If you’re not up to speed on “open innovation” and “distributed co-creation,” this article in McKinsey Quarterly is a good introduction from a business perspective: “The Next Step in Open Innovation” (via BW’s Reena Jana). There’s a lot of hype (I’d be lying if I said I don’t find all the talk somewhat annoying) but [...]
June 2008
Is Google Making Us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr is a great extension of my earlier post, which ended with a reviewer’s assertion that there are no mentors for the proper use of new technology. (As in yesterday’s nytimes: “You can’t exactly say to your teenager, ‘When I was a boy, I didn’t have an unlimited [...]
Yes, I’m a narcissist: I regularly google myself to see how my site is doing with PageRank and whatnot. It’s been a tough year but I’m finally up there in the #1 spot, for now. Along the way I’ve come to know (and maybe despise) the Brian Franks who’ve had more “relevance” than me. Admittedly, [...]
Wondering about how Hillary Clinton and the Pittsburgh Penguins are feeling now… I suspect (sarcastically) that Hillary may be a bit of an overachiever. Sorry, but too much is beyond the reach of even the greatest talent and promethean effort; too many contests come down to random bounces. According to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, one of [...]
