January 2011
140 posts
“I told him to be himself. That was pretty mean I guess.”
– Roger Sterling, Jr.
Apple could disrupt mobile payment industry,... →
Vast iTunes base makes it a ‘PayPal on steroids,’ one analyst said. That base gives Apple the ability to operate largely as a “closed payment system” with minimal need to interface with credit card companies and banks, she said. “They can largely shut out credit card companies if they choose to,” and operate in much the same way that PayPal has done in the...
Content Strategy: Exploring Content Curation Tools... →
Will Apple, Google Lead Mobile Payment Revolution?... →
By adding near-field communications to the iPhone and iPad, Apple — along with Google — may provide the spark needed to ignite mainstream use of mobile payments.
Methinks: This will have a huge impact on adoption. The chicken now has an egg.
“White hair is distinguished but the whiskers are a bit Father Time.”
– Roger Sterling, Jr.
AT&T vs. Verizon: iPhone plans duke it out (via... →
How the AT&T and Verizon iPhone plans stack up.
Integrating maps into your mobile application (via... →
Methinks: Nice overview of map integration with Flex/AIR
CoreMedia 6: A Comprehensive Approach to Managing... →
Methinks: Two important concepts discussed are Web Experience Management and Adaptive Personalization and Delivery
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America’s new internet rules are mostly sensible -...
Facebook Basics for the Marketing Services... →
“Once you say that, you’re not discreet anymore.”
– Roger Sterling, Jr.
9 Startup Scaling Secrets from Eventbrite →
1. Don’t take big checks until you absolutely must.
2. Pick the right team.
3. Just as important: pick the right trend to follow.
4. Keep it simple
5. Build on existing tools.
6. Empower your customers.
7. Trust in the value of your product.
8. Learn from your customers.
9. Respect the data.
“You want to be on some people’s minds. Some people’s you...”
– Roger Sterling, Jr.
The Future of Google Docs (via... →
Docs has become a worthy competitor to Microsoft Office, but its future will rely less on feature parity and more on the value being added to Google’s platform in the cloud.
Methinks: We get closer and closer to moving away from Office to docs. But there are few things that need to improve. One is a better presentation tool to be on par with PowerPoint. Two is a few layout features of Word....
Global CIO: FedEx CIO Explains The Real Power Of... →
“Carter boils down cloud computing, when applied to IT infrastructure, to “general purpose computing.” It’s the ability to connect servers, networking, and storage that are “workload agnostic,” meaning the jobs they handle can be shuffled around among a company’s computers, so those machines are used as efficiently as possible.”
Methinks: If you...
“I like redheads. Their mouths are like drops of strawberry jam in a glass of...”
– Roger Sterling, Jr.
NASA`s Vision for the Future of Flight in 2025 and... →
In late 2010, NASA awarded contracts to three teams—Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing—to study advanced concept designs for aircraft that could take to the skies in the year 2025. At the time of the award, the team gave NASA a sneak peek of the particular designs they planned to pursue. Now the space agency, in the last throes of its space-shuttle glory days, is making some of those...
2011 Brings an Increased Demand for Open Source... →
Methinks: Can you say Drupal, Wordpress and PHP? We can.
New Skills
Implementing a CMS platform can involve multiple roles:
Programmer — use a language like PHP, Ruby or Java to develop components, modules or plug-ins for the platform.
Site Builders — have experience with the platform architecture and features. Site builders focus on site configuration.
Front End Designers/Themers — focus on...
Extreme Version of eXtreme (Agile) Programing?... →
The idea is that by automating the build, deployment, and testing process, delivery teams can release software updates in a matter of hours.
Direct and One-To-One -> Smart Phones Are Utterly... →
Box.Net Unboxes All-New Software, Cloud... →
Methinks: I’m trying it out. It looks promising for iPad integration…
Aptana acquired by Appcelerator →
Appcelerator Acquires Aptana to Unleash Massive Cloud-Connected Application Opportunity for Over 1,500,000 Web Developers
Companies combine to create enterprise-grade application development platform
Methinks: Good match, we use both tools.
IBM Identifies Analytics, Cloud Computing as Key... →
Methinks: What are your priorities?
Will Apple Drive Adoption? Learn about Near Field... →
“Near Field Communication or NFC, is a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology which enables the exchange of data between devices over about a 10 centimeter (around 4 inches) distance.[1] The technology is a simple extension of the ISO/IEC 14443 proximity-card standard (proximity card, RFID) that combines the interface of a smartcard and a reader into a single device. An...
Report: iPhone 5 will be "Completely Redesigned"... →
This summer, Apple is expected to launch its next iPhone, and new reports describe it as a “completely redesigned handset” as well as a “total rethink from a design standpoint.”
Methinks: What do you think about this report?
Adobe gets even more technical (via kmworld.com) →
Adobe has unveiled Technical Communication Suite 3, the latest version of what it calls a complete single-source authoring and multi-device publishing toolkit for the creation and publication of rich, standards-compliant technical information and training material. The new suite enables technical writers, help authors and instructional designers to efficiently author, enrich, manage and seamlessly...
Is b2b marketing really obsolete? (via... →
Three prominent ad agency execs debate the proposition
“I’ve often looked at everything we do in marketing communications as to create word-of-mouth. It’s just in the past we had different tools.”
Methinks: It’s hard to argue about the premise, but i would put it in different terms. I would not say that B2B marketing is obsolete. i would say that the tactics for B2B...
Adobe gets even more technical (via kmworld.com) →
Adobe has unveiled Technical Communication Suite 3, the latest version of what it calls a complete single-source authoring and multi-device publishing toolkit for the creation and publication of rich, standards-compliant technical information and training material. The new suite enables technical writers, help authors and instructional designers to efficiently author, enrich, manage and seamlessly...
Is b2b marketing really obsolete? (via... →
Three prominent ad agency execs debate the proposition
“I’ve often looked at everything we do in marketing communications as to create word-of-mouth. It’s just in the past we had different tools.”
Methinks: It’s hard to argue about the premise, but i would put it in different terms. I would not say that B2B marketing is obsolete. i would say that the tactics for B2B...
A better Rx (via chicagotribune.com) →
As the House of Representatives bring a repeal bill to the floor this week (albeit only a meaningless jester) here is a good Tribune editorial with at least 4 concrete things that COULD be done to make things better and not worse.
•Give people buying private coverage the same tax breaks as those who get their insurance through an employer. That would help millions of people acquire coverage....
Report: iPhone 5 will be "Completely Redesigned"... →
This summer, Apple is expected to launch its next iPhone, and new reports describe it as a “completely redesigned handset” as well as a “total rethink from a design standpoint.”
Methinks: What do you think about this report?
The Importance of Metadata in Content Management... →
“One of the biggest hurdles in implementing an effective Content Management application is to establish a usable Metadata Model. Having a repository of data that users cannot search and access information from is no better than storing data on a simple file system. Let’s look at some common models, in particular Dublin Core.”
Methinks: Metadata has been at the core (sorry for...
The Importance of Metadata in Content Management... →
“One of the biggest hurdles in implementing an effective Content Management application is to establish a usable Metadata Model. Having a repository of data that users cannot search and access information from is no better than storing data on a simple file system. Let’s look at some common models, in particular Dublin Core.”
Methinks: Metadata has been at the core (sorry for...
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Will Salesforce's Database.com Shake Up the World... →
“For CIOs, IT departments and developers, database.com provides many benefits over client/server databases. They can write their applications in Java, C#, Ruby, PHP and other languages. And, they can run those apps on any platform — Force.com, VMforce, Amazon EC2, Google AppEngine, Heroku or Microsoft Azure.”
Methinks: Price and availability will be the key. You thoughts?
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Will Salesforce's Database.com Shake Up the World... →
“For CIOs, IT departments and developers, database.com provides many benefits over client/server databases. They can write their applications in Java, C#, Ruby, PHP and other languages. And, they can run those apps on any platform — Force.com, VMforce, Amazon EC2, Google AppEngine, Heroku or Microsoft Azure.”
Methinks: Price and availability will be the key. You thoughts?
A Stalemate of Standards: What H.264 Means for the... →
Methinks: Not sure why they are doing this, or what this means. What do you think?
A Stalemate of Standards: What H.264 Means for the... →
Methinks: Not sure why they are doing this, or what this means. What do you think?
