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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:19 PM

Extremistan Rules

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Read more about this title... A while back I read the The Black Swan. I could have sworn I reviewed it, but I can't seem to find it. Given that it's been out for a while now,
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Friday, November 16, 2007 1:27 AM

Death of email?

I have to admit that I find email rather tedious when it comes to a host of tasks -- like sharing information in a corporate environment. But dead ? I don't think so. Though with any luck at all, it's role will diminish with time. Here's a personal story.
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Saturday, November 10, 2007 10:00 PM

The Internal Blog

I've tried to maintain an internal blog with only mixed success. I'm going to try again. Principally because I believe it's important the new social tools are adopted in-house, and there's no substitute for leading by example. Practical experience is
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Friday, November 09, 2007 3:57 AM

Steps to becoming a successful technology pundit

First, study the hype-curve for all it's worth. ( http://static7.userland.com/oracle/gems/reynolds/hypecycle.png ) There, that should be about all it's worth -- useful, but no longer a new idea. Now here's the formula: When you find an idea gaining early
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Thursday, November 08, 2007 4:35 PM

First step taken...

It's not a big thing, but it is a first step and it was done in record time. The Office Live Workspace community propert y is up and running. Here's a link to my first post .
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Saturday, November 03, 2007 10:04 PM

Time for a redesign of the Influencer Pyramid

... a recent survey by consumer feedback network Bizrate revealed 59 percent of users consider customer reviews to be more valuable than those from experts. ...is further reinforced by a JupiterResearch study in which 77 percent of online shoppers indicated
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Friday, November 02, 2007 5:41 AM

The Next Big Thing: User Contributed Metadata

Dana Farber and Larry Dignan succinctly state the whole point behind my old Microsoft.com Community Technology Team strategy. Horse, water, drink, whatever. Identity graph? Yes, but to be clear, it consists of three components; what you know, who you
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Friday, November 02, 2007 3:50 AM

OpenSocial, Punctuated Equilibrium

Generally speaking, OpenSocial is amazing news. The social layer I've been prattling on about for, well, a very long time, is really shaping up. Though I still believe we've yet to do more than scratch the surface of social user experiences. And that
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