When Real-time is Too Much – Can You Handle the Firehose?
This morning I’ve been testing TweetDeck’s new super-fast version, based on the new Twitter User Streams API. TweetDeck provides fair warning: This is a VERY experimental version of TweetDeck I saw a few small glitches, but nothing major. Yet I am in trouble, and it’s not because of the product. It’s me. My brain… The [...]
The Thing About Analysts – And PR/Marketing Folks
I was reading Ray Wang’s great post on “The 7 Tenets of Building a Star Analyst Firm” and then Vinnie Mirchandani’s follow up “More Tenets for the Nex Gen Analyst” and it got me to thinking – on a tangent, but on something that might matter to all those PR and marketing people responsible for [...]
Stepping on Supply Risk: Is China Dumping an Inferior Grating Product on the US?
Even though I have historically been conservative in my views on anti-dumping cases — I think the burden of proof must lie entirely with those filing the complaints — a recent case in the steel industry, is (so sorry for the pun), grating on me. Our sister site MetalMiner recently covered what first appeared to [...]
Summer and all that
Been quiet for awhile now, and not because I’ve had a spot of vacation, quite the opposite. Delivery-time now, meaning programming, helping to build a new business model (and delivery using Thingamy of course) for a very interesting and ambitious…
Risky Apple iPad Business: Putting all of its Supply Chain LCD Displays in One Vendor Basket
This week, Procurement Leaders reported on a story that’s garnering headlines, suggesting that LG, a key supplier in Apple’s iPad supply chain, might not be able to assure supply for the components in this hot, new tablet device. According to the story, “LG Display has warned that it may be unable to keep up with [...]
Herding primadonnas… Welcome to Wendy’s world
Imagine a job where good work is rarely praised and people can only complain that you somehow messed up?
CombineNet Opens a New Chapter (Part 1)
I recently spent half a day at CombineNet’s headquarters in Pittsburgh to catch up with the current management team. Much of the time was spent reviewing how the company has evolved its solution strategy over the years, looking at product demonstrations (and discussing the product road-map) and talking about the recent Alta buyout/investment and management [...]
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Apple (Leaky iPhone and More)
This is the Week of Leaks: first and foremost Wikileaks, and now the iPhone Leak. No, I’m not talking about the disappearing signal (aren’t we bored of the iPhone antenna stories yet?), this is leaking white light as reported by TheStreet.com: Apparently, the back light from the iPhone display screen is leaking out around the [...]
The Manufacturing Supply Base Shake Up — Much Ado in a Rapidly Changing Environment (Part 1)
Earlier this week, MFG.com released their findings from a recent survey of their marketplace user base, looking at risk and other factors primarily in the industrial supply chain. The sample size is large enough to present a useful snapshot about the state of the manufacturing market and the top concerns for buyers and suppliers given [...]
Brightidea, Ideas to Innovation
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Vincent Carbone, the COO and co-Founder of Brightidea. The company is one of a small group of vendors pitching solutions that help companies link ideation with managed innovation. I was looking forward to this conversation for two reasons, the first being that Brightidea is a successful 11 [...]
