L0pht in Transition is a feature I wrote for CSO magazine on the L0pht, a prominent information security research collective in the 1990s. I was interested in them as a symbol for the security industry itself. In addition, I wanted to show something of the hacker as human being, instead of mystery nerd.
So I argue in this piece for CIO magazine.
My latest Prototype column, How to Improve It? Ask Those Who Use It, in the New York Times looks at the impact ordinary customers have on product design, and whether that’s likely to become a dominant force for innovation.
My latest Prototype column in the NYT. It looks at the social networks of bacteria, which is fascinating to think about. But it also provides an excellent example of how long it can take an idea to become commonplace.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/business/yourmoney/25proto.html
(registration required, and after a certain period, it’s no longer free to access).
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/business/yourmoney/11proto.html (registration required).
My initial Prototype column for the New York Times. What interested me most on this topic is the most important applications from the personal computer era, the word processor and spreadsheet, do not have widely used Web versions. But that might be about to change.
I wrote this piece about Steve Bigari, who is rethinking the systemic issues that affect America’s working poor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/business/yourmoney/04bigari.html (It’s New York Times, so subscription required. For more on Bigari, his foundation is here: http://www.amfol.com).