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- Wikinomics 6: Platforms for Participation
- And once again we come to a post on co-author Don Tapscott's Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. This Wikinomics series has just two posts to go; savor it while you can. Don Tapscott's thesis in this chapter is that we're in an era of what I...
- Tags: Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., Don Tapscott, Sales Strategy, Development Tools, Sales, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Gottsman
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Wikinomics 2: peer production
- Here we continue our analysis of <italic>Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything</italic> (co-authored by Don Tapscott) with a look at peer production. (See first post here.) In the Wikinomics formulation, peer production occurs when people come together spontaneously to create content, ideally without being paid. The largest and best-known...
- Tags: Open Source, Wikipedia, Don Tapscott, 2500-to-14, Wiki, Online Communications, Ed Gottsman
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- Wikinomics and mass collaboration
- During a presentation at the Web 2.0 Summit, author and consultant Don Tapscott previewed some the highlights from his forthcoming book, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.He views the next phase of the Web as about mass collaboration and harnessing the power of self organization. It will have a profound...
- Tags: Groupware, Don Tapscott, Wikinomics, collaboration
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- Inside the mind of the Net generation
- During a session at the Web 2.0 Summit, author and consultant Don Tapscott shared results from a research project on the Net generation, the first humans to grow up digitally. An estimated 80 million people in the U.S. alone are coming into the workplace and marketplace with a far different...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Web Technology, web2con
- Blog posts 2006-11-07
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- Do college degrees get you anywhere?
- Do college degrees get you anywhere?Just another thought...In the sector of work I'm in, I think IT is losing it's "elite" status as a job. With basic IT skills being aquirable with just a few certifications it is becoming less elite and more like a tradeskill not unlike an...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Benefits, Development tools, salary, job, IT IS, worker
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appear
- First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appearPerception IS reality.The damage is done. Apple is #3 in US home computer sales today. Perception [b]is[/b] reality and unfortunately for microsoft they've got battered, much of it being well deserved. This is the proverbial finger to plug a dyke breach.RE: First hints...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Q'n'A: Your correspondence to date
- Q'n'A: Your correspondence to dateOne you never bothered to answer...http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-17923-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=49195&messageID=921163&start=0RE: Q'n'A: Your correspondence to date[b]Q. [Email] I want to break up with my boyfriend but I don’t want to hurt his feelings. Help![/b]Just go ahead and forward this email to me, I'll take care of her! ;)
- Tags: E-mail, Q'n'A, correspondence
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Apple chaos theory
- Apple chaos theoryExcuse me !!!"CIOs don’t like having technology forced down their throats, particularly not by end users more concerned with being trendy than standardized."Excuse me, since when is this true ? Isn't everyone still banging their heads on the desks because Vista is being shoved down their throats ?...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, throat, operating system, Apple Inc., Leopard, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal
- iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appealBut stability is supposed to be iPhone's strong suit?Hmm, guess not! A big "I told you so" to all those who made fun of WM's theoretical lack of stability even though mine have all worked flawlessly.[i]If you don’t have an Apple account you have...
- Tags: Sales channel, Digital music, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0 appeal, iCrash, Buggy app, iPhone 2.0, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Cooking Academy (zip)
- Cooking Academy game - Grab your oven mitts and don your Chef's Hat. Cooking Academy is the game that places you in the kitchens of a prestigious culinary school. From Pancakes to Creme Brulee, prepare over 50 different recipes. Learn interesting trivia about food while mastering the skills of chopping,...
- Tags: GreenAppleGames, Games, Food & Beverage, Personal Technology, Manufacturing
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail time
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail timeI dont see spaming as a jail-able offense.I would love to give jailtime to companies that send crap to my mailbox.The issue is waisted time and resources. It costs x dollars to clean that up, so you owe me x dollars, if dont...
- Tags: Spam, spammer, anti-spam
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Apple wants Psystar to snatch back Mac clones from customers ... and other thoughts
- Apple wants Psystar to snatch back Mac clones from customers ... and other thoughtsWho else has a dog in the hunt?If the court says that part of Apple's EULA is unenforceable, when it's a part that's so essential to Apple's business model, then who else has questionable terms in their...
- Tags: Milton Bradley, EULA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Pystar
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Enterprises still not getting full benefits of open source
- Enterprises still not getting full benefits of open sourceQuestionYou say:"The real problem, it seems to me, is they don’t understand the nature of support in an open source world. It’s a mutual process, a matrix, combining your own efforts, those of vendors, and those of communities which may include competitors.The...
- Tags: Blogging, Self-Reliance, open source, communism, benefit
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Apple releases patches for dangerous QuickTime flaws in Apple TV 2.1 product
- Apple releases patches for dangerous QuickTime flaws in Apple TV 2.1 productDoes anyone use AppleTV?[i]Some of you might be saying, why do I care, I don’t use Apple TV.[/i]AppleTV sales have been abysmal.does this really matter in the case of appleTV?an appleTV is not like a computer or even like...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Web browsers, Apple TV, patch management, appleTV, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime, Apple Safari
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Travel Agency (exe)
- Running a Travel Agency is no vacation. Build your own Travel Agency from the ground up in this challenging Time Management game. Create fabulous vacation packages for many kinds of customers. Watch out - they can be picky! Bring on new workers and keep them motivated and happy. Don`t forget...
- Tags: Vacation, Agency, SpinTop Games, Games, Time Management, Personal Technology, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-07-11
- Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?
- Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?There are still issues...Network performance still needs work.File copy performance still needs work.The ghost town that is Ultimate Extra's needs to start giving us what we were promised and paid $100 extra for.I...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Did open source make Green go at VMWare?
- Did open source make Green go at VMWare?No such thing as a free lunch....While I don't lay all the blame on open source, I do blame open source for many of the problems with VMWare’s business model. It is very difficult to plan when you have “free” products in the...
- Tags: open source, VMware Inc., programmer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Internet abuse and Cloud Computing
- Internet abuse and Cloud ComputingAgreed - principle, not practiceI do think MacOS is better than Vista on almost all measures - and by that same standard that one side in the current U.S. elections has the right.As you say:---Oh and by the way I don't vote on ideological lines anymore...
- Tags: hypocrisy, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-07-05
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'Felony infringerYes, I would agree that this extends beyond fair use... Book'em Dano.RE: Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'I do not think it is right but if it is made out as such a major deal then what is it doing all over the internet Bittorrent...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Strategy, felony infringer, Torrent, administrator
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
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