Latest in Industry and Research Publications
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System efficiency vs. fragility
I just listened to Padmasree Warrior on a Commonwealth Club podcast. Ms Warrior is the chief strategy officer at Cisco. The podcast contains lots of interesting insights and projections (as well as some incorrect statements, specifically that Google was the first search engine company and capitalized on a first-mover advantage). With Cisco being about all…
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This curious word 3D printing
When I first heard about 3D printing, I thought it was a weird choice of words. It is a good word, because it tells a story familiar to people living today, but why not call it home manufacturing or on-site factories, or the like? I’m not sufficiently knowledgable about the history of technology, but is…
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Assumption about longevity and its consequences
If you have run into me recently, I may have bugged you with the following question: Given the rapid pace of development in medical technology, I expect my generation to live to 100 years of age. A child being born today may live to the age of 250 years of age. Under this assumption, what…
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The five stages of open source volunteering [Technical Report]
This technical report was superseded by a republication by Springer Verlag. Please cite and use the later publication. Abstract: Today’s software systems build on open source software. Thus, we need to understand how to successfully create, nurture, and mature the software development communities of these open source projects. In this report, we review and discuss…
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Upcoming public talks on open source
Here are three upcoming talks on open source for the next six months in 2014: I wish I was more consistent in announcing public talks…
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Call for demos: Future programming workshop
Richard Gabriel and Jonathan Edwards are programming the future. Submit your demos!