Today, Google announced Google Buzz which is their play into the social web.
Here’s a look at how it works.
On the face of it, the simplicity of it seems similar to a microblogging tool such as twitter (you have a space to write your update). However, it is embedded in the gmail interface,  making it easy [...]

I was fortunate enough to attend the Google Atmosphere conference last week in London. My top 3 take aways were:

Cloud computing is a reality here and now, and is being used by businesses to reduce cost and redeploy expertise in a strategic manner
Even if your business is not considering how cloud computing can be used [...]

An interesting announcement from Rentokil today that they are moving 35000 users to Google apps… I think this validates that Cloud Computing is not a thing of the future, it’s here today and is delivering value to business right now. Too many people think it’s something that will be happening, sometime in the future…

Although they [...]

Luxury supercar marketing is less about making money and more about having a positive impact on the brand…

The 2010 Lamborghini Reventón will be a limited production (15 cars) recession-busting €1.1m supercar…
It looks great,  and rather amusing is the spanish translation of Reventón

LocalGovCamp, an unconference for local government,  happened this last weekend (Saturday 20th June) – what an astonishing turnout -more than 130 people from Local Govt came along on a Saturday to talk about the future of local government, citizen engagement, smarter working and more…
Here is an interview by @davidwilcox with @carlhaggerty and @robgray (me) at [...]

Your business cards say a lot about you and your company…

Need some inspiration for yours? Have a look here for some examples of interesting designs
also – check out my twitter business card

Yesterday I went to visit some of my ex colleagues at Microsoft, and I found out that one of my employment practices had been replicated:  recruiting internal people to work for free. I had forgotten about this, but thought I’d write a quick post in case you want to try it out…
My problem when working [...]

2.0hhhh
These days we are flooded by a plethora of 2.0 stuff aren’t we?…. Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, BI 2.0 Outsourcing 2.0,eCommerce 2.0, Resourcing 2.0, Project Management 2.0, Recruitment 2.0, Jake 2.0, KM 2.0, Library 2.0, Health 2.0, President 2.0, Government 2.0, Retail 2.0, Search 2.0, Mobile 2.0, Lift Trucks 2.0, or why not buy a [...]

Raw Talent or Learned?

I read an article in the IoD magazine this morning (also available online), which was a debate about whether “entrepreneurship” is something that can be taught?
The media often takes the view that anyone can become an entrepreneur (why do I always have to spell check that word), however there is a school [...]

This is a presentation I did this week at the Butler Group Enterprise Web 2.0 Strategies Event. The point of the presentation  is how to reduce costs in a time of crisis, but also don’t forget about innovating.
I’ve adapted the presentation to be shown online, with commentary on the slides where I would have been [...]