History of open source at IBM from 1998 @tmmoore_1 @ApacheCon NA 2016, and current IBM Open Cloud Architecture. Todd Moore, VP of Open Technology at IBM will share a retrospective of IBMs deep roots ASF and then follow with some…
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Cognitive overload as business opportunity for IBM since 2005 | Ginni Rometty | June 1, 2016 | Code Conference (web video + audio)
Cognitive overload is a challenge IBM has worked since 2005, says @GinniRometty in @KaraSwisher interview @RecodeEvents. Thus, cognitive computing combining man and machine is more than artificial intelligence. Better decisions in open domains will lead to solving problems not solved…
John E. Kelly III | “The Future of Cognitive Computing” | Oct. 13, 2015 | IBM (web video)
From the 2015 Cognitive_ColloquiumSF, at http://research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/#sf, there’s a video: Kelly, John E., III. 2015. The Future of Cognitive Computing. Web Video. Third Annual IBM Research Cognitive Colloquium: Augmenting Human Intelligence. Mission Bay Conference Center at USCF. research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/#sf. Watching the video,…
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The Origins of Jams at IBM (MP3 audio) | Mike Wing | May 20, 2005 | For Immediate Release
Could an intranet could be used for culture change? Mike Wing says jams captured best practices from individuals on clever ways to get work done and create value, despite organizational complexity in a global enterprise. [27:15] The moment, that, probably…
George Dolbier and David Laux, “IBM’s Gaming Business” (MP3 audio), AfterTV, 2007/01/30
Although most people think about IBM as “business machines”, the company is a significant presence in the growing business of video games. Do they play games at International Business Machines? Yes, they do and, like most other things at IBM,…
- Artificial intelligence, natural stupidityReading The Undoing Project, by Michael Lewis, reminded me of a PhD course at UBC with Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, before they were recognized as Nobel prize candidates.
- The impacts of platformsPlatforms have had only a short history, so much of the research is still definitional, with proposed frameworks.
- Platforms, an emerging appreciationWhen the term "platform" is used, today, what does that mean?
- From Flickr to PiwigoMigrating of Flickr to a self-hosted Piwigo site took only a few button pushes, to gain practically the same functions that I have been using for 5 years.
- Optimism for open sourcingThe acquisition by IBM of Red Hat brings together two companies that have been leading in open sourcing while private sourcing for almost 20 years.
- A philosophy of “becoming with” as “becoming alongside”Reflecting on my philosophical shift in 2017 from being (i.e. Heidegger), the position towards becoming-with can be further refined to becoming-alongside.
- 2018/11 Moments November 2011Mentally busy month with a conference coming to town, and maintaining the regular pattern of local meetings, travel around town only by bicycle.
- 2018/10 Moments October 2018October had more bicycling cross-town as fall temperatures declined, plus a 6-day trip to Portland Oregon for pattern language conferences.
- 2018/09 Moments September 2018September in Toronto is a month of festivals and restarting the regular pace of life.
- 2018/08 Moments August 2018Summer with family in Toronto; visiting research friends on a driving loop through the U.S. Midwest
- 2018/07 Moments July 2018Enjoying summer in Toronto, getting to know the city better.
- 2018/06 Moments June 2018Summer in Toronto, close to home. Transport almost exclusively by bicycle.
- National Investor Research Study | Nov. 2018 | OSCThink that you’ll be working past age 65? OSC @smarter_money 2018 survey says >25% were forced to retire, 59% retired voluntarily. … results of a new investor survey by the Ontario Securities Commission suggest that working longer isn’t viable for many people. > The survey of 2,000 people posed a series of questions to pre-retirees and people who [… […]
- Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy | 2018 | Dr. Allan AbbassThe traditional separation of mind and body is dissolved by @ISTDP, departing from traditional western medicine. Dr. Abbass, the head of Dalhousie University’s Centre for Emotions and Health, treats patients with these unexplained medical symptoms, a phenomenon also known as somatoform disorder, with an innovative form of talk therapy that’s producing impres […]
- Where are the Women in Wikipedia? | Bear & Collier | 2016Women may more comfortable as anonymous on the World Wide Web, rather than contributing towards collaborative work such as Wikipedia. A comprehensive survey conducted in 2008 found that only 13 % of Wikipedia contributors are women. [….] Significant gender differences were found in confidence in expertise, discomfort with editing, and response to critical f […]
- Communityship beyond Leadership | Henry MintzbergOrganizations need #communityship, as naturally-engaging #leadership in collective interests, says #HenryMintzberg @Mintzberg141. I’ll bet that beyond leadership is a profound sense of communityship. (Never heard that word? I made it up1, to put leadership in its place, namely to support communityship.) Effective organizations are communities of human bein […]
- More than money: What workers want in 2018 | Linda Nazareth | Nov. 22, 2018As @relentlesseco writes that employees want meaningful work, perhaps the Quality of Working Life research back into the 1970s might be rediscovered. If you find “employee engagement” hard to take, “meaningful work” may also have your eyes glazing over, but that is another phrase worth noting. According to a survey of 2,000 U.S. workers by human-resources [… […]
- Gerontocracy in leadershipWashington suffers from #Gerontocracy; Ottawa is 1-1/2 #Generations younger. To gauge the measure of the gerontocracy, Ottawa offers a remarkable comparison. The average age of Washington’s leaders – Mr. Trump, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. McConnell – is 75. In Canada, the three major party leaders – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and ND […]
