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Sunday, July 21, 2002
Worldcom Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. "WorldCom Inc. filed the largest U.S. bankruptcy on Sunday after the long-distance telephone and data services company buckled under a $3.85 billion accounting scandal and a mountain of junk-rated debt. [...] WorldCom's bankruptcy filing listed J.P. Morgan Trust Co. National Association as the largest unsecured creditor, with bond debt of $17.2 billion. It said Mellon Bank N.A. holds $6.6 billion of WorldCom debt, while Citibank N.A. owns $3.29 billion." Oops.
Posted to finance @ 11:12:55 PM ( comments)
Blunt Force Trauma: Traction vs. Radio -- A Personal View. "The e-mail interface is something Radio badly needs. The more ways you can get data into, and out of, a KM system the more likely everyone is to use it. The ability to easily e-mail log summaries, as well as accept and route incoming e-mail posts, is a very nice feature." Agree. I'm running community server behind the firewall and for some business users it's very important to be connected via email. Although, there are some tools like news2email and the ability to mail to category that allow you to do that.
"There is one other broad philosophical issue: Traction seems built for a top-down, hierarchal, controlled access system -- precisely what you would expect from a CIA software project. Radio is much more a bottom-up package -- a grass roots, revolutionary, damn-the-IT department sort of thing that people can get excited about, have fun with, proselytize. Can you imagine anyone but a CIO or IT-geek proselytizing the densely woven fabric of Traction?" Right to the point. I'm all in favor of bottom-up approach, but it seems like the most practical approach is somewhere inbetween: company will benefit from using both, top-down and bottom-up systems, they just have to be well-connected. Posted to klogs @ 11:07:27 PM ( comments)
Football Team Fired for Playing Pool While Naked. "A Gaelic football team has been disbanded after players were caught on a hotel security camera playing pool naked during a late night drinking session." Don't drink and play? Posted @ 10:33:11 PM ( comments)
Sam Ruby: REST + SOAP. "In reality, there aren't two sides. There are at least four: Everything is a resource. Everything is a get. Everything is a message. Everything is a procedure." I think Sam again got it right. It's not about on what side you are, it's about how you can productively use both approaches. Posted to services, xml @ 12:03:48 AM ( comments)
Updated 8/22/2002; 5:25:28 PM
