This is a CASE study. Regardless of what you think about Facebook, it’s HUGE. If you hate it, you probably should learn to love it. That’s just reality. Even if your perception is what you really want, you should go with reality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm8NdNy4wOM Facebook Digg Print Email
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As I work with clients and also in my own life, I am often challenged to come up with solutions to various issues. I think we need to look at things from different perspectives. Solutions do not need to be overly complex and they don’t have to be expensive. This TED talk challenges a few [...]
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Even though I think everyone should have a much wider pipe bringing Internet to the home, that’s not the issue. The issue is that the content providers can’t keep up with the demand… which is why we need to keep “broadcast” TV, and further why net neutrality may have some opponents with very valid points. UPDATE: Yup… more fodder… Bandwidth [...]
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Virgin America had a bad flight. It turned out not to be such a disaster because they (sort of) dealt with it early. United, on the other hand, well they shat on their own faces by being dorks about breaking a guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo I kinda like the song. I’d like it even more if it [...]
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This past month I moved across the country, back to the Seattle, Washington area. I love it here! And, I’m glad to be back. This trip back was done with everything I own able to fit into my truck with the top carrier. It was not really that tight of a fit. That’s mostly because I [...]
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Cell Phone Encryption Code Is Divulged “A German computer engineer said Monday that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, saying it was his attempt to expose weaknesses in the security of global wireless systems.” …hmmm… More perspective is in the full article. [...]
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There are many reasons. One of the Twitter co-founders writes about one good one. They listened. Facebook Digg Print Email
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Twitter recently banned the use of some passwords that are way to easy and obvious for “the bad guys” to exploit. The commentary on weak passwords is so strong and obvious, yet so many people ignore the warnings and just don’t care. When users maintain weak passwords, and their computers or phones or bank accounts [...]
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It’s always time to simplify. We need to make information simple. We need to listen and organize and purge. We need to be patient with those around us who adapt at different rates. We need to revisit our approach. I just watched this “Web 2.0″ video again. It is information overload. Yet, it also is [...]
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From: The Webby Awards – The Webby Top 10 HT: Awards honor top 10 Internet moments of the decade Also, (note from me, not the quote below) this same decade was the one where SharePoint took off! The Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade Craigslist expands outside San Francisco (2000) In 2000, the free classifieds site [...]
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I had to pause this video about half way through because I could not stop crying. Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery Are we truly free? Facebook Digg Print Email
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