Monthly Archive: June 2006

Ed strikes back!

Ed has written a well considered response to my comments yesterday, the comments to his post are just as interesting.  I think I learned a few useful things today: A lot of people think Ed has pitched his blog just right, and really appreciate the frequent Microsoft related postings.  In fact Alan Lepofsky...

Sorry Ed but you are not a Scoble!

Ed Brill has one of the few blogs that evangelize what IBM is doing in the collaboration space, and it really bugs me that there are so few and that they rarely show much passion for the great products that IBM has in this area.  Ed recently compared his blog...

Frustrated by definitions of commodity

I keep hearing people describe IT as increasingly commoditized and they are often discussing PC’s and office products at the time.  This gets me frustrated because in my experience these particular technologies are anything but commodities.  Although there are very many definitions of commodity I used to think that Peter...

Simple model for strategic planning

I really like simple models to communicate ideas, and I often see good ideas in the communications section of Ezine.  The following diagram illustrates one of their planning tools for communicating a new idea.  The text is a summary from the article but the graphic is mine. Take a sheet...

Blogs and Wikis

Larry takes issue with the fact that people always talk about “Blogs and Wikis” at the same time when in fact they are are very different.  To further the point Larry quotes Tim Bray who said in this post  “I don’t think blogs are really a new thing in the...

Home working tech

I posted a quick update on my experiences with home working yesterday, but  thought I would provide some additional details, particularly in terms of my technology setup and some of the technology shortcomings. First off, when I work from home I really don’t want to be tied to my desk...

I am saddened that Scoble is leaving Microsoft

I was shocked to learn that Scoble is leaving Microsoft, but probably not that surprised.  I told him a few months ago that I was very impressed by the influence that he has had on the company and his bravery in achieving it.  I am sure that many other people...

My personal experience of home working

I consider myself to be very lucky to work from home.  Because my medical condition makes it difficult for me to travel at least a couple of times a week and I feel too ill to work for at least a few hours most days only a decade ago I...

The ups and downs of telecommuting

HP recently shocked it’s employees and sent a few ripples through the industry when they decided to reign back home working.  Their justification seems to be that whilst home-working is great for many senior employees it makes it difficult for junior staff to build their skills and broaden their experience. ...