Dick was interviewed by Tom D’Auria of IMI TechTalk, on KFNX News Talk Radio, Sunday, August 1st. The conversation was about how programming is becoming less complex and how computer software is being fashioned directly by users, instead of professional programmers. These are Dick’s notes from the interview. What users are becoming what programmers? 30Read… Read more »
Inbound Marketing – Get found using Google, Social Media, and Blogs by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah is a fast, two hour read with a lot of good points. We differ about building websites, blogs, LinkedIn, and generating followers, but our differences are not antagonistic, more matter of emphasis, like the blind men describing theRead… Read more »
How to consistently take up to 80% of the time out of a process History Counts Just like the story of the Easter Ham, how many of us seen behaviors and beliefs that over time had significantly departed from best practices? Perhaps even practiced a few ourselves? “I don’t know who discovered water, but I’mRead… Read more »
How do you energize a commodity situation…take it to a breakthrough? Turns out that prior experience has a lot to do with it. This morning I was talking with a client who has an incredible track record for creating new opportunities for common commodity products. He and I share an almost mystical belief that eventuallyRead… Read more »
(With Bruce Goldstein) Sales quotas are often misused when they are administered by people who misunderstand the sales and buying process. Effective sales quotas are part of a performance enhancing environment, not a blunt instrument for non-selling observers to harass the horses. Realizing that true sales professionals sell for money and recognition provides a betterRead… Read more »
“I don’t like Twitter” (Blogger, WordPress, LinkedIn, Facebook, email) “Have you ever used it?” “No.” Starting any new technology can be threatening, especially if you talk yourself into feeling threatened. Starting to compete in government markets, or using open source software can make me feel the subject is so vast it’s like trying to watchRead… Read more »
businessweek.com — A nice chart of who participates online, and what they’re doing — data from Forrester Research http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_24/b4038405.htm
For at least a decade, young guys in black shirts and nose rings have been telling managers, “No, the software won’t let you do that.” And the managers are stopped. Twelve years ago, I did a presentation, “How To Build Your First Website In Two Hours Or Less” for the Washington Chapter of the TheRead… Read more »
Ben Huh has a post on Paid Content that begins defining Popular Culture and Internet Culture. http://paidcontent.org/article/419-a-guide-to-the-cultural-battle-that-is-reshaping-the-media-business/ Popular Culture comes from the media barons who think they should tell the audience what to think, Internet Culture is bottom up, fools like me. As the number of people who stumble into Internet Culture increases, the numberRead… Read more »
Post World War market domination and the rise of the American Century was about constantly creating better offerings. Our economy was pegged to new and better products and services. Disruptive Innovation has turned that model upside down, where offering fewer features brings whole new segments into a market, creating new market leaders from beneath! HowRead… Read more »