by Jeff Yablon | Feb 24, 2010 | Business Process
How’d you like to be review site Yelp? Before you answer “you bet!”, consider this blog post from The New York Times. A real quandary. Let’s assume that Yelp’s position (“we’re just the place where people say things and so we...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 22, 2010 | Business Process
Something’s gotta give. Something is going to. Business Change isn’t just an idea; it’s become an imperative. In a world where the health care we provide for people isn’t even good enough for animals, where famous columnists like Nicholas...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 18, 2010 | Business Process, Media
The Whining Has Gone Mainstream. Even the Whining Requires Whining. Yesterday, there was a lengthy article in The New York Times about companies that buy patents and then go after companies using the matter covered by those patents for licensing fees. Specifically,...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 17, 2010 | Development
This week in Barcelona, Spain a conference called Mobile World Congress is happening. The attendees are employees of some of the world’s biggest and most influential companies: AT&T, Apple Computer, Motorola, Google, Microsoft. Their goal? To consolidate the...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 12, 2010 | Business Process
Doug Leeds, US President of Ask.com, has a point to make: “at the end of the day, people would rather Ask for something than Google it”. (credit where it’s due: the quote is from this article from yesterday’s New York Times). More credit: Mr....