Terrortainment oder die Wahrheit? at Themenriff (5)
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Es ist einer dieser Tage an dem die Welt im Chaos versinkt und wer twittert sitzt in der ersten Reihe. Die gefühlte Nähe zur Katastrophe reicht bis zur Bordsteinkante des Taj Mahal Hotels. Mehr als 6000 Tweets pro Stunde tauchen im globalen Twitterstream auf und berichten. Sieht man sich diese Flut von 140-Zeichen Mininachrichten genauer an, stellt man fest: Die meisten davon sind Re-Tweets, also Wiederholungen von Tweets, die bereits wer weiss wie oft und ...
Internet erzwingt Paradigmenwechsel (2)
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Bis 2018 wird sich fast ein Drittel der Leser von den Tageszeitungen ab- und dem Internet hinwenden. Außerdem werden die Werbeeinnahmen im Internet höher als im Print sind. Dies behauptet die Trendstudie "Mediennutzungsverhalten in der Web-Gesellschaft 2018" initiiert von den Mainzer Forschern Prof. Dr. Lothar Rolke und Johanna Höhn. Insgesamt nahmen bei der Zweituntersuchung bereits vorhandener Studien weitere 600 Probanden von 15 bis 19 Jahren, 20 bis 25 Jahren sowie 35 bis 50 Jahren teil. ...
Dumbing Down the Cloud (52)
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Rands in Repose: Dropbox is not dumb. In fact, Dropbox is quite smart because it lets me be dumb. ★
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Calvin Symes said:
Once you try Dropbox, you'll never stop using it. I have not exceeded my 2GB limit yet but I plan to.
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mac said:
Dropbox is like magic.
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Nick said:
right. being a collaboration tool, each new "functionality" causes ripples. it's exponential.
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trevoro said:
Good post until the dropbox diatribe.
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neal said:
2 GB for free. I signed up and will try it between my Windows laptop and Mac desktop. If all goes well, I might look at the 50 GB option.
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Chris said:
Been using Dropbox for a while. I like.
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Ryan Joseph said:
This is exactly what I'd write if I were a much better writer. I heart Dropbox.
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Noah said:
You should really try this...very intuitive.
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John Fishback said:
I trust this guy's recommendations on software more than anyone else I read. As such, I will be checking out Dropbox.
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Kishore Balakrishnan said:
cloud dropbox
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Mahesh CR said:
How to review a service and lessons in designing user experience.
Is your behaviour damaging trust? (2)
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Management-issues has a great article that asks the question “Does your behavior damage trust?” and list the following 25 behaviours that contribute to creating mistrust within your team: You fail to keep your promises, agreements and commitments. You serve your self first and others only when it is convenient. You micromanage and resist delegating. You demonstrate an inconsistency between what you say and how you behave. You fail to share critical information with your colleagues. ...
How to answer the phone (77)
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The KitchenAid tea kettle (adorned in bright Squidoo orange, of course) in my office melted, leaving hot orange plastic on my thumb. Yes, it hurts as much as you probably imagine it does. But that wasn't the worst part. I called 1-800-334-6889 to whine a little bit and to hear why they made a meltable teapot. I counted how many prompts I had to press in order to talk to a human being. It was ...
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Podcast Mike said:
I totally agree.
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Flexdaddy said:
The only reason to answer the phone when a customer calls is to make the customer happy.If you're not doing this or you are unable to do this, do not answer the phone. There is no middle ground on this discussion. There are no half measures. Saving 50 cents a call with a complicated phone tree is a false savings. Think of all the money you'll save if you just stop answering altogether. Think of all the money you'll make if you just make people happy.
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Megha said:
I am always max pissed when I have to make a call to any customer service. I just presume I am going to have the hardest time in the world not to lose my patience and start screaming like mad! Looks like I am not alone.
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seanness said:
Had similar issues with recent support of my Blu-Ray player. Horrible, horrible, horrible...
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Jay said:
Yep, its really frustrating. Both when you call and expect at least a proper response and when you get a call for totally unnecessary stuff for you.
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barry said:
Most large service company CEOs should be forced to read this daily for a year. But alas, most still wouldn't get it.
Is the End Near for Display Ads? (11)
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Wie habt ihr eigentlich früher das Internet aufgerufen? (2)
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Nein, ich behaupte nicht, mein 6-jähriger habe mir diese Frage gestellt, auch wenn es hätte sein können. Aber seit einiger Zeit ist in immer mehr Vorträgen zu hören, wie jemand aus meiner Generation damit erklärt, was sich in der Mediennutzung verändert habe - immer mit der Geschichte, sein/ ihr Sohn/ Tochter, ungefähr sechs oder so, habe gerade am Wochenende mit großen Augen gefragt: Sach ma, Papa, wie waren die Menschen eigentlich früher im Internet, als ...
The Free Store (5)
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It’s not the famous Web 3.0 the semantic crowd has been lobbying for for years. It’s not the next big thing or even the next little thing, or whatever the Times touted when it went nuts for micromessaging today. It’s Web 2.2, and it stands for incremental improvements that, oh by the way, add up to a big leap. I’m branding this as an homage to the latest iPhone OS 2.2 upgrade, which surfaced a ...
What to do about Detroit (125)
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I was in Detroit last week... I have family there. I also drive a car. And I would rather that the world doesn't melt and the economy thrive. So I'm uniquely qualified to weigh in on the automobile industry. Not only should Congress encourage/facilitate the organized bankruptcy of the Big Three, but it should also make it easy for them to be replaced by 500 new car companies. Or perhaps a thousand. That's how many ...
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prayeramedic said:
Leave it to a marketing guru to offer a solid perspective on the Big 3 Bailout.
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Bob Hazlett said:
I agree with Seth. The government shouldn't be there to bail out the big boys, but rather they should break down the barriers to entry and let the free market take over. Maybe then we'd see some true innovation come out of Detroit or even North Dakota for that matter.
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Philip Morgan said:
I love this idea!
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Dan The Plumber Conover said:
This is the opposite of Dave Winer's position (letting the auto industry fail courts it being bought up by foreign investors at a discount), and unfortuntely for me, I find both arguments persuasive.
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Dan Bencsik said:
awesome idea!
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Davis said:
Good argument.
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Carl Fyffe said:
I totally agree. Let the big three die. Let the banks die too while you are at it. Life will be like the old west for a while.
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Dave Saunders said:
Darn right Seth! Why support companies that continue to make products the public doesn't want? These CEO's, and the Union leaders, should all get copies of Tribes.
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glongman said:
very cool
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Mark Dykeman said:
This is an interesting, possibly healthy idea, but I think Seth has presented this without acknowledging a number of the key difficulties in large scale and heavy equipment manufacturing and distribution. Still, I think it would be worth some time for someone to seriously think through his idea in the hopes of finding something better.While Seth acknowledges the importance of the supplier chain, I think he seems to overlook the number of displaced employees of the Big Three itself and the dealership system if these bankruptcies go through - perhaps that is inevitable, though.Is the airline/air travel industry next, Seth?
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Jbud1 said:
This is how you fix the US Auto-industry cash burning issue.
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Carlos Buitelaar said:
One of the most compelling arguments
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Nick said:
It's tough to not share all these articles, but this is one issue I'm very passionate about. Right on again.
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Lorenz Lammens said:
Interesting post. Seth is all for letting the big 3 car manufacturers go down and have them replaced by hundreds of small manufacturers driving innovation, as happened in the early 20th century. Problem is, we live in a different financial age (global age) and we would need to see some complex partnerships to keep driving innovation (which these days is incredibly expensive compared to the early 20th century. For starters, we have a lot more expensive R&D that inevitably will fail - such is the nature of complex innovation.) I do admit that the big 3's business models are that of status quo and complacency, providing products for short term demands while ignoring long term realities. These guys were morons and even when asking for a bail out plan they still haven't presented us with a long-term plan of how we will regain ground on Japan and drive innovation once more.
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Logan said:
I'm on board with this idea. Even specifically with Jeep, I feel they went to shit when they started making Chrysler SUV's with jeep logos.
Gruner + Jahr kapituliert (4)
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Nach unserem Besuch beim Süddeutschen Verlag haben wir am Münchner Standort von G+J vorbeigeschaut. Entweder begann dort die “Portfoliobereinigung” bei den Fahnen-Hissern. Oder die Kollegen besitzen einen bewundernswerten Humor. “Warum”, fragen Sie, “die Fahne hängt doch noch!?” Ja, aber schaun Sie doch mal genauer hin … Richtig: Sie hängt verkehrt herum … Die Amerikaner hissen ihre US-Flagge kopfüber, um nach Hilfe zu rufen oder gar zu kapitulieren. Jeder, der den Film “Im Tal von Elah” ...
Gestern im Rathaus - Social Media und Politik (1)
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Ich war durchaus gereizt auf diesem Podium der SPD Bürgerschaftsfraktion gestern abend. Und das kam so: bereits beim Vorgespräch fiel vom Moderator die wenig geistreiche, aber permanent wiederholte Bemerkung, dass noch nie ein Medium das andere abgelöst habe, so unter dem Motto "eigentlich interessiert uns das alles nicht, wir haben doch schon die bekannten Medien." - danach war meine Grundstimmung gereizt und angriffslustig, zumal es da Moderator immer wieder verstand, im Ansatz kontroverse Diskussionsstränge sofort ...
Tangible User Interface - INAMO macht es vor (2)
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INAMO ist das neue Londoner Szene-Lokal, wo die Bestellungen der Kunden nicht beim Kellner aufgegeben werden, sondern über Bloothooth direkt in die Küche gesendet werden. Vor drei Jahren kamen die Gründer Danny Potter und Noel Hunwick auf die Idee, ein solches Lokal ins Leben zu rufen. Die Speisekarte wird für die Bestellung mit einem Beamer von der Decke auf den Tisch projiziert. Man kann dann mit den Fingern durch die Karte surfen und durch Fingertippen ...
Shut Up- You’re Helping the Customer! | chrisbrogan.com (35)
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Imagine your company is a Fortune 500 company that sells a product, an expensive product, the kind of thing that makes an Mercedes look like a value meal. And imagine that your company is making a huge investment in a direct mail piece. This kind of effort will cost a lot, but it will net more interest in the product, and that might lead to a very rewarding sale. What if you’re a social media ...
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robdiana said:
For some reason, this story does not surprise me when dealing with corporate america.
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Mahesh CR said:
So bloody familiar..organizations, like individuals, have egos that have to be burnt down in the crucible before being cast into the future.
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philgerb said:
I can totally relate to Bob. I work in the financial services industry, and nobody wants to even try to get social media. Sad state of an industry.
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bhc3 said:
"One more point: the online community where Bob was trying to share this information went crazy when they heard Bob was there. They were thrilled that the company was taking a direct interest in their conversations around their products. In short, the customers, the ones with the money and the interest in buying all this stuff, were clamoring for Bob."
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Saru said:
Simply, some companies won’t get on board. They won’t move forward. At least not until it hurts, and even then, it might not be the way they dig their way out.-Very true.Some companies never realise at all.
Soziale Netzwerke machen das Arbeiten effizienter (4)
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Die Begeisterungen um das Web 2.0 dreht sich immer um den B2C-Bereich, dabei liegt gerade im Einsatz von solchen Applikation innerhalb von Unternehmen großes Potential. Damit, ob und wie soziale Netzwerke in Firmen Einsatz finden, hat sich eine Studie von Dynamic Markets befasst. Die vom US-Telekommunikationsunternehmen AT&T in Auftrag gegebene Untersuchung beweist, dass Unternehmen mit dem Einsatz von sozialen Netzwerken ihre Effizienz steigern. Dies ergab die Auswertung der Antworten von 2.500 teilnehmenden Angestellten aus Großbritannien, ...
Flußaufwärts \ Upstream: More Awareness Tests (2)
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The fabulous guys at WCRS have done some more of those nice Awareness-Tests. Only this time you don't have to spot the moonwalking bear (because you know that now don't you?). This one is the one I like best, because it just leaves you completely flabbergasted about the most obvious things you didn't see.And here are some more Spots to test your inattentional blindness.Phone Joke TestCyclist TestI wonder how many more of those you could ...
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What can you assume about your audience? If you’re running a commercial, sending out a sales letter, making a presentation--what have they seen? What do they know? A hundred years ago, when people when to see live music, the expectation was that they had never seen the work performed before, and they were unlikely to ever hear it again. Forty years ago, it was assumed you were up to date on the current TV shows ...
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There are lots of little ways to tweak your business and how you market it using the many online channels. The problem gets increasingly more complex when the channel changes the way your business operates. For many traditional businesses, they think it's about how they market online and not about how their business model works in this new channel. That's when the tragedy usually strikes. We keep seeing the same thing over and over again. ...Contribute comment