Whenever I speak to a group of larger companies, I always ask the audience how many block common social media sites. On the average, about a third raise their hands. This becomes a common question they then ask me, “how do you feel about blocking common sites Scott?” So here [...]
I woke up the other morning and a phrase popped into my head, “the seeds of the future are already planted.” This is an eloquent way to express something I have been preaching for a few years now. It is possible to accurately predict the future state of certain areas [...]
One of the topics I speak on quite a bit these days is the growing importance of managing ones online reputation. There are two varieties that are becoming areas of impact these days, the first being our personal reputations, and the second being the organizational reputation. I was getting ready [...]
I have always believed that one of the really important responsibilities a writer has is to ask interesting questions. Questions make us think about life in new ways, and once we do, our minds cannot snap back to what they were before. So here is my question… What would Jesus [...]
This is going to be all about the business side of operating systems so if you find OS’s boring and passé at this point, don’t read this post… So Google announced this week that they are going to produce an operating system for netbooks. It is named Chrome operating system [...]
There are moments in life when I am very conscious that I am an animal at heart. When I get hungry, there comes a point where I cannot focus on anything other than hunting prey – or at least a doughnut. When someone tackles me on the soccer field, I [...]
Sure, multi-tasking has always been with us. From the earliest days of man in the cave, I am sure there was a woman that was cleaning off a hide, boiling some food, and having a conversation with two different cave mates. At least that is the picture in my head [...]
The announcement of the Google Wave platform and all the early descriptions of the role it could play in building Web based applications has me thinking about the power of platforms in general. I think an important concept for us all to think about is the trend we are seeing [...]
I cannot stop myself from writing this specific message for you to because I am becoming frustrated that organizations are moving so slowly on this subject. I have been asked to speak to quite a few audiences lately about social media and how it can be used by organizations to [...]
I am not sure if you would have seen the press releases on a new service Google is going to offer later this year, so I though it might be helpful to at least mention it. Google Wave is a new platform that Google will provide as an open source [...]