business model innovation design

To Grow a Company, You Need to be Good at Killing Things

ich sollte mal einen Buzz zu meinem HQ schreiben: also - Saeco & Ubuntu machines #FTW

kurz kommentiert bei http://www.bwlzweinull.de/index.php/2010/03/09/google-buzz

"Also ich nutze buzz auch mobil auf dem Magic und bin soweit glücklich. Zwar kommt der “Warnhinweis” dass es nur ab Android 2.0 läuft, dieser lässt sich aber getrost ignorieren. Du hast dann zwar keine App, aber der Zugriff über den Browser ist meines Erachtens für einen so jungen Dienst gut gelöst.

Klar, es freut mich ja dass du dem so unterschätzten Wave mehr zutraust, aber die beiden, sprich buzz und Wave werden mittelfristig zwei Seiten derselben Medaille sein (und u.a. dem Mittelstand als Paket und integriert in GApps durchaus sinnvoll anzubieten sein).

Zuletzt – schau dir einmal die Nutzung von buzz im angelsächsischen Sprachraum an – buzz wird dort auch selbstverständlich als Twitter-Klon, sprich für kurze Statusupdates, verwendet. Man muss ja weder mehr als 140 Zeichen eintragen, noch hochintellektuell wertvolle Diskurse anstoßen. Einfach Spaß haben und schnell posten, kommentieren und Gespräche führen geht bei buzz nämlich auch sehr gut.

So kommt es – eigentlich wie immer – darauf an was man daraus macht. Persönlich habe ich jedenfalls in den kurzen vier Wochen des buzzens mehr wertvolle Diskussionen gehabt als in drei Jahren Twitter."

nice post - includes funny stab at old-school VCs, some smart reasoning for #coworking et al. - overall great post on why being a distributed company isn't bad after all

oh, here's the VC comment:

"VCs that insist that they need to be able to manage a company by physically visiting are making the same mistake that old school managers make when they say that they have to watch their staff work to make sure they are working.

If your company doesnt perform or you staff wont work if you are not watching over people’s shoulders, then it won’t excell even if you are doing so."

via Dion Hinchcliffe's twitter stream

"While there are several Zen rules that govern the aesthetics of Japanese gardens and other art forms in Japan, five of them can be directly applied to ADDIE to aid you in creating an energized, but calm learning platform (inspired by a Presentation Zen post)."

nice, an online marketplace for third-party applications that play nicely with GApps - announcement video here http://www.youtube.com/googledevelopers#p/c/0C2E1DEFBC90E546/0/QYKZFL7ppMI

"The Google Apps Marketplace offers products and services designed for Google users, including installable apps that integrate directly with Google Apps. Installable apps are easy to use because they include single sign-on, Google's universal navigation, and some even include features that integrate with your domain's data."

"Seems like Lanier is becoming a go-to guy when one is in need of a sound bite denouncing "free culture" in all of its radical and dangerous forms."

Ranting where only ranting can help - yet, don't feed trolls Jaron ...

One for the morning to wake 'em neighbours ;) #galactica #sabotage #mashup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQ0bqsJSJ8&feature=player_embedded

CeBIT #Twittwoch - @robgreen und @raguse diskutieren über Sinn und Unsinn von Social Media

"die Entwickler, die Mehrwerte schaffen und das Ökosystem App-Store mit Leben füllen, haben kaum Rechte"

BAD decision given that there are viable platform / ecosystem alternatives ready and able ...

All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple - netzpolitik.org

Free hugs worth the price ;)

http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/09/twn/

Problem Solving & Kobayashi Maru

and improve this by not using mail but a wiki, a wave, a private buzz, an ether- or piratepad, whatever - not email ....

"No one likes meetings and for good reason. In most meetings, most of the time, most people think most of what goes on is a waste of time.

So what if you took out all of the stupid, wasteful stuff and left only the useful parts?"

❤ via http://steph.tumblr.com/post/430149287/no-one-likes-meetings-and-for-good-reason-in-most

Google Buzz, Blurring Boundaries & drawing in Scobles

yes, having found employment in company XYZ is not the end, and has its risks - as does engaging in startups, working as a freelancer et al. #economics 101 shouldn't be presented as discoveries

"The reality is organizations — just like people and products — have life cycles and life spans. And very few live forever. My first realization of this little-spoken fact was many years ago when Eastern Airlines gave up the ghost and left me holding a lifetime membership in the Ionosphere Club. It was a shock to realize that my life was going to last longer than a company considered a leader in its industry."

in http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2010/02/how-to-face-your-companys-mort.html found via @stephtara