SPF13
AUGUST 26, 2008
Image via Wikipedia One of the great features of Firefox is the ability to manage multiple profiles. This is a very handy feature with many different uses. Unfortunately, it isn’t easy to do on a mac. I will show you how to setup multiple profiles on a mac that appear and run like normal mac applications so you can click on them and run them from quicksilver.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 10, 2008
People often ask me how I keep track of everything that’s going on in Web 2.0 and social media and make sense of it all. The most important single tool for me is creating frameworks. The many frameworks I create (e.g. Future of Media Lifecycle , Future of Media Strategy , Trend Map 2007+ (with Richard Watson ) etc. etc.) are all primarily to help me organize in my mind what’s going on.
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All Things Distributed
AUGUST 20, 2008
Today marks the launch of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), the long awaited persistent storage service for EC2. Details can be found on the EC2 detail page, the press release and Jeff Barr's posting over on the AWS evangelists blog. Also the folks at Rightscale have two detailed postings: why Amazon EBS matters and Amazon EBS explained.
Leveraging Organizational Knowledge
AUGUST 31, 2008
Back in April, I wrote about Heathrow airport Terminal 5 opening fiasco. I explained why I believe that on the part of British Airways, it was mostly due to a lack of training and lack of user acceptance testing of all the new systems and procedures. I also deducted from this that BA probably had an authoritative management style, a very hierarchical structure, and a corporate culture that didn't allow individuals at the bottom of the pyramid to voice concerns and constructive criticisms in an e
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I'm not lost, I'm wondering
AUGUST 29, 2008
Edublogs - education blogs. tags: blogging , web2.0 , edublogs , wordpress , learning. Getting Started With Edublogs | The Edublogger. tags: edublogs , education , blogging , learning. Ignatia Webs: Social Media makes this course stand out. “a great example of combining several relevant Social media to enhance a course&# via Stephen Downes. tags: socialmedia , course.
Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge
AUGUST 10, 2008
I had the opportunity this weekend to read the book by Randy Pausch, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. It's called, " The Last Lecture ," and it centers around a last lecture he gave at CMU in September, 2007 after he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. You can watch it here. This is no "Chicken Soup for the Soul"-style pap.
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Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 23, 2008
I earlier posted the Seven Driving Forces Shaping Media framework below, which was one of the frameworks included in our Future of Media Report 2008. However the framework is designed to cover an A3 sheet, so while it looks great in the printed copy of the report it can be hard to read on a screen. In addition many people don't click through to pdfs.
Chief Seattle Greek Blog
AUGUST 29, 2008
'Which is the National CTO? Barack Obama states he will appoint the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer (CTO). And, indeed, his own campaign even has (had?) its own CTO ( see CIO-dot-com ). Blogger Robert Scoble recently listed (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) the “A list” of names for the National CTO job. Vint Cerf (as quoted by Ed Cone in his blog on CIO Insight) worries about “centralizing” technology or technology policy in the Federal government.
Leveraging Organizational Knowledge
AUGUST 24, 2008
I am currently reading the very interesting marketing book " Creating Market Insight. How firm create value from market understanding ", written by Dr Brian Smith and Dr Paul Raspin (Wiley edition). I will surely write a few posts about this book but I'll start here with their definition of an insight in a business context: For knowledge to be considered insight, it must pass what the authors call the VRIO test.
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
AUGUST 29, 2008
I have seen history made … Selma Alabama, 1965, from [link]. U.S.A. 2008, from [link].
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AUGUST 3, 2008
Recently, I attended Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, TX and I'm sweating just recalling the weather in Houston in July. Weather aside, there were some important announcements and random observations that I wanted to summarize. Given how busy my July turned out to be, I'll break convention with my 2006 and 2007 posts and summarize the relevant bits at a somewhat higher level than before.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 20, 2008
One of the issues that I am increasingly shifting my attention to is how smaller developed economies compete in an intensely connected global economy. For example, in different sectors Ireland, Finland, Israel, and Singapore have had significant success in shifting their economic structure. While the large economies of US, Japan, and Western Europe as well as the emerging BRIC giants face their own issues, there are a particular set of challenges for smaller countries or regions.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 13, 2008
Download Chapter 6 of Living Networks on Network Presence. Every chapter of Living Networks is being released on this blog as a free download, together with commentary and updated perspectives since its original publication in 2002. For the full Table of Contents and free chapter downloads see the Living Networks website or the Book Launch/ Preface to the Anniversary Edition.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 31, 2008
It has been several years now since I have been to India, where I last ran some executive workshops on high-value relationships for some of India’s largest companies. I will be back in Mumbai next week to deliver the keynote address on The Future of Global Financial Services at the Vision 2020 Financial Services conference , run by Wipro and NDTV Profit, the Indian business news channel.
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Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 31, 2008
IT Business Edge has just published an interview with me on IT governance for Web 2.0 technologies, a topic I'm spending considerable time on in my consulting work with major organizations. The complete article, Set Policies to Unleash Creativity with Web 2.0 Tools , is available on their website, and the interview is reproduced below. Hall: Just to make sure we’re on the same page, how do you define Web 2.0 technologies?
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 25, 2008
The flourishing Australian start-up scene is about to get yet more coverage. Renai LeMay, having returned to CNET (now CBS Interactive) as News Editor from a stint at the Australian Financial Review, has set up Bootstrappr , a blog covering Australian start-ups. Below I have put his guide to getting coverage on his blog – an extremely rare instance where I respond to a request for coverage, since it’s in a good cause :-).
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 25, 2008
Photon Group , in their annual results presentation today (Revenue up 94% to A$376m, Net Profit up 33% to A$21.7m - go to ASX to download FY2008 Annual Results ) used three quotes to support their “media neutral, consumer driven “ strategy: “The current agency model, producing marketing programs built around 30 second television ads, is no longer relevant for today’s business environment†Tony Palmer, Chief Marketing Officer for Kimberly Clark. “Today almost every business and social
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 19, 2008
I have said for many years that the best way to understand Google is as an advertising aggregator (I would argue that even with its diversification over the last few years). Building on its successful search engine, it has sold ads that are served both on its search results, and also on a broad array of non-Google sites, initially through its AdSense program.
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Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 18, 2008
Media Trends+Strategy magazine (click on the link to access the magazine in interactive format) includes a piece titled Media: The State of Play - Expert Analysis which features edited interviews with a variety of participants in the media space, including John Sintras, CEO of Starcom, Belinda Rowe, CEO of ZenithOptimedia, Collin Segelov, Executive Director of the Australian Association of National Advertisers, and myself.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 15, 2008
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research has recently released research on the use of social media by the Inc 500 , which are the 500 fastest growing privately owned companies in the US as ranked by Inc. magazine. This is one of the first longitudinal studies, showing changes in adoption of social media tools from one year ago.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 12, 2008
A recent conversation with Brook Manville reminded me of a question that has been puzzling me for a while: Why don't philanthropic foundations think more about networks? The traditional philanthropic model revolves around money. Foundations have it, and nonprofits need it. So the foundations give it to the nonprofits in the form of a grant. There's a lot more to it, of course, but that's the basic idea.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 8, 2008
Blogging is both rewarding and frustrating. I can get my thoughts out as they emerge and get immediate feedback and engagement. But it is always hard to find the time to blog. I would love to blog more, but client deadlines, event organization, hiring staff, and far more end up being higher priority. Someone asked me recently if I thought of myself primarily as a blogger.
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Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 6, 2008
Today I flew Southwest for the first time in a while. (I was headed from my home in Philly to Pittsburgh for a customer meeting.) Along the way, I got an interesting and unexpected lesson in the value of self-organization. Usually, I fly on United (San Francisco is a hub) or USAir (Philly is a hub). Both of those airlines are as traditional as you get, and seating is always a problem.
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 4, 2008
One of the questions I get most frequently is: "If anyone can edit a wiki, how do you protect the organization from misinformation or, worse yet, from vandalism." So I was really happy to see the following paragraph in today's New York Times article on Diplopedia, the State Department wiki for the diplomacy community: What if someone creates disinformation or vandalism?
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
AUGUST 28, 2008
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I'm not lost, I'm wondering
AUGUST 27, 2008
Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success | Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik. The true value of blogging analysed! - via Harold Jarche. tags: blogging , analytics.
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I'm not lost, I'm wondering
AUGUST 5, 2008
Free Internet Radio - Social Broadcasting | BlogTalkRadio. “BlogTalkRadio is the social radio network that allows users to connect quickly and directly with their audience. &# via Stephen Downes. tags: audio , podcast. Video - HISTORIA DE UN LETRERO (THE STORY OF A SIGN) - ZappInternet.com. A lovely short film showing the power of words. via Donna Papacosta. tags: video , compassion.
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
AUGUST 5, 2008
I head out tomorrow for the MERLOT International Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesoda where I will be presenting on Web2.0, the Social Media, and Academia: Using Personal Learning Environments to Expand Teaching and Learning. (The description is second from the bottom here.) I am asking for some help in proving my point - that creating your own Personal Learning Environment is essential for teachers and other knowledge workers.
Chief Seattle Greek Blog
AUGUST 25, 2008
'a Stone Rose. I’ve spent the last couple of days in Republic, Washington, a small, isolated town in Northern Washington State. Republic has a population of less than a thousand people, and is surrounded by many miles of forest and prairie and mountains and ranchland in virtually every direction. The nearest big cities are Tonasket (pop. 1013) to the West and Kettle Falls (pop. 1527) to the East, 40 and 30 miles distant, respectively.
Chief Seattle Greek Blog
AUGUST 18, 2008
'West Seattle Blog. Tip O’Neill , late and former speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, famously said “All politics is local” He meant, of course, that no politician was ever elected or re-elected unless they listened to their local constituency and “delivered the goods” – that is, adequately reflected their voters’ views, opinions and needs*.
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