Internet Tools
This is a daily "paper" compiled from the tweets and referenced links of a group of top social media minds as compiled by Scott Monty, social media leader of Ford. Terrific leveraging!
Researchers attending a conference on internet searching were divided on the use of social networking for serious research, with some saying traditional search engines are the more practical choice. Others, however, said social media can be effective tools for specific research tasks, such as conducting a survey or taking a snapshot of people's interests.
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Tools for Non-profits on the Internet
"MNN has put together the Nonprofit 411 to assist organizations in finding vital information about a variety of nonprofit topics. In many cases, you will also find templates to assist you with planning and budgets. "
Project Management
The metrics organizations commonly use to determine whether an IT project is a success or a failure-whether the project is completed on time, on budget, and delivered the initial requirements-do more harm than good for IT departments, according to a new report from Forrester Research.
Does IT Matter?
"This is the power of waste. When scarce resources become abundant, smart people treat them differently, exploiting them rather than conserving them. It feels wrong, but done right it can change the world.
The problem is that abundant resources, like computing power, are too often treated as scarce. "
Brian L. Hawkins and Diana G. Oblinger\n\nInformation technology is just a utility-like water or electricity. We'd all like that statement to be true. When we want to connect to the Internet, we want it to be there-instantly. And most of the time, it
In particular, it’s easy to see that all the things that push a new technology up the S Curve toward ubiquity—heavy investment, standardization, homogenization, price deflation, best practice diffusion, consolidation of the vendor base—also erode its ability to distinguish one company from others. As ubiquity grows, strategic potential shrinks. This relationship can be illustrated graphically by adding another line to the S Curve chart—what I call a Z Curve—that plots the technology’s potential for providing competitive advantage. Here’s what that looks like:
This pattern of evolution can, furthermore, be usefully divided into three stages: