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Tool for requirements management - not

glen martin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:49:00 GMT

Sorry to disappoint, but requirements management means more than just capturing, saving and listing requests.

iTunes store and country restrictions

glen martin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:29:00 GMT

Maybe I've been giving Apple a bum rap. Recent antitrust investigation of Apple for country restrictions seems misguided at best. I still won't by DRM-protected content, but I'll quit blaming Apple for all iTunes ills.

Options backdating is not always unreasonable

glen martin — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:05:00 GMT

Despite a furore in the media about options backdating, backdating itself isn't illegal as such. And sometimes it makes sense.

A9 and Google

glen martin — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:45:00 GMT

Innovators dilemma alive and well in sponsored links.

Data theft is criminal - loss should be as well

glen martin — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:08:00 GMT

Here's a thought - make loss of media containing personal data of customers or citizens a criminal offense. Especially if the data are unencrypted.

Bogus Patents: it ain't just software

glen martin — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:24:00 GMT

Many have said that patents on software are reprehensible, immoral and probably fattening. Beyond software, patents on drugs seem to have some similar issues.

Taxes and capital improvements

glen martin — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:15:00 GMT

Tax policy as a lever to encourage automation needs a rethink for cases in which automation doesn't substantially increase the revenue base to be taxed.

Traffic Jams

glen martin — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:25:00 GMT

Complaints about tiering internet traffic are well meant, but misguided. Tiered models for traffic throttling abound in the real world, and the real world loves them. Why not the net? Don't we want content we've purchased to arrive faster than spam?

Open source companies can't innovate in technology

glen martin — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:26:00 GMT

Some believe that open source companies can't innovate in technology. I disagree. I think technology innovations that are open are more easily adopted than those that are proprietary.

Isn't someone going to congratulate me?

glen martin — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:04:00 GMT

It seems I just gave birth. Now could someone please tell me if it was a boy or a girl? Twins?

Product management failures: (almost) great coffee

glen martin — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:34:00 GMT

A story of product management gone awry, taken from one of my more self-indulgent pleasures.

Dilbert and Lucy

glen martin — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:59:00 GMT

Dilbert Search as a story in how even old school content owners might do well to consider how to apply some more modern (and dare I say, open_source-like) business models

Outlook sucks - or how not to support IMAP

glen martin — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:01:00 GMT

I have this love/hate relationship with MS Outlook. Or hate+hate. As in "I hate Outlook, and those that make me try it again."

Planned obsolescence

glen martin — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:19:00 GMT

In a flaming hurry for your morning coffee?

Bayesian filters and infrequent senders

glen martin — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:54:00 GMT

Trainable spam filters do a pretty good job of catching phishing attempts, but do highly public infrequent correspondents (that is, banks, Paypal, EBay, etc) need to be concerned that their legitimate emails will start to be caught in the same net?

Data Theft: It's the victim's fault, right?

glen martin — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:36:00 GMT

A new bill before the US Senate aims at the theft (or sometimes loss) of personal information.It would rewrite computer crime laws to create new penalties. Bzzt! Instead, make violators advertise their data losses and procedural lapses.

Development as passion, not obligation

glen martin — Fri, 27 May 2005 19:21:00 GMT

Quote: Open source as a business model is inheretly flawed and cannot support the development of truly innovative software.Larry McVoy went on to say "It costs a huge amount of money to develop a single innovative software product. You have to h

VOIP, 911, and Crown Grants

glen martin — Fri, 20 May 2005 22:22:00 GMT

There has been some hand-wringing over VOIP telephony and the ability to call emergency services ("911"), with Vonage frequntly cast in the role of villian in this melodrama.The issue seems to boil down to a couple of points for me:First po

Risk and Open Source adoption

glen martin — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:05:00 GMT

The popular notion that early adopters are risk tolerant is wrong.Nothing like a definitive statement to start an post, eh? Anyway, let me explain what I mean.First, an analogy. Suppose you need $20000 for a life saving operation. Ok, maybe not in t

Inspires confidence in regulators, doesn't it?

glen martin — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT

A hit man knocks off 5 people over a couple of years, getting paid $10K per pop. On the last of the hits, he's caught, and the DA grants him complete immunity from prosecution for all 5 hits for a guilty plea on one count of accepti