Apple’s garden wall is cracking
At next week’s iPhone 5 launch, we’ll marvel at Apple’s leadership of the mobile Web. But early adoption of HTML5 and the lesson of history tells us iOS will soon be in decline.
Product Review: Google+, Consumerization of IT, and Crossing The Chasm For Enterprise Social Business
Timing of Google+ Bodes Well For Enterprise Users And Google Lately, one could say Google’s been a bit absent from the social business party. The premature launch of Google Wave exposed a canvas looking for a masterpiece painting. Failing fast and learning from the Google Wave lesson, Google’s latest offering, Google+ shows promise in bringing [...]
Where Next for Web Meetings?
I know I’m not alone in my dissatisfaction with web meetings, because I frequently hear the same sentiments expressed by colleagues and associates. We’re all fed up with dialing in to online meetings, waiting for clunky client software to load…
SlideShare Zipcasts for Real Time Collaboration
A long time ago Tim Oren scribbled this on a napkin to help explain a little of what he learned about collaboration. We put wikis in the top left, email in the bottom left and IM in the bottom right. He described that at the top right is a collaboration sweet spot, but a place [...]
A Letter from the Chairman
I co-founded Socialtext in 2002, and through eight-years of hard work pioneered the hottest category of Enterprise software. An old Estonian saying says “the work will show you the way.” And what has kept me going through this journey is great people and a continual source of new opportunities. As I’ve written before, startups always [...]
Not Social
When Pfizer launched the first social media channel on SlideShare for a regulated industry, it was met with industry applause, but also some controversy. Case in point, and article Pharma News: Pfizer Channel criticized as ‘not social.’ Various criticisms have been raised against the channel, however, including the fact that it does not allow comments [...]
Barcamp Channel on SlideShare
I had the dubious honor of hosting the first Barcamp in Palo Alto, with a Socialtext wiki and office, of course. Since then, Barcamp has been a worldwide phenomenon that has turned events on its head. The Open Space methodology…
Business Video on SlideShare
SlideShare launched support for business video today: video on slideshare View more videos from Jonathan Boutelle. We already posted some videos into the Socialtext Channel. You can see others by PARC, Eric Ries, the Sustainable Brands events and more. Web2expo,…
Promoted Tweets and the Next Ad Recovery
A lifetime ago I worked on an Eastern European telecom group’s IPO and one of my favorite slides in my deck was borrowed from Goldman Sachs to paint the picture of a Multimedia Cycle. Yes, I said multimedia, but right…
Channels for Business Content on SlideShare
As an advisor to SlideShare, I’ve been proud to watch it grow into the world’s largest professional sharing community. Traffic grew 400% last year to 25 million unique monthly visitors, the majority of which are business decision makers. And guess what, its mostly people (and increasingly companies) pitching each other. So over the past couple [...]
