March 12th through March 13th:
- DCist: Columbia Heights Target Crime Update – There’s an interesting debate going on about the value of big box retailers in urban areas. I believe a similar debate has been in play in Seattle for some time. DC is growing up. Oh, and this Target is walking distance from me.
- Business Technology : Why Businesses Banish Cool Technologies – These businesses, unlike the ones in the next link, are the ones that may find themselves challenged when it comes to recruiting GenX and GenY staff and leaders. Maybe there’s a way out, see the next link.
- Why a worker says ‘it feels like I just got out of IT prison’ | Technology | The Guardian – Employee asset ownership may be a good way for IT to support innovation in large organizations. Ask BP and Unisys. And the GenX and GenY staff that will expect to use technology to its fullest.
- AHLTA 2008 – National Forum on the Future of the Defense Health Information System; supporting care for a vulnerable population (the enlisted and returning veterans).
- Developing Rails Applications on Mac OS X Leopard – Nice guide to R on R on Leopard