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Microsoft’s Online Services presentation to @NEBytes

August 25, 2010

Introduction As per my recent post about Onyx & Cloud computing, I’m interested in business opportunities in the Cloud space, rather than the more technical stuff. I guess I’m interested from the business-technical angle. I’ve recently been investigating what Microsoft is up to, and below is my presentation to the NE Bytes massive on the [...]

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Discover what I read / have read

August 6, 2010

Intro Reading helps me keep up with the latest developments, learn about best practice, and stimulate new thinking. I’ve found myself recommending books to folk I meet, usually via an e-mail. To try and short-circuit this somewhat clunky approach (and make a trickle-feed of associate wonga), I’ve created this Amazon Associates store. If imitation is [...]

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Technology to support innovation

June 21, 2010

Intro A post about my interest in tools to support idea gathering and the innovation process. Part of a growing series [ok, so I'll make it part of a series when I do the next post ;-)]. Definition As ever, Wikipedia provides a decent definition: Innovation is a change in the thought process for doing [...]

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Quick write up of ‘Data Reveals Stories’

June 17, 2010

Introduction Yesterday I attended ‘Data Reveals Stories’: Hoult Session # 2 with mySociety – with the blurb describing it as: Northern Film & Media host mySociety for our second Hoult Session: a one-day seminar in Newcastle on June 16 about how Britain’s new wealth of open data can be harnessed to reveal hidden stories, tell [...]

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Technology Strategy Board – potential sources of funding

June 3, 2010

Introduction Last week I attended a presentation by the Technology Strategy Board about two competitions they are running. It was the morning before Thinking Digital, and included an enjoyable presentation by Ewan McIntosh (more details at Partnering for Innovation: NoTosh helping launch £18m digital fund). I thought it would be useful to reproduce the related [...]

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Presentation from Cloudcamp Gateshead with slides & video of my talk

June 2, 2010

Introduction A post covering my recent attendance at CloudCamp Gateshead on May 5, 2010. The organiser, Ross Cooney, asked me to give an introduction to Cloud Computing, and was kind enough to edit the footage taken by Northern Net. As of the time of writing this post (2nd June 2010), the slides have had 8847 [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 – so what are your next steps?

May 20, 2010

This entry is part 4 of 3 in the series Enterprise 2.0

Introduction Part 4 in a series about the impact that Web 2.0 could make on the organisation / business. In this post, I’ll attempt to synthesise some ideas about what is going on, and what it all means for you. Ok, so here it goes re my thoughts I think there is an upcoming and [...]

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Enteprise 2.0 – books

May 11, 2010

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Enterprise 2.0

Introduction Part 3 in a series of posts about Enterprise 2.0. This one aims to provide materials for you to delve deeper. Of course, there’s stacks of stuff out there – but this is presented to help you get started. :-) Books Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization’s Toughest Challenges by Andrew Mcafee [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 – intro & questions

May 7, 2010

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Enterprise 2.0

Introduction This post has been in draft for a few weeks, so I’m making concerted effort to get it live! I’m planning to run further parts so it’s easier to digest… I believe that organisations are going to change as the impact of Web 2.0 hits them. This post, therefore, is a kick-off to get [...]

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