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What to expect in 2008 and beyond…. Ross Dawson, January 21, 2008 2:06 AM US PT Nowandnext.com and Future Exploration Network have once again collaborated to create a trend map for 2008 and beyond. While last year’s map was based on the London tube map, the 2008 map is derived from Shanghai’s underground routes. MORE
Support for Windows 7 and Server 2008 is ending in January 2020. Here's how to protect your systems MORE
Today I participated in a Future Directions Forum at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum , which after 20 years in its current location is looking to the future. To provide some context, the Powerhouse is specifically branded as a science and design museum, implicitly being about technology and it's impact on people's lives. It's worth looking at the excellent online resources section of the Powerhouse Museum website, which provides value to many people who never visit the museum. MORE
About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « DataPortability looks set to massively increase the value of the Net to users | Main | Digg, DataPortability, and business models » 2008 will be the year of Enterprise 2.0 Ross Dawson, January 28, 2008 2:42 PM US PT This year will be when Enterprise 2.0 MORE
Like many others, I gave myself a 50 book challenge for 2008. Actually my personal challenge went from 1 Dec 07 to 30 Nov 08, but that’s a minor detail.) Unfortunately, I only got through 40 books in the past 12 months (though some were as long as several books); fortunately, most of those 40 were good, quality reads. I also managed to meet my committment to read more fiction. (If If you are interested, you can see my complete list on Shelfari.com.). MORE
So far this is been pretty informative. Guy Kawasaki kicked off the morning in the Keynote, if you've not heard Guy speak before, he's fantastic. Later in the morning there was a panel comprised of CIO /IT Directors from a range of firms, including Ashurt from the UK. No surprises, everyone was still very much challenged with how to manage e-mail. In a room with well over 100 people, only 3 hands went up when the moderator asked who had 75% or higher of adoption for e-mail filing. MORE
Thu Dec 11, 2008. by Steve Francia. talks. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. One Hundred Pushups. Photographer: Frank C. Müller. A while back a bunch of people were twittering about the 100 pushup challenge. Thanksgiving was the catalyst for me. I began my quest for better health about a week ago. MORE
Conversation Prism (August 2008) - Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas. People often ask me how I keep track of everything that’s going on in Web 2.0 and social media and make sense of it all. The most important single tool for me is creating frameworks. The many frameworks I create (e.g. Future of Media Lifecycle , Future of Media Strategy , Trend Map 2007+ (with Richard Watson ) etc. are all primarily to help me organize in my mind what’s going on. MORE
Fri Nov 14, 2008. by Steve Francia. talks. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. How RIM handed the mobile market over to Apple. Image representing iPhone 3G as depicted in Crunchbase. Hint: It has nothing to do with touch screens. While RIM scrambles to create the next greatest device, or their â?? iPhone killerâ?? MORE
Watch for virtualization launch event 18 September 2008 in Seattle. Recently, I attended Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, TX and I'm sweating just recalling the weather in Houston in July. Weather aside, there were some important announcements and random observations that I wanted to summarize. Given how busy my July turned out to be, I'll break convention with my 2006 and 2007 posts and summarize the relevant bits at a somewhat higher level than before. MORE
Mon Sep 8, 2008. by Steve Francia. talks. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. Why are you still shopping offline? Today I visited one of the largest national office supply outlets. I had a specific purpose in mind. I needed to pickup 2 wireless routers and 1 audio cable. MORE
Reporting by Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley in Bloomberg is shedding new light on a destructive attack against an oil pipeline that caused a massive explosion in Refahiye Turkey in 2008. Was 2008 Turkish Pipeline Explosion Caused by Cyber Attack? Mysterious 2008 Turkey Pipeline Blast Opened New Cyberwar Era (bloomberg.com). By Bob Gourley. MORE
For my keynote at the Vision 2020 Financial Services conference last month in Mumbai I prepared some 'quick and dirty' scenarios for the global financial services industry landscape in 2020 from a technology perspective. Below is an overview of the content I used in my presentation. The complete slide deck from my keynote is also available, though it needs the explanation as below. WARNING : These are scenarios prepared for a presentation, so they are far from rigorous or comprehensive. MORE
Our Future of Media Report 2008 is now launched! This will be given to attendees at the Future of Media Summit 2008 next week in beautiful glossy print format to take home. Future of Media Report 2008 (pdf 1MB). trillion in 2024 (in 2008 dollars) - released in this report - as well as information on current growth trends in advertising. FUTURE OF MEDIA REPORT 2008: WELCOME. MORE
Web/Tech Weblogs Add me to your TypePad People list Subscribe to this blogs feed See how were connected « New Guidance for Deploying SharePoint Globally | Main | SPC 2008 -- Kurt DelBene Keynote » March 07, 2008 SPC 2008 -- BillG Keynote Although far more capable writers will do far more capable job than I of chronicling these events, herewith find your humble scribes impressions of this weeks SharePoint Conference 2008 (SPC2008). MORE
Tuesday, November 18, 2008. ▼ 2008. (21). Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Customer Service Trouble: Changing Flights on Continental. MORE
Web/Tech Weblogs Add me to your TypePad People list Subscribe to this blogs feed See how were connected « SPC 2008 -- Kurt DelBene Keynote | Main | Tasty Communal Bookmarks » March 10, 2008 SPC 2008 Session -- RMS and SharePoint fThis session at last weeks Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008 (SPC 2008) was run (ably) by David Roundtree and Jovita Nsoh, two excellent presenters from Microsofts Identity Access and Rights Management organization. MORE
About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Montage of recent media coverage | Main | Living Networks - Chapter 4: Relationship Rules - Free Download and Commentary » Announcing the 2008 Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list – Launch is on 19 June Ross Dawson, May 11, 2008 3:38 PM US PT [UPDATE:] The final Top 100 list is now up. MORE
Monday, December 15, 2008. According to this Pew report in 2008 55% of Americans have a home broadband connection. CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Broadband for the Masses - Maybe. MORE
Ross Dawson, December 16, 2008 2:40 PM US PT. 2008 saw a massive surge in people using Twitter - the worldâ??s Dec 17, 2008 — 2SM radio — What to expect in 2009: faster, tougher, more visible. Dec 17, 2008 — 2CC radio — Leading global futurist tells what 2009 holds. Nov 24, 2008 — ABC Radio — The value of social networks. Nov 20, 2008 — The Age — Social networking can help business. December 2008 (6). MORE
Monday, December 29, 2008. CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Richmond IT Jobs. A job lead passed on from a business colleague, email me if you want his phone number: 45 IT positions opened with my client this evening. MORE
Saturday, December 6, 2008. CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Effect of Unemployment. I read an article in the paper tonight that claimed the unemployment rate could approach 10% before employers begin hiring again. MORE
Andrea March 25, 2008 12:19 PM Tammy said: Dinosaurs and robots are great, but together, its just incredible. So we live in 2008, eh. Ive included this in my blog: [link] May 21, 2008 1:04 PM About the blog author Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker , strategy advisor, and bestselling author. MORE
GNU Screen Image via Wikipedia Despite living in the age of multicore processors, GUI everything and mountains of ram, I continually find myself more productive with a terminal open. Especially when that terminal is running GNU Screen. About GNU Screen GNU Screen is a free terminal multiplexer developed by the GNU Project. It allows a user to access multiple separate terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote terminal session MORE
Friday, December 12, 2008. CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Fun or Work? A funny thing I ran across, in the midst of the pay-for-play thing going on in Illinois. You have to know someone was going to mention this guys hair. MORE
It seems all of a sudden, the two buzz words in the corporate IT world are wiki and blog. Corporate wikis are emerging as cheap, intelligent, flexible systems for shared-document collaboration and content management. Because they are browser based, wikis are quite easy to implement and deploy. The wiki works well in the corporate world as it solves two problematic areas, the need for internal collaboration and document management MORE
100 Saturday, December 6, 2008. December 10, 2008 9 AM – 3 PM The Sheraton – West 6624 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230 Schedule of Presentations 9:30-10:00 Ive Been Laid Off, Now What? CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! MORE
Image via Wikipedia Over the last 2 weeks I have found myself asking that question more times than I can remember. When I first heard about microblogging—or Twitter, the primary service that started the microblogging movement—over a year ago I thought it was a stupid fad and wouldn’t last. I mean what value can possibly be passed along in 140 characters or less. 2 weeks ago I was convinced to try Twitter and I am hooked MORE
Following our extremely popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 trend maps comes…. Trend Blend 2009 ! Created by Future Exploration Network’s Chief Futurist Richard Watson, also of NowandNext.com , the 2009 trend map moves on from the subway map theme of the last years to show the multi-tentacled hydra that is the year ahead. Click on the map to download the pdf (810KB). To pick out just a few noteworthy elements of the trend map: CORE THEMES include: Uncertainy. Ageing. MORE
SVK is a client for SVN built using perl. It makes a number of improvements over the standard svn client, while retaining much of the same feel. It works with the standard Subversion server and works perfectly in an environment with some users using svn and some using svk on the client side. It provides a number of sizable advantages over the standard svn client and is a must have for any development project MORE
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One of the things that makes vim great is that it can be extended through plugins. There are plugins for more than you would expect. I have gathered together the 15 best plugins. I’ve included these plugins as part of my ultimate VIM configuration which has been featured on many sites and is hosted on github. I’ve also begun a series of posts on some of these plugins including snipmate and NerdCommenter MORE
Of particular interest is that Twitter’s peak of usage in Australia was at the time of the Future of Media Summit 2008 , on July 15. Hitwise has just released statistics on Twitter usage in Australia , showing that Twitter usage is up over 500% over the last year. More interestingly, Australia’s share of Twittering globally has more than tripled in that time. MORE
Today I visited one of the largest national office supply outlets. I had a specific purpose in mind. I needed to pickup 2 wireless routers and 1 audio cable. What transpired caused me to wonder why anyone does any offline shopping anymore. My experience at the store caused me to reflect on the many things we simply put up with at the store which we would never permit online MORE
100 Image via Wikipedia One of the great features of Firefox is the ability to manage multiple profiles. This is a very handy feature with many different uses. Unfortunately, it isn’t easy to do on a mac. I will show you how to setup multiple profiles on a mac that appear and run like normal mac applications so you can click on them and run them from quicksilver MORE
For more, see Future of Media Report 2008. In early February I am delivering a keynote at the MegaTrends conference in Abu Dhabi, one of three international keynote speakers together with John Naisbitt , who sold over 9 million copies of MegaTrends and created an industry, and Dr Lynda Grattan , author of Living Strategy and Professor at London Business School. MORE
At Portero we had an issue with our network. I know enough about networking to understand the basics. I actually used to work on the IOS back during the dawn of the internet. Though things have changed since then, the biggest issue is I don’t remember enough to fix network configuration issues on the router level. Before I took the post at Portero, we had a company we contracted to configure all of our Cisco equipment MORE
Permit me to shamelesly announce my promotion to Chief Information Officer at Portero Inc. Here is the Press Release on the wire this week. Portero, Inc., is pleased to announce the promotion of Steve P. Francia to the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective immediately. He will continue to report to Michael Sheldon, the company’s chairman and CEO, and will be responsible for operations and technology for the company MORE
Photographer: Frank C. Müller A while back a bunch of people were twittering about the 100 pushup challenge. Thanksgiving was the catalyst for me. I began my quest for better health about a week ago. The premise of the challenge is quite simple. It is a six week program, that if followed, you can do 100 consecutive good form push ups at the end of the program MORE
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Image representing iPhone 3G as depicted in Crunchbase Hint: It has nothing to do with touch screens. While RIM scrambles to create the next greatest device, or their “iPhone killer” it needs to recognize that it’s no longer about the device. RIM don’t you remember that touchscreens aren’t new. Palm had them back in the 90?s s … before you crushed them. When RIM ruled the world RIM knows what it takes to dethrone the current market leader MORE
The Future of Media Summit 2008 is now open for registration in both Sydney and Silicon Valley. See Future of Media Summit 2008 website for full details. Detailed content and analysis , including the Future of Media Report 2008. After the great success of the Future of Media Summit 2006 and Future of Media Summit 2007 , the third annual event is quickly rolling up! Note that there is an early bird offer for the Sydney Summit until June 16, then full price applies. MORE
I am happy to announce that Portero has raised $6.6 million in funding. The round was led by LFE Capital joined by returning backers including Grosvenor Funds. TechCrunch picked up the announcement early this morning and featured us on their home page. As I have a bit of an insiders view, I felt it was my place to provide a bit of insight into why Portero is such a great company MORE
100 Still running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008? Take these steps to minimize your risk MORE
Image via Wikipedia I don’t know very many people that haven’t been devastated by the loss of data… Yet I am baffled that millions of professional IT workers still ignore backing up their data. Since computers are great at doing repetitive things like backups. why not spend 20 minutes setting up your machine to backup your files for you. This guide will be specific to mysql to create a local copy of the backup MORE
One of the worst experiences you can have as a computer operator is to realize you (or something else) just did something and wiped out your files. The purpose of this article is to show you how to automatically backup your files often and automatically. I use this setup to backup my documents every hour (I save more often then that). This gives me hourly versions of all my files I am working on MORE
2008 Related Topics CTOvision
DECEMBER 13, 2014
Reporting by Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley in Bloomberg is shedding new light on a destructive attack against an oil pipeline that caused a massive explosion in Refahiye Turkey in 2008. Was 2008 Turkish Pipeline Explosion Caused by Cyber Attack? Mysterious 2008 Turkey Pipeline Blast Opened New Cyberwar Era (bloomberg.com). By Bob Gourley.
Trends in the Living Networks
JANUARY 21, 2008
What to expect in 2008 and beyond…. Ross Dawson, January 21, 2008 2:06 AM US PT Nowandnext.com and Future Exploration Network have once again collaborated to create a trend map for 2008 and beyond. While last year’s map was based on the London tube map, the 2008 map is derived from Shanghai’s underground routes.
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CIO Musings
DECEMBER 29, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008. CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Richmond IT Jobs. A job lead passed on from a business colleague, email me if you want his phone number: 45 IT positions opened with my client this evening.
CIO Musings
DECEMBER 15, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008. According to this Pew report in 2008 55% of Americans have a home broadband connection. CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Broadband for the Masses - Maybe.
CIO Musings
DECEMBER 6, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008. December 10, 2008 9 AM – 3 PM The Sheraton – West 6624 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230 Schedule of Presentations 9:30-10:00 Ive Been Laid Off, Now What? CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy!
CIO Musings
DECEMBER 6, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008. CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Effect of Unemployment. I read an article in the paper tonight that claimed the unemployment rate could approach 10% before employers begin hiring again.
CIO Musings
DECEMBER 12, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008. CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Fun or Work? A funny thing I ran across, in the midst of the pay-for-play thing going on in Illinois. You have to know someone was going to mention this guys hair.
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Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Support for Windows 7 and Server 2008 is ending in January 2020. Here's how to protect your systems
SPF13
JULY 29, 2008
One of the things that makes vim great is that it can be extended through plugins. There are plugins for more than you would expect. I have gathered together the 15 best plugins. I’ve included these plugins as part of my ultimate VIM configuration which has been featured on many sites and is hosted on github. I’ve also begun a series of posts on some of these plugins including snipmate and NerdCommenter
Trends in the Living Networks
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
Of particular interest is that Twitter’s peak of usage in Australia was at the time of the Future of Media Summit 2008 , on July 15. Hitwise has just released statistics on Twitter usage in Australia , showing that Twitter usage is up over 500% over the last year. More interestingly, Australia’s share of Twittering globally has more than tripled in that time.
Trends in the Living Networks
JUNE 12, 2008
The Future of Media Summit 2008 is now open for registration in both Sydney and Silicon Valley. See Future of Media Summit 2008 website for full details. Detailed content and analysis , including the Future of Media Report 2008. After the great success of the Future of Media Summit 2006 and Future of Media Summit 2007 , the third annual event is quickly rolling up! Note that there is an early bird offer for the Sydney Summit until June 16, then full price applies.
Trends in the Living Networks
JANUARY 28, 2008
About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « DataPortability looks set to massively increase the value of the Net to users | Main | Digg, DataPortability, and business models » 2008 will be the year of Enterprise 2.0 Ross Dawson, January 28, 2008 2:42 PM US PT This year will be when Enterprise 2.0
SPF13
AUGUST 26, 2008
Image via Wikipedia One of the great features of Firefox is the ability to manage multiple profiles. This is a very handy feature with many different uses. Unfortunately, it isn’t easy to do on a mac. I will show you how to setup multiple profiles on a mac that appear and run like normal mac applications so you can click on them and run them from quicksilver
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Trends in the Living Networks
MAY 11, 2008
About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Montage of recent media coverage | Main | Living Networks - Chapter 4: Relationship Rules - Free Download and Commentary » Announcing the 2008 Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list – Launch is on 19 June Ross Dawson, May 11, 2008 3:38 PM US PT [UPDATE:] The final Top 100 list is now up.
Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge
AUGUST 3, 2008
Watch for virtualization launch event 18 September 2008 in Seattle. Recently, I attended Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, TX and I'm sweating just recalling the weather in Houston in July. Weather aside, there were some important announcements and random observations that I wanted to summarize. Given how busy my July turned out to be, I'll break convention with my 2006 and 2007 posts and summarize the relevant bits at a somewhat higher level than before.
Trends in the Living Networks
JULY 9, 2008
Our Future of Media Report 2008 is now launched! This will be given to attendees at the Future of Media Summit 2008 next week in beautiful glossy print format to take home. Future of Media Report 2008 (pdf 1MB). trillion in 2024 (in 2008 dollars) - released in this report - as well as information on current growth trends in advertising. FUTURE OF MEDIA REPORT 2008: WELCOME.
Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge
MARCH 10, 2008
Web/Tech Weblogs Add me to your TypePad People list Subscribe to this blogs feed See how were connected « SPC 2008 -- Kurt DelBene Keynote | Main | Tasty Communal Bookmarks » March 10, 2008 SPC 2008 Session -- RMS and SharePoint fThis session at last weeks Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008 (SPC 2008) was run (ably) by David Roundtree and Jovita Nsoh, two excellent presenters from Microsofts Identity Access and Rights Management organization.
SPF13
DECEMBER 11, 2008
Thu Dec 11, 2008. by Steve Francia. talks. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. One Hundred Pushups. Photographer: Frank C. Müller. A while back a bunch of people were twittering about the 100 pushup challenge. Thanksgiving was the catalyst for me. I began my quest for better health about a week ago.
Social, Agile and Transformation
NOVEMBER 18, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008. ▼ 2008. (21). Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Customer Service Trouble: Changing Flights on Continental.
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
DECEMBER 17, 2008
Like many others, I gave myself a 50 book challenge for 2008. Actually my personal challenge went from 1 Dec 07 to 30 Nov 08, but that’s a minor detail.) Unfortunately, I only got through 40 books in the past 12 months (though some were as long as several books); fortunately, most of those 40 were good, quality reads. I also managed to meet my committment to read more fiction. (If If you are interested, you can see my complete list on Shelfari.com.).
Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge
MARCH 7, 2008
Web/Tech Weblogs Add me to your TypePad People list Subscribe to this blogs feed See how were connected « New Guidance for Deploying SharePoint Globally | Main | SPC 2008 -- Kurt DelBene Keynote » March 07, 2008 SPC 2008 -- BillG Keynote Although far more capable writers will do far more capable job than I of chronicling these events, herewith find your humble scribes impressions of this weeks SharePoint Conference 2008 (SPC2008).
Trends in the Living Networks
MARCH 19, 2008
Andrea March 25, 2008 12:19 PM Tammy said: Dinosaurs and robots are great, but together, its just incredible. So we live in 2008, eh. Ive included this in my blog: [link] May 21, 2008 1:04 PM About the blog author Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker , strategy advisor, and bestselling author.
Trends in the Living Networks
DECEMBER 19, 2008
Following our extremely popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 trend maps comes…. Trend Blend 2009 ! Created by Future Exploration Network’s Chief Futurist Richard Watson, also of NowandNext.com , the 2009 trend map moves on from the subway map theme of the last years to show the multi-tentacled hydra that is the year ahead. Click on the map to download the pdf (810KB). To pick out just a few noteworthy elements of the trend map: CORE THEMES include: Uncertainy. Ageing.
Knowledgeline
APRIL 22, 2008
So far this is been pretty informative. Guy Kawasaki kicked off the morning in the Keynote, if you've not heard Guy speak before, he's fantastic. Later in the morning there was a panel comprised of CIO /IT Directors from a range of firms, including Ashurt from the UK. No surprises, everyone was still very much challenged with how to manage e-mail. In a room with well over 100 people, only 3 hands went up when the moderator asked who had 75% or higher of adoption for e-mail filing.
SPF13
NOVEMBER 14, 2008
Fri Nov 14, 2008. by Steve Francia. talks. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. How RIM handed the mobile market over to Apple. Image representing iPhone 3G as depicted in Crunchbase. Hint: It has nothing to do with touch screens. While RIM scrambles to create the next greatest device, or their â?? iPhone killerâ??
Trends in the Living Networks
DECEMBER 15, 2008
For more, see Future of Media Report 2008. In early February I am delivering a keynote at the MegaTrends conference in Abu Dhabi, one of three international keynote speakers together with John Naisbitt , who sold over 9 million copies of MegaTrends and created an industry, and Dr Lynda Grattan , author of Living Strategy and Professor at London Business School.
SPF13
DECEMBER 28, 2008
One of the worst experiences you can have as a computer operator is to realize you (or something else) just did something and wiped out your files. The purpose of this article is to show you how to automatically backup your files often and automatically. I use this setup to backup my documents every hour (I save more often then that). This gives me hourly versions of all my files I am working on
SPF13
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
Mon Sep 8, 2008. by Steve Francia. talks. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. Why are you still shopping offline? Today I visited one of the largest national office supply outlets. I had a specific purpose in mind. I needed to pickup 2 wireless routers and 1 audio cable.
SPF13
DECEMBER 18, 2008
I am happy to announce that Portero has raised $6.6 million in funding. The round was led by LFE Capital joined by returning backers including Grosvenor Funds. TechCrunch picked up the announcement early this morning and featured us on their home page. As I have a bit of an insiders view, I felt it was my place to provide a bit of insight into why Portero is such a great company
SPF13
DECEMBER 11, 2008
Image via Wikipedia I don’t know very many people that haven’t been devastated by the loss of data… Yet I am baffled that millions of professional IT workers still ignore backing up their data. Since computers are great at doing repetitive things like backups. why not spend 20 minutes setting up your machine to backup your files for you. This guide will be specific to mysql to create a local copy of the backup
SPF13
DECEMBER 10, 2008
Photographer: Frank C. Müller A while back a bunch of people were twittering about the 100 pushup challenge. Thanksgiving was the catalyst for me. I began my quest for better health about a week ago. The premise of the challenge is quite simple. It is a six week program, that if followed, you can do 100 consecutive good form push ups at the end of the program
SPF13
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Image representing iPhone 3G as depicted in Crunchbase Hint: It has nothing to do with touch screens. While RIM scrambles to create the next greatest device, or their “iPhone killer” it needs to recognize that it’s no longer about the device. RIM don’t you remember that touchscreens aren’t new. Palm had them back in the 90?s s … before you crushed them. When RIM ruled the world RIM knows what it takes to dethrone the current market leader
SPF13
OCTOBER 20, 2008
At Portero we had an issue with our network. I know enough about networking to understand the basics. I actually used to work on the IOS back during the dawn of the internet. Though things have changed since then, the biggest issue is I don’t remember enough to fix network configuration issues on the router level. Before I took the post at Portero, we had a company we contracted to configure all of our Cisco equipment
Trends in the Living Networks
MAY 22, 2008
Today I participated in a Future Directions Forum at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum , which after 20 years in its current location is looking to the future. To provide some context, the Powerhouse is specifically branded as a science and design museum, implicitly being about technology and it's impact on people's lives. It's worth looking at the excellent online resources section of the Powerhouse Museum website, which provides value to many people who never visit the museum.
SPF13
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
Permit me to shamelesly announce my promotion to Chief Information Officer at Portero Inc. Here is the Press Release on the wire this week. Portero, Inc., is pleased to announce the promotion of Steve P. Francia to the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective immediately. He will continue to report to Michael Sheldon, the company’s chairman and CEO, and will be responsible for operations and technology for the company
SPF13
SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
Today I visited one of the largest national office supply outlets. I had a specific purpose in mind. I needed to pickup 2 wireless routers and 1 audio cable. What transpired caused me to wonder why anyone does any offline shopping anymore. My experience at the store caused me to reflect on the many things we simply put up with at the store which we would never permit online
SPF13
AUGUST 22, 2008
SVK is a client for SVN built using perl. It makes a number of improvements over the standard svn client, while retaining much of the same feel. It works with the standard Subversion server and works perfectly in an environment with some users using svn and some using svk on the client side. It provides a number of sizable advantages over the standard svn client and is a must have for any development project
Trends in the Living Networks
OCTOBER 29, 2008
For my keynote at the Vision 2020 Financial Services conference last month in Mumbai I prepared some 'quick and dirty' scenarios for the global financial services industry landscape in 2020 from a technology perspective. Below is an overview of the content I used in my presentation. The complete slide deck from my keynote is also available, though it needs the explanation as below. WARNING : These are scenarios prepared for a presentation, so they are far from rigorous or comprehensive.
SPF13
JULY 24, 2008
It seems all of a sudden, the two buzz words in the corporate IT world are wiki and blog. Corporate wikis are emerging as cheap, intelligent, flexible systems for shared-document collaboration and content management. Because they are browser based, wikis are quite easy to implement and deploy. The wiki works well in the corporate world as it solves two problematic areas, the need for internal collaboration and document management
SPF13
JULY 10, 2008
Image via Wikipedia Over the last 2 weeks I have found myself asking that question more times than I can remember. When I first heard about microblogging—or Twitter, the primary service that started the microblogging movement—over a year ago I thought it was a stupid fad and wouldn’t last. I mean what value can possibly be passed along in 140 characters or less. 2 weeks ago I was convinced to try Twitter and I am hooked
SPF13
JULY 2, 2008
GNU Screen Image via Wikipedia Despite living in the age of multicore processors, GUI everything and mountains of ram, I continually find myself more productive with a terminal open. Especially when that terminal is running GNU Screen. About GNU Screen GNU Screen is a free terminal multiplexer developed by the GNU Project. It allows a user to access multiple separate terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote terminal session
Trends in the Living Networks
AUGUST 10, 2008
Conversation Prism (August 2008) - Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas. People often ask me how I keep track of everything that’s going on in Web 2.0 and social media and make sense of it all. The most important single tool for me is creating frameworks. The many frameworks I create (e.g. Future of Media Lifecycle , Future of Media Strategy , Trend Map 2007+ (with Richard Watson ) etc. are all primarily to help me organize in my mind what’s going on.
Trends in the Living Networks
DECEMBER 17, 2008
Ross Dawson, December 16, 2008 2:40 PM US PT. 2008 saw a massive surge in people using Twitter - the worldâ??s Dec 17, 2008 — 2SM radio — What to expect in 2009: faster, tougher, more visible. Dec 17, 2008 — 2CC radio — Leading global futurist tells what 2009 holds. Nov 24, 2008 — ABC Radio — The value of social networks. Nov 20, 2008 — The Age — Social networking can help business. December 2008 (6).
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