Social, Agile and Transformation
OCTOBER 30, 2008
'Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Thursday, October 30, 2008. Newspapers and Magazines Need Content Agility.
SPF13
OCTOBER 20, 2008
At Portero we had an issue with our network. I know enough about networking to understand the basics. I actually used to work on the IOS back during the dawn of the internet. Though things have changed since then, the biggest issue is I don’t remember enough to fix network configuration issues on the router level. Before I took the post at Portero, we had a company we contracted to configure all of our Cisco equipment.
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Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 29, 2008
For my keynote at the Vision 2020 Financial Services conference last month in Mumbai I prepared some 'quick and dirty' scenarios for the global financial services industry landscape in 2020 from a technology perspective. Below is an overview of the content I used in my presentation. The complete slide deck from my keynote is also available, though it needs the explanation as below.
All Things Distributed
OCTOBER 22, 2008
These are times where many companies are focusing on the basics of their IT operations and are asking themselves how they can operate more efficiently to make sure that every dollar is spent wisely. This is not the first time that we have gone through this cycle, but this time there are tools available to CIOs and CTOs that help them to manage their IT budgets very differently.
Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into
Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge
OCTOBER 1, 2008
Last year, Buddy bought a Hummer. One of the big H1s. He spent $80K. Kelly Blue book says it’s worth $55K today. Buddy took the Hummer to every dealer in town. None would offer him anything for the Hummer. One guy said he would take if off Buddy’s hands if Buddy paid him $250 to have it towed to the scrap yard. Kelly Blue book is the Mark to Model. -$250 is the Mark to Market.
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
OCTOBER 30, 2008
Advanced Distributed Learning - Home. msnbc.com video: Doctor challenges autism, vaccine link. IT'S NOT CONTROVERSIAL, MATT!! (the fact that vaccines don't cause autism, that is).
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Chief Seattle Greek Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2008
'Tech Horror. Sometimes my job as a City CIO keeps me up at night. There are some pretty horrible things which can happen to the technology which keeps City and County governments running. Halloween seems like a perfect time to confront a few of our most frightful fears, and here are a few of mine. Water. And Fire. Or Fire followed by Water. In my data center.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 3, 2008
I have just completed delivering keynotes in six cities as part of a national roadshow for Optus Business. Optus’ annual client event, this year titled Beyond 08, was a morning event for its clients and prospects in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra. The sessions began with my keynote on Surviving and Thriving in a Connected World , followed by Optus executives presenting insight and client case studies on mobility and IP convergence.
All Things Distributed
OCTOBER 22, 2008
Congratulations to the Amazon EC2 team for the hard work to get to the point where the beta tag is removed from the service and it is now in full production. Not only that, but there now is an SLA, and Microsoft Windows and SQL Server are available as of today.
Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge
OCTOBER 15, 2008
This morning (via a newly-subscribed-to Twitter feed linking me to Harvard Business Publishing ), I found and read a great short blurb of an article by Tom Davenport , with whose work at CIMS I am familiar. Tom raises the timely question of the impact of the economic crisis on the explosion of social media, and it's a good point. The people who scratch their heads hardest and ask most frequently "Why would you want to do THAT?
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I'm not lost, I'm wondering
OCTOBER 29, 2008
Positively Autistic. " since the early 90's, an autistic rights movement has sprung up, challenging the official view of autism and working to change how the world sees autism. In this special feature, we meet some of the people at the forefront of this movement, and find out what they see are the positives of living life as a person with autism.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 8, 2008
Over the last few months there has been increasing discussion of how micro-blogging tools such as Twitter could be used in organizations. Twitter is now frequently used in external communication, with organizations as diverse as @SouthwestAir , @Comcastcares , @BigPondTeam , @SEC_Investor_Ed, and @mosmancouncil using Twitter to communicate to stakeholders and for customer service.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 20, 2008
Today’s New York Times has an interesting article titled Start-Ups Test Dot-Com Business Models , which compares the business models of Twitter and Yammer (a recent start-up focusing on business micro-blogging that I wrote about in a recent review of the space ). It says that Yammer, while a tiny fraction of the size of Twitter, is already getting revenue, while Twitter is still focusing on growth and waiting to monetize.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 6, 2008
A little earlier in the year CIO Magazine published an excellent feature article titled Enterprise 2.0 - What is it good for? In the print and online articles they included a sidebar: The Organization As Media Entity: Enterprise 2.0 is about making mass participation valuable , which reported on my views (that I’ve written and spoken about on many occasions before) that organizations should start thinking of themselves as media entities.
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Procurement and supply chain leaders are presented with their fair share of challenges, with a host of tools and strategies to resolve them. That said, what’s the best path forward to leverage this year’s trends? In this recap of a recent GEP-WBR webinar, 7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024, GEP’s Pramod Sethumadhavan explores seven vital leadership trends that will help guide procurement and supply chain decision-makers.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 28, 2008
The current issue of MIS magazine Australia has an excellent feature on Corporate Web 2.0 titled Meetings of 2.0 Minds , introduced with the words: The social communication tools of the web are making their irrevocably into today's enterprise. The piece begins with the example of how Bond University conducted an audit of use of Web 2.0 technologies, and “uncovered a vast, organic network of technologies already being used…â€.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 24, 2008
The Guardian is now providing full-text RSS feeds. Let’s dig into why this is important, and an indicator of one of the broadest shifts happening in the information landscape. Over the last few years RSS has shifted from a geek-thing that required explanation, to the point where most people have an RSS reader of some type on their desktops. As people go to more and more information sources, it becomes highly inefficient to visit to them separately, while an RSS readers allows all of your selec
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 9, 2008
Hugh MacLeod has published a delightful interview with Seth Godin on the launch of his new book Tribes. A couple of excerpts that particularly struck me: Your books and blog posts seem to have one thing in common, they seem to be getting shorter and shorter with every passing year. I have no problem with that; I think people genuinely prefer short reads to long ones.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 28, 2008
A little while ago I announced that Future Exploration Network’s extraordinary Chief Futurist, Richard Watson, had released his book Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years , including a few excerpts. Since then it has sold at a giddying pace, selling out in Australia, and has now been launched in 10 editions worldwide, including two Chinese versions.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 19, 2008
Earlier in the month I wrote a post on Micro-blogging in the enterprise: an idea whose time has come? I mentioned a number of the current corporate initiatives in the space, including those of Janssen-Cilag, which in February implemented an internal version of Twitter it called Jitter. After my post I learned (on Twitter) that Janssen-Cilag was highly commended in the 2008 Intranet Innovation Awards.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 9, 2008
A great article in Smart Company on Australia’s best business blogs by Brad Howarth discussing the ins and outs of business blogging, and names the top 15 business blogs in Australia, including Trends in the Living Networks. The article begins: Australian businesses have shown remarkable trepidation when it comes to communicating with customers and stakeholders through blogs.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 8, 2008
Stowe Boyd recently posted the following statement: I disagree with the notion that Enterprise 2.0 is about groups not the individual. On the contrary: Web 2.0 is based on the person and personal relationships in networks, not group membership. It came in response to a post of mine about Enterprise 2.0 adoption where I wrote that: Enterprise 2.0 posits the group as the primary unit of activity; email posits the individual Boyd's drawing a really important distinction here.
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 7, 2008
The September issue of the Consulting News magazine of the ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) includes an article I wrote on Building Better Client Relationships. The article is below: Building Better Client Relationships. by Ross Dawson. In an increasingly money conscious and global economy, where consultants often spend large sums and substantial energy in obtaining new clients, the key issue they face is how to build long lasting and deep relationships with valuable clients.
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Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 2, 2008
Today’s ABC Media Report featured a special report on peer-to-peer file sharing and its impact on media. The program provided an overview of the history of peer-to-peer content sharing, starting from Napster and its legal travails, moving on to Kazaa, BitTorrent, online video distribution and the situation today, and how it is impacting the music, video and media industries.
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
OCTOBER 28, 2008
Autism Matters at Work. Looks like it might be a good program, would obviously need to see the details of how they Recognize, Relate, and Respond. An important topic for any workplace. Powells.com Ink Q&A - Paul Nahin. I saw Nahin's book Mr. Euler's Fabulous Formula over the weekend. Not sure if I can wait for Christmas or not. Autism Information Library: Identifying, Educating, and Empowering Allies.
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
OCTOBER 17, 2008
'Do I Look Like a CEO?' - BusinessWeek. Though kind of about Bram Cohen, developer of BitTorrent, the article goes into quite a bit of detail about how Asperger's has shaped Bram and his achievements. Just goes to show how our differences can help us. I can't help wondering, would we have BitTorrent today if Bram Cohen had been diagnosed with Asperger's as a teen?
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
OCTOBER 16, 2008
Denis Leary Tries to Defuel His Autism Fire - E! Online. Was the excerpt from Denis Leary's upcoming book bashing autism parents taken out of context? Does it matter? I think I'll withhold my judgment until his book comes out next month.
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Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge
OCTOBER 12, 2008
I found this following quick post from a PMI newsletter to be a succinct summary of something I think about a lot, and try (with varying degrees of success) to articulate often: how can an organization develop rigor in its operations without stifling creativity and responsiveness? As our firm's SharePoint practice area continues development, documentation, and refinement of our methodology, I look forward to thoroughly and continually assessing the balance between rigidity and responsiveness to
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Definition of Introvert -- What is an Introvert? Been thinking about what Web 2.0, with its emphasis on social apps and activities, means for the introverts of the world and how those introverts can make use of these great tools. This description is a good starting point for understanding the introvert's way of approaching things. AZ Daily Star - How do people with autism view themselves?
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
OCTOBER 9, 2008
An Estate Plan Built for Special Needs - WSJ.com. A Wall Street Journal article on the importance of Special Needs trusts and some of the things parents should consider when setting them up.
Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge
OCTOBER 9, 2008
OK, it’s almost a blind guess, but I believe that the DOW’s bottom is going to be around 8,088. Why? 8 is a nice lucky number. A little more seriously, if you “draw a line&# from low points going back to 31-Oct-97, you get a suprisinly linear trend with a nice fit. It’s spooky how easy it is to connect the dots. If you extend it out to today, you get a level of 8,088.
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