Category Archives: Technology

Review of “Open Leadership” Framework (Leadership and Social Technologies Book)

Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter Group and co-author of the bestselling book Groundswell, was generous to include me on her distribution list for an advanced reading copy of her new book Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the … Continue reading

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Candid Interview With Will Weider On Consulting (From A Customer Point Of View)

This past week, I had the opportunity to speak with Will Weider, CIO of Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System, about using consultants. His perspectives are interesting because they are from a customer’s vantage point – not from a … Continue reading

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For My Blog Diary: Whirlwind Notes On Blogs In 2007

For a snapshot of what I am sensing in 2007: Growth in blogs slowing, growth in blog posts slowing (and mainstream media more in balance and cognizant of blogs) Corporate blogs growing, but many companies still on the fence with … Continue reading

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On “Busyness” In An Increasingly Global And Technology-Oriented World

It’s results that matter – not activities. That statement encapsulates a "widely-held" management perspective that managers should evaluate workers based on the effectiveness of output produced and not by how much they are working. But is it such a widely-held … Continue reading

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World Wild Web

Some of the wildest technology news I noted from the past year: Green glowing pigs Researchers slowing down light with possible usage as storage technology 500Ghz frozen computer chips with the possibility of 1 Terahertz computer chips The last one … Continue reading

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Nortel CTO Starts Blog

John Roese, CTO of Nortel, launched his Nortel blog earlier this week. Update (1/26/07): Nortel also placed a video on YouTube.

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For My iPhone Diary

The sneezers are singing the praises of the iPhone today: Om Malik (communication and telecom blog) here on the end of an era (or mark of a new era) and here on form factor and packaging Mark Evans (Canadian telecom … Continue reading

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For My Google YouTube Diary

My short roundup of articles and posts covering the Google acquisition of YouTube: CNN reports Google buying YouTube for $1.65 billion. YouTube founded in February 2005. Steve’s note to self on another billion(s) dollar acquisition with a short total life … Continue reading

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For My Vonage Diary

Steve has to try out the VoIP thing because of network flexibility it offers.Steve has some problems with Vonage service quality compared to landline. Or not?Vonage hits 1 million lines.Skype, the much different P2P VoIP player, is acquired for $2.6 … Continue reading

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Perceptual Mapping: What Does Your Cell Phone Say About You?

Last week I was reading a detailed research report regarding cell phones in order to get a more structured understanding of the consumer marketplace as it relates to upstream B2B vendors. Now in business school (e.g., in a marketing analytics … Continue reading

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