17 days ago by John Koetsier

News flash: “If we cannot become profitable, our financial condition will deteriorate, and we may be unable to achieve our business objectives,” the company wrote in its filing. via Motricity files for $250 million IPO. Related posts:One million wishes 3 million musical MySpace monkeys? Trashing 80, ...

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27 days ago by John Koetsier

These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censori ...

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69 days ago by dszego

Welcome to a page-full of thoughts and ideas. I hope you'll find these both interesting and useful, and I welcome you to join me in discussion.

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83 days ago by IP

“Crowdsourcing”/ “open collaboration”/ “business2.0″ – this trend is being analyzed more carefully. This time it’s Booz Allen offering words of caution, remembering the 1980’s and the “Quality” movement (we’d add the “Re-engineering” frenzy). Success cases exist – we wouldn’t write this blog if we d ...

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187 days ago by John Koetsier

…. you’re supporting your competitor: I wonder how much money Ask is spending at Google in order to boost their own business. As a business that uses Google AdWords, you could hardly ask for a better endorsement of Google’s services and ads than a direct competitor also using their services. Related ...

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196 days ago by IP

Let’s get the background info out of the way: Two years ago, Netflix wanted to improve its movie recommendation system and decided on an experiment: let people have a go at it. The rules and official proposal are here, but the main idea is that if you could improve Netflix’s recommendations by 10%, ...

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198 days ago by John Koetsier

There were just so many choices for this column. Eventually I went for the one you see above, semi-reminiscent of Neal Postman’s famous anti-TV Amusing Ourselves to Death. But “John Dvorak Writes Good Column; World’s Jaw Drops” was a real possibility. Dvorak, of course, has been tilting at Macs for ...

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216 days ago by WWAHHMpreneur

Contrary to popular belief, using twitter for business is not a guarantee of success nor increased revenue. Savvy social networkers have found time-tested principles and tools that assist them with... @WWAHHMpreneur shares best practices on social networking, especially regarding twitter at tw-utori ...

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216 days ago by WWAHHMpreneur

Since I began blogging, I have always tried to focus on what I know will help businesses, nonprofits, professionals, writers and others who have goals similar to my own. As I continue to learn from... This WWAHHMpreneur is a Devoted and Very Busy Christian Woman, Wife And Homemaking Homeschooling Mo ...

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