a blog about information
I guess most of you have already seen the debate, as captured here, here, here, and here. Is enterprise software sexy? Should it be? Can it be? The entire debate is worth a read, the polarisations are fascinating. As and when I finish my Facebook series, I will get around to commenting on the avalanche … Continue reading “Enterprise Blue Zero”
A few days ago, I commented on the some of the reasons why I thought Facebook was different, and ended with this: So that’s my guess, that Facebook is a multidimensional conversation. Why is that important to the enterprise? Why is it important to work-life balance? These are questions I will seek to answer over … Continue reading “More musings about what makes Facebook different”
I guess I used to be a CIO for a while. At least that’s what my business card said. I have so far not been able to convince my employers, past or present, to let me call myself Grand Panjandrum or (my current preference) CXO (formally expanded as Chief Something-Or-The-Other). So CIO it was, and … Continue reading “Some Friday evening ruminations around Facebook et al”
For the first twenty-three years of my life, I’d never known a home other than Calcutta. I’d visited other cities, sure, but never actually lived anywhere else. And I’d never left the country. So when I came to the UK nearly twenty-seven years ago, I came unprepared for many things; there were many situations and … Continue reading “Just pick one: Musing about toothpaste in Calcutta and its effect on enterprise information”
Some time ago, while mulling over my thoughts about Facebook and privacy (soon to be the tenth and last post in the Facebook and the Enterprise series) I’d been re-reading danah boyd‘s writings on the subject nearly a year ago. She starts a section called Exposure by saying: Have you ever been screaming to be … Continue reading “Rambling around Lulworths and Minchinhamptons and Mondegreens”