Category Archives: Technology
Cutting through the clutter — Curation and the new 3 Rs of content.
Two-thirds of tweets are either “so-so” or not worth reading at all. So says a study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and Georgia Tech. There is a delightful irony that I found this little gem in a tweet. … Continue reading
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Passport to Innovation at Technicity.ca
Thanks to Doug Ford, most Torontonians know that we live in a very literate city –a city of the arts. We know that our city is home to literary giants like Margaret Atwood, one of the world’s great novelists. They’ve … Continue reading
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Unplugged
The smart money was on the third day. I’d go running and screaming for my iPhone and come back to the world as we know it. The challenge? I was undertaking at 10 day retreat. Totally unplugged. No phones. No … Continue reading
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Teach me how to fail – we need the money!
We only learn by our failures. Yeah, yeah. I’ve heard that before. And your cheque is in the mail. We all repeat this by rote like a demented parrot. How many actually believe it? And if we do, why don’t … Continue reading
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A pen is just a pen…or is it?
“This is exciting!” he says. Tonight, everything Mark talks about is exciting. Pens are not just a product. They are his product. And a pen isn’t just a product — it’s a story — a story about what it takes to produce it and customize it for his customers. If he’s passionate about his products, he’s really excited when he talks about his customers.
At 34 years old Mark, the president of Rightsleeve.com, he has a wisdom beyond his years — and he’s discovered the the real secret to success. It’s this. “Love what you do.”
If you lived through the 90′s where greed was good, or the tech bubble when things were “built to flip” or if you’ve thought about those whose greed and stupidity dragged us into this recession, Mark is a breath of fresh air. Continue reading
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Is this a relationship?
My sister Chris is on Facebook. No, it’s not the sign of the Apocalypse. It’s a sign that social media is moving to a new phase. I’m sure Seinfeld had a show about this — how to tell when something … Continue reading
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Immigrants on the Internet
I heard a quote the day that people of my generation would always be immigrants on the internet. No matter how well we adapted, we would always be “strangers in a strange land”. Our children would be citizens. Coming from … Continue reading
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Going virtual for competitive advantage
Woody Allen may have been right when he said that “90% of life is just showing up.” If he was, I can tell you that the last 10% may be the most valuable. The HBR study proved what my experience had taught me. It claimed that virtual teams were MORE effective, less costly and got better, faster results than collocated teams.
I read an article in July that said that 10 percent of Canada’s labour force — 2.5 million people — work outside the office at least one day a week. (Robert Fox, Canadian Telework Association) Teletrips, a Vancouver based company, claims a company can save $6,000 to $9,000 per flexible worker. They go on to say that a worker can save 160 hours in commute time each year — four working weeks! Plus you save 3,000 kilos of carbon dioxide. Continue reading
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Not Using Open Source Software? Must be nice to have money to burn!
If your manager of HR came up to you and said, “I’d like to send every employee out for a $500.00 to $1,000.00 training program in the coming year,” as a business owner you would probably wince. After all, times … Continue reading
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Digital Deniers
Do it if you want to — just don’t be proud of it. I phoned my cousin Mike yesterday to make arrangements for dinner. We were about to compare calendars and I was stalling while Outlook came up on my … Continue reading →
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