Thoughts from the NTC
Yes, I changed the title of this post from ‘Notes from the NTC’ to Thoughts from the NTC. I am adding the collaboratively taken notes in another post and prefer that takes the title ‘Notes from NTC’ Its the second day of the NTEN Non-profit technology conference (NTC) and my third in Washington DC. Even […]
Attending the Non-profit Technology Conference (NTC), DC, March 2011
In a couple of days, technology professionals working in the non-profit sphere will gather at the Washington Hilton to deliberate issues, trends and the future of their trade. When these happens, I will be there, with my colleagues from other non-profit institutions from all over the world. My personal goals are as follows:
Maximizing Social Networks
Social Networks have become the signature word of the second incarnation of the Internet. The first incarnation being the development of hyperlinks and the the hypertext mark-up language – which literally made it possible for several documents to link to and from several others. The second incarnation – christened web 2.0 by Tim O’Rilley – […]
Reasons I will wait for the Playbook!
I love technology – especially if viewed from the lens “technology makes life easier”. But, in my acquisitions, I have always had one guiding principle, ‘juice out the maximum benefit per dollar invested!’ For this reason, I am not always the first of all people to buy new techs, though usually, I am the first […]
First thoughts on hardware virtualization
Originally written on Tuesday 20/07/2010 Today, I had my first direct experience with the term virtualisation – note my choice of words. I am certain I have had many indirect ones and in most cases the term virtual/virtualization did not count or I was not aware of my interactions with virtual machines. I equipped my […]