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Archive for March, 2006

How to Prevent Technology From Impeding Communication and Wrecking Your Virtual Project

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Technology has made it possible for teams with members around the world to work on virtual projects. A monthly budget for such a project can easily exceed $1.2 million and involve more than 60 team members worldwide. Although email and other communication tools make this possible, what happens when team effectiveness is hampered by the [...]

The Great Sales and Marketing Debate: The Cagey Sales Veterans Debate the Young Up-and-Comers

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

I recently was fortunate to participate in a panel discussion on “The Great Sales and Marketing Debate: The Cagey Sales Veterans Debate the Young Up-and-Comers”, sponsored by the New York Software Industry Association, March 13, 2006, held at JP Morgan Chase.

Allen Reynolds and Jesse Mandell all took some notes, which we have merged in [...]

Geek Dinner London, April 5

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

I hope that you”ll join me in London on April 5 for the next GeekDinner.
The venue is The Polar Bear which is just a stone throw away from Leicester Square
When: Wed April 5 2006
Where: The Polar Bear (in the lower level bar), 30 Lisle Street,
Westminster, London WC2H 7BA
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Time: 19:00 - 23:30
Cost: [...]

Recent College Grads Show Major Shift in Internet Usage

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

Generation Y is graduating from college and enter the workforce, and that means some major changes are getting ready to start taking place. A new study by Y2M showed some interesting findings about their use of the Internet:
Career –On the career search front, 69 percent have posted a resume online. The bulk of these posting [...]

You Play World of Warcraft? Youre Hired!

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

You Play World of Warcraft? You”re Hired!
Why multiplayer games may be the best kind of job training.
By John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas
In late 2004, Stephen Gillett was in the running for a choice job at Yahoo! - a senior management position in engineering. He was a strong contender. Gillett had been responsible for [...]

Podcast: What Makes an Online Community Tick? Ask Craigslist, Yahoo and Pheedo

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Podcast: What Makes an Online Community Tick? Ask Craigslist, Yahoo and Pheedo

“Online communities have become not just a major social force, but a significant driver of business activity both online and offline. Facilitating, nurturing and benefiting from those communities, however, is not a simple task. To explore what makes these communities tick, Kevin Werbach, a [...]

Emerson Process Makes a Virtual Handshake

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

For those of you tracking corporate blogging among the Fortune 500, Emerson Process Management, a subsidiary of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is now blogging both internally and externally at EmersonProcessXperts.com.
This is exactly what a corporate blogging initiative should look like. The blog features posts on:
How Emerson is addressing industry challenges:
- Building Operator Experience
- Complying with International Safety [...]

Meshforum 2006, May 7-9, San Francisco

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

I”ve heard great things about Shannon Clark’’s MeshForum conference, and wanted to share this note from him:
Hello all,
As many of you know, I have been deeply interested in the study of Networks, and three years ago I founded MeshForum. MeshForum’’s goal is to foster the research into Networks - across fields and [...]

Social Network Analysis and Analysis of Stock Values

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

Federico Colecchia, a network researcher at ATALAB, wrote to the SOCNET mailing list: “I am looking for recent/ongoing research on application of social network analysis technologies to analysis of stock values.” (He works as researcher and R&D coordinator for development of visual intelligence software tools for multiple applications. His current focus is on drug discovery [...]

Podcast Interviews from SXSW Interactive

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Well, I finally did it! I ran around all weekend at SXSW Interactive with a Creative Zen Vision:M in hand, recording interviews with anyone interesting I could get to sit still for 15 minutes or so (not counting Marc Canter, who I interviewed as we party-hopped on the last night of the festival).
Maybe when I [...]