Personal Commentary
Social is as Social Does
One of the greatest joys of owning your own business is you get to break the rules when it’s warranted. We have a hard and fast rule about Council membership that states only large enterprises can join with more than 10K employees. Chris McGrath of ThoughtFarmer referred Ephraim Freed to me when we were first getting started. I [...]
For Ada Lovelace Day: The other Esther Dyson
It’s hard to not think of Esther Dyson on a day that recognizes women in Science and Technology. I’m not the first to write about her for Ada Lovelace day, but I hope to reveal a side of Esther that will serve to inspire women everywhere. I first met Esther in 1989, I believe. I was working for [...]
Checkmate
Enterprise 2.0 is a Crock!!! says Dennis (the 2.0 Menace). Here’s who says it isn’t: Accenture+ Adidas Group+ Alcatel-Lucent+ Alcoa+ Allstate+ Alstom Power+ AMD+ AT&T+ Bell Canada+ Booz Allen Hamilton+ British Petroleum+ CapitalOne+ Cardiff University (UK)+ Chubb+ Cisco+ Compagnie de Saint Gobain+ Compuware+ Corning+ Covidien+ CSC+ Deloitte+ Deutsche Bank+ The Disney Corporation+ DuPont+ Electronic Arts+ Eli [...]
The Urgency of Now
The news about Sarah Palin broke today while I was working. Where did I see the news? Twitter (of course). Seconds turned to minutes, and I found myself impatient with not knowing the inside scoop on the why behind the resignation. What was the target of my impatience? The Twitter community. Seems ridiculous, but it’s [...]
ITSinsider is looking for love not work… :-)
I read an old-fashioned user-generated column in Newsweek this week where a young woman quoted her mother as saying, “…finding a job you love means never working a day in your life.” For the past nearly two years, I’ve had the special privilege to cover the Enterprise 2.0 sector as an employee of nGenera. Hands [...]
ITSinsider Annual Gift-Giving Suggestions
All righty fans of e2.0, there are some great books coming out or are already out that I wanted to bring to your attention, in case you’re looking for that perfect gift for your E2.0-loving loved one or friend/colleague. Not in any particular order, here goes: Tara Hunt needs no introduction in the ranks of [...]
