Freewheeling about Facebook news feeds

I’ve been very taken with what the people at School of Everything are doing, so much so I had to meet the people behind it; we had dinner together some weeks ago, and I’m convinced they’re really on to something. More on this later, or as they say Watch This Space. How did I come … Continue reading “Freewheeling about Facebook news feeds”

Facebook and the Enterprise: Part 9a: Meandering around with ecosystems

My apologies to those who’ve been waiting for Parts 9 and 10 of this series; there have been a number of things on my mind, and I wanted to freewheel along, dwelling on other subjects, while pondering on this. It’s like when you want to remember something and can’t ….. the best way out seems … Continue reading “Facebook and the Enterprise: Part 9a: Meandering around with ecosystems”

Facebook and the Enterprise: Part 8: Musing about signals

First catch your hare. So wrote Hannah Glasse, in the recipe for Jugged Hare, to be found in her 1747 book The Art of Cookery. [When I first heard the quotation, I was given the impression, mistakenly, that it was a quotation from Mrs Beeton]. In today’s globalised knowledge-worker-dominated world, most enterprises have figured out … Continue reading “Facebook and the Enterprise: Part 8: Musing about signals”

Continuing to muse about Facebook and enfranchisement

This is a very provisional post; even as I write it, I have this sense of having to tread barefoot very gingerly across a landscape strewn with broken glass. Not sure why. But sometimes that’s what blogging’s for. To expose what you’re thinking to other people so that you can learn from their comments, an … Continue reading “Continuing to muse about Facebook and enfranchisement”

musing about facebook and enfranchisement

Cadbury’s used to make a chocolate bar called a Wispa. Some four years ago it was withdrawn, for some enterprise reason or the other. You know how these things happen. Anyway, since its withdrawal, fans have clamoured for its reinstatement, but to no avail. Their voices lacked coherence, they weren’t visible. In the post facebook … Continue reading “musing about facebook and enfranchisement”