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16 JUL 09
Hey, Kid: Support Your Local Wiki | GeekDad | Wired.com SAVE
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On Saturday, my oldest son and I jumped on the bus and headed to the public library. Awaiting us there were a few other people ready to spend a rainy afternoon adding content to our city wiki.TAGS
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Cato Unbound Blog Archive Not an Upgrade, an Upheaval SAVE
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This will not replace the older forms journalism, but then nothing else will either; both preservation and simple replacement are off the table. The change we’re living through isn’t an upgrade, it’s a upheaval, and it will be decades before anyone can really sort out the value of what’s been lost versus what’s been gained. In the meantime, the changes in self-assembling publics and new models of subsidy will drive journalistic experimentation in ways that surprise us all.TAGS
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12 JUL 09
VatorNews - Social business design SAVE
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David Armano recently asked the question, Is the Hub and Spoke Model Adaptable? Anyone who ever worked on a project team in a large organization, especially corporate enterprises, probably recognizes the hub and spoke team design depicted in the graphic above. In this post I take a closer look at the hub and spoke design's purpose in hierarchical, bureaucratic, organizations--the kind associated with industrial society. Our next post discusses how David answered his question and what an adaptable hub and spoke model implies for social business design.TAGS
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Why Designing Products and Services is a Team Sport - Peter Merholz SAVE
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In the world of services, make sure your project teams are multichannel. Coordinate in-person, online, phone, and mail interactions and communications. Recognize that your customer doesn't distinguish between channels they way you do, and make sure she's satisfied no matter how she chooses to engage. Without such coordination and collaboration, companies will either deliver slapdash experiences, or, due to the gauntlet, nothing at all.TAGS
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Google's Microsoft Moment - Anil Dash SAVE
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Is Google evil? It doesn't matter. They've reached the point of corporate ambition and changing corporate culture that means they're going to be perceived as if they are. Whether they're able to truly internalize that lesson, accept it, and act accordingly will determine if they're able to extend their dominance in the years to come.TAGS
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Much Ado About IE6 SAVE
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Here at Digg, like most sites, the designers, developers, and QA engineers spend a lot of time making sure the site works in IE6, an eight-year-old browser superseded by two full releases. It consumes time that could be spent building the future of Digg. Here’s what we’re gonna do — and not do — about it.TAGS
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08 JUL 09
Google's Web-Based Operating System Could Benefit Start-Ups - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ SAVE
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Google Inc.’s announcement of a new operating system based on its Chrome Web browser could give a boost to start-ups that are working to develop browser-based challenges to existing desktop based software.TAGS
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Five New Smart (Tech) Technologies SAVE
While at first glance you would not think an economic downturn is good for product development, at second glance you'll find lots of reasons for new products and companies to appear during bleak economic times. As a result, this recession could prove to be a period of rapid technological development.TAGS
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30 JUN 09
The true cost of Microsoft SharePoint - Business Exchange SAVE
This article explores the true costs of SharePoint-both expected and unexpected. By gaining a firm handle on these costs, IT leaders will be able to identify whether the product is right for their organisations and will be better prepared to take advantage of SharePoint's many benefits.TAGS
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Does Twitter Match The Mission? SAVE
Asking all the right questions about engaging on Twitter, but unfortunately implies the wrong questions about enterprise microbloggingTAGS