Brad Neuberg just announced:
HyperScope is a high-performance thought processor that enables you to navigate, view, and link to documents in sophisticated ways. It’s the brainchild of Doug Engelbart, the inventor of hypertext and the mouse, and is the first step towards his larger vision for an Open HyperdocumentSystem.
Hyperscope mocks up the vision of Paper Airplane […]
The Toronto Star carried “Tech bubble 2.0: vive la différence” from DAN FOST of the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE today:
“I absolutely think we’re in a bubble, but the bubble we’re in is very different,” said Joe Kraus, Chief Executive Officer of JotSpot, a Web 2.0 [Wiki] company that provides software that businesspeople use for collaboration.
“A huge […]
Dave Pollard remarked in his weekly roundup:
See How Patients Rate Doctors: It’s brand new, but this site allowing North American patients to rate their physicians has great promise. It will be interesting to see if the AMA/CMA try to shut it down. Thanks to my work colleague Carolyn Lonsdale for this link and the one […]
http://www.gagglescape.com/index.php/site/comments/528/ :
According to [Roger] Martin, [Dean of the Rotman School of Management] - and he pulled no punches - Ontario could not go out of its way to devise a more business unfriendly, non-competitive taxation system. “Taxing businesses at high rates is just counterproductive,” says Martin.
The article also covers key steps Ontario’s policy makers can […]
Travellers’ groups cheer ‘open skies’ plan
Airline and travellers’ groups are cheering a government plan to open up Canada’s skies to more competition, saying open-skies agreements with more countries will allow them to reach new markets and reduce ticket prices for consumers.
Currently, Canada only has two open-skies agreements, with the United States and Britain, while the […]
According to the Toronto Star, M&A has reached a new high. Canada is being sold off to foreign investment, and no-one cares. I argue that Canada’s corporate culture of subservience can be transformed using Social Media tools, and that Canada’s leaders have a responsibility to their country to empower staff.
Grope: Helio Drift GPS Buddy Stalker Vs. Dodgeball - Gizmodo
Basically, you can use the phone to find friends on you buddy list, with a few conditions. They have to have a Drift phone, too. They have to be on your buddy list. They need to have pinged the server with their most recent location. Still, […]
Canadian corporations need to experiment with Social Media technologies such as blogs and wikis.
Twopointouch: reports in Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Britain :
A new UK report into customer engagement produced by e-consultancy reveals that UK firms are likely to significantly deepen their commitment to Web 2.0 technologies over coming months. […]
In one time goodwill gesture, Ryan comments on Canada’s extortionate anti-competitive corporate culture.
So, when I call to say “Hey you guys missed something” I don’t expect to be informed that YOU’RE doing ME a favour by fixing your own mistake.
I’m from the UK, and “let me tell you”, (in a stern voice), few Canadian […]
(Rapidly) Emerging Technologies and Knowledge Management
Lightweight new technologies are emerging rapidly. Some have been used by millions of students. As these students enter the workforce and broader social settings, they’ll know how to apply these technologies and their skills to work more efficiently and effectively.
Upcoming.org: KMDI Lecture - Jonathan Grudin, Microsoft Research at Bahen Centre […]
