.
Such is the weakness of weak ties. When it comes to human connection,
the network is still broken.
I think this is the reason
for
the disconnect between people with great ideas and people with the
money and resources to realize them -- the reason so many great ideas
go nowhere.
So now we need a Blog-Hosted Conversation to discuss what to do about
it -- how to work around these disconnects. I suspect that part of the
answer is permissioning and permission marketing.
We need to give something away to establish trust and differentiate
ourselves from the 'inauthentic' and 'unqualified' callers, and to
make
ideal connections.
My first Blog-Hosted
Conversation will take place at the end of the month. Stay
tuned.
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Linux VServer procfs Permission Weakness
Linux VServer procfs Permission Weakness
07/07/2004 04:44 AM“Veit Wahlich has reported a weakness in Linux VServer, which
can be exploited by certain malicious, local users to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) or gain knowledge of sensitive information. The
vulnerability is caused due to weak permissions on procfs, which
allows a privileged user on a virtual server to manipulate the
permissions on “/proc” for all virtual servers or gain
knowledge of information related to other virtual
servers….Solution: Update to version 1.28.”
[SECURITY] [DSA 429-2] New gnupg
packages fix cryptographic weakness
[SECURITY] [DSA 429-2] New gnupg
packages fix cryptographic weakness
02/16/2004 02:36 PMMatt Zimmerman (Feb 13 2004)
Window Washer "Bleached" Data Exposure
Weakness
Window Washer "Bleached" Data Exposure
Weakness
08/30/2004 02:32 AMDirect and Related Links
for 'Window Washer “Bleached” Data Exposure
Weakness'
“First Last has reported a weakness in Window Washer, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
“securely” deleted data on a disk. The problem is that the
“Add Bleach to Wash” security setting, which should delete
a file securely by overwriting it multiple times with random data,
doesn’t do this properly. Successful exploitation allows a
malicious person to recover the deleted data using various unspecified
publicly available tools. The weakness has been reported…
Jobless Figures on Friday Could
Emphasize Bush's Big Weakness
Jobless Figures on Friday Could
Emphasize Bush's Big Weakness
09/02/2004 05:43 PMIf a report on August employment is weak, even some of President
Bush's allies say it could dampen enthusiasm coming out of the
convention.
Earnings alert: Novell sees weakness in
IT spending
Earnings alert: Novell sees weakness in
IT spending
08/20/2004 08:29 AMPlus: Salesforce reports rise in profit...Nortel to lay off
3,500...Intuit posts loss while revenue rises...BEA earnings rise amid
internal turmoil.
Vulns: Cisco LEAP Password Disclosure
Weakness
Vulns: Cisco LEAP Password Disclosure
Weakness
04/15/2004 10:29 PMSecurityFocus Apr 16 2004 1:56AM GMT
Cheney to Democrats: Weakness Invites
Terror (Reuters)
Cheney to Democrats: Weakness Invites
Terror (Reuters)
07/27/2004 04:10 PMReuters - Flanked by American
flags and howitzers, Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday
defended the war in Iraq and a policy of preemptive attack
against criticism from Democrats at their national convention.
President's Strength a Potential
Weakness (Los Angeles Times)
President's Strength a Potential
Weakness (Los Angeles Times)
02/10/2004 02:52 AMLos Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Beset by rising troubles and
falling poll numbers, President Bush moved Sunday to rehabilitate his
core political asset: his image as a decisive wartime leader.
Intel rolls back outlook; widespread
weakness feared
Intel rolls back outlook; widespread
weakness feared
09/03/2004 12:59 AMUSA Today Sep 3 2004 5:30AM GMT
CS Odessa releases Project Documentation Suite
