Wednesday
01Jul
Three Things I Hate Most About Cable TV
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 05:58AM The three things I hate most about Cable TV are:
Managing Technology
Hello! I’m interested in using information technology to help manage, collaborate, innovate, and communicate. This web site is where I post writings about these and related topics.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 05:58AM Wednesday
01Jul
My Weekly Top Ten
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 05:52AM For the period June 24, 2009 through July 1, 2009, the following are, in descending order, this web site’s most popular Managing Technology posts:
- Cookies, Imrworldwide, and Nielsen Netratings: What’s the Connection?
- A Short Definition of “Strategic Planning”
- What’s the Difference Between Innovation and Creativity?
- Challenges Facing Recovery.gov and the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
- How To Develop a Business-Aligned Social Media & Social Networking Strategy
- ARRA’s Oversight and Information Technology Initiatives
- For Government Contracting, Defining “Inherently Governmental” is Inherently Difficult
- Seven Articles about Strategic Planning and Social Media
- Move Over Kindle: Here Comes the Chinese E-Book
- Highlights from “Web 2.0 and Sales Process Management”
Copyright (c) 2009 by Dennis D. McDonald, Ph.D. Dennis’ contact information is here.
Tuesday
23Jun
For Government Contracting, Defining "Inherently Governmental" is Inherently Difficult
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 02:51PM That’s one of the reasons I’m concerned about how President Obama’s proposed changes to Federal procurement rules might tip the scales even more in favor of the issuance of fixed price contracts in situations where insufficient detail on requirements and available budget aren’t readily available to potential bidders.
Monday
22Jun
McKinney Interviews Cochran about First HP Pocket Scientific Calculator
Monday, June 22, 2009 at 06:57AM I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the podcast of Phil McKinney’s interview with David Cochran about Cochran’s involvement on the team at Hewlett-Packard (HP) that designed the first pocket scientific calculator. The situation was interesting from the standpoint of innovation management and luck.
Tuesday
16Jun
NAME WITHHELD asks about Web 2.0 for Disaster Planning & Response
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 03:48PM I recently received an email request asking for help from a state emergency management professional who’s interested in Web 2.0. I didn’t discourage him from using the term “Web 2.0” since I thought that would just confuse him; heck, just today I found out that “Web 3.0” has already been replaced by “Web Squared” by people who should know better …
Monday
15Jun
Are Two Social Media Cultures Evolving?
Monday, June 15, 2009 at 01:47AM Jeremiah Owyang’s recent blog post Looking Behind the Curtains on the Social Media Stage: Humans Don’t Scale got me wondering whether there are really two different social media cultures evolving.
Tuesday
09Jun
More Thoughts About "Web 2.0 and Sales Process Management"
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 03:00PM My survey-based report Web 2.0 and Sales Process Management is now available in its published form via The Customer Collective and Social Media Today.
Friday
05Jun
How Transparent is the new FDA Transparency Blog?
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 11:36AM The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established a Transparency Task Force. One of its first public facing activities is the creation of the FDA Transparency Blog.
Friday
29May
Google Wave Asks, Do You Like Your Project Collaboration Hard or Soft?
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 02:26AM I had lunch with a fellow consultant recently. We talked about how some complex software-based collaboration systems get used and how some don’t. Sometimes the problem is with the software, and sometimes it’s with how the organization approaches collaboration.
Friday
22May
An Inspiring New Movie about Imagination, Innovation, Science, and Engineering
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 10:53AM I was fortunate this week to attend a screening at the National Academies of the new film, Imagine It!, a work by Rudy Poe and Richard Tavener of Infinite Loop Media LLC.