Author Archives: Erick

About Erick

My background is management, software development, and security. I think that people matter more than process. I think that our tools shape the content and quality of our thoughts. I want better tools for better thinking.

Processing the Web

Some additional notes from my talk at the October meeting of CTO Forum L.A. First, anyone interested in processing the web with intelligence should read Programming Collective Intelligence (Amazon price info, etc., below). Of particular interest are the chapters on … Continue reading

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Tools for Startups – 80% of what you need at 20% of the expense and maintenance

There’s a great article over at Read/WriteWeb on Software for Virtual Teams. Read/WriteWeb’s recommendations are: Communication Tools: Skype alternatives: Gizmo, Jajah, Google Talk Presentation: GoToMeeting alternatives: WebEx, BudgetConferencing Project Management: Basecamp alternatives: CentralDesktop, ActiveCollab, TeamWorkLive, QuickBase Calendar: Google Calendar alternatives: … Continue reading

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PHP Frameworks

CakePHP PHP For Applications (P4A) The Horde Project RADICORE: Rapid Application Development Toolkit for Building Administrative Web Applications Code Igniter PHP on TRAX: Rapid Development Made Easy symfony: open-source PHP5 web framework Agavi PHP MVC Framework PHP Object Template (Pot) … Continue reading

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Stay Tuned

A sampling of references/influences/thought-starters for those interested in talking about this: Marc Canter: Marc is all over Free Media Management (n??e Open Media Management) – Free Media Management, Virtual File mngt vs generic Media Management, Jon hits a home run! … Continue reading

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