A Curmudgeon with a Cause
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 […]
Microsoft’s Elop on S+S and SaaS
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 […]
Stop the Paper Madness
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 […]
The (Perhaps Not Quite) Ultimate Outsider
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 […]
Economics 2.0
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 […]
US Army Wikified
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 […]
The Power of Less: Web 2.0 Expo and Beyond
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, […]
Web 2.0 Expo – We Love the Zoo
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 […]
Finding some Work/Life Balance at Web 2.0 Expo – Completely Off-Topic
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 […]
