Privacy has a Price?

Posted by TomRose on February 16, 2006 under RFID | Be the First to Comment

RFID is now in the mainstream of our lives, and so goes the security and privacy of the technology as well. The serious aspect of the topic has created heated debate, and why I think a little humor puts things in perspective. Like any technology, we need to understand where it fits best. While heated debate continues, take a break and have a laugh. Well I hope you find the funny side of it.

Security Cartoon

Web 2.0

Posted by TomRose on February 2, 2006 under Innovation, Web 2.0 | Read the First Comment

Well lots of activity on this topic. What is Web 2.0? Perhaps just a way to say we are trying yet another way to better utilize a global communication network. Regardless of the term we put on it, I agree that connecting people, their thoughts, and unleashing our vast stores of information we tend to hoard, is where we should be focused. Strangely enough, isn’t that where we started Web 1.0?

Unfortunately, our capitalistic focus took us down a blind alley as we explored a new media, and that was not all bad. I think everyone learned so much from the train wreck we affectionately call the dot.com era. So here we are again, with significantly more technology, all healed from our wounds obtained in the dot.com bust, and ready for another big push.

Web 2.0 is said to be about connecting people, providing a richer user experience, and I also think it’s about unleashing information such as connecting our cars sensory data to the mechanic without having to take it to the repair shop. Location based information feeds, navigation, entertainment, etc. The list goes on forever, however, all have a direct, and do we dare say it…real value to our how we live our lives.

As I said during the dot.com age, and got beaten for it….it’s not eBusiness its just business. Web 2.0 is not eCommunication, eLife, or ePeople, is just life so lets live it and use technology to make it better. If we focus on that, our capitalist nature should take care of itself. Making money by providing a valued service seems to work regardless of what century we are in.

Tom

Singularity RFID Middleware M2 Release

Posted by TomRose on February 1, 2006 under Open Source, RFID | Be the First to Comment

Singularity M2 Release Page

For Unix download sigularity-1.0-M2.tar.gz

For Windows download singularity-1.0-M2-win32-installer.zip

This release focused on device management components, as
well as product installation and setup.

Documentation
http://singularity.firstopen.org/confluence

Issue Management
http://singularity.firstopen.org/jira

Forums
http://singularity.firstopen.org/forums