Archive for July, 2004

It’s time for us to move on…part IV

Friday, July 30th, 2004

mORE Open Dialogue on the Browser Wars
Today I bring you another article from outside the main-stream press on why it’s time for a change. This one talks about the famous 1% shift away from IE that was reported last month as well as why the momentum has shifted away from MicroSoft and towards the little [...]

It’s time for us to move on…part III

Thursday, July 29th, 2004

Time to Dump IE
So it’s time for part III of our series. Today we peel back the top layer of the Net to show you what the common man thinks of IE. Sure it’s not the Homeland Security Dept but good valubale commentary anyway. The author goes on to say “Lucky for us, we [...]

Requiem for PR

Wednesday, July 28th, 2004

Is PR dead or at least on life support?
Some people seem to think so. If you dig a layer or two down into the earlier post about new roles for blogs you get to some interesting links to discussions going on among journalists and media types about the state of public communications. A fella by [...]

It’s time for us to move on…part II

Wednesday, July 28th, 2004

How Mozilla’s Firefox trumps Internet Explorer. By Paul Boutin
Well if you didn’t believe the Department of Homeland Security, how about Microsoft itself. Here is a nice little article from Slate (which is owned by MSN) talking about one of the more popular alternatived to IE. The latest version of Firefox, released this Monday, has a [...]

It’s time for us to move on…

Tuesday, July 27th, 2004

The Department of Homeland Security says “Just Say No to IE”
Really ACS, it’s time to move on! I was inspired by David Collin’s series of articles on the state of Life Science in America, so I thought I would write my own series of articles on something that’s near and dear to my heart. Browsers. [...]

Harvaed Business Review, 3 articles on Innovation

Tuesday, July 27th, 2004

The July-August 2004 Harvard Business Review had 3 articles on innovation.
Darwin and the Demon, Innovating Within Established Enterpises, by Geoffrey A. Moore.
Moore draws a life-cycle model and shows that enterprises must mutate the core comptences over time to sustain attractive returne. There is Application, Disruptive, Product, Process, Experimental, Marketing, Business Model, and Structural Innovation.
In [...]

New roles for bloggers

Monday, July 26th, 2004

One of the signs of the ever expanding role of the Internet in political life is the issuing of press credentials to bloggers for the political conventions, both Demo and Repub. The NYTimes has an article about this first set. Evidently some so-called “professional” journalists see this as further corruption of the profession.
And…blogs evidently are [...]

Fact Sheet–HIT Report At-A-Glance

Friday, July 23rd, 2004

2004.07.21: HHS Fact Sheet–HIT Report At-A-Glance
It looks like there finally is a plan to go forward with EHR—electronic health records—on a nationwide scale. It seems like a good idea, even an inevitability if we’re ever to try to wring the paperwork surcharge out of health care costs (maybe wishful thinking!). Good concept, but the devil [...]

Wireless CRM takes to the field – Computerworld

Thursday, July 22nd, 2004

Wireless CRM takes to the field – Computerworld
Okay, you RMs, get ready to tote your relationships around allll the time.

Duke to give Ipods to Freshmen

Thursday, July 22nd, 2004

Ipods for All
Wow, looks like it’s time for me to re-enroll in college. Check out this story in which Duke is giving Ipods to incoming freshman. The iPods will be preloaded with such Duke-related content as information about orientation and the academic calendar; students also can download faculty-provided course content…….lucky punks…