Disruptive Technology:

Two rabbits were being chased by a pack of wolves. The wolves chased the rabbits into a thicket. After a few minutes, one rabbit turned to the other and said, "Well, do you want to make a run for it or stay here a few days and out number them?" [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson]

A few challenges for Google Intranet:

First, privacy.

Just because something is within the firewall doesn't make it free for all employees to see. Usually financial, employee, and legal information, for example, have controlled distribution. You have classes of people with different rights and permissions; contractors, temps, employees, managers, customers, suppliers, etc. Google assumes that all information is public.

Second, databased/application data.

For all the data found in email, office docs, and web content management, the most important data usually lives in special purpose systems. ERP/accounting systems, R&D/CAD management tools, CRM/sales, software configuration management systems, etc. Google does not typically mine structured data.

Third, citation.

I'm generalizing but a very few people within firms write web pages that contain the links Google uses to establish relevancy and page ranking. Google relies on many folks pointing to URIs to create statistical correlations. What happens when that data lives inside PeopleSoft? When nobody bothers to cite a document that is likely to move around?

Klogs will help.

1. They'll help with the citation problem, as more people will make links.
2. As apps start to generate RSS-like feeds for personal news aggregators, klogs will also point to structured data and transactions.
3. Last, as firms really deploy directory services and use them for access control, expect klogs, Google, and news aggregators to respect circles of privacy.

The most important thing is that Google will start returning hits within the firewall; all else is tuning.

Are you looking for work?

Are you looking for love?

Radio Feature Request: Availability Flags.

I want at least two flags set in Prefs.

First, my availability for Work.

• Actively looking, Receptive, Not Receptive (so employers can readily tell)
• Where I'm looking: geography (since employment is usually local)
• A link to my CV/resume page

Second, my availability for Romance.

• Actively looking, Receptive, Not Receptive
• What I am (SWJM/42)
• What I'm looking for ("Ambulatory?")
• A link to my About Me page

This will make both career and dating web services unusually practical, timely, and intertwined with my blogging. What do you think?

Porn star to join rabbi for seminar. Nina Hartley packs the pews with prurient jews.

Happy Valentine's Day!

The "It's Not You, It's Me" Letter from my little black book, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating & Sex, is a grand example of the practical things you need to know when dating.

How to:

• Escape from a Bad Date
• Save Your Date from Choking
• Unfasten a Stuck Zipper
• Sober Up Fast
• Fend Off a Pickup Artist
• Determine if Your Date is Married
• Determine the Gender of Your Date
• Stop Unwanted Public Displays of Affection
• Survive a Fashion Emergency (shirt caught in zipper, wine stain, etc.)
• Deal with Body Odor (it’s amazing what tea bag can do)
• Survive if Your Credit Card is Declined (from talking to the manager to washing dishes)
• Survive if You Have Excessive Gas
• Fend Off Competitors for Your Date (strategies beginning with the “pickup screen” and ending with how to treat a black eye)
• Deal with a Bad Kisser
• Remove Difficult Clothing
• Create Privacy if Your door Doesn’t Lock   
• Fake an Orgasm
• Deal with a Cheating Lover (and How to Have an Affair and Not Get Caught)
• Survive Meeting the Parents
• End a Relationship (including the “It’s Not You, It’s Me” letter)

Happy Valentine's Day!