TopEeds: Breath Sweeps Mind and Analog-y

Been reading a lot of web articles lately on the perils of digital tools and how on the contrary, that instead of making you more capable of personal efficiency, that these tools we've come to embrace (blogging, email) are also over hyped and at worse, counter-productive.


Feel the same? Read on for a way out and see the benefits of going analog and being offline for a few hours per day.

Email break.
E2.0 yes, Email nope.
1.0 is better.
Turn off that computer and use a napkin, instead.
Or try this kind of email and be enlightened.

QuickEeds at Mid Year Point

Some of the reads that might interest you, too.

On Social Media
Did you ever wonder that there are different conversations types? Which do often use online or offline? Thanks to KD Paine.

Beyond PageRank from Chris Brogan. Ego.

Social Media is Free and Brian Solis ensure it stays that way.

Top Ten Twice Over. A theory on why lists top the list.

2.0 Stuff
Sign of the Times...NY Times that is. Business is shifting.

E2.0: You can't help but root for it.

Goin' Mainstream

Multi-tasking Duh. Ask Tiger playing with his injured left knee. Focus.

POSS Egress

Stillwater, a Zen propaganda panda, serves tea in an illustration by Jon J. Muth from ''Zen Shorts.''(NY Times)

Anyone who has participated in an exhibit knows the extent of work put into coming up with a decent and classy booth. But it doesn't give you an idea of the work entailed to tear it all down and salvage all the materials for future events. Whew. Thanks to all those hands which made the work easier.

Re-POSS link. Max L, a multi-talented journalist, whom I finally was able to meet covered the event in his blog an includes a phrase or two from Open Source advocate, Winston Damarillo of Morph Labs!

Marching on is Reddit, now is full Open Source. Ho hum Java, too?

Java's getting Cloudy

Behaviors, Parenting and SaaS: Read and get the picture.

Twitter-addicts: Shrink that URL. Not just Tiny.cc. URL Small. And a bunch of others. And for the non-wimps, go big.

BIG as in Boston big! Click on and be awed by the big picture. Literally.


RIP. Those who perished aboard the Princess and other typhoon victims. Ghastly. Prayers and thoughts for the families.

Post-POSS

Highlights from the 2nd Day from sessions I attended at the POSS.

SugarCRM. I was able to catch a brief talk about this open source CRM and seeing how lightweight it is as an application is quite SaaS-sy. Will be testing it more on the next couple of days as I was able to get a demo cd.

Open Source in the Academe, Gov't and NGOs.
Take-aways.

1. IBM Phils. bullish on RP IT sector. Partnering on their SSME programs with a lot of colleges and universities.

2. DCI - Official IT company that handles and manages all Philippine government agencies IT needs still into proprietary software under the pretense of being unbiased and "pro-choice". Uh-oh. How about pro-cost-effective? I hope I misread that.

Had the temerity to stand up and speak about the SaaS option in general but I don't think I got my message right in this room of execs and officials. They thought I was doing a marketing pitch. Nooooo.

3. Mark Buenconsejo on Ruby on Rails for Pinoy IT. Hope he does encourage some more RoR guys. Pity that I did not win the Rails book he was giving away.

Then, a smooth segue to SaaS and PaaS as discussed by our main man, David Abramowski. What can I say? Just proud to be there listening to a great explanation as usual. Will post some pics later so you'll see what I mean.

Booth-strapped at the POSS

Just have a couple of minutes to publish this as we're in the thick of the Philippine Open Source Summit. It's the last day! Check colleague Macel's Twitter for snippets and updates of the days' highlights.

They're not geeks. Great. Steven Hodson on Hutch Carpenter.

" Hutch is one of the few bloggers who occupy my Tech Thinkers folder in FeedDemon and that is simply because he write posts that much of the time make you stop and really think about what his writing about. He isn’t one for writing fluff pieces and doesn’t play the typical Techmeme regurgitation game that many bloggers who have been writing for even longer than Hutch has."

SaaS can't price itself out of business

Amy Wohl is worried SaaS companies may be too focused on commoditization and drag itself down.


While Symantec now goes all out SaaS-sy, reports Jeff Kaplan.

Platforms over software and Android is aiming at mobile. Onwards to a new Google frontier. (Unreasonable Men)

Job Boards for Rails (on the morphexchange, huh!) and Grails!


Grails Podcast from Sven. Check 'em out as he includes Grails deployment via mor.ph. Woohoo.

Tech Tonic: TechSoup, CommonCraft & more

So plenty of reads, so little time...

Technology and non-profit do mix! Go Techsoup. Have to thank Marshall K and Beth Kantner for keeping the flame lit for these valuable service beyond mere techies.

Says Steve Rubel. If friends' opinions are the ones that matter most, then Friendfeed does make the most sense. Google is my friend, too. But we're not as intimate as I'd like to be.

Copyright can be all so wrong or is it? Anything grayer than this? Better than free = Brilliant Kevin Kelly and Rasmus Fleischer of Cato Unbound

Into simplicity and learning with vids? Check out the Lefevers' CommonCraft. Four thumbs up!

And, London Calling! No Mick J or Joe S but I guess this will rock. FOWA!