My first computer was a Commodore 64.  Most of you probably don’t want to know the specs: 1Mhz CPU (yes, that’s One) 64Kbmemory (Yes, that’s K not M), and only about half available via the BASIC programming language I thought they were history.  Well, in a way they are - but they are LIVE! (if not [...]

Let me quickly state that I don’t really know what the consensus definition of PM 2.0 is, but I do have a feeling based on my very 1.0-style experience. In the 90’s I worked on a number of fairly large scale SAP Projects in a variety of roles, including Project Manager, and supervisor of several other [...]

Nothing about the Office 2.0 Conference is even remotely ordinary. Start with the organizer, Ismael Ghalimi, CEO of a VC-funded startup, Intalio.  That’s normally a full-time job - not when it comes to Ismael: he is also a scuba-diving instructor, a pilot, launched Monolab|Workspace, (is that Incubator 2.0?), launched the Extreme Productivity Seminar series, oh, and [...]

I’ve repeatedly praised Web-based Invoicing service FreshBooks for being innovators, unveiling the hidden business model enabled by SaaS: benchmarking.   But who’s benchmarking the benchmarkers? Competitor Xero has just issued a call looking for benchmarking partners comparing metrics like: Customer acquisition rates Teaming model and allocation of spend Sales and marketing spend Sales quotas Google spend Pipeline conver...

Here’s a classic example for stupid “contextual” in-line ads:   Clicking on the “feature” link in this article brings up skin care products.  The “tool” link in the first line points to Honeymoon Planning Services.  Here are some more cases of “contextual” advertising gone bad: The Irony of Contextual Advertising Contextual Advertising Blunders The Scary Thing about Contextua...