by Jeff Yablon | Feb 25, 2010 | Business Process, Content
Who Wants a Patent? Because they seem to be getting handed out for just about anything. I’ve long believed that in general software patents are a very bad idea. This week the United States Patents and Trademarks Office set a new record for calling something...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 25, 2010 | Business Process, Media
I’m being less social. My Twitter Community has spoken. As cool a thing as social networking is (or can be), every time you write something you risk rubbing the people who follow you the wrong way. You probably want to avoid the “I’m Eating...
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 24, 2010 | Business Process
Ahh, Droid. We barely knew ye . . . This week, Google introduced a version of Google Earth for Android SmartPhones. In large part, I don’t care; Google Earth is very cool, but compared to Google Maps it has limited real-world use. And Google Earth requires...
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 19, 2010 | Business Process
Do you want to hear what I think of Tiger Woods’ apology-heard-round-the-world? I’ll tell you, but let me be clear this is a business change conversation, and not a gossip piece. If you want to watch the entire speech Tiger gave today as apology for his...