A Nation of the People and IP Addresses

"Carterphone" decision on cable, cell phone hardware?

Writing in today's USA Today, business columnist Kevin Maney suggests, based on his conversation with FCC Chairman Martin, that the agency could issue another landmark 'Carterphone' decision, this time targeting cable set top boxes and cell phones.

"Computing with attitude"

Just what does computing have to do with emotion? CIO Magazine reports.

Wisconsin CIO to step down

Government Technology: Wisconsin CIO Matt Miszewski will step down at the end of February.

Majority of Louisiana "knowledge workers" soon eligible to leave

Speaking at the just-concluded NASTD southern region winter meeting, the Louisiana CIO said a couple of things of interest. Rizwan Ahmed noted that 70 percent of the knowledge workers in his state would be eligible to retire in only five years. It fits a pattern Government Technology has identified. Secondly, pay scale and promotions are linked directly. Some people, while skilled, are not interested in management responsibility, which creates a problem for Louisiana. Ahmed wants to address that issue with new program to identify leaders in civil service.

"IT Doesn't Matter," blogged

In order to meet a deadline for new book he's authoring, Nicholas Carr is serializing his famous Harvard Business Review article, "IT Doesn't Matter," on Rough Type. I'm not sure where the series will end, but part four is here. There are internal links on his web log so that readers can navigate from beginning to end.

Economist: Consumer applications invade the enterprise

The Economist describes the experiences of Arizona State University technologist Adrian Sannier, who has embraced consumer applications in his enterprise. Sannier also maintains this blog.