I have a dream: I want to see the state agencies employ computer programmers from our local universities in an effort to give the students some real-world experience, while also giving the state a steady pool of young and enthusiastic developers. Sounds like a win/win situation if you ask me. [...]
OK, I am only going to write about this one time, and then I am going to let it go. I start every presentation I give on social technologies with the same slide, and each time I review it, the audience nods their heads as if to say, “now I get it…” This slide is a simple vocabulary lesson to try and bring some coherence and sense to the jumble of terms people are now using in the social space. It seems that each new day brings some new variation on an activity with the word social pasted in front of it.
As you might have noticed, I took the month of June, and part of July off from writing this blog. The only excuse I really have is that I had three books that were all do to the publishers during this time. For the most part, they are done, and [...]
For some reason I have had these visions popping into my head of the things in life that technology has pretty much erased from the face of the Earth. If you are under 25 years old, this post may not mean much to you. For the rest of us, this [...]
As the title suggests, I have had my iPad for a week, and am testing out Steve Jobs comments that it is going to change everything. Let me put into context that my interest is in the iPad as a business tool – more than an entertainment device. […]
Identity theft and fraud are a growing problem, as we all know. Now the conversation I have with people is not if your credit card number has been stolen, but how many times. I have a friend that works for one of the largest fraud detection companies and he keeps [...]
One of the more asked questions these days is how organizations can use social tech to drive revenue. People want to know how they can use it B2B, and they want to know how to drive predictable rates of revenue. These are the right questions to ask and I have [...]
One of the questions I get a lot when I speak is the concern about privacy online. It would come as no surprise that I have never gotten this question from someone under the age of 35. I have been giving a lot of thought as to how I answer [...]
One of the more popular areas I have been speaking about lately is the concept of a person creating an electronic river of information into their brain. I am surprised that more people are not defining this concept and investing energy into structuring it as a way to improve performance [...]
OK, I have had some time to think about how the iPad might be more important than the iPhone as some people at Apple have mentioned. I am in Mumbai India at a conference where educators from around the world have gathered to discuss best [...]