January 2009
16 posts
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50 Essential Strategies For Creating A Successful... →
Good set of principles this (slightly surprised “usability, usability, usability and usability” is down at #43, but I guess it’s not in any particular order). Applies just as much to enterprise web apps as it does to web2.0 start ups.
ASDA Online Shopping Fail!
ASDA’s online grocery shopping system failed us big time today. Apparently, if you add to an already made (and paid for) order and let the session time out before confirming the extra items (say because your baby needs attention?), it simply cancels the entire order!! But even worse, it doesn’t even tell you its done it - we only discovered it when we went to add a few more items...
Collaboration Beyond Content | NetSquared →
This is exactly where things are headed, but this is still just baby steps - ultimately all our social interations will be modelled in cyberspace (obviously!) :-)
Preoccupations: Our work (so far) this year →
Now this is a school ITC programme! Of course St Paul’s have the resources to do it, but nonetheless, inspiring stuff!
SkiMojo →
Just how cyborgy is this?!!
Crime as a source of innovation - BQF Innovation... →
This is a great example of ‘multiplication’!
Obama staff will say cu l8r 2 IM - Politico.com... →
Doesn’t it seem strange that the most important office in the world is *not allowed* to bring the full complement of digital communications technology to bear…
WePC.com - Home →
Now this is how to run an open innovation competition!
The FASTForward Blog » Research on the Use of... →
A few notes from IBM’s research:
Within a protected environment, employees choose to reach out to new people rather than only connecting to those they know.
Motivations for this are: desire to interact with colleagues on a personal level; career advancement; seeking support for projects and ideas.
Offer more information & seek to present themselves professionally.
The more intensely...
“…we have got a concentration of turbines here which may have fascinated...”
– Robert Palmer (leader of East Lindsey District Council and member of Lincolnshire County Council)
‘Strange lights’ as turbine damaged - Yahoo! News UK
David Mitchell Tweets! (read in reverse order)
I bet Dickens never had this problem 9 minutes ago from web Yes I did assume everyone was taking the mickey. 10 minutes ago from web Well good to see the Daily Mail one worked! So keep it short and swear appears to be the key. 11 minutes ago from web Excellent, in my new found web empire I’ve just made a complete tit of myself. 13 minutes ago from web I think I’ll dig out my old...
The Measurement Standard: Index of Articles on... →
Trying to figure out how many other kinds of online social engagements these standards could be applied to.
Explaining Service Disruptions — Blog of Mr. Tweet →
Now this is what I want from a developer’s blog!
WatchJay Walker’s library of human imagination | Video on TED.com