Hiking in Narita
June 19, 2014
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This place is the poster child of pastoral Japan, a small village with traditional stores and houses, beautiful gardens, and breathtaking architecture.
Author: Yaacov Apelbaum
Word Cities Summit 2014
June 1, 2014
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After six months of grueling work, an impossible deadline, 15 hour days, and against all odds… XRVision delivered the world first standalone wearable face recognition system.
I hope that this will be a small contribution to making our cities, communities, and public gathering safer.
Cyber Security Poetry
January 28, 2014
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It was on starless March night,
The spear phishers went out for bite.
Through a zero day vulnerability,
They breached RSA’s network security…
On Privatizing Intelligence Gathering
December 1, 2013
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It turns out that the organization that prided itself on beating the CIA in his ability to get stuff done for a fraction of the cost got hacked through the most benign means possible.
Choosing Between Schedule, Budget, Scope, and Quality
November 6, 2013
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Argumentum ad populum is that the best way to beat your competitor is to one-up him. If he has 2 features, you need 3 (4 would be even better). If he is budgeting 1 x $ on his solution, you need to spend 2 x $.
The API Train Wreck Part-2
October 7, 2013
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In The API Train Wreck Part-1, I discussed API design factors such as KPI, performance measurements, monitoring, runtime stats, and usage counters. In this posting,
The API Train Wreck Part-1
February 12, 2013
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Developing a commercial grade API wrapper around your application is not a trivial undertaking. In fact, in terms of effort, the development of an outbound
To ESB or not to ESB is the question. Or is it more noble to just ETL it?
September 30, 2012
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To borrow a metaphor from Winston Churchill, for the mere mortal, the selection of application/platform/enterprise integration tools, is often “a riddle wrapped in a mystery
Driving the Message
December 1, 2011
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From an evolutionary point of view, it seems that the quadrant 1 and 3 messaging mediums (see chart) represent a form of r/K selection classification. Each trades between quantity and quality. The focus in quadrant 1 is to increase the quality of the content with higher expense per message. The focus in quadrant 3 is to increase the quantity of the content with a corresponding reduction in quality and lower expense per message.
The Time Tunnel & Reciting the Shema in Papua New Guinea
November 8, 2011
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Among the most prominent themes in the Hebrew Bible are the concepts of sin, punishment, repentance, and restoration. Chapter 28 of the book of Deuteronomy, known as the “blessing and curse”, makes it abundantly clear what the rules of the game are. Follow the law and you will enjoy fantastic entrepreneurial success and overflowing prosperity, disobey it, and you’ll be punished with the worst forms of war, exile, anarchy, and poverty.