A compilation of articles from Ubiquity: A Web-based publication of the ACM
The Articles listed here are compiled regarding to my personal
interests and set to a specific Context, where indicated.
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Selected Articles
- Why Open Source Works
- Building a Culture of Innovation
- Epistemologically Multiple Actor-Centered Systems: or, EMACS at work!
- Esther Dyson . . . In Focus
- Stuart Russell on the Future of Artificial Intelligence
- Intellectual Property Rights of Multimedia Enriched Websites
- The Rise of the Intelligent Enterprise
- Architecting Durable Things
- Channeling Innovation
- Collaborative Commerce
- The Somatic Engineer
- Intel Inside Track
- Why Open Source Works
- Interview
- Volume 5, Number 11, May 12 - May 18, 2004
- Author Steven Weber looks beyond the hype on Open Source. More than a self-governing utopia, it's a practical, sustainable way of organizing and innovating. Its methods may soon be applied successfully in other sectors. Plus, a "crazy" idea for Microsoft. more...
- Context
- The Success of Open Source
- Volume 5, Number 11, May 12 - May 18, 2004
- Building a Culture of Innovation
- By Peter Denning
- Volume 5, Number 08, April 21 - April 27, 2004
- Peter Denning talks about transforming practice in a community, cognitive blindness and finding dead cows. more...
- Volume 5, Number 08, April 21 - April 27, 2004
- Epistemologically Multiple Actor-Centered Systems: or, EMACS at work!
- By Yuwei Lin
- Volume 5, Number 01, February 25 - March 2, 2004
- History shows how communal sharing and problem-solving strengthen software functionality and innovation.
- Actors from different backgrounds contribute multiple ways of knowing, understanding and resolving problems that arise in the innovation process. This paper employs a socio-technical perspective to analyze how editing macros are shaped by diverse actors, and at the same time also shape these actors and their practices. more...
- Volume 5, Number 01, February 25 - March 2, 2004
- Esther Dyson . . . In Focus
- Interview
- Volume 4, Number 50, February 18 - 24, 2004
- Venture capitalist Esther Dyson is the chairman of EDventure Holdings, which publishes the influential monthly computer-industry newsletter Release 1.0 as well as the blog Release 4.0. The company also organizes the high-profile technology conference PC (Platforms for Communications) Forum, March 21-23, 2004. In this interview, she discusses her current interests, many to be covered at PC Forum. They include her investments, how to stop spam, outsourcing, and the overall high-tech industry environment.
- Interview...
- Volume 4, Number 50, February 18 - 24, 2004
- Stuart Russell on the Future of Artificial Intelligence
- Interview
- Volume 4, Number 43, December 24, 2003 - January 6, 2004
- AI may not take over the world but it will provide new and powerful tools. Smart microwave ovens? No big deal. Full-size humanoid robots that walk, climb stairs, open and close doors, and pick things up? Now that gets our attention.
- Interview...
- Volume 4, Number 43, December 24, 2003 - January 6, 2004
- Intellectual Property Rights of Multimedia Enriched Websites
- Can original print and music survive the multimedia technology hoax?
By Charles Adetokunbo Shoniregun
Volume 3, Number 47, Week of January 20, 2003- The raison d'être of intellectual property right (IPR) is to protect the originators from unauthorised copying of their ideas and associated material for others' financial gain or general personal benefit. This brings into play one of the most complex and perceptively unclear areas of law. How does one prove that an item of written work is original and How can an inventor assure the patent's office that the idea is his/her own and not that of a claimant from elsewhere? IPR law seeks to define guidelines to address these and other problems, and to provide legal remedies for those who assert their ownership rights. Many of the IPR issues existed before the Internet came into being, hence we are in a position where due to the newness, unfamiliarity and evolving nature of the Net, pre-Internet issues are magnified many times. more...
- The Rise of the Intelligent Enterprise
- Mother Nature knows best -- How engineered organizations
of the future will resemble natural-born systems. [pdf, 54kB]
- By Kemal A. Delic and Umeshwar Dayal
- Volume 3, Number 45, Week of December 30, 2002
- Context: A very interesting and easy to read book is Emergence by Steven Johnson.
- By Kemal A. Delic and Umeshwar Dayal
- Architecting Durable Things
- Enterprise design should be more like the B-52.
By Kemal A. Delic
Volume 3, Number 36, Week of October 21, 2002- The Design of a B52 hasn't much changed on the first view. Nevertheless the whole Technology in the inside of this airplane has been completely adapted to the newest technology. more...
- Channeling Innovation
- By James L. Fahey
- Volume 3, Number 35, Week of October 14, 2002
- Despite its importance to business, innovation can be a confusing distraction. An effective process for managing innovation allows organizations to respond to markets while remaining focused on business objectives. more...
- Volume 3, Number 35, Week of October 14, 2002
- Collaborative Commerce
- The next phase of the Internet's impact on business. more...
By Scott Kownslar
Volume 3, Number 33, Week of September 30, 2002- Context
- Interesting here is the definition of the term webservice and it's underlying simple transport mechanism - the http-protocol - and XML for Data transfer between applications (services).
Keywords: SOAP, WDSL, UDDI - Context
- The Somatic Engineer
- Engineers trained in value skills will be superior professionals
and designers. more...
By Peter J. Denning, PhD.
Volume 3, Number 29, Week of September 2, 2002
- Intel Inside Track
- By Annabelle Gawer
- on the surprising sources of leadership in interdependent environments. more...
- Volume 3, Number 27, Week of August 19, 2002
- Context
- Annabelle Gawer is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD, and co-author of the new book, "Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation" (Harvard Business School Press). The book's co-author is Michael A. Cusumano, Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School, Chairman of the Board of the MIT Sloan Management Review, and coauthor of the bestseller "Microsoft Secrets".
- This article includes some interesting thoughts about the power of innovation regarding Microsoft and Linux as an example of closed- and open source and how a the roles of technology leaders change in an interdependent economic environment.
A knowledge base: compilation and structuration of resources on the Internet
- on the surprising sources of leadership in interdependent environments. more...