digital Transformation
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Building software to accurately reflect the work “place”
Building software to accurately reflect the work “place” Although IT vendors can proudly claim that computer technology is nearly ubiquitous in business today, many managers remain quite skeptical of the ability of software solutions to help them learn about the different realities of business practice. In spite of constant technological…
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google maps on mobiles: the path to user-friendliness
Google is now offering a new version of its Google maps application, which enables location-based information. If your device is 3G/3G+ enabled, you will be able to activate your position on the map using the new ‘my location feature’ (a little less precise than GPS but who cares). You can…
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My SaaS (Software as a Service) predictions for 2008 and beyond
Now that 2008 has arrived, along with the New Year resolutions and the ever-present pundit predictions, I thought it was the perfect timing to dive into what Saugatuck Technology just reported as being their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) predictions, highlighting five key trends for 2008 and beyond. My SaaS (Software as a…
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The power of remote collaboration and virtual team management
What is the power of remote collaboration and virtual team management? When thinking about factors that distinguish top-performing companies, the root of their success often can be traced to the human equation. But how many companies are able to tap more than a fraction of their workforce potential? How many…
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About innovation, novelty, the Internet, web 2.0, and the halo effect
You might believe that I’m getting obsessed with The Halo Effect, Phil Rosenzweig’s latest book (see previous article on the Ideo shopping-cart and the halo effect on his blog). To an extent I am ready to admit to it, but once again, I think this is an important book, one…
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Natural language recognition is an amazing productivity booster
Let’s talk about natural language recognition. I am a personal productivity freak. As someone doing business I value my time very much. However, whereas posting articles on this blog for instance may appear as a waste of time to many, to me it doesn’t. But I admit to it, I…
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Newsatseven on Harry Potter
Newsatseven is a new service which compiles and delivers news to you, direct from the Web and automatically generates a youtube news show with an Avatar (named Alyx Vance). Below is the newscast from Newsatseven for June 19th, 2007 and it’s about the latest Harry Potter film. News archives are…
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Tentative segmentation of pro and anti Second Life behaviours
While I was posting an article on http://www.marktd.com, I came across this very interesting post about second-life. The very politically incorrect idea that second life may not be the promised Eldorado is actually a frightening prospect to many. But as Marketing is the subject here, the very conventional Marketing idea…
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Ubiquitous computing: the computer for the 22nd century?
Ubiquitous computing has been on the agenda for a while now. This concept was in fact created by the much regretted Mark Weiser from Xerox PARC in the 1970s (see a reprint of the founding article, The Computer for the 21st century). It was really visionary. The computer of the…
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Safe Wifi Roaming in all our cities is within reach, soon
Ever dreamed of using free Wifi roaming? http://fon.com is a website enabling you to use your home Internet gateway and turn it into a public hotspot for the FON community. Please note that not all ISP’s have signed a deal with FON. Safe Wifi Roaming in all our cities is…
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My vision for the future of the Internet: it will eventually disappear
The Elon University website is host an interesting initiative whereby they are asking you what your future vision of the Internet is. Now, let’s be provocative, here is my vision of the future of the Internet: It will disappear! (I have reproduced my entry in the Elon University website hereafter).…
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