Graphic: Business Intelligence Hits the Wall

Source Kudos to Stephen Few, the author of this slide, whose informative web site can be reached by clicking above.  As we have been saying for years, BI is data mining, nothing more.  Here he shows the wall that has been separating BI from the rest of us.

Secrecy News Headline: State Secrets vs. Rule of Law

STATE SECRETS VS. THE RULE OF LAW The inherent tension between the state secrets privilege and the rule of law reached the breaking point last week when an appeals court dismissed the claims of several persons who said they were illegally transported and tortured through a CIA “extraordinary rendition” program.  They would not be permitted …

Journal: Pentagon Financial System–Broken by Design

Earth to Pentagon: Follow the Freaking Money! David Isenberg, Huffington Post, 12 September 2010 Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq QUOTE FROM IG REPORT:   Early-on in the review, the staff identified one all-important, central element that is adversely affecting every facet of the OIG audit program — the DOD’s broken accounting system. This …

Video: Visions of the Gamepocalypse, Possible Futures, Waking Up, Thinking, and Creating a Better World

Jesse Schell: Visions of the Gamepocalypse Hosted by The Long Now Foundation This is a provoking and entertaining presentation. After the short video called “Pixels” prior to the presentation, Jesse Schell starts off with what if life becomes, not Orwellian, but Huxleyan (Brave New World) where pleasure achieved through technology grips the whole lives of …

Open Source Mobile Tech (SMS) Platforms for Credit, Education, Legal, and Medical

FrontlineSMS is an open-source software that enables two-way text messaging between cheap mobile phones and laptops over cellular (GSM) networks. FrontlineSMS: Credit FrontlineSMS:Credit aims to make every formal financial service available to the entrepreneurial poor in 160 characters or less. By meshing the functionality of FrontlineSMS with local mobile payment systems, implementing institutions will be …