So, jetzt zum Jahresabschluss die gesammelten Links der letzten paar Wochen. Sorry, aber wegen zu vielen Reisen vor den Feiertagen und PC-Abstinenz über Weihnachten etwas verzögert:
Nicht ganz neu, aber passend zur aktuellen Eskalation im Nahen Osten: Evolutionary Psychology, Memes and the Origin of War
The present article proposes an evolutionary psychology based model of social prediction, particularly for wars and related social disruption such as riots and suicide bombers.
Frankfurt Story – Danke Robert, gut davon zu lesen, bin ja schliesslich in Frankfurt am Main geboren…
Wo ist das Geld geblieben? – Eine Spurensuche bei der Zeit
The benefits of a monthly recurring revenue model in tough economic times - Jason Fried von 37signals. So wahr.
Palamida: In a Time of Less, Do More with Open Source: Top 25 Open Source Projects That Will Help Trim Development Budgets (via)
70 Tools Freelancers Rely on Most – auch was für euch dabei?
Und dazu Web Worker Daily: 6 Free, Open Source Resources for Web Workers
Die Jungs und Mädels von EDS sollten´s eigentlich wissen, zumindestens aber eine Meinung haben: How Will Cloud Computing Affect the Information Technology Outsourcing Marketplace? (via)
Endlich mal erklärt 
: But What Exactly “Is” Cloud Computing? (via)
Stefan verweist auf ein Paper zum Tema XML Performance. Lesen!
Das Wall Street Journal: Outsourcing: Not Immune to the Downturn, But Holding Up – gibt ja sicherlich noch eine Menge, die Outsourcing primär als Mittel zur Kostensenkung sehen. Der “Do my mess for less”-Ansatz geht aber schnell in die Hose, aber manch lernen eben nur durch Schmerz.
A B2B Recession Survival Kit: Three Not-so-painful Tips for Thriving in a Miserable Economy:
- Survival Strategy #1: Cut the waste.
- Survival Strategy #2: Harvest the “best practices” of other companies.
- Survival Strategy #3: Ask customers what they want.
GMail Blog: SMS messaging for chat – wahrscheinlich (?) bis jetzt nur in USA
Stephen Fry reist mit leichtem Gepäck 
: Gee, One Bold Storm coming up….
Ein paar Takeaways von Nick Carr:
Elliotte Rusty Harold: You cannot trust the cloud (via)
Traditional payware like Oracle, Perforce, and Microsoft Office had lockin issues, but at least you controlled the software. Vendors couldn’t (usually) shut you down just because they decided your app no longer fit their business model. Cloud vendors can, and you have little to no recourse when they do.
Boring meetings? Get a canary…
Royal Pingdom: Google Apps SLA loophole allows for major downtime without consequences (via)
Coding Horror: Hardware is Cheap, Programmers are Expensive
Not quite what I had in mind. Oder wie es sich anfühlt, bei Flickr gefeuert zu werden.
Lehman-Chef Richard Fuld: Der Mann, der die Welt in die Knie zwang (via)
The 10 Coolest Open Source Products Of 2008 – inclusive Identi.ca/laconi.ca (via Cem)
InformationWeek mit dem CTO of the Year: Werner Vogels von Amazon. (via Dave). Gratulation!
Drei Posts von Garr:
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Moving to higher ground: Lessons from the art of jazz (part I) – das Buch kommt auf die Wunschliste
10 design rules to keep in mind
(1) Communicate — don’t decorate.
(2) Speak with a visual voice.
(3) Use two typeface families maximum. OK, maybe three.
(4) Pick colors on purpose.
(5) If you can do it with less, then do it.
(6) Negative space is magical — create it, don’t just fill it up!
(7) Treat the type as image, as though it’s just as important.
(8) Be universal; remember that it’s not about you.
(9) Be decisive. Do it on purpose — or don’t do it at all.
(10) Symmetry is the ultimate evil.
Robert Scoble polarisiert ja recht häufig, trotzdem (oder gerade deshalb) zwei Posts von ihm:
Alex Payne von Twitter: How I Use TextMate
Dare kommentiert einen Artikel von Jeff Atwood: The Myth of the Open Source Business Model Sein Ergebnis:
There are basically three business models for companies that make money from Open Source software, they are
- Selling support, consulting and related services for the “free” software (aka the professional open source business model ) – RedHat
- Dual license the code and then sell traditional software licenses to enterprise customers who are scared of the GPL – MySQL AB
- Build a proprietary Web application powered by Open Source software – Google
As you scan this list, it should be clear that none of these business models actually involves making money directly from selling only the software. This is problematic for developers of shrinkwrapped, consumer software such as games because none of the aforementioned business models actually works well for them.
For developers of shrinkwrapped software, Open Source only turns piracy from a problem into a benefit if you’re willing to forego building consumer software and you have software that is either too complicated to use without handholding OR you can scare a large percentage of your customers into buying traditional software licenses by using the GPL instead of the BSDL.
Peter Thomas in der FAZ über Tilt-Shift-Objektive: Wie scharf ist das denn. Dazu den hervorragenden Post von Benedikt Hotze über Architekturfotografie mit Kleinbildkamera und Shiftobjektiv
Brent Simmons über Browser CPU usage:
The thing is, web developers should test their pages for CPU usage the same as app developers do. And anytime a page is idle, CPU usage should be at 0%. Same as with any other app.
eWeek: IBM Virtual Desktop Bundles Lotus, Ubuntu Linux to Freeze Out Microsoft (via)
Phil Fersht: Emerging from the rubble of 2008: BPO has a breakthrough year
Charles Miller: My 2008 end-of-year tech stock tips. (via)
A comment thread on a blog post I can no longer find a link to saw a rosy future for Microsoft because they spend nine times as much on research and development as Apple. There’s the problem. Microsoft pour R&D money into multi-touch interfaces and come up with a table that is relegated to tech demos and gimmicky election coverage. Apple put R&D money into multi-touch and produce the frickin’ iPhone.
Of course, Windows 7 will fix everything. We’ve never heard that before.
So, das solls mal gewesen sein. Bleibt nur die Frage, welches Netbook kleine 10″-Laptop ich mir zum rumspielen gönnen soll. Muss ist eine große Platte (160+GB), Aufrüstbarkeit auf 2GB RAM und eine gewisse Robustheit. Los, wer kann was empfehlen?
