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Everyone’s internet is different

Colin Henderson

Steve Rubel sums up his observations from the always insightful Le Web conference in Paris this week. His second observation caught my attention and reflects how both I and my friends see the web. Three Observations from Le Web Second, nowadays no two people see the same Internet. This was a key point that Facebook made, saying that we increasingly discover online content not just by algorithms but via the "lens of friends." Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd brought this to life through rich, moving stories. Google’s Marissa Mayer went a step further saying that the future of news is a … Continue reading Everyone’s internet is different

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A Sure Sign that we are at a Turning Point in Mobility and Use of Internet

Colin Henderson

I noticed an ad on CNN this afternoon, that really shows the gap that lies between old business and new business. The topic here is personal use of technology – how individual managers and executives use it. This reflects personal,and therefore institutional effectiveness. It reflects the difference in things happening over days, versus over months. The ad was for GotoMyPC that “allows you to access your PC from anywhere in the word”. Its a funny ad that begins with a travelling executive who realises the information he needs is on his PC back at the home office, so he sends … Continue reading A Sure Sign that we are at a Turning Point in Mobility and Use of Internet

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Collaboration (1) vs Beaurocracy (0) | Wikipedia & CIA Factbook example

Colin Henderson

Here is a striking example of the power of collaborative ‘wisdom of crowds’ approach to information preparation, versus traditional top down beaurocratic approach. I was reading the Obama speech in Ghana, and his references to the current and previous governments, including Jerry Rawlings which rang a history bell for me, so thought I would read up.  First off I checked what used to be my old favourite the CIA factbook, and it has not been updated since sometime before Dec 2008 [note highlight]. On the other hand a quick visit to Wikipedia had more than enough detail being up to … Continue reading Collaboration (1) vs Beaurocracy (0) | Wikipedia & CIA Factbook example

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State Department official, Jared Cohen, e-mailed Twitter – delay scheduled maintenance

Colin Henderson

This has little directly to do with banking per se, but it has a lot to do with information seeking, gathering, and the seismic shifts in how transparency of otherwise opaque bodies can be nullified by the internet tools available.  It is also just plain fascinating, and something all strategists should watch and try to understand. Whether this was innocent or otherwise, it appears to be a fact that it happened hence the significance.  Also read here for discussion and note the ‘informed’ comments.  One cannot help but think that there is something deliberate to all this, and even that … Continue reading State Department official, Jared Cohen, e-mailed Twitter – delay scheduled maintenance

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Reset time

Colin Henderson

Its obvious we all have the  “too much information but its all good stuff” problem. It has been driving me crazy and I have tried: lables and categories in my RSS reader (Google Reader) watching other sources such as twitter, friendfeed, newsgator, feeddemon integration tools within gmail using greasemonkey scripts adding to Google Reader so that I would use the built in search (never happened) others too many to mention Bottom line.  If your target is to source and mine information incremental improvements fail, at least for me.  Adding to existing sources just adds to the problem of more data … Continue reading Reset time