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Over lunch the other day with some girl geek buddies talk came around, as it does, to the revolutionary nature of community on the internet.  It reminded me of this quote from the noted anarchist Emma Goldman. So much of the discussion about what is happening on the internet is

New Interfaces are another area in which we can expect to see change.  Since the development of the mouse and touch screens we have not seen any significant improvements in how we interact with devices.However, over the next few years we will see a move away from textual interfaces

It has been prevalent among many cultures to laugh at geeks. But this is a shortsighted approach to this special breed. Geeks have been with us for a long time.  Back in our cave dwelling days, while most of the tribe were running around with pointed sticks trying to catch

Another area that is enabled by wireless technology and miniaturization is wearable computing. Already we are seeing wearable computing in daily life with integrated wearable technology beginning to be commercially available. Nike Plus and Adidas adiStar Fusion running shoes are already on the market which can deliver data on distance

I had the distinct pleasure of talking with Mark Jones, Paul Kangro (Novell), Greg Luck (Wotif), and Matthew Mengerink (PayPal) while recording the The Scoop podcast recently (the show will be posted soon).  Our conversation got me thinking about where Open Source and Linux are in terms of enterprise today.