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A Curmudgeon with a Cause

A Curmudgeon with a Cause

By Ben Kepes on April 28, 2009

Image via Wikipedia James Dean famously starred in the 1955 move “A Rebel with a Cause”. I’m no rebel but I do pride myself on being something of a curmudgeon from time to time, always keen to (hopefully) talk some sense amongst the evangelism that seems to typify our industry. Visiting the recent Web 2.0 […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged google, market cap, price to earning, video, w2e, youtube

Microsoft’s Elop on S+S and SaaS

By Ben Kepes on April 16, 2009

Last week at the Web 2.0 Expo one of the keynotes was an interview between Tim O’Reilly and Stephen Elop from the Microsoft business division. Elop was formerly with Macromedia but was headhunted by Steve Ballmer to join the “evil empire” (Elop’s words, not mine). Much of Elop’s interview was based around a discussion about […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged microsoft, saas, software plus services, stephen elop, Tim O\'Reilly, w2e

Stop the Paper Madness

Stop the Paper Madness

By Zoli Erdos on April 3, 2009

Tax Day is less than two weeks away. This year the IRS (The US Tax Agency) went out of their way to make sure I am doing things right: months ago they sent me a thick envelope with all the forms they thought I would need to use, including: form 1040-ES/V – payment vouchers for […]

Posted in General | Tagged e-government, environment, Government, irs, junk mail, paper waste, taxes, w2e, waste | 1 Response

The (Perhaps Not Quite) Ultimate Outsider

The (Perhaps Not Quite) Ultimate Outsider

By Ben Kepes on April 1, 2009

I’ve had a couple of conflicting experiences in the past couple of days here at the Web 2.0 Conference. Two days ago I had dinner with one of the founders from cool Danish company called Zendesk (whose mascot, appropriately enough as we’ll see, is a smiling buddha) – I wrote a review of their product […]

Posted in Marketing | Tagged karma, marketing, silicon valley, w2e, zendesk | 1 Response

Economics 2.0

By Ben Kepes on March 31, 2009

Sometimes a single session at a conference sums up the good and bad points about an entire event – I had one of those times this morning. Quite appropriately given the theme for this conference, and given the current economic climate, Dion Hinchcliffe’s workshop was entitled “Highly Effective Strategies for Putting Your Business on a Recession […]

Posted in General | Tagged dion hinchcliffe, econ2, economics 2.0, idealog, w2e, web2expo

US Army Wikified

US Army Wikified

By Zoli Erdos on March 17, 2009

WetPaint is one of my early “discoveries”, three years ago I called them the “wiki-less” wiki, as it blended wiki-like, forum-like and blog-like features long before it became fashionable.   I haven’t followed them closely, but apparently they’ve been growing nicely, and today I saw this post: The US Army on Wetpaint! – hm .. let’s […]

Posted in General | Tagged army, collaboration, less is more, military, power of less, social networking, US Army, User Generated Content, w2e, web 2.0, Web 2.0 Expo, web2expo, wetpaint, wikis | 1 Response

The Power of Less: Web 2.0 Expo and Beyond

The Power of Less: Web 2.0 Expo and Beyond

By Zoli Erdos on March 17, 2009

This is my second post running up to Web 2.0 Expo.  See some of my comments on networking and Ben’s call to stay fit  – he needs to come up with a Web 2.0-ish way of coordinating the morning runs. The theme of this years Expo is The Power of Less.  Less in funding, budgets, […]

Posted in General | Tagged conferences, power of less, San Francisco, tim o reilly, w2e, web 20 Expo, web2expo | 1 Response

Web 2.0 Expo – We Love the Zoo

Web 2.0 Expo – We Love the Zoo

By Zoli Erdos on March 16, 2009

Spring is at the doorsteps and with that Conference Season is upon us. Recession or not, Some Conferences Are Worth Attending Even in Bad Times.  We @ CloudAve are the Media / Blog partners for three conferences coming this spring – each notable in its own, unique way. Web 2.0 Expo Under the Radar Glue […]

Posted in General | Tagged conferences, San Francisco, tim o reilly, w2e, web 20 Expo, web2expo

Finding some Work/Life Balance at Web 2.0 Expo - Completely Off-Topic

Finding some Work/Life Balance at Web 2.0 Expo – Completely Off-Topic

By Ben Kepes on March 5, 2009

Regular reader will know that work/life balance is something I’m very protective of. Our industry isn’t known for it’s healthfulness – the number of bloggers in recent years who have burnt out, either physically or mentally, is legion. In something of a one-man quest to solve this dilemma (or at least help it in some […]

Posted in General | Tagged w2e, web 2.0 expo san francisco | 6 Responses

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