One of the topics that’s really been at the forefront of what I do these days has been the notion of pilot programs, and an emerging discussion of what they look like, how you plan and implement them, how you evaluate and assess their outcomes, and what their scope and scale is or perhaps what it should be.
I have fairly established opinions on this whole topic, which have gradually evolved over time; but I don’t think I’ve ever taken the time to actually articulate what they are. So for …

[NOTE: I'm not sure exactly where I'm going with this; I just need to work something through mentally and this is as good a place as any to do it.]
Plan to throw one away. You will anyhow.
There’s a saying in the FOSS world that is something to the effect of “plan to throw one away. you will anyhow”. I believe this concept was originally proposed in Eric Raymond’s “The Cathedral and The Bazaar”, which discussed the devolved nature of open source development and has since became a hallmark piece …

I’ve been experimenting with Facebook after a very long absence and have discovered that video is now available there. Having also spent some time looking for an Official Seesmic application for Facebook I’ve so far been unable to find one. Charles Cloughly indicates at least one does exist but says there’s nothing particularly substantial available currently.
Charles goes on to say that “he’s game” to develop a Facebook application for Seesmic, and knows there are several other API guys out there and asks “now that you’ve made the request …