Sessions of Interest @ Web 2.0 Expo

It might be a bit early for us, in general, to show up here, but there are a good number of solid technical sessions. http://webexny2008.crowdvine.com/calendar We'll have to find the notes from Expo San Fran ... Lessons Learned in Scaling and Building Social Systems Joshua Schachter Building in the Clouds: Scaling Web 2.0Alistair Croll, Jason…

No Justice in Code Reviews

The DoJ is reviewing every feature and function of Windows 7 to ensure it's "in compliance." That's not Good for anyone: By the time the gov't gets around to declaring a monopoly, or doing something about it, much damage has been done. I joined IBM in 1994 - ~40 years into the "Consent Decree" -…

Enterprise applications, “I.T. 2.0” and the previous releases

This stuff from ReadWriteWeb is great. It shines a light, regardless how ephemeral, on "processes," "running a business" and how "technology can help." Even in the Enterprise. These are Good Things for ReadWriteWeb, Good Things for collective Readers, and Good Things for Mean Business. But I.T. 1.0 isn't yet fully-baked. I.T. .9 (beta!) is hardly…