its easy to spot a purist
If anyone counts as a ring leader for emerging global microbrands it is Hugh MacLeod. Hugh is a creative, a prankster, high end management consultant and wine merchant all rolled into one. What is a global microbrand?
The Global Microbrand is nothing new; they’ve existed for a while, long before the internet was invented. Imagine a [...]
Bees (The Golden Company)
It’s been awhile since I blogged about CCD and bees but I’ve not stopped paying attention. Yesterday in Twitter James (@monkchips) posted a link I wanted to share with everyone.
“We want to give them support right now, as you probably know they are having a bit of trouble; worryingly they are dying out at an [...]
Doing it for less…
Years ago it was all about how much, how big and how bright your “thing” was and money was flowing out of every IT shop in the world – it was also during this time that I was constantly looking at Open Source and any and every solution I could find to do my job [...]
Linking performance to pay. The G20 and HCM software.
(photo CC 2.o attribution, thanks to g-hat!)
World leaders are gathering in Pittsburgh to discuss banking reform and other pressing matters. According to the Guardian, the discussions are likely to be rocky.
European leaders appeared to be on a collision course tonight with Barack Obama and Gordon Brown after Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, warned that [...]
JobVite’s new thing: sourcing passive candidates
I recently wrote about JobVite and how it permits employers to tap into the social networks of its employees to find quality recruits. JobVite permits employers to create eVites that employees, colleagues, etc. can pass around via email or publish to social networks like Facebook. It must be working as one of my old clients [...]
Pay to play: The vendor / analyst mating dance
Some industry analysts contribute to IT failures by creating mismatched expectations between customers and vendors. Here’s how that happens.
Ok, Who cut my brake cable?
Like one of those old TV police shows where the preferred method of killing your enemy was to cut the brake cable on their car, I awoke yesterday to a snapped Emergency brake cable on my vehicle. Could not therefore release the emergency brake and had to have the car towed over to my mechanic at [...]
The Coming Video Revolution & The Internet Buildup
Nielsen reported few weeks back that on an average Americans watch 153 hours of TV every month and 3 hours of online video every month. Video ads are beginning to appear in newspapers! Video has a powerful impact, it is easy to share on social platfor…
Enterprise 2.0 Demystified
Novell hired me to do a short webinar explaining the chronology of Enterprise 2.0 and some of the key challenges in embracing it. I created this presentation which has a visual I am continuing to refine that explains e20 relative to the social memes. I created this presentation before the meme wars began [...]
Larry Ellisons Fog Computing
I have never seen Larry so animated as he was mocking clouds during a Churchill Club interview Between what Google and Yahoo and Microsoft and salesforce and Amazon and NetSuite and Zoho and Intacct and appirio (and yes, even Sun…
