Anytime you are trying to make a point, provide inspiration, or describe a process, how you communicate the material can be just as important as the substance. I have known…
The Commoditization of the Digital Services Industry
The general thought for a digital services company is to attempt to set themselves apart from their competitors using some niche or other differentiator. As technology evolves, the standard services…
A new era of intelligent, lightweight ‘dashboards’
Dashboard development has become novel in the last 5 years. Everyone has a dashboard that is branded “easy”, “intuitive” or “custom”. I have interactions with clients and the number one…
The reality mining wave is coming…
If you use the internet, you know that everything you do is tracked. Everything from personal interactions with your friends and family, items you purchase, items you look at while…
What is leadership?
I was asked recently what I thought leadership was. I began to say blah, blah, blah and the ability to blah, blah, blah. I went on about my day. Then…
Account Managers: Tips to successfully work with developers
In addition to the 5 items every account manager should know, it is important to know how developers see certain situations. There are some misconceptions on how account may see…
Digital leadership is more than just telling people what to do.
I’ve had the ability to lead some pretty good development teams in my career. Some of the most important lessons about leadership are learned in times of struggle as opposed…
How different are lyrics today than 30 years ago? A wordcloud.
So i had a thought. How different are song lyrics today from days gone by. I love the 80’s. I think the movies, the music and everything except the clothes…
Content Strategy – Don’t let them decide now.
An ongoing debate in the world of content strategy, design, experience and development is that of how much is too much. I have been around the development world for a…
Reality Mining, are you ready?
I saw an interesting program recently that opened my eyes to a fascinating concept. It is nothing new, in fact, social data mining has been an institution for years. Every…