``It's a matter of will.``
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Dark matter doesn't matter, say
scientists
Dark matter doesn't matter, say
scientists
03/22/2005 05:08 PM'Einstein was right when he said he was wrong'
RFI: Does DVI matter?
RFI: Does DVI matter?
09/18/2004 08:34 PMI just sold my 22" CRT and have replaced it with a 17" Advueu 723A
from NewEgg. (NewEgg has become one of my very favorite online stores.
Fast, honest, reliable, cheap...and customer reviews.) I want to add a
second LCD. The Advueue is so bright that I'm getting glasses-shaped
tan lines on my face.I'm wondering whether it's worth an extra $80 to
get an LCD with a DVI interface. Will that actually set fire to my
hair? (I'm looking at the Samsung 710T.) I don't do a lot of image
work, but I do play 3D games. Does the DVI...
Does IT Matter?
Does IT Matter?
11/19/2003 08:11 PMgeoff313 asks: "I'm sure many of you are aware of the uproar over
Nicholas Carr's article 'IT Doesn't Matter' which was published in the
Harvard Business ...
No matter where you go... there you are.
No matter where you go... there you are.
10/30/2003 12:34 PM No matter where you
go... there you are. It is indeed
Trysteroic that the
self-suing
Fox Television, of all
media conglomerates (and seemingly, one of the many scions of
YoYoDyne?),
should have had the brilliant idea to turn "
The
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai" into a
TV series. Perhaps the selected few at the
Banzai
Institute will find a way to get Dr. Banzai to defeat the evil
John Joe Millioniare.
No matter where you go, you are here
No matter where you go, you are here
04/12/2004 11:37 AMSan Jose Mercury News Apr 12 2004 3:22PM GMT
IT Doesn't Just Matter, It's Critical
IT Doesn't Just Matter, It's Critical
05/07/2004 04:14 PMFollowing on the post we had yesterday about why Nicholas Carr is
barking
up the wrong tree with his thesis that IT doesn't matter, here's
an article from Don Tapscott in CIO magazine
taking apart
Carr's ideas in detail. It's really an update to a previous talk
Tapscott gave criticizing Carr's ideas, but it's well worth the read.
He makes the argument that companies that buy into Carr's beliefs are
effectively going to commit suicide, and supports my belief in
"fleeting competitive advantages" rather than sustainable ones by
saying: "The speed of the competition is accelerating and competitors
are trying to catch up. This is the new normal. Companies need to be
more agile. Get used to it!"
"second post on this matter"
"second post on this matter"
01/04/2004 03:53 AMBooks That Matter
Books That Matter
01/07/2004 01:57 PMIt's the Fast Company Book Club: Join today to see this month's
selection, help choose upcoming selections, and discuss the books with
some of the smartest thinkers in business today.
"Does it matter if he's thick?"
"Does it matter if he's thick?"
08/27/2004 09:00 PMthings that matter
things that matter
01/16/2004 11:31 AMToday would have been the 75th birthday of the
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
To honor his memory, his legacy, and his dream, I offer the following
wisdom from Dr. King himself:
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about
things that matter."
Remember the Dream.
a matter of priorities
a matter of priorities
01/16/2004 11:31 AMOkay. Political stories and rants are officially back "on the table,"
and the question sweeping the nation is: Does Mr. Bush care more about
protecting Americans from terrorism and ensuring our safety, or
protecting himself from criticism, and ensuring his reelection?
Why IT doesn't matter anymore
Why IT doesn't matter anymore
08/10/2004 03:53 PMDirect and Related Links for 'Why IT
doesn’t matter anymore'
This article has some weird formatting due to an ad insertion -
just scroll down the page to read it. “…Twenty years ago,
most executives looked down on computers as proletarian tools —
glorified typewriters and calculators — best relegated to low
level employees like secretaries, analysts and technicians. It was the
rare executive who would let his fingers touch a keyboard, much less
incorporate information technology into his strategic thinking. Today,
that has changed…
A Matter of Taste
A Matter of Taste
01/22/2004 03:19 AMThis week's question: Does the same food taste the same to everyone?
Hacking matter
Hacking matter
06/24/2004 06:41 AMI've been reading Wil McCarthy's book
Hacking Matter, which is a popularized version
of the serious study of quantum dots and the ability to build
pseudomatter using artificial atoms. How can one not like a book,
which contains wonderful sentences such as this one:
- Now we can create not only a thin film of goldlike
pseudomatter, but a three-dimensional solid with pseudogold dopant
atoms on the inside as well. Thus, we can generate a bulk material
with the mass of wickered silicon, but the physical, chemical, and
electrical properties of an otherwise-impossible gold/silicon
alloy.
I mean - even the minuscule thought of it is breathtaking! The
wonders of the universe! How could one not love this world, when so
many incredible things are about? This could, and would change the
face of the world as we know it. You just flick a switch, and you can
make a part of the wall transparent - or a light source - or a TV
screen - or gold. Whatever pleases you.
As an aside, I also found another very interesting paragraph (among
thousands, but this one has an ominous look):
- At his insistence, we filed an application with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, and within a few weeks we'd
been contacted by the U.S. Air Force about the possibility of maybe
licensing it.
Note that even in the US, patents are generally considered secret and
proprietary, until a year of the filing date has passed. This is so
that the application can be amended, fixed, and just being kept secret
from the competitors, who might find a way to redesign around the
actual implementation (ideas are not patentable as such). Obviously,
the military is ignoring all that and have their own informants within
the US patent process... Somehow, that does not surprise me at
all.
Does RAM Latency Matter?
Does RAM Latency Matter?
08/19/2004 02:35 PMDeep Tech: Memory manufacturers continue to sell faster and
faster RAM, often touting lower latency as a major selling point. Does
this more expensive RAM actually improve system performance?
Turns Out Looks Do Matter
Turns Out Looks Do Matter
12/29/2003 11:49 PMPeople
Found to be Overwhelmingly Superficial: Here's a summation of a
new Web site credibility report. A little
depressing.
The data showed that the average consumer paid far more
attention to the superficial aspects of a site, such as visual cues,
than to its content. For example, nearly half of all consumers (or
46.1%) in the study assessed the credibility of sites based in part on
the appeal of the overall visual design of a site, including layout,
typography, font size and color schemes.
Those guys from Average
Joe are screwed.
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Size Doesn't Matter
Size Doesn't Matter
04/14/2004 02:34 PMHonestly! It's the number of years spent building your nest egg that's
most important.
Conferences Do Matter
Conferences Do Matter
12/11/2002 08:09 AMIn responding to Dave, I see that Scott's down on conferences. I have
to disagree. It's not just about innovation. Some conferences matter a
lot--at least to me. Here's why. Exposure In the last couple of years,
I've made the...
"A Matter of Faith "
"A Matter of Faith "
06/23/2004 01:55 PMDork Matter.
Dork Matter.
10/31/2003 03:02 PM Dark
matter flowchart. Mind over matter
Mind over matter
06/17/2004 06:34 AMChicago Tribune Jun 17 2004 10:58AM GMT
Does Kazaa matter?
Does Kazaa matter?
06/30/2004 02:49 PMThe top file-swapping network is facing lawsuits, junk downloads and
strong rivals. Some say it's past its prime.
A matter of survival
A matter of survival
07/13/2004 08:27 AMThe author of "Imperial Hubris" says the moral cowardice and political
correctness of senior intelligence officials have severely hurt the
war on terrorism.
What's The Matter With Kansas?
What's The Matter With Kansas?
04/12/2005 01:44 PM
An open letter to the
Citizens of Atwood. This past week, the residents of the small
town of Atwood, Kansas voted 984 to 113 to deny gay couples any rights
for their relationships (including hospital visitation). Now, the man
who set up the town's newspaper website has not only left Atwood, but
taken down the website and posted a (mostly) measured response to the
town in place of it. Will putting a human face on those being
discriminated against ever change the minds of some people, or is one
passage in the bible enough for some people to keep justifying their
bigoted ways?
When Price Doesn't Matter
When Price Doesn't Matter
03/23/2005 10:10 AMA Fool gets down with some real simple stock talk.
It was just a matter of time...
It was just a matter of time...
12/11/2003 03:51 AM 26 year old student finds largest known
prime number. The number is 6,320,430 digits long and would need
1,400 to 1,500 pages to write out. It is more than 2 million digits
larger than the
previous
largest known prime number.
Why? What use is it? How can knowing the next highest prime
number be of any benefit?
One word:
Cryptogra
phy.
Prime numbers are essential in producing keys for
cryptography.
A Matter Of Perspective
A Matter Of Perspective
06/01/2004 09:55 PMSometimes a perspective shift will only throw the quality of Apple's
products into sharper relief; other times it will reveal where Apple
has fallen down. Either way, it can be a useful experience. By Jason
Snell, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)
Size Does Matter
Size Does Matter
12/19/2003 01:10 PM365 Gay Dec 19 2003 12:10PM ET
Commoditization And Innovation - IT Does
Matter
Commoditization And Innovation - IT Does
Matter
05/06/2004 03:49 PMLast year there was a long and loud discussion all around the tech
industry concerning
Nichola
s Carr and his assertion that IT doesn't matter any more, since
it's become a commodity. Now, knowing that controversy sells books,
he's gone on to write a full length book,
<
i>Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of
Competitive Advantage. Professor Hal Varian, in the NY Times
has
responded brilliantly to the arguments Carr makes. Carr's
assertion (often misunderstood) is that IT is becoming a commodity,
and as such, offers no sustainable competitive advantage to companies.
Basically, the argument is that everyone can easily have the same IT
setup, so it should be looked on in the same way as electricity: a
necessary component, but one that gives no particular advantage.
Varian makes the point that we've discussed here in the past:
commoditization, by itself,
does not mean the end of innovation
or the end of business opportunities. In fact, it can be the exact
opposite. Commoditized products are
inputs into innovation.
The fact that they are commoditized actually means it's
easier
and
cheaper to use them innovatively to gain a competitive
advantage. In other words, it's about taking advantage of the fact
that they are commoditized and realizing that they're now resources
and not end products themselves. The same argument, by the way, could
be used in the entertainment industry - but that's a story for another
post. Still, I think the real stumbling block with Carr is his
insistence on "sustainable competitive advantage." Let's face it,
sustainable competitive advantage is a myth. There is nothing
any company can do that can't be copied eventually (or leapfrogged).
Competitive advantage is
always fleeting. What a good company
recognizes, however, is that the way you build the idea of a
sustainable competitive advantage is by constantly innovating, so that
your fleeting competitive advantages add up to a sustainable one. One
way to do that is to recognize commodities for what they are:
opportunities for new innovation, and not something to be pushed aside
as useless.
Google IPO Is a Matter of Time
Google IPO Is a Matter of Time
08/17/2004 01:52 AMLos Angeles Times Aug 17 2004 6:30AM GMT
E-Mail in Your Hand, No Matter Where You
Go
E-Mail in Your Hand, No Matter Where You
Go
07/22/2004 01:11 AMChoices for people who want portable access to e-mail, but don’t want
smart phones.
Middleware dark matter
Middleware dark matter
04/20/2004 10:08 AM
Steve Vinoski, middleware architect at IONA and a prolific columnist,
has been blogging for a couple of months at
Middleware Matters. Back
in 2002, his IEEE Internet Computing column used the title that I
stole for this blog entry:
Middleware Dark Matter. The reference is to Clay Shirky's
excellent meme "PCs are the dark matter of the Internet," which helped
the peer-to-peer movement define itself circa 2000. Vinoski wrote:
We can apply a similar analogy to middleware because the mass of the
middleware universe is much greater than the systems -- such as
message-oriented middleware (MOM), enterprise application integration
(EAI), and application servers based on Corba or J2EE -- that we
usually think of when we speak of middleware. We tend to forget or
ignore the vast numbers of systems based on other approaches. We can't
see them, and we don't talk about them, but they're out there solving
real-world integration problems -- and profoundly influencing the
middleware space. These systems are the dark matter of the middleware
universe. [Steve Vinoski]
...Other News: Why Games Matter
Other News: Why Games Matter
08/12/2004 11:27 AMIan McKenzie explains how Microsoft works to monopolize gaming because
of the effects on the broader computing market.
Why the 2TB µcard Size Doesn't
Matter
Why the 2TB µcard Size Doesn't
Matter
08/09/2004 11:08 AMSo the Taiwanese Industrial Technology Research Institute is
rolling out a new type of flash memory card called "µcard"
("microcard," one would assume), to be unveiled formally at the Taipei
International Electronics Show in October. And while everyone is
getting their panties in a bunch about the 2-terabyte capacity, it
should be noted that other existing flash memory formats, specifically
Sony's Memory Stick Pro and Memory Stick Duo already support cards in
sizes up to 2-terabyte. It all has to do with the addressing and just
because someone can support that doesn't mean they
will.
What is interesting about the new format, though, is its bandwidth.
With a projected speed of 120MB per second (compared to Memory Stick
Pro's 20MB per second, for instance) the new card format may not be
any bigger than other standards, but it should be able to be written
to a lot faster. Only time will tell if anybody will start
incorporating the new µcard format into their gadgetry,
however.
Read -
Taiwan to produce a new type of memory storage device
[DigiTimes]
"This stuff about Kerry doesn't matter
so much"
"This stuff about Kerry doesn't matter
so much"
04/26/2004 03:59 PMCableNewser: CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and why
they matter
CableNewser: CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and why
they matter
07/15/2004 10:08 AMI was blasting FOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!News long before CableWonk
grew up .. Challenging Republicans "Is Not The FOX Way" ..
Another Fox News staffer tattles .. a very interesting e-mail .. Here
is an
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Do Brands Matter Any More Online?
Do Brands Matter Any More Online?
08/11/2004 05:30 PMRemember how the internet was supposed to take out the middleman, get
rid of all brands, and just let everyone buy stuff based on the lowest
price around? Then reality set in and people and their actual buying
habits showed that people don't just factor in price (though, it's
clearly important) but other elements as well. However, now that
we've got signs of 1999 again, it appears people are back to
predictin
g a death of brand, even as various online scams have become even
more common, and brands you can trust would seem to be more important
than ever.
How Much Does Information Technology
Matter?
How Much Does Information Technology
Matter?
05/06/2004 05:24 PMIn 2003, the Harvard Business Review published an article titled "IT
Doesn't Matter." The debate still rages.
How in the world does it matter where
they got it from. Tech
How in the world does it matter where
they got it from. Tech
08/07/2004 05:04 PMTechTree Aug 7 2004 8:38PM GMT
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