Singularity is Creepy
Singularity is a favorite topic among geeks… I find it unsettling. The Singularity in the film’s title refers to a point in time when the planet’s non-biological intelligence will be one billion times more powerful than the sum of all human intelligence existing today. At that point, the non-biological intelligence will have begun to analyze [...]
The Public Markets and Venture Capital
Last week I wrote about the “VC shakeup” in response to a piece in HBR by the same name, in my response to a comment left by my friend Jason Lemkin I wrote: A big problem here is that the state of public markets makes IPOs extremely difficult and with M&A among already public companies [...]
Tuesday’s Tip: Applying The Five Stages Of Adoption Towards SCRM Projects
Social CRM Faces Initial Adoption Hurdles From Management
In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced the “Five Stages of Grief” in her book, On Death and Dying. These five stages can be summed up as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. When applied to disruptive technology adoption by organizations, the “Five Stages” framework [...]
An Enterprise 2.0 Case Study: My Book
At the E2.0 Boston conference I saw plenty of handwringing about the lack of successful practical examples around social computing. I can point to one – a personal example – over the last year how my book, The New Polymath has drawn on communitie…
Adobe seems to have no commitment whatsoever to Sustainability
I was extremely lucky to be given a tour of Adobe’s triple platinum LEED certified HQ in Palo Alto last year. I video’d highlights of the tour and posted them here. At the time I was extremely impressed with Adobe’s sustainability initiatives. However, since then I have been more and more convinced [...]
Are You Still Using Your Real Credit Card Online? You Shouldn’t.
So iTunes got hacked and some users saw unauthorized purchases up to $600 in their accounts. I’m shocked. Not at the fact that iTunes got hacked, but that users exposed their credit accounts to such extent. Websites do get hacked, it’s a fact of life. Users need to change their passwords, consider what other sites [...]
‘The New Polymath’ is a Firehose of Innovation Stories
For years Vinnie Mirchandani has chronicled all kinds of innovation on his his must-read blog New Florence. New Renaissance. Now he’s taken his examination of technology and how it affects business to a whole new level with his new book…
Current Cost energy meter reviewed
I emailed Chris Dalby of Current Cost a question about their devices a few weeks ago. Chris, not only answered my question but also offered to send me one of their energy monitors to try for myself! I love my Current Cost Envi 128. It is incredibly straightforward to setup – [...]
RainStor Tackles The Tough Challenges Of Information Preservation
Organizations Facing The Big Data Problem Must Solve The TCO Of Data Retention
The explosion in data volumes from terabytes to petabytes (i.e. 1 quadrillion bytes) drives many organizations to identify cost effective solutions for the retention and on demand retrieval of historical data. More importantly, organizations must meet a plethora of changing business and compliance [...]
