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Managing Technology

Links to recent articles about using information technology to manage, collaborate, innovate, and communicate are listed below, or use the master index here. (My “about me” page and contact information are here.)

Thursday
Sep022010

My Weekly Top Ten

By Dennis D. McDonald

For the seven day period ending September 2, 2010, the following were, in descending order, this web site’s most popular Managing Technology posts:

    1. Getting Real about Project Management, Collaboration, and Communication
    2. Cookies, Imrworldwide, and Nielsen Netratings: What’s the Connection?
    3. What’s the Difference Between Innovation and Creativity?
    4. A Short Definition of “Strategic Planning”
    5. Honest, I’m Not Opposed to Location Based Services!
    6. How To Develop a Business-Aligned Social Media & Social Networking Strategy
    7. Banners and Widgets for Nonprofits and Volunteer Organizations, Part 1
    8. Using WRITEBOARD, a Web-Based Collaborative Document Authoring Tool
    9. Challenges Facing Recovery.gov and the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
    10. Needed: Managing Variety in Technology Adoption Rates

      Copyright (c) 2010 by Dennis D. McDonald. Dennis’ contact information is here.

      Tuesday
      Aug312010

      Getting Real about Project Management, Collaboration, and Communication

      I’ve recently learned — and re-learned — some useful lessons while working with clients and teams on projects and large proposals. These include:

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      Friday
      Aug272010

      Honest, I'm Not Opposed to Location Based Services!

      Honest, I’m not against location based services!

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      Monday
      Aug162010

      Needed: Managing Variety in Technology Adoption Rates

      I wrote Sometimes a phone is just a phone and a web site is just a web site because different people adopt different technologies at different rates. Those rates depend on need, cost, peer influence, job responsibilities, and many other factors.

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      Friday
      Aug132010

      Sometimes a phone is just a phone and a web site is just a web site...

      I’ve been researching which smartphone to buy after my current Verizon agreement (and its associated dumbphone) expire. I’m not interested in broadcasting my whereabouts to everyone (no Foursquare for me) but I do recognize the value of mobile maps, search, and occasional email on the go.

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      Wednesday
      Aug112010

      Nothing is Ever Settled, or, How We're Letting the Mainstream News, the Internet, and Social Media Destroy Democracy

      In simpler times, elections settled things. You voted for a candidate. If that candidate lost you gritted your teeth and waited for the next election. In between elections you wrote letters and contributed money to your party. Maybe you even went door to door or made phone calls.

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      Tuesday
      Aug102010

      Twitter's Annoying WtF (Who to Follow) Feature

      I’ve been using Twitter since the beginning. I enjoy it. Right now I’m “following” 885 people and 1,568 are “following me. Mostly it’s people in the DC area, people interested in topics like e-Government and collaboration, social media practitioners, and a smattering of academics and consultants whose specialties or interests overlap in some way with mine.

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      Tuesday
      Jul272010

      How Many Dead People Are On Your Online "Friends" Lists?

      Updated on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 01:47PM by Registered CommenterDennis D. McDonald

      Here are some data on U.S. deaths by age group based on deaths per 100,000 of population:

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      Monday
      Jul262010

      Sunk Costs and Social Media Engagement: When To Let Go?

      Thanks to a tweet by @tacanderson I stumbled across the blog post Sunk Costs by venture capitalist Fred Wilson. Wilson’s article is basically a repeat of the old advice, “don’t throw good money after bad” when there’s no hope of recovering what you’ve already sunk into a failing project or product.

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      Monday
      Jul122010

      Goodbye Washington Post (on Facebook, that is...)

      I’ve decided to “unfriend” the Washington Post on Facebook.

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