Why Daylight Savings Time Matters
Recently I expressed being unsure of what someone meant when they indicated a meeting time relative to “EST.” I explained that EST is not the same as EDT, and since I’m not in either of those time zones, I suspected they said EST when they meant EDT. They accused me of being “pedantic.” They are right: the type of forensic analysis that… Read More »Why Daylight Savings Time Matters
Blockchain: Fad for Innovative Technology?
Recently, I wrote about how blockchains work. However, I did not really delve into what it is good for? Maybe the answer is (like war) absolutely nothing! As is so often the case in the real world, the truth is somewhere in-between. Blockchain solves a specific, real problem. However, it has also become a shiny new buzzword and… Read More »Blockchain: Fad for Innovative Technology?
I have been working in distributed systems for decades. The fundamental problem when we have multiple active sources of information is finding a way to achieve consensus – agreement about what has happened. The simplest way to reach a consensus is to have one decision-maker. If there is only a single source of “truth” as… Read More »Blockchain as understood from an Expert
Recently one of my clients contacted me and asked about what I know concerning “determining authorship.” I pointed out that I have a published paper on the subject (Plagiarism Reduction). An integral part of doing that work was learning how the tools we use to detect plagiarism actually work. But, of course, my work was… Read More »Effective Mechanisms for Authorship Determination
Generic framework for embedded software development Each morning I receive an e-mail detailing the patent legal cases that have been filed from the fine folks at RPX Corporate, part of their RPX Insight service. I generally don’t have time to review all the cases, but I often pick several complaints to read. The morning as… Read More »US7,069,546
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton This blog, unlike those I have done before, is focused on my consulting work in the litigation support domain. Since I am working with technology, I thought I would start looking at interesting patents, which I find through… Read More »The Journey Begins