Jim Stogdill
Jim Stogdill is the CTO of Gestalt, now part of Accenture, where he advocates the development of open source software in government and defense. He believes, perhaps naively, that open source can help break the proprietary lock in business model that is the norm in that space. In previous lives he built B2B reverse auction systems, brought heuristic-based optimization and online trading to the corporate treasury, and traveled the world as a Navy Officer. Unfortunately from his vantage point it all looked like the inside of a submarine. He spends his free time hacking silver halides with decidedly low-tech gear.

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An ethical bargain

June 01 2011

Most of the relationships you build with corporations are like icebergs — essentially hidden from view. But what if we could interact with "human" corporations? What would that look like? How would it work? read more

Quantum trading! And tunnels through the Earth!

April 17 2011

Remember when we used to place data centers in whatever cheap abandoned warehouse was nearby? That's a quaint notion in an era where trading advantage and arbitrage depend more and more on the speed of light and link distance. read more

Big data: Global good or zero-sum arms race?

April 12 2011

Will a big data revolution dramatically change lives, or will it instead yield a middle class feel-good machine that's irrelevant to the working poor? read more

Amygdala FarmVille

April 06 2011

We have entered the Matrix, but it's not our body heat companies want. They want the preference model encoded in our amygdala and a list of all the people that might influence that model — and you may not realize it, but you're giving it to them. read more

Amygdala FarmVille

April 06 2011

We have entered the Matrix, but it's not our body heat companies want. They want the preference model encoded in our amygdala and a list of all the people that might influence that model — and you may not realize it, but you're giving it to them. read more

Points of control = Rents - Innovation was once the sole rent source in the computer industry, but things have changed.

October 29 2010

We love companies that innovate, even if they can extract rent from it. What we don't like is when they mature and transition to less palatable rent extraction strategies... read more

Points of control = Rents

October 29 2010

We love companies that innovate, even if they can extract rent from it. What we don't like is when they mature and transition to less palatable rent extraction strategies. read more

Points of control = Rents

October 29 2010

We love companies that innovate, even if they can extract rent from it. What we don't like is when they mature and transition to less palatable rent extraction strategies. read more

Better, faster, cheaper ... emergent

September 08 2010

In this response to Carl Malamud's Gov 2.0 Summit speech, Jim Stogdill says that demonizing the "beltway bandits" without addressing the root cause -- the lock-in incentives inherent in a single-customer market -- will just lead to new ways to lock them in. Fixing government IT means fixing incentives and… read more

Streamlining Craft in Digital Video

June 09 2010

Digital video streamlines the craft of filmmaking and makes a pro-equivilent look available to the amateur film maker. read more

The iPad isn't a computer, it's a distribution channel

April 13 2010

The iPhone was a relatively open phone and we accepted it, but the iPad is a relatively closed computer designed to be a controlled distribution channel, and that's a bummer. read more

Yammer: Will Viral Work in the Enterprise?

March 05 2010

Yammer is getting viral adoption in the enterprise, but will it convert to sales? read more

Apps for Army Launches - The Hybrid Enterprise?

March 03 2010

The Army launches Apps for Army. Contest or harbinger of the hybrid enterprise that combines planning and emergence under one roof? read more

The iPad is the iPrius: Your Computer Consumerized

January 29 2010

It's been a long time since most of us have used our computers to do anything approaching "computing," but the iPad explicitly leaves the baggage, leaps the conceptual gulf, and becomes something else entirely. Something consumery, media'ish, and not in the least bit intimidating. read more

Skinner Box? There's an App for That

January 04 2010

My computer is turning out to be the interface to a giant network Skinner Box. But maybe Twitter is just God's way of making sure we're too distracted to destroy ourselves. read more

Defense Department Releases Open Source Memo

October 27 2009

Dave Wennergren, DoD CIO, has signed and released a memo clarifying (and encouraging) the use of OSS in the Department of Defense. read more

Three Quick Open Source in Defense Links (and then one other)

August 05 2009

Three quick defense open source links, and one other random one. read more

The Hacker Ethic - Harming Developers?

July 01 2009

Is the hacker ethic harming developers? We don't think so, but maybe the idea resonates a little bit? read more

The Web^2: it's Exponential, but is it Contracting or Expanding ...

June 19 2009

The theme for the Web 2.0 Summit this year is Web Squared. It is rooted in the idea that as the web morphs into less of a hub and spoke distribution model and more of a network of connected people and things, innovation and opportunity ... read more

The Web^2: it's Exponential, but is it Contracting or Expanding?

June 19 2009

The web is going exponential. But is it expanding or contracting? read more

Forge.mil Update and DISA Hacks Public Domain

April 28 2009

Progress of open source initiatives at DISA. read more

Google's PowerMeter. It's Cool, but don't Bogart My Meter Data

February 17 2009

Google, love what you are doing with Smart Meter energy consumption visualization, but don't Bogart my meter data! read more

The Kindle and the End of the End of History

February 10 2009

Bezos' vision to make every book ever printed in any language accessible within 60 seconds could save history. read more

The Army, the Web, and the Case for Intentional Emergence

January 27 2009

Web 2.0 isn't really about specific technologies, it's about enabling large scale emergence. The Army should replicate the kind of generative platforms found on the web and intentionally enable emergence in the enterprise. read more

The State of Transit Routing

December 16 2008

Mixed modal transit routing is coming, but it faces a different kind of data acquisition problem than street routing before it. The data isn't observable, and it's often proprietary. read more

My Web Doesn't Like Your Enterprise, at Least While it's More Fun

November 25 2008

The enterprise sucks, just ask the web. But will the web always be fun? read more

DIY Appliances on the Web?

November 18 2008

The appliance is moving up the stack in the enterprise data center. How about open hardware appliances on the web? read more

Apps for Democracy

November 14 2008

The District of Columbia is making its data transparent. Now it's up to you to do something with it. read more

My Apple Holiday Wish

November 10 2008

Dear Apple, All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth and a personal backup solution that doesn't suck. read more

Open Source in Defense

October 10 2008

With recent events, open source software may be approaching a tipping point in defense. What comes after that tipping point is the really interesting part. read more

Ignite Philly II

September 25 2008

Philly delivers a second great evening of Ignite talks. read more

I Am Trying To Believe (that Rock Stars aren't Dead)

September 07 2008

Trent Reznor says "Steal my music" as he recognizes the future of the music business is him monetizing his talent through touring. The rock star made from highly leveraged disc sales is dead. read more

Energy Savings, Strange Attractors, ...

August 01 2008

... the Intrinsic Cost of State Change, Orbiting Alien Voyeurs, and 200 Square Kilometers of Solar Panels Somewhere in Texas The Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Berkeley National Labs recently published the results of their first Data Center Demonstration Project (pdf). (Disclosure: My colleague Teresa Tung of Accenture R+D labs… read more

Energy Savings, Strange Attractors, ...

July 31 2008

Recent report validates estimates in EPA report to Congress on data center energy savings. read more

The Last HOPE

July 21 2008

The Last HOPE conference in NYC was a great mix of hardware hacking, open source, phone phreaking, lock picking, sleeping on the floor, and good old fashioned paranoia mongering. read more

User Mediated Trans-Enterprise-Web Mashups?

July 16 2008

Maybe we need a user mediated general purpose enterprise data service so that enterprises can mash up the way the web does. read more

An ESB for the Web?

July 11 2008

Gnip seems to be to the web what the ESB is for the Enterprise. read more

From the July NY Tech Meetup

July 02 2008

July New York Tech Meetup runs from changing the world gratis to shameless consumerism, and even some of both. read more

Philly's First Ignite was a Smash

June 17 2008

Philadelphia's inaugural Ignite was a smash success. read more

Satan is on My Friends List...

June 11 2008

Just a little riff on the Internet worldview continuum. read more

Ignite Philly Tomorrow Night

June 10 2008

First Ignite Philly read more

Special Purpose Computing Focuses on Energy Efficiency

May 15 2008

Researchers turn to specialized hardware design to reduce supercomputer power consumption by an order of magnitude. read more

GSM Cracking: Coming Soon to a Computer Near You via a Web Service

April 18 2008

A new web service, based on specialized hardware, will make cracking the GSM A5/1 protocol fast and cheap. read more

Open Source "Social App Server" Might Crack Garden Walls?

March 26 2008

New social application server space may crack social network garden walls. read more

How Technology Almost Lost the War, but Should Do Better

March 22 2008

Technology almost lost the war, but can't we make it better? read more

Given Enough Eyeballs - Art Meets Open Source in Philly

March 14 2008

Art meets Open Source in Philly read more

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