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What Chefs Can Teach Us About Social Media

January 21, 2011

It’s easy to begin using Social Media and the cost of entry is very, very low. As a result, many organizations feel compelled to begin using social channels without thinking through exactly how they will use them. Even though it’s easy to begin using social media, using it effectively can be difficult at best.
At the [...]

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What could possibly go wrong?

January 16, 2011

Slashdot reported today that Microsoft is filing a patent to cover using “altered parasitic organisms” as a delivery mechanism for disease-fighting substances. It seems like a good idea… And there’s no real potential for things to go horribly wrong, right? And Microsoft products always work so well…

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Melting Rock with RockMelt

December 3, 2010

I’ve been using RockMelt for a week or so now. For those of you unfamiliar with RockMelt, it is a new browser that functions as a social desktop. If you’re wondering what that looks like, consider a browser with social functions built right into the chrome of the application. The far left border displays the [...]

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The Shape of a Social Enterprise

November 11, 2010

Much has been made of the idea of a Social Enterprise. The idea of increased transparency both within and without the organization. Internally, tacit knowledge is given a new degree of latitude. Externally, the line between inside and outside the organization begins to blur. I think we’ve done a lot of thinking about how social media [...]

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Innovation is Fast and Furious

October 13, 2010

Let’s face it – slow and steady only won the race because the guy in the lead was such a dips#&t that he got caught snoozing. Innovation doesn’t happen at a tortoise’s pace; it happens because someone, somewhere takes an operatic leap of faith. Someone, somewhere finds a new application for an old tool or [...]

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The Age of the Nano-Demographic: P2P Marketing

October 7, 2010

In college, I learned about new music from my friends. Like it or not, I picked up tips about personal style from them, too. You can blame them for some of the looks I’ve sported through time. The important point here is that my market-facing tendencies are not defined by my age, race, or socio-economic [...]

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Taxonomy of Rap Names

September 30, 2010

I’m a sucker for data visualizations; especially ones that have a sense of humor. I found a pointer to a chart that presents a taxonomy of rap names. I find it funny that you need a nom de microphone to be a rapper, but I guess James Todd Smith or Calvin Broadus don’t sound all [...]

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Google Instant Search: Backing into semantics

September 30, 2010

What It Is
Google recently released its Google Instant search product. It is basically a recommendation engine on steroids. The way it works is that, as you type, search terms are recommended; starting with the first letter. For instance, typing “W” will present you with the weather forecast based on your geographic location. That’s [...]

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I Had a Dream (Update)

September 16, 2010

Back in June of 2008, I wrote a post detailing a vision I had for Apple tech working with television for enhanced viewing. Well, ABC Television just released the My Generation Sync app for iPad which behaves pretty much how I imagined it. The video does a better job of explaining it than I can:

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Prioritizing Preferece: The Challenge of Managing Design

September 9, 2010

Managing any initiative is a complex affair – juggling timelines, milestones, and dependencies; managing risks and mitigating factors. The management of design processes gets geometrically more complex when you add the wildcard of personal preference to decision points. Many non-designers are incapable of articulating their reasons for preference-based choices in a way that makes sense [...]

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