David looks at the challenges of supporting people using mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) for business collaboration: “With the explosion of newly-available mobile computing options, many companies now support their employees’ smartphones and tablet computers. With employees increasingly ‘always on,’ new opportunities abound for better and more efficient […]
Earlier this week Jed talked about collaboration in the enterprise, in an article on CMSWire called Enterprise Collaboration: What Does It Mean to You. I commented on his post a few days ago, but I’ve been thinking about something else he said in the article: “What about ‘Enterprise’? […]
Creating a mindmap is a frequent activity in my work and life, and while I don’t use the MindMeister online mind mapping tool, I’m impressed with the feature and capability enhancements the company has made over the past few years. A couple of things caught my eye today: […]
Christchurch people have added a new phrase to their future planning – “earthquake dependent.” As in, – “We will meet on Tuesday to discuss this further, earthquake dependent.” – “Let’s have coffee tomorrow afternoon, earthquake dependent.” The horrific earthquake of last week has changed Christchurch forever, and it’s […]
Stephen shares an experience at a firm he founded regarding the importance of face-to-face meetings: “At Hartwell Pacific, the global metal recycling company I founded in 1993 and exited in 2008, I was operating factories in six different cities in four countries, so developing an effective global management […]
Last month, Thursday at GigaOM proposed that a blogging tool could be used as a collaboration platform. “Pulling together a new project team can be done quickly, even if your team members are spread across the entire world. But putting effective collaboration tools in place tends to take […]
Nancy Settle-Murphy contacted me late last year with an invitation to co-write an edition of her monthly newsletter. Once I was back from annual leave, we met by Skype and talked for an hour, then worked together on the draft document … and the result is now out. […]
Collaboration is not a paneaca, a silver bullet to all good things. There is a time and place for collaborating – for working with others, for gathering and exploring ideas, for joint work, for seeking common ground – but there is equally a time for a leader to […]
SharePoint 2010 ships with a number of pre-defined site templates, list templates, and library templates. One of the new site templates is called the “Group Work Site,” which is described in the creation dialog box as “a groupware solution that enables teams to create, organize, and share information […]
The day has come, and Apple did indeed announce the second-generation of the iPad – iPad 2. The announcement was today; it will be available to buy from March 11. In terms of specifications: – The cameras have been added – one on the front for video conferencing […]
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