Month: September 2003

Far Better Than I Could Have Said It. Chris Harris at First Marketing just sent me to Home Building's Purple Cow. I think the practical element of his take on remarkableness makes this far more useful than the vague pronouncements of a self-proclaimed guru…. [Seth's Blog]

Quantifying Creativity. Researchers at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY-Buffalo have developed a nine-point program for analyzing the climate for innovation within an organization. Scott Isaksen and his colleagues identified the following dimensions of innovation: Challenge How challenged, how emotionally involved, and how committed am I to the work? Freedom How free am… Continue reading Quantifying Creativity

A Conversation with Stephen Shapiro. Stephen Shapiro, author of 24/7 Innovation and former head of Accenture's process excellence practice, stopped by Fast Company's Boston office for a brief meeting earlier this afternoon. Currently researching his next book, Creative America, Shapiro has traveled more than 12,000 miles in the last 90 days to interview almost 150 people.… Continue reading A Conversation with Stephen Shapiro

Hot news: New MCSE/MCSA – Messaging. “Microsoft this morning announced new specialist titles, MCSA: Messaging and MCSE: Messaging.” (from mcpmag.com)… [MS Exchange Blog]

Letting in the Outside World. My Yahoo reads RSS Feeds “My Yahoo now has the ability to incorporate RSS Feeds. Its really easy to implement. Just click here to add the module (you may need to login first) There are a few options available such as the amount of content displayed, and the display of… Continue reading Letting in the Outside World

Adobe's Photoshop Picture Album has many of the great features of Apple's iphoto plus an innovative timeline/calendar-based organizational system (click on the walk-through video to see it in action).  If connected to a personal publishing system (weblog tool), it would make building high quality online picture albums a breeze (so much easier than it could… Continue reading Photoshop Picture Album

Macnn.  Laptops are now outselling desktops.  The trend towards laptops will continue.  So, Apple's 7% market share in laptop sales indicates that its overall market share will climb over the next couple of years.  Is platform lock-in declining as we move to a) higher levels of ergonomics and usability required for the efficient use of laptop PCs (Apple's strength) and b) an increasing trend towards Web… Continue reading Macnn

Ted Nelson at Hypertext 2003. Ted Nelson @ Hypertext 2003. Here in Nottingham at Hypertext '03.  Ted Nelson is up to talk about the computer science's obsession with emulating paper and hierarchies. “you should only have to type in a thing once” — easy record keeping, nothing lost Driven by overlapping categories. How to represent… Continue reading Ted Nelson at Hypertext 2003

What's next: a patent for clicking OK?. C|Net reports that Amazon as won a patent for hiding and displaying parts of an order form.  While the ability to patent business processes could make sense in some cases, the whole patent situation is quickly getting out of hand. In the software industry, patents are generally used… Continue reading What's next: a patent for clicking OK?

ALA Should Dump RIAA's Law Firm. Does ALA's Law Firm Have a Conflict of Interest? “The American Library Association (ALA) is investigating whether its relationship with law firm Jenner & Block is a conflict of interest, as the firm has represented the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in its recent efforts to gather the… Continue reading ALA Should Dump RIAA's Law Firm