After much begging, Liam has finally started emailing me some of his homework assignments so that I can read them. They leave me amazed and proud and feeling that he is beyond me. The strength of his spirit is so clear and although I take some credit for nurturing it I’m also aware that he [...]
Archive | December, 2008
The Social Life of Routers
Interesting article in the Technology Review: “The Social Life of Routers: How a 1960s sociology experiment could hold the key to better Internet routing“. It’s about how sociologist Stanley Milgram’s research into social networks may provide clues on ways to better transmit data across the Internet. Milgram gave volunteers the task of forwarding a letter [...]
artefatica
Finally went ahead and told the world about my newest project: artefatica. Yay! Feels good to get it out in the open. Can’t wait to blog more about it. Big thank you to everyone who’s helped so far. Stay tuned.
Communications guide for networks
Just finished posting the first draft of a communication guide for telecentre networks on my blog on the telecentre.org website. People who manage distributed teams will also find some good stuff in it. I’ll be developing some of the concepts here, but in a more generic form. Especially the eavesdropping model — a great alternative [...]