Four short links: 31 May 2010
Updated: 2010-05-31 11:23:36
Transparency is Not Enough (danah boyd) -- we need people to not just have access to the data, but have access to the context surrounding the data. A very thoughtful talk from Gov 2.0 Expo about meaningful data release. Feed6 -- the latest from Rohit Khare is a sort of a "hot or not" for pictures posted to Twitter....

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Terracotta, the open source company focused on enterprise Java application scalability and availability, has tweaked Ehcache, the high-performance distributed caching widgetry.
The new 2.1 release is said to be a significant upgrade.
CEO Amit Pandey says that since Terracotta took Ehcache over last August adoption has accelerated; it currently claims 50,000 users and 100 companies paying for the enterprise version of the stuff including Adobe, News Digital Media, a division of News Corporation, and Raytheon. The hundred signed up in the last four months.read more
Find out what the artist, David Hockney, (and others) think about the iPad as it launched internationally.
One might think of it as a cute tribute to a cherished cultural icon, but one research firm made an informed guess that Google’s Pac Man doodle cost the global economy something like $120m.
iPad + velcro? Oh the possibilities…
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Only 88 more days until UX Week 2010! We are seriously excited. There is so much goodness packed into four days. For those returning, we’ve tweaked the format a bit from UX Weeks past. Attendee feedback called for more time for the hands-on stuff. Instead of devoting mornings to main stage talks and afternoons to [...]
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CHROMAom Log In Sign Up Username Password Lost Password COLOURlovers Browse Create Search Community Channels Trends Tools Store Palettes Patterns Colors Lovers Palette Pattern Color Palettes Patterns Colors Lovers Blog Forums Groups FAQ Wedding Home Fashion Web Print Craft Handmade Interior Looks Magazines Street Fashion Websites Wedding Invites ColorSchemer Seamless Themeleon PHOTOCOPA COPASO Software Fabric Art Print Clothing Welcome to our web color community . Here you'll find the latest web-focused Palettes and Patterns as well as Blog Trends and Forums to help guide your next web design . project Channels Web Blog Colorful Scraper Bikes By Margot Harrington 26 May , 2010 5 comments My love for bikes of all kinds has been documented well on my other blog , so of course I was excited
A video by Cisco shows how new technologies and user interfaces can totally change our real-world common experiences. Even tasks such as trying on clothes in a store can become a more enjoyable and satisfying experience, especially for guys who hate to shop and hate to accompany their wife or girlfriend shopping!
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"I think this shows the agility of the new SAP," boasted SAP Chief Financial Officer Werner Brandt, in a conference call yesterday as SAP confirmed that it is to buy Sybase for $5.8 Billion. According to SAP spokesman Saswato Das, the acquisition deal includes over $500 million in Sybase debt.read more
Cloud Expo 2010 New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley "Gold Sponsor" CSC has named Siki Giunta vice president of cloud computing and software services, with global responsibility for implementing CSC's cloud computing strategy and continuing to advance the company's leadership position in cloud services.
Giunta will report to Russ Owen, president of CSC's Managed Services Sector, and will also work closely with Brian Boruff who launched CSC's cloud computing services 16 months ago, successfully establishing CSC as a leader in the emerging market of cloud computing.
Boruff has been promoted to CSC's vice president of Emerging Technologies and Strategic Growth Markets.read more
Dear Unity developers.
First I want to thank all of you who have expressed support for us in the past weeks. While we can’t yet say exactly how the ToS 3.3.1 will play out, Unity is very different from Flash and we strongly believe that Unity developers will be unharmed. Oh, and awesome Unity games such [...]
Fresh from its acquisition of Rabbit Technologies – and not all that very long after its own acquisition by VMware – SpringSource, the open source Java application framework commercializer, has gone and bought Gemstone Systems and its distributed caching technology.
The buy is supposed to flesh out its middleware and advance its strategy of delivering the application infrastructure needed by modern distributed cloud applications.
They’re not disclosing the terms of the acquisition but Gemstone, which is going on 30, is beholden to no VCs, is profitable, and has a reportedly thriving legacy Smalltalk business that VMware means to keep. read more
Hello all, so I’ve been working for Unity Technologies for the past 10 months and I have finally got round to posting my first blog entry!
I recently traveled over to Gotland (an island off the coast of east Sweden) to give a lecture to some of the happy games development students out there. As part [...]