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IA Summit summaries. So, summaries from the IA Summit have been coming out – the most recent at Boxes and Arrows, now in its 5th year of Summit coverage. See session-by-session descriptions and reflection for – Overview and Preconferences – Saturday – Sunday – Monday UXMatters also has a summary posted, a reflective take from… Continue reading IA Summit summaries

Why Law Firm Innovation is so Hard. Last November I reported on a Richard Susskind article explaining the lack of innovation in US law firms. The situation may be even worse according to a new article by professional services guru David Maister. In Are Law Firms Manageable?, Maister paints a grim picture of large law… Continue reading Why Law Firm Innovation is so Hard

Intuit “Reboots” TurboTax. By tim I can't imagine a more potent “news from the future” story that underlines how the web is becoming the new software platform than today's New York Times report that Intuit compared the temporary shutdown of TurboTax yesterday to a software reboot: Some TurboTax users encountered a brief filing delay Monday… Continue reading Intuit “Reboots” TurboTax

Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain. Everyone's favorite A-list target, Robert Scoble, announced the unthinkable a few days ago: he will be moderating his comments. But what some people found far more disturbing was Robert's wish to make a change in his life that includes steering clear of “people who were deeply unhappy”… Continue reading Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain

Investigating the Bush presidency. Carl Bernstein (who forever is linked to Dustin Hoffman in my mind) has an essay on the Vanity Fair site calling for, Senate Hearings on Bush, Now. After Nixon's resignation, it was often said that the system had worked. Confronted by an aberrant president, the checks and balances on the executive… Continue reading Investigating the Bush presidency

Shut up and get 'er done!.  Over at the new web design, web development and entrepreneurial resource, Vitamin (which looks great BTW) Jason Fried has posted a nice post about getting work done. One tip to help you create some alone time is… Set up a rule at work: Make half the day alone time.… Continue reading Shut up and get 'er done!

Global Broadband Stats. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development addresses issues arising from the “digital economy”, the developing global information infrastructure and the evolution towards a global information society. They say broadband has increased during 2005 from 136 million in June 2005 to 158 million by December 2005. Broadband penetration growth in the OECD… Continue reading Global Broadband Stats

The IT Value Matrix. Bruce MacEwen points to a fascinating approach to expressing IT value in business terms recently reported on by CIO magazine. Bruce also offers some great insights into the results of a project that led to something called “The IT Value Matrix.” I simply recommend that you check out the IT Value… Continue reading The IT Value Matrix

Common mistakes of the newly self-employed. Steve Pavlina has written a guide detailing 10 common mistakes made by the newly self-employed, like spending too little money. Don't let frugality get in the way of efficiency. Take advantage of skilled contractors who can do certain tasks more efficiently than you can. Buy decent equipment when it's… Continue reading Common mistakes of the newly self-employed

The Development Abstraction Layer. A young man comes to town. He is reasonably good looking, has a little money in his pocket. He finds it easy to talk to women. He doesn't speak much about his past, but it is clear that he spent a lot of time in a soulless big company. He is… Continue reading The Development Abstraction Layer