Beyond | IT

Timeless advice is always timely.  This , from David Olgivy by way of Branding Strategy Insider , is worth a few minutes.   An excerpt: What you say is more important than how you say it. Unless your campaign is built around a great idea...

Most of the debate around ISO standardization of Open Office XML file formats -- the native file format of Office 2007 -- is terribly acrimonious and FUD-filled.  For a different and interesting take on the debate, see here .  Why interesting...

Good article worth a few minutes here .   Likes: The article focuses in on the competitive necessity and opportunity to leverage technology to create value in your business  It reads a bit like "IT Leadership 101", but sometimes...

Wow -- so much at MIX I can't possibly do it justice right now, but check out the summary here .   Really, really amazing stuff and some super announcements.  Just a teaser: Silverlight for Mobile devices -- and not just windows mobile...

There's long been talk of the web as an emerging "platform" -- indeed it is.  Of course, that's an abstraction and a convenience. A valued convenience to be sure -- it helps us encapsulate a lot of details and communicate more effectively...