Tech Journalist Mike Elgan recently published an article on the Google+ social network titled Is Google+ becoming a hostile place for Apple customers? Should it be?
Apple, Samsung, Design Patents -- and Textile Design Piracy
Before folks jump all over Apple on the Apple vs. Samsung design patent case, read some background on design patents. You might find it amusing.
The EPA's Mobile Web Site is Great (except for one thing)
I’m impressed with the U.S. Environment Protection Agency’s mobile web site.
Pankaj Taneja’s article The Microsoft Yammer Acquisition, Sharepoint, and Social Business speculates about Microsoft’s plans for integrating the social networking tool Yammer with the rest of Microsoft’s product line, including SharePoint.
Why Microsoft's "Surface" Tablet & Netbook Will Succeed
Why will Microsoft’s “Surface” tablet/netbook computer succeed, especially in large organizations and schools?
Some Requirements for Using a Mobile Device to Interact with a Project Plan
This continues my series on enterprise mobile technology strategy and collaborative project management. Here I’m interested in how, in a project management situation, mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers can support project-related communication and collaboration.
Were I in charge of designing the Facebook smartphone, I would absolutely love what’s going on now on the web.
Developing a Collaborative Approach to Improving Project Management Practices, Part 1: Culture
In Agile grows up and new challenges emerge author Rick Freedman points out what project managers, sooner or later, learn from the School of Hard Knocks: changing and improving project management practices to improve the likelihood of project success involves not just improved management methods but also cultural changes within the sponsoring organization.
Developing a Collaborative Approach to Improving Project Management Practices, Part 1
In Agile grows up and new challenges emerge author Rick Freedman points out what project managers, sooner or later, learn from the School of Hard Knocks:
Some Disappointments with Walmart Vudu's DISC-TO-DIGITAL Service
Once I got things to work, I was really impressed with the audio and video performance of Walmart’s Vudu movie service, so I was really interested in trying out Vudu’s Disc-to-Digital service for a small number of my old movie DVD’s I’d like to see in higher-than-DVD definition.
The accompanying image shows three laptop computers in use as we watched Game of Thrones last night. What’s wrong with this picture?
Mike Elgan’s How Smart TV Will Change Your Living Room is one of the better “future of TV” articles I’ve read. His view of the changing role of TV is straightforward:
Last week my friend Charlie came over after dinner. We go out to movies a couple of times a month and afterwards go for a beer. This time we decided to stay in. He would supply the beer and I the popcorn. Our intended entertainment: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL.
It’s not unusual to find myself when I go back to a browser based application from an iPhone app I’m struck by the messiness and clutter, despite the added functionality.
When the Cold War Was Winding Down, Could the Soviet Military Have Maintained Secrecy Had Social Media Existed?
“Would the Soviet Union have been able to maintain the secrecy of its nuclear and biological warfare development efforts had modern social media like Facebook and Twitter been available?”
Thoughts About Cloud Based File Sharing, or, "Take My Files - Please!"
In “Are CIO’s falling in love with file sharing?” CNN Money writer Michal Lev-Ram suggests that corporate Chief Information Officers are giving file sharing services like Dropbox and Box more consideration for enterprise use.
Yesterday Apple announced the new iPad. I like the new iPad and really think I would enjoy it as a way to manage and manipulate my nature photographs.
I want one!
My past several consulting projects have involved document-centric information sharing and collaboration via tools like Microsoft SharePoint and Google Docs.
Collaboration Can Be Messy
Collaboration can be messy. Convincing a group of people to work together to accomplish a common objective, especially when the group contains many people that don’t know each other, requires artful leadership.
Peer Review in Scientific Journals Isn't Perfect - So What Else Is New?
In “Stop deifying ‘peer review’ of journal publications” Jonathan Eisen skillfully walks the reader through three realities of how peer review works with scientific journals: