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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.
Recent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts Jim blogs at: 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 moreQuantum 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 moreBig 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 moreApril 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 moreApril 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 moreOctober 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 moreOctober 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 moreOctober 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 moreBetter, 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 moreStreamlining 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 moreThe 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 moreYammer: Will Viral Work in the Enterprise? March 05 2010 Yammer is getting viral adoption in the enterprise, but will it convert to sales? read moreApps 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 moreThe 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 moreSkinner 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 moreDefense 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 moreThree 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 moreThe 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 moreThe 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 moreThe 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 moreForge.mil Update and DISA Hacks Public Domain April 28 2009 Progress of open source initiatives at DISA. read moreGoogle'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 moreThe 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 moreThe 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 moreDecember 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 moreMy 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 moreNovember 18 2008 The appliance is moving up the stack in the enterprise data center. How about open hardware appliances on the web? read moreNovember 14 2008 The District of Columbia is making its data transparent. Now it's up to you to do something with it. read moreNovember 10 2008 Dear Apple, All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth and a personal backup solution that doesn't suck. read moreOctober 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 moreI 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 moreEnergy 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 moreEnergy Savings, Strange Attractors, ... July 31 2008 Recent report validates estimates in EPA report to Congress on data center energy savings. read moreJuly 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 moreUser 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 moreJuly 11 2008 Gnip seems to be to the web what the ESB is for the Enterprise. read moreJuly 02 2008 July New York Tech Meetup runs from changing the world gratis to shameless consumerism, and even some of both. read morePhilly's First Ignite was a Smash June 17 2008 Philadelphia's inaugural Ignite was a smash success. read moreSatan is on My Friends List... June 11 2008 Just a little riff on the Internet worldview continuum. read moreSpecial 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 moreGSM 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 moreOpen Source "Social App Server" Might Crack Garden Walls? March 26 2008 New social application server space may crack social network garden walls. read moreHow 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 moreGiven Enough Eyeballs - Art Meets Open Source in Philly March 14 2008 Art meets Open Source in Philly read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts |
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