I will be interested to see the full research report, but it’s no surprise to me that Frost & Sullivan found this when they surveyed 946 information technology and line-of-business decision-makers. My personal feeling is that there is a huge difference in the effectiveness of individuals that can be attributed...
This week was meant to provide me with a well earned rest, we planned to go to Arnside (South Lakes) for 4 nights, what actually happened: Thursday : Tessa gets virus infection, fever, sickness and diarrhea Friday : Stephie gets the same infection Saturday : Stephie and Tessa still ill Sunday :...
I have been increasingly concerned over how we bring companies and their employees closer together in terms of the relative priorities that each places on their IT needs, for background check out this post and this one. My fist steps towards solving this was to encourage companies to think in...
In a previous post I described the fact that for many people you can describe their IT needs in terms of 4 layers, this is important because it means that if you try to provide a new IT system that meets a need in layer 4, when the persons needs in layers...
In preparation for the imminent arrival of my I-mate sp5 I have been sorting out my software. One of my key tools is E-Wallet which I have used for years to store all manner of information from health insurance details to software licence keys. As a result I have licences...
For the last few months I have been considering individual motivations which is pretty tricky as people are motivated by many different things, however I have made an attempt to develop a simple model that does seem to reflect the IT related motivations I see in many people. The diagram...
I just came across a great essay by Ross Mayfield on the Power Law of Participation. Ross provides an excellent way to visualise the different thresholds for participation and this is really important because it talks to the fact that people don’t have the time and energy to do everything,...
I really like FeedDemon, but I have noticed a few niggles that are worth feeding back, so here goes: I need nested folders, I know there is some debate about this but here is my logic. I have sets of folders with different characteristics. For example I might have: A...
This is my second day using Windows Vista beta 2 and now Office 2007 on my trusty TC1100 and its going really well so far. The whole environment seems slicker on the Tablet now, especially the improvements in selecting files and multiple files and the new docked TIP seems to...
This is my first post to my blogharbor account using Word 2007 which has blogging support . In theory this will support the blogger api which I will be trying and will also support images, which should mean that I can tap into the Office 2007 clip art.