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The Artisan and the Artilect, Part 3
Max Goff concludes his series on the future of artificial intelligence and compares the roles of the human craftsman and the human-created superior intellect. Dec. 6, 2005

The Artisan and the Artilect, Part 2
Max Goff continues his series on the future of artificial intelligence and compares the roles of the human craftsman and the human-created superior intellect. Oct. 4, 2005

The Artisan and the Artilect, Part 1
Max Goff previously compared the professions of "The Blacksmith and the Bookkeeper," one of which is extinct while the other thrives. In his new series, he looks to the future of artificial intelligence and compares the roles of the human craftsman and the human-created superior intellect. Jul. 19, 2005

The Blacksmith and the Bookkeeper, Part 3
This series of articles explores the role of the blacksmith and the bookkeeper in 19th century economies, explains the extinction of the one and the growth of the other, and compares the postmodern role of programmer to both, culminating in forecasts for the likely evolution of software programming as a viable future profession. Oct. 12, 2004

The Blacksmith and the Bookkeeper, Part 2
This series of articles explores the role of the blacksmith and the bookkeeper in 19th century economies, explains the extinction of the one and the growth of the other, and compares the postmodern role of programmer to both, culminating in forecasts for the likely evolution of software programming as a viable future profession. Sep. 28, 2004

The Blacksmith and the Bookkeeper, Part 1
This series of articles explores the role of the blacksmith and the bookkeeper in 19th century economies, explains the extinction of the one and the growth of the other, and compares the postmodern role of programmer to both, culminating in forecasts for the likely evolution of software programming as a viable future profession. Sep. 9, 2004

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JavaOneXI – Sun Spots, bleeding and other cycles: According to one article on innerself.com, “…throughout history events such as wars, migrations, crusades, uprisings, and revolutions have clustered around peak sunspot periods.” While JavaOne in 2006 hardly qualifies as mass hysteria, it was nevertheless quite an event.
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JavaOne XI – Searching for Google: Search is what you make it...
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JavaOne XI – Inner Beauty and Bad Feng Shui: Major news from JavaOne: Sun Annoucnes Open Source Java, the Titanic Flies over the Moscone Center, and other imaginary headlines
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JavaOne XI - Field of Themes: The extent to which everything that matters can be contained, enhanced or enabled by a computing-based system or application, we might suppose that Java is germane.
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JavaOne XI - What Themes May Come...: What themes may come must give us pause...
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JavaOne XI - Going to JavaOne ... Again: Is there anything in particular you would like to see blogged at JavaOne this year?
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JavaOne - X - Catharsis and Denouement: Note for future events: If you are going to go to the bother of raising the curtain on a new age, make it meaningful ...
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JavaOne - X - You Had Me At Hello: A stunning lack of marketing acumen ...
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JavaOne - X - Java Loves You: It's a little odd ...
Posted by dmax69 on June 28, 2005 at 08:55 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

JavaOne - X - The Age of Participation: The Age of Participation - what crap.
Posted by dmax69 on June 27, 2005 at 15:26 PST | Permalink | Discuss (6)  

Java One - X - Early Monday: Notes from Sunday early on Monday ... it's starting to warm up at the Moscone ...
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Blogging JavaOne: There should be a plethora of bloggers at JavaOne this year, which is only a couple of weeks away (June 27-30). With Microsoft co-opting ... I mean co-sponsoring the event, it promises to be an even more interesting gathering than any previous Java celebration. Is there anything in particular you would like to see a blogger from java.net cover at JavaOne this year?
Posted by dmax69 on June 15, 2005 at 12:21 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

Fire and Ice ...: Two recent articles point to a disparity of perception when it comes to the climate for technology. As Robert Frost so eloquently wrote, "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice." From what I've tasted of the business climate and technology spending, 2005 could go either way.
Posted by dmax69 on January 11, 2005 at 14:29 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

Moore in Storage: Moore's Law, or a derivative thereof, applies to storage as much as it does processing capabilities. A Tb storage for less than (US)$100 is not that far away ...
Posted by dmax69 on October 01, 2004 at 15:53 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

Forget Nip & Tuck -- Could There Be an RFID Implant in Your Future?: Big Brother, Mark of the Beast, or the Next Logical Step -- the future of RFID may be a lot more intimate than you know ... or like.
Posted by dmax69 on August 24, 2004 at 11:57 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

The Incredible Shrinking Workforce: According to a recent article in Information Week, the IT workforce is shrinking; there are less jobs, less IT workers and higher employment in IT than there was three years ago. Is this a trend? The shape of things to come? A temporal anomoly? A fundmental economic shift? What does the future hold for the IT workers?
Posted by dmax69 on August 09, 2004 at 08:27 PST | Permalink | Discuss (12)  

To Blog or not to Blog...: The return of an aboriginal blogger
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