From Engineering.com
While this is a fun time waster. What does it tell us about the future of interactive technology? Will 3D TV etc. be big? What does this mean for business? How can you use the emerging 3D technology to create competitive advantage?
What do you think?
Thank you Hugh
From the site of the National Science Foundation
Birth of the Internet Interactive Presentation
This interactive timeline has some great pictures, text and video segments that talk about the history of the development of the internet.
What was your favorite part? Mine is in the 1990’s section. “Tools to Untangle the Internet”. Development of the Web Browser. Check out how the “number of computers on the internet grows” Also, take a look at the sequential map of the growth of the internet from 1969 through 2007.
From Harvard Business School
“The Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How we Innovate”
This working paper discusses the concept of the emergence of small, technical and science-based firms that are doing much of the innovating because “The professions of management and of science are still largely separate: Scientists receive no formal training in management, and MBAs receive no training in science. This is a striking gap.” I would say the same is true for engineering thus pointing out the importance of engineers and scientists to secure degrees in business and management.
What do you think?
From Marketing Power (American Marketing Association)
Social Media Virtual Conference — February 25
Check it out.
Thank you Wendy
Home Depot 3D Interactive Gift Card VIDEO Be patient it takes time
Home Depot gets into Augmented Reality with its Gift Card.
Think it will sell more gift cards?
From Fast Company
Google Unveils Real Time Search
From the article……
“But it’s clear that Google’s execs have tapped Twitter as the real winner in real-time status, despite Facebooks half-billion userbase, as these two were presented right at the end. You might think that’s about as real-time as you can get, but the team noted they won’t stop until the speed of light around the world is the only barrier to getting real time search data.”
Look out BING!
Are they now up-to-date? What next?
From Strategy and Business
Profits Down, Spending Steady: The Global Innovation 1000
“Booz & Company’s annual study of the world’s biggest corporate R&D spenders finds that most companies have stuck with their innovation programs despite the recession — and many are boosting spending to compete more effectively in the upturn.”
My take: Innovation should ALWAYS be a priority. R&D for New Products, a priority.
What do you think?
From CIO Insight
“In many of the companies I wrote about, IT was absolutely central to the business model. The CIOs were very front and center in the design of the business. Even if the companies weren’t IT-based, there was a sense of IT as the great enabler that allows them to do much of what they do.
That’s contrary to the notion that IT is no longer strategic because it’s ubiquitous. That’s a very dangerous argument, because the extension of that argument is that because it’s ubiquitous and no longer strategic, it can be relegated deep into the organization.” “At every one of these companies I’ve written about, IT was very strategic and enabled them to adapt and develop new business models. Therefore, it was critically important to the executives and the founders to understand not just how IT was working inside their company, but what it could do.”
And there you go.
What do you think?
From Wired Magazine
Craig’s List?
Twitter?
Kindle?
Should we be designing products that are “good enough” (good enuf) but not great? Is there a “good enuf rvlutn” going on?
From the Harvard Business School Blog…..
How will Augmented Reality affect Your Business
Check out the five “things”. Personally, of these, the “nature of location” will have the most profound impact.
What do you think?
Thanks Hugh
You Tube Video with Entertaining presentation by Simon Wardley on Cloud Computing
“Cloud computing is the convergence of three major trends: virtualization, where applications are separated from infrastructure; utility computing, where server capacity is accessed across a grid as a variably priced shared service; and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) where applications are available on demand on a subscription basis. ”
Blog Post on Private Cloud on Industrialization of IT
From the blog ” Ikeep coming back to Simon Wardley’s comparison of cloud computing to the industrial revolution. There’s more to that analogy than meets the eye. Fits nicely with Nicholas Carr’s views in the Big Switch.
We’ve begun to witness the industrialization of IT.
Simply put — this is no minor industry transition. How we build, operate and consume IT will likely be forever changed in a handful of years”
Are you ready to invest or move your operation to “the cloud”?
Thanks David.
From the article “The result of the collaboration between Twitter and Peek is a version of the device built exclusively for sending tweets.
Clad in “Twitter blue,” the TwitterPeek allows all the same functionality of a desktop Twitter client – reading tweets, sending tweets, replying, retweeting and direct messaging – only it gives users that access on the go.”
Will you be getting one?
Thanks for the link Hugh.
And, my favorite link Jobs’ Greatest Hits — A Timeline
So, is he the CEO of the decade? Is he one of the most innovative manager/leaders ever?
What do you think?
Thanks Hugh
GOOGLE Maps Navigation (Beta) Video
Scroll Down for Video
Awesome! Perhaps we know why some are predicting iPhone domination by the Droid! Can I build this into my car? Are you listening Toyota?
Check out the slide shows too!
Voice command. FREE no ads (for now)
What do you think?
CIO Magazine has a Slideshow of statistics from surveys that presents the use of Facebook at work.
How can Facebook we used at work where it would be a productive use of work time and IT resources?
Thanks Hugh.
Government Technology reports that some cities are using Twitter and other Web 2.0 technologies to help “hear” what citizens want. Further, they are using CRM to build relationships with their citizens. From the article “The simple act of incorporating Twitter into its customer relationship management (CRM) process adds San Francisco to a growing list of cities using Web 2.0 applications to make the citizen-government relationship a little easier. These applications tend to be easy-to-use and easy-to-integrate, providing benefits to the city and the citizen at minimal or no expense. On the East Coast, New York and Boston aim to join San Francisco by adding their own 2.0 twist to CRM.”
Why not, we have Twitter on our phones and PDAs, keeping them close to report problems (not while we are driving) seems like a great idea to me. What do you think? Maybe, we might even use Twitter to report things we observe that we like???? What do you think?
Here we go, the rumors are starting? The New Your Times’ Bill Keller ranting about the end of newspaper publishing (the coming of Googlezon?) and the potential of an iTablet? Is this good marketing — pre-announcement? Market Research? Apple iTablet
What do you think? Marketing? Rumors? Advance, off the record, notice?
The HBSP Blog has an additional article I found interesting. The article “Getting Started with Disruptive Business Design” lists five ideas for getting started. As my students know, I am a fan of the work of Clayton Christensen related to disruptive technologies. By the way, Wikipedia as a great article on disruptive technologies that includes a number of examples of disruptive innovations.
What do you think of the toolkit of ideas? Helpful?
Hugh suggested the linked White Paper from Eaton regarding the economics of running a data center.
The report is 12 pages long, however, if you are interested, the report is good, especially if you are an IT person or Power Quality person.
I am personally interested in the capabilities of “real time” measurements.
Here is the Abstract:
“IT teams grapple with some inescapable realities. The cost of operating the data center is outpacing the
cost of IT resources themselves. High-density equipment pressures power and cooling systems to the
max. Moves, adds and changes can turn the power infrastructure into a deck of cards, at risk of
overloads, tripped circuits and unplanned shutdowns.
It doesn’t have to be that way. There are practical and affordable ways to ease these concerns without
making major changes in the power delivery system.
High-efficiency power quality systems, greater visibility into power conditions at all levels, flexible options
to power all those dual- and triple-corded servers, modularity for flexible growth… new approaches and
technologies such as these are redefining the economics of running the modern data center.”
What do you think is interesting?
Thanks Hugh for this post suggestion.
An article in Government Computer News lists that Top Ten Agencies with the most Facebook Fans
The government, our government is reaching out with Web 2.0 technology.
Which surprised you the most? Is it a good idea for the USA to be reaching out to its citizens (etc.) using Web 2.0? Why or Why not?
