I've
been saying that! Haven't I been saying that? I have! This is
Business Continuity 101. How come these guys are only now listening
to me?
Data
Loss Prevention Is Better -- And Cheaper -- Than The Cure
If you don’t have an up-to-date
backup of your important data, then this tale of woe should encourage
you to make one over the weekend.
“Lawyers
in the Cloud” (sung to the tune of “Ghost Riders in the Sky”)
August 18, 2012
Interoperability
Case Study: Cloud Computing
Berkman
Center for Internet Law: "This case study
is part of an ongoing series developed in support of a larger text on
interoperability by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Interop: The Promise
and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems (Basic Books, June 2012).
The book is an extension of their 2007 study and paper, Breaking
Down Digital Barriers: When and How ICT Interoperability Drives
Innovation (Berkman Center Research
Publication, 2007). Interop:
The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems
focuses on the relationship between interoperability and innovation
in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) environment and
beyond. Palfrey and Gasser seek to sharpen the definition of
interoperability and identify its relevance for consumers, companies,
governments, and the public by examining its driving forces and
inhibitors, while considering how it can best be achieved, and why.
You can download
this case study at SSRN. See also Urs Gasser's
blog
post about this publication."
I was
kind of hoping for a list of vehicles that had EDRs and what each
model was recording. Silly me.
August 18, 2012
NHTSA
Event Data Recorder Research Web site
"Since the term "EDR"
can be used to cover many different types of devices, we believe it
is important to define the term for purposes of this research site.
When we use the term EDR
in this site, we are referring to a device
installed in a motor vehicle to record technical
vehicle and occupant information for a brief period of
time (seconds, not minutes) before, during and after a crash. For
instance, EDRs may record (1) pre-crash vehicle dynamics and system
status, (2) driver inputs, (3) vehicle crash signature, (4) restraint
usage/deployment status, and (5) post-crash data such as the
activation of an automatic collision notification (ACN) system. We
are not using the term to include any type of device that either
makes an audio or video record, or logs data such as hours of service
for truck operators. EDRs are devices which record information
related to an "event." In the context of this site the
event is defined as a highway vehicle crash. EDRs can be simple or
complex in design, scope, and reach. They can make a major impact on
highway safety, assisting in real-world data collection to better
define the auto safety problem, aiding in law enforcement, and
understanding the specific aspects of a crash." [via EPIC,
installation on vehicles effective on September 1, 2012]
Could
have something to do with Japan's earlier experience with
radiation...
An anonymous reader points out an
article in the Wall Street Journal about how irrational fear of
nuclear reactors made people worry
much more about last year's incident at Fukushima than they should
have. Quoting:
"Denver
has particularly high natural radioactivity. It comes primarily from
radioactive radon gas, emitted from tiny concentrations of uranium
found in local granite. If you live there, you get, on average, an
extra dose of .3 rem of radiation per year (on top of the .62 rem
that the average American absorbs annually from various sources). A
rem is the unit of measure used to gauge radiation damage to human
tissue. ... Now consider the most famous victim of the March 2011
tsunami in Japan: the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Two
workers at the reactor were killed by the tsunami, which is believed
to have been 50 feet high at the site. But over the following weeks
and months, the fear grew that the ultimate victims of this
damaged nuke
would number in the thousands or tens of thousands. The 'hot spots'
in Japan that frightened many people showed radiation at the level of
.1 rem, a number quite small compared with the average excess dose
that people happily live with in Denver. What explains the
disparity? Why this enormous difference in what is considered an
acceptable level of exposure to radiation?"
Perspective
The definition of “Advertising” is changing to include success
(sale) metrics. Paying for that my drop personal service costs to
zero. (Perhaps you could get “paid to shop?”)
Payment
Data Is More Valuable Than Payment Fees
We are in the midst of a great
revolution in the payments space: anyone with a phone
can now accept credit cards; online-to-offline
commerce is allowing online payment for offline
purchase and significant friction is being removed from the consumer
purchase experience thanks to mobile. All of this innovation (read:
competition), combined with government intervention, means that
payment fees are falling, threatening revenue streams for incumbents
and startups alike in the payments space. But a broader opportunity
exists: using the data of payments to build a more valuable, more
defensible business model, one not dependent on fees. The result
will revolutionize offline commerce and online advertising.
… Imagine that Wendy’s, or even a
local handyman, wants to advertise on the Internet. What’s the
point? What does a click, or an impression, really mean? It’s
clear what it means online, since every click can be measured to
“action” (e.g., purchase) for an ecommerce company. Who can tell
Wendy’s, or the local handyman, if that online advertisement
worked?
In an increasingly cashless society,
the answer is pretty clear: the payment infrastructure. Tracking
that purchase back to the originating source (Google? Yelp? Patch?
etc) is known as “closing the loop” and will revolutionize
offline commerce and advertising alike.
I
fear change. Imagine changing from “I'm going to lunch.” to
“Watch me eat this Double Whopper with Super-Sized Mega-Fries and
an Uber-Cola!” On the other hand, it might be a way to answer
student questions.
The
way we share information on Facebook is again set to change as
Ustream readies a new app for live streaming on Facebook. If you
have an iPhone (or an iPad), you can very soon broadcast directly to
your Facebook timelines.
The iPhone app called Broadcast
For Friends (BFF) is being readied for launch and you can sign-up
for an early invitation on their site. As soon as Apple approves it,
it should be available for download from the App Store.
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