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Musing about the ROI of IT

May 5th, 2007 · 12 Comments · Four pillars

Yup, it’s time for another Very Provisional Post.
There’s something I don’t get about IT and ROI. Something fundamental. And that thing is: How can we possibly use the tools of a very old paradigm to solve the problems of a very new paradigm?
I guess this is something I’ve been musing about for fifteen years, after [...]

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Where generations meet

May 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Four pillars

My thanks to Chris “Rageboy” Locke for making sure I saw this “map” of online communities:

Interesting map. You can find the original here.
I looked at it with Saturday morning eyes, and was struck by the following:
One, it represents many generations, but the generations are often isolated. Neither Orla, my 21 year old daughter, nor Isaac, [...]

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