a blog about information
sometimes i irritate myself iii: j’adoube, originally uploaded by incidental music. For some time now, we’ve all been leaving digital mouse droppings all over the place as we wander around the web. And people have gotten good at analysing what the droppings mean. What you “touched”. When. For how long. Sometimes this information is actually … Continue reading “Musing about the need for j’adoube in a digital world”
Note: My thanks to Orin Zebest for all the photographs, provided via Flickr on a Creative Commons Attribution Licence. Orin, you’re Ze Best. And I’ve left all your original titles in!. Note: I had some trouble with the photographs when viewed via the permalink. I’ve reloaded each one from a different “source” and with standardised … Continue reading “Life in Transit: Happy New Year everyone”
I have the privilege of spending time with many startups, in a variety of guises: as incubator, as advisor, as investor, as chairman, as well-wisher, friend and supporter. The startups differ widely and wildly: they range in size from a handful of people to hundreds; they have annual burn rates in the thousands and in … Continue reading “Musing about culture and customers and choice: the eBaying of “content””
[Photo credits: guitars: fotobicchio and shoes: Orin Zebest] For some time now, phrases like “the customer’s in control” have been floating around the marketplace, yet “enterprise people” haven’t taken a blind bit of notice. You can’t expect them to. Many of them can’t understand what choice means in the context of the services they receive. … Continue reading “Musing gently about choice in the enterprise”
Image credits Derek Redmond and Paul Campbell A few days ago, I noticed a comment that a friend had made on Facebook; he said “My friend ——-‘s wife is in Woodstock” and proceeded to link to a still where she is shown as a 14-year-old at the event at Max Yasgur’s farm forty years ago. … Continue reading “Crowdsourcing crowds”