I decided to do an audit of how I use different communications “devices” and their responsiveness/effectiveness for me. This is a focus group of one and is purely subjective. Below is the outline. Net/net, short and rapid communications are what work for me as evidence by Text Message and Twitter DM’s. What I also like [...]
I’m taking que from Seth Godin and keeping my posts shorter and more succinct and hopefully this will spur more frequent updates. Let me know your thoughts if you get a chance. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about the issues around short vs. long term vision and incentives and the interplay between them. Let me start [...]
I think society is trained to equate CTO (Chief Technology Officer) with the formal corporation. In many corporations, CTO’s are certainly needed and they play a vital role. In your personal life (outside the office), who is your CTO? In many cases, the CTO is yourself or a trusted friend. Choosing technology is almost a [...]
I’m probably a few weeks late for this review but thought I’d toss one out into cyberspace anyway. Let me start out by saying that I absolutely love the vision of Apple and this product has the potential to create a new usage occasion. To keep it short and brief, here are my thoughts: Dislikes: [...]
One of my tweets today was: I got a few immediate responses from @adventurista, @jbguru, and @mediahorizons asking me what the tipping point was. My tipping point was when I started exploring the apps ecosystem surrounding Twitter to fully understand what a platform is, and thought I’d use this post as a way that I’ve [...]
I aggregated 25+ trends & predictions for 2010 centered around technology, media, and advertising last night (see them here) and created a “wordle” based on them. See below. You can obviously see that Facebook, Mobile, Google, Social, and Twitter are popular. Some not-so-big (in terms of volume) but still important trends and predictions that appeared: [...]