... Just ask the friendly NSA guy in the datacenter for a copy of your data.

Seriously, would anyone trust their (cloud) data to T after the NSA thing?

Does this mean things that patents that were previously invalidated by prior art will then be patentable again?

I know that's the common belief, but that's not technically accurate. It is not "illegal" to not buy health insurance. You might be subject to a surtax that's basically the same as the premium, if you don't. I say "might" because there are exemptions.

For the boring details: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/H.R._3962/Division_A/Title_V/Subtitle_A/Part_1/Subpart_A#Sec._501.

http://www.suntimes.com/business/6971729-420/tribune-co.-reported-to-be-readying-tablet-distribution

"CNN is reporting, via Chicago Tribune" is the correct way to attribute the link in the story.

Here is the Chicago Tribune version: http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/la-pn-tsa-implants-20110706,0,1632570.story

From the basement of Trib Tower...

Social Business? A new buzz word for mutual company, co-op, credit union or non profit. I love it! Let's realign all business models around Facebook...

Yes, they exist to offer their services. They don't own the concept of ROWE, just good insight into implementations of it.

The book is good, but a little hyperbolic. We also had them come out and do a one day course. That was semi useful. Geared more towards the corporate environment than we had already.

But the concept is sound, practical and really makes work a much better experience.

Telecompute is so.... 90s. I hate to say it. But we've moved past that.

The future is ROWE. Results Oriented Work Environment. In a ROWE only results matter. Not how you get it done, or where you get it do it.

In essence, if you can get your work done from a tropical island (with good wifi), then by all means do it. You are not paid for putting your butt in a seat, but rather for your productivity.

ROWE treats employees as adults who know how to manage their own time. Telecommuting, "flex time" and the like are just ways of rewarding employees with what they should already have... control over their lives.

ROWE came out of a successful experiment at Best Buy (HQ not retail stores). Its been adopted by a lot of big name companies, including Netflix.

To learn more, check out: http://gorowe.com/

I switched my company to ROWE last year after months of due diligence. And we've never looked back.

David

You're right, but you don't have to be such a dick about it.

The news media continues to focus on the drama surrounding Wikileaks and Anonymous instead of focusing on the cables.

How many US new organizations reported on the Cable from Tegucigalpa detailing that the Honduras Coup was illegitimate? This was a big news story, and an important situation in Honduras that has immediate impact on understanding the Obama administration.

It also shows that the Obama administration lied, and helped support the coup government by their actions.

So.. who is covering it? And compare that to another article on the drama surrounding it.

And that's just one cable. How many more will come out of great importance that everyone will ignore to instead focus on what Assange is doing.

It's not Assange or Anons fault, it's the News doing it. But this is their out.

This allows them to totally ignore the importance of the cables. And keep repeating that "nothing significant" is coming out.

Yeah, so we set out to do something about it. We spent 20 months building Fantasy University on Facebook (now in open beta).

One of the things we did was decide we'd make a game first, and layer on only the minimal trappings of social game mechanics. There was a gnawing feeling all along, coupled with data from those who knew better, that this would be a tough road.

The good news is we did create a game that's got tons of depth, serious game play mechanics and great content that can be entertaining all by itself. But our microtrans and social elements remain rather unsophisticated. At least if you measure them by the so-called psychological tricks that are used. Sure we give some benefits for having your friends play and such, but its not about that.

So is that a good idea? We have a promising start, but it's too early to tell much. But I can see that massive volume is all about playing the meta game with those who come to your app. And I'm not certain that's the sort of business we want to be in....

So we are in a bit of quandary on which way to take it.

The WSJ article was way, way early on this. The website is http://3rdi.me/ . Look for more in the coming weeks.

Reminds me of the Sega TV. Downloading video games right to your console? Crazy talk. That failed.

Then, XBox Marketplace, it's common.

Or Dreamcast with it's built in modem...

etc etc etc