One still has to step back in awe at just how easy it has become (relatively) to order things using our phones - compared to just pre i-phone days.
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Does this fake Fitbit data report that you've run a 6-minute mile? Becasue I would be ok with that. Kidding aside, IoT privacy and data breaches are a huge concern. Trust will take time.
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One thing data can do is help you face the truth. With that said, I'm getting a Nike+ Fuelband or Fitbit band for Christmas. It's time to shatter the delusion that i'm running faster with age.
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How secure is your Internet of things? Probably not so much. I'm talking with computer science researchers who had fun hacking the Fitbit's wireless interface and otherwise manipulating it into producing fake data. (they...
In reply to: The hackers will follow close behind
In just a few years, we'll go from Black Friday to Black Hawk Down Friday
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Thanks for sharing the link to the Civic Agency blog, which I hadn't seen. There's also an interesting follow up here on the role of open source early on in the project and how sharing of code between the state and federal...
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The compartmentalization you describe sounds a lot like the cloud architecture pods / "swim lanes" suggestion of the scalability consultants and authors we interviewed. So I'm not sure it's an approach that has really...
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I like the analogy of the automobile. Americans accept that risk. However, the NSA and its defenders don't spend a lot of time terrorizing us with the high number of car accidents. They do cry 9/11 regularly. ...
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I also think every business is a digital business, or if it's not it should be. That doesn't mean the business is totally digital, but it takes advantage of the internet and computing processes where they make sense. You...
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phadley068, Thanks for sharing your blog post. Good suggestions there. The only one I would question is the "remember people when they come back" suggestion. Yes, that's a common and recommended good usability trick,...
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Oh, come on! The possibilities are so cool. One could build a huge drone army in secret to defend the republic ... oh, wait, those are clones. Seriously, while it is premature, for once it would be nice if the FAA had some...
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I've had the same experiences as Lorna. They may not take you through the school's data center on a college tour, but they certainly tout their wireless network throughput. And if they don't, that's one of the first things...
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I agree with those that say the government should have leveraged existing health insurance marketplace frameworks. It still isn't too late to simplify the front-end (read specific suggestions on my blog at http://wp.me/p3TMI1-1q)...
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PCs are production and consumption devices whereas Smartphone and tablets are only consumption devices at the moment. PC sales are not growing as they used to because now they are competing with mobile devices so I guess...
In reply to: Re: My consumer research says go for the lowest cost
Lowest cost sometimes applies even you are even "in the club". A handful of companies have been providing this exact type of system (less the integrations) who would probably not even be considered if it was a so called...
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If the signup form data was at least captured correctly, it might be possible to go back and fix enrollments that were not transmitted properly to the insurance provider. The worst thing would be if it turns out the data...
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Steve, you're right to point out there are indeed many exceptions where government can, and has, managed projects effectively. I point to an example just recently with Recovery.gov (Lessons From A Successful Government...
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I agree with you that management was clearly not up to the task but when the question was posed as to how I would fix the issue at hand I answered it from a software engineer's perspective. As to your contention that doing...
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Doug is right, the beauty of relational database is its column and row structure, which allows the ACID rules to take effect. They impose consistency on the data throughout the database and allow you to do transactions that...
In reply to: NoSQL takes its place in managing data
Susan, the $22 billion to $35 billion that the US IT industry is going to lose is not going to be completely lost, as some of it Canada and EU etc will gain. On a global level some of this is going to be convert into deadweight...
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Thanks for the article. I feel passionately about this one: data security is top priority. Improved functionality and speed mean nothing in the light of comprised data security. To know that the site had not passed internal...
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