By James Governor on November 18, 2010
I just spent a couple of days with IBM in Rye Brook, NY, and I have to admit, I came away impressed. I should also mention that I landed quite a nice contract while I was there, so take that into account when reading this piece. Why does IBM STG want to work with RedMonk, […]
Posted in Business | Tagged design, ibm, redmonk, STG, STGEVENT2010, Streetline |
By Jeff Nolan on October 10, 2010
Here’s an interesting argument… that Gap hoodwinked everyone into signing on to crowdsource a new logo by using their decidedly crappy “new” logo as bait: That’s right. One of the most prominent popular fashion brands is crowdsourcing its new brand logo. So the favorite last-ditch tactic of brands and causes lacking money or new ideas […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged 99designs, Bait-and-switch, Brand loyalty, Crowdsourcing, design, Gap, Get Satisfaction, Logo, Publicity stunt, Uncategorized
By Thomas Otter on September 10, 2010
(photo cc attrib. pntphoto thanks!) I have seen several keynotes from software executives lately. I recollect that all of them had iPads in them. Seasoned software executives have been getting positively giddy about the iPad. It has given Steve Jobs a sales force that he didn’t know he had. It seems without really planning for […]
Posted in Business | Tagged apple, design, enterprise software, erp, iPad, IT Related, sales, ui |
By Zoli Erdos on September 1, 2010
We’re putting our money where our (digital) mouth is: having talked so much about crowdsourcing, we took 99designs for a test drive, hoping to see a new CloudAve logo emerge. I was not too impressed with the initial submissions, but just as I suspected, 99design works pretty much like eBay does: the better contestants ignore […]
Posted in Business, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 99designs, contest, Crowdsourcing, design, eBay, logo design |
By Thomas Otter on August 29, 2010
(image of Scott Berkun presenting via Chasingfun cc attribution. Thanks!) In this interview on the O’Reilly blog Scott Berkun nails it. How do you define “innovation”? Scott Berkun: I strongly recommend people use this word as little as possible. It’s mostly a distraction. Many great ideas and breakthroughs were achieved without people worrying if they […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Berkun, books, design, innovation, IT Related, life in general, marketing
By Bob Warfield on August 5, 2010
Sorry, but I have been extracting these stones from my user experience shoe for some time. I would grumble and finally move on, but as the same stones kept making their way back into my shoes, I finally decided to start keeping notes. This post is the result. It probably won’t be my last, but […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged apple, design, google, microsoft, salesforce.com, ui, usability, user interface, ux |
By Sadagopan on June 28, 2010
After a long time, I got the opportunity to read a new book, that I would have loved to read several years back aptly named – The Design Of Design. Several decades back, the onset of a discipline called software engineering started with a big problem…
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged book review, books, design, Fred Brooks, Software Engineering
By Thomas Otter on June 23, 2010
Several vendors have sent me links to World Cup related versions of their analytics tools. Some of them are really clever. I can drill down into skills, real time results and so on. Neat stuff, mashing up data sources from all over the place, with compelling charts and stats, and good social sharing features. Easy […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Africa, analytics, design, FIFA World Cup, IT Related, marketing, Soccer, Sport, world cup
By Thomas Otter on June 9, 2010
Cross posted on my Gartner blog. As some of my readers know I’m a keen but slow amateur cyclist. It is a sport that doesn’t really lead to flexibility, the opposite in fact. I need to stretch if I’m going to have any sort of suppleness, so I have made a conscious decision to stretch […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cycling related, design, erp, flexible, life, Organization, software as a service, talent management
By Thomas Otter on June 8, 2010
Next week I’m taking part in a 2 1/2 day workshop for Gartner Enterprise IT leader clients on SAP. We bring together about 40 IT leaders from various companies from across Europe as well as several analysts. The session I’ll be leading will digging into UI and usability options and challenges. We will present an […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged design, erp, Facebook, sap, ui, usability, User experience design, user interface |