What's wrong with a cloudy world? (1)
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I've just finished reading the computerworld interview on cloud computing with Barry X Lynn, of 3Tera.Whilst I would certainly agree that the shift from product to a service based economy is fairly inevitable for a ubiquitous and well defined activity, the problem with the cloud is the lack of second sourcing options i.e. the lack of interoperability, portability and easy switching between providers at equivalent levels of the computing stack.As Bert, also of 3Tera, said ...
Remember the Root Goal (1)
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There might be a better picture to describe the intentions of this post. I should start this blog post with a catchy anecdote; I’d better go find a story that matches what I’m looking for. I’m going to go ask Twitter what they think. Once I get that all done, I’m going to stumble, digg, mixx, sphinn, delicious, and reddit the post. After all that, I’m going to add it to LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, and ...
The Beauty of Pirate Ships (5)
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If I had to distill a strategy for navigating the permanent whitewater experience of the coming months and the foreseeable 2009 time frame, I’d say plan on the “means to an end” way that pirates used their vessels. You see, they weren’t as worried about the details of the operation and maintenance of their existing infrastructure. Instead, they had a fierce passion for their goal of acquiring a living from other vessels on the seas. ...
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Daniel Pritchett said:
Quote: "Throw away all the excuses. Here’s where we tie in the pirate ships. Pirates didn’t give a rat’s ass what their ship looked like, or even whether it was their ship in the first place. They took whatever floated and could carry cannons and men, and they lobbed themselves at targets. It was messy. It was ugly. It was warfare, but they weren’t ones to fret or struggle with their infrastructure. What defined a pirate ship? That the pirates were aboard it. That’s about it.Can an enterprise do that? Can they lob themselves at targets without worrying about their infrastructure? Not sure. Look at all the burning debris in the “water” of the last few months’ financial turmoil. Big companies are in the wreckage."
Save the Filibuster (1)
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The Next Right (23)
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If you're a conservative looking at the odds, what should really scare you is not the 80 to 90 percent chance that Barack Obama is the next President. It's the very real chance that Democrats could get to 60 or tantalizingly close to it in the Senate. President Barack Obama is unfortunate. President Barack Obama with 60 votes in the Senate means a socialist America. If the Presidential race manages to get tighter than it ...
Perfectionism is Bad For You (3)
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I used to be a perfectionist, and it damaged me in more than one way. Over the years I have recognized this problem, and I am almost getting over it. But one step back, what is perfectionism? Quoting Wikipedia: Perfectionism, in psychology, is a belief that perfection can and should be attained. In its pathological form, perfectionism is a belief that work or output that is anything less than perfect is unacceptable. At such levels, ...
Rethinking Social Media in an Economic Downturn (1)
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It doesn’t seem like that long ago we were in the midst of the dot com bust. Remember shredding the brokerage statements without even opening them? Remember going through all those organizational exercises at work and being asked to do more with less? We got really good at it as I recall, and it appears we will need to resurrect those skills once again. But let’s be wiser about it this time. Let’s not let ...
Can Intervention Save the Stock Photography Industry from Microstock? (1)
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Microstock Diaries (4)
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Zave Smith, professional stock photographer and president of the Stock Artists Alliance recently wrote an open letter to the leaders of the stock photography industry. Like many articles on the topic, the letter describes the problems of the current stock photography market. However, rather than solely describing problems, Zave actually proposes a solution: promote the most talented microstock contributors to the major collections. Towards the end of the letter, Zave invites other industry stakeholders to ...
Surround Yourself with Positive People (1)
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Where You Are Now (2)
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A big part of personal finances, and life for that matter, is goals. We have touched on goal setting and have stressed the importance of having a plan for your money, but I want to raise an issue that you may run into; the people around you. So you’ve set these goals (financially and in other areas in your life) and you begin to talk about them when you are around friends and family. You ...
Should I do something about metadata? (1)
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New Music Strategies (38)
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It’s all very well being able to buy music instantly, and take it everywhere with you. But somehow, it feels like we’ve lost something along the way with downloading. Music - at least, recorded music - used to be this thing that you would hold in your hand, treasure, read through the liner notes and yeah - smell. As a wise man once said: “Don’t front like you’ve never licked a record…” I even met ...
Consumers Want to Interact With Companies on Social Media (2)
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According to the findings of the 2008 Cone Business in Social Media Study, almost 60% of Americans interact with companies on a social media Web site, and one in four interact more than once per week. The survey finds that 93% of Americans believe a company should have a presence in social media, while 85% believe a company should not only be present, but should also interact with its consumers via social media. 56% of ...
Email A/B Testing and … Chemistry?!? (2)
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Do you remember learning the Scientific Method in middle school chemistry class? 1) Make Observations 2) Formulate a Hypothesis 3) Design an Experiment 4) Test the Hypothesis 5) Accept or Reject the Hypothesis A client recently contacted me about A/B Testing in their emails. They were struggling with getting started on a test and what the steps should be. It occurred to me that the Scientific Method can be applied to A/B testing in email ...
Strategy: Flickr - Do the Essential Work Up-front and Queue the Rest (10)
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This strategy is stated perfectly by Flickr's Myles Grant: The Flickr engineering team is obsessed with making pages load as quickly as possible. To that end, we’re refactoring large amounts of our code to do only the essential work up front, and rely on our queueing system to do the rest. Flickr uses a queuing system to process 11 million tasks a day. Leslie Michael Orchard also does a great job explaining the queuing meme ...
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Ted said:
Oddly enough I came to the same conclusion with a pet project of mine.
Warcraft Mod Becomes League of Legends [League Of Legends] (1)
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Riot Games - the crew behind the popular Defense of the Ancients mod for Warcraft III - have taken the basic premise of the game and created their own independent IP - League Of Legends. Players control a Summoner - a commander character that can be leveled up and enhanced - who controls troops taking part in organized arena-type battles. The game is 'semi persistent' with champions and gaining levels and items that are lost ...
Musing on the ‘Top 10 Wish List for Agencies of the Future’ (1)
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I stumbled across this survey, Survey Reveals Brand Marketers’ Top 10 Wish List for Agencies of the Future, produced for Sapient, which caught my imagination a wee-willy-winky bit. The premise of the survey was ‘what would 200 chief marketing officers (CMOs) and senior marketing professionals describe as their Top 10 Wish List for Agencies of the Future?’. I would add that given that it was sponsored by Sapient and was such a small sample size, ...
The promise of engagement marketing (1)
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Tomi was interviewed recently by MobiAd Key themes were [1] What does advertising look like on the mobile platform [2] The need for Engagement Marketing vs. interruptive communications [3] Co-created commercial communications Tomi expands on this later theme... However, my best example today, is the Japanese snack foods brand Tohato, and their engagement marketing concept. Yes, it was another advergame. But what a game. Think of the addicted hard-core gamers on massively multiplayer fantasy wargames ...
Warcraft Modders Create League of Legends [League Of Legends] (3)
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Riot Games - the crew behind DoTA have hired some of the people behind the popular Defense of the Ancients mod for Warcraft III, taken the basic premise of the game and created their own independent IP - League Of Legends. Players control a Summoner - a commander character that can be leveled up and enhanced - who controls troops taking part in organized arena-type battles. The game is 'semi persistent' with champions and gaining ...
A Star is Born? NY Times syndicates outside blogs but that's not enough (7)
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Recently the New York Times announced that it will be syndicating content from three well-known blogs, Read/Write Web, Giga Om and Venture Beat. The New York Times is using these blogs as an extra-sensory organ; they can dial into what is happening in the tech sector (and particularly the West Coast with this trio) without allocating a lot of internal resources to it. Smart move. As newspapers are locked in a desperate bid for survival ...
How much do you focus on competitors? (1)
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It’s an interesting question. After all, our customers see us both and make their decisions accordingly. But where do you stop? How much information is enough, and how much is too much? ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
EndWar for PC? “Yeah,” says de Plater (1)
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EndWar creative director Michael de Plater has said those waiting for a PC version of Tom Clancy’s EndWar have a good reason to smile. “Yeah,” he said, when asked if it’s likely we’ll see a PC version somewhere down the line. “There’s no reason not to.” The exec, speaking to VG247 at a London event last week, [...]
My list of tips for getting the most out of Twitter (1)
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(alternative title - How to use social media such as twitter to be nice) Just a very quick list of tips for those of you that are new to using Twitter. But first, Lisa Nova, who I think shows how bad the Twitter addiction can get. Put your real name in the name field when you sign up. If you follow people then they will know who you are. If you have nothing in your ...
