I chair and attend a lot of meetings. I attend a monthly meeting which is a huge frustration. We have an agenda, which I would rate at 25 minutes, which month after month takes over two hours. The new leader, at his first meeting said, “I’ve never seen anything like this!” After a few monthsRead… Read more »
Robert made a good point, “Why don’t we drop this 2.0 business?” We can’t, because there is something there, something that is fundamentally changing our world. Something that enormous is REALLY hard to understand, but we can see the effects of it every day. Clayton Christensen has some early definition with his disruptive innovation. YouRead… Read more »
Yesterday at Cory Doctorow’s presentation, Bill Van Dyke told me about how the Khan Academy is changing education for the better. Rather than using class time for lectures, students watch ten minute videos and do computerized exercises on their own time. When they get ten answers in a row, they move up a level. TheRead… Read more »
After the last BlogLab, I was invited to meet with a group of policy consultants to discuss where they might find this new economy. One of the senior consultants got very exercised, detailing the failings of bloggers and blogging. He put a lot of effort into hijacking my meeting. I’ve had association people tell meRead… Read more »
Because that is all people need to get and hold an idea. Some need more, and that’s to elevate themselves. After reaching enough, most replace one story when they acquire another. Culture is a way to filter data, to make everyday chaos meaningful. Looking to improve your blog? Our next presentation is BlogLab – ImproveRead… Read more »
I’ve been meeting Business 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Government 2.0, and in each case partisans explain that their particular function is driving the transformation. Business 2.0 is Finance! Enterprise 2.0 is Architecture! And Government 2.0 is Information Technology! came from a moneychanger, a sheetrocker, and some guy from a hobby shop. This 2.0 thing is aboutRead… Read more »
Stephen Chapman has an interesting post on ZDNet Wikipedia needs to stop begging for donations and start implementing ads The post energetically extends and embellishes the title. Comments were divided: Jimmy Wales is smarter than you and Wikipedia doesn’t need ads; and Asking for donations feels like the guy who comes up to your carRead… Read more »
Jimmy Valentine, the famous safecracker, would sandpaper his fingertips before commencing to winkle open a safe. Henry Fonda was still throwing up before each stage performance, even when he was seventy-five. Yesterday I committed my first successful Hangout, Google Plus videoconference. Just like AT&T predicted in the fifties, only in color…with a bigger screen! Zack,Read… Read more »
I was with a friend who sang the chorus of “I don’t do technology” more times than I had verses. He wistfully wondered where all the dialing-for-dollars sales jobs have gone. I disrecall he liked them much, either. Coincidence? James Patterson gets much better rewards from moveable type than Johannes Gutenberg ever did. It’s notRead… Read more »
Al Malinchak gave the latest episode in the further adventures of Sister Maria Tyrannica today at the Human Resources Leadership Forum, titled On Wednesdays We Wear Pink, from the influential leadership blog of the same name. Al has two strong skills. One, he and Jimmy Buffet are the reigning chroniclers of post-Altar Boy development, andRead… Read more »