Before 8am this morning a rather directed FedEx car showed up at the house to deliver a new Kindle Fire HD evaluation unit. So far, I am impressed. The 7 inch unit is light, bright and clear. It came pre-configured with my Amazon account, so music, video and books in the Amazon Cloud were all there. The books section was blank until I search for a book I knew I owned and … [Read more...] about Kindle Fire First Looks
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Creating Rituals to Care for Small Things
Strategy is a big thing, but the success of strategy is based on the shepherding of small things. I recently lost two Small things: a Satechi BT MediaRemote Bluetooth Multi-Media Remote Control for iPhone, iPad & iMac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacBook, and Mac Mini and a Jawbone ICON HD Headset and THE NERD USB Adapter. Ritual becomes a problem when you … [Read more...] about Creating Rituals to Care for Small Things
A New Model for Categorizing Collaboration Technology
The traditional categorization of collaboration software no longer reflects the way people actually work. As we text over phones in the same room, or chat via instant messaging in the same meeting, the very idea of same time, same place or different time, different place seems archaic. Those categories reflect a good intellectual view of a technology in its infancy; they … [Read more...] about A New Model for Categorizing Collaboration Technology
Help For Cloud-Storage Hoarders
Help For Cloud-Storage Hoarders post now up at Fast Company. … [Read more...] about Help For Cloud-Storage Hoarders
Why I Hate Web-based Slideshows
Why I Hate Web-based Slideshows. Web marketers, those associated with products and those responsible for bringing readers to journalistic websites, create slide shows for one primary reason: to get their statistics up for time spent on the website. Sure, some people may like to browse through a slide show, we have good, emotional human experiences related to slideshows. … [Read more...] about Why I Hate Web-based Slideshows
