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 [...]
I get a lot of email everyday. In fact I get enough that I can actually gauge how the American workforce is doing based on the flow and quantity. For example, one Friday afternoons, the velocity of email drops in half. On Sunday nights, my email lights up. I find both of these trends [...]
Open any IT magazine today and there will be at least one article, and five advertisements for some new cloud computing product or service. It is not even fun anymore to talk about how big The Cloud will one day be, now how it might change the world. The only [...]
It seems that one of the most popular things for tech reporters to do these days is pass on rumors and prognostications about what Apple might do with their possible tablet product. At the same time, a number of companies announced their slate/tablet options at CES a couple of weeks [...]
Announcements of new products are always interesting when they come from Google, and concern a type of device to which we are all fairly addicted. I have had the privilege of watching companies announce new technology products since about 1980 and feel like I am getting the hang of understanding [...]