by Jeff Yablon | Nov 17, 2010 | Business Process, Content, Design
You know how you can tell you’re in trouble? When business change is happening all around you, even TO you, and your response is to pretend it doesn’t matter. The CEO of Blackberry maker RIM has gone on the record as believing that Apps don’t matter....
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 22, 2010 | Design
This morning I came across a post by Fred Wilson. Fred’s a venture capitalist in New York City, and while we sometimes see things exactly the same way, this morning was not one of those times. Fred was bemoaning a problem he’s been having lately: like me,...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 11, 2010 | Business Process, Design, Media
What’s the size, weight, and color of a hockey puck, is evil, and wants to control you, your computer, and much, much more? This weekend I spend a few hours playing with an Apple TV. It was a gift. A really thoughtful gift that someone with a geek in their lives...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 7, 2010 | Business Process, Design, Development
I have seen the future. And it certainly is not Cisco’s new video conferencing system. ūmi ( that’s its name) takes a cute enough idea and finds every possible way to break it. I won’t pick on that silly name. I’m sure it means something very...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 6, 2010 | Business Process, Design
Once more, with gusto. Please repeat after me: I WILL start paying attention to how my business does social networking. I WILL take social networking more seriously. The New York Times, a newspaper (and a company) known both for making opinion and expecting those of...
by Jeff Yablon | Sep 15, 2010 | Business Process, Design
Google is amazing. It knows everything, and each day its definition of everything expands. I use it continuously, in more and more ways. So do you. But is it any good? If your definition of good is having almost any piece of information you could ask for at your...