Archive for March, 2009
Social Government Services
This name was inspired after I saw Jive’s Clearspace platform rebranded as “Social Business Software 3.0″.
This weekends Government 2.0 camp is really about the business of social networking as it relates to government operations. I haven’t seen the market referred to as “social government services” but it just may be the right name for it.
The Economic Stimulus and Innovation
A question came to me after many recent discussions about the economic stimulus. Will the trillion dollars being pumped into our economy drive innovation? Or, will it only drive adoption of technologies that have already been innovated? While adoption is certainly a great thing, innovation is one of the vital links to our economic future. [...]
From Heaven Via iPhone
Everyone should have a favorite place in the world. That place where life’s daily challenges don’t seem to exist. Mine is Totten Inlet, a pristine body of water at the southernmost point of Puget Sound in Washington State. The worlds best oysters are grown here, arrow heads are still found on it’s shores and salmon [...]
Video’s Increasing Role
In Scoble’s blog March 6th he discusses why he’s gone under the radar for two weeks and he’s clearly making a big move which will be interesting to follow. But in his entry he sings the praises of the latest Flip Video HD which sells for about two hundred bucks. This puts real power into [...]
I Don’t Care About Technology
Walking back from DrupalCon today a friend commented on how I am a guy who is passionate about technology. I corrected him with something along the lines of “actually, I care about the human element of what technology can do.” Since I uttered those words I’ve felt some kind of relief. I can’t really explain [...]
The Cool Drupal Community
I was lucky enough to have volunteered at this weeks DrupalCon DC. As a non-developer I have to find other ways to give back to the community and this was a small way that I could do it. It was great to come face-to-face with the people who’s posts I read on forums, sites I [...]
DrupalCon
If there is any question where the market is going for CMS and community platforms, it looks like open source and front runner Drupal have an answer. This weeks DrupalCon DC says it loud and clear on the home page with the “sold out” star where the registration tab once was.
This is telling. I can’t [...]
The Triple Bottom Line
Jeff Erickson*, Sr. Editor at Oracle Publishing and writer of the blog, Tech Spectator, points out this term which was used by Indie Energy CEO Daniel Cheifetz. See my Feb 26th entry for reference.
Searching on this term quickly explains why Dan and many other green energy CEOs have made the term (or soon will be) part of [...]