Fascinating story today from David Galbraith, trying to track down the precise geographical location where Tim Berners-Lee invented the Internet. Was it at his office, and if so, was his office in France or Switzerland (the CERN campus straddles the border)? Was it at his house in France, or a place he lived temporarily in [...]
HP is back on the front pages again with a high-profile changing of the CEO (already?) The mainstream business press seems to really like covering HP. Perhaps this because HP is widely perceived as a consumer products company, although its personal computer division produced only about a third of its overall revenue in the last quarter, and the company [...]
Your poor employees. At home they are social media superstars, posting ironic witticisms and heartfelt sentiments to an audience of adoring “followers” and “friends.” Their iPhones are stuffed with the latest apps. They’ve embraced Google in every aspect of their life, from Google Analytics for their American Idol fan page to Docs for their PTA [...]
Tweeting can be hard work. Coming up with 140 characters of pith, wit, and irony is hard enough, but people seem to actually want useful information as well. Somebody told me that I am supposed to start designing my presentations so that they have “tweet-able moments.” That way, people will “live tweet” my presentation, and [...]
“If I had more time, I would write something shorter.” Paraphrase of Blaise Pascal, and similar quotes from Goethe, Balzac, and others Information governance is complicated. It may even be complex. Every day I strive to simplify its challenges for my clients – without making them simplistic. Also, as a writer, I understand that there [...]
