Intranet Secrets
ThoughtFarmer introduced Intranet Secrets last week … something which started as a joke, but was a bit true-too-life for many people. Which one is your favorite? Or better yet, what’s your intranet secret?
Masterclass and Keynote at ShareConf in Germany (June 2010)
As I said a few days ago, I’m heading back to Europe in June 2010 for a number of engagements. One of those (in less than 89 days I’m told!) is ShareConf, a three-day SharePoint-focused conference in Germany. I’m looking forward to being there, and to meeting a […]
Improving the Performance of Distributed Teams at Molson Coors: Shared Motto, Yammer, and Getting Together
A recent edition of BusinessWeek looked at the year-one challenges of four CEOs during the recent economic turbulence. One of those CEOs was Peter Swinburn, who became President and CEO of the Molson Coors Brewing Company in June 2008. His challenge? – 10 acquisitions and joint ventures in […]
Windows Mobile 6.5 in HTC HD2
A couple of the Microsoft guys in Ireland were showing off the new HTC HD2 smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.5. While they were willing to show it, they weren’t willing for me to leave with one myself! A couple of observations: – the screen is beautiful. The marketing […]
What's the Best Group Design for Highly-Effective Projects?
My earliest memory of flying is from 1978, when my family flew from Zambia to New Zealand (we definitely transited through Singapore, but where else we went I don’t recall). The plane was a British Airways 747, and as a 6 year old kid, it was amazing. My […]
Multi-Enterprise Collaboration: A Real Situation, and a Real Answer
Think about this … You work for one organization, but routinely have to work alongside other people from other organizations. The IT systems from your organization are different and incompatible with the IT systems they use. You do not always have a connection to the network — you’re […]
"Aptimize Your Web Site Today"
A client asked me about network optimization options for SharePoint today — for speeding things up in bandwidth constrained environments. I knew about Aptimize (as I know some of the guys involved), but hadn’t been to their site for a while. Here’s the way Ed describes what they […]
Kevin Cavanaugh: Read Pillar 4 of the 7 Pillars!
Kevin Cavanaugh, a Vice President at IBM, was one of the keynote speakers at the recent Lotusphere 2010 conference. As part of his keynote speech on the first day, he said, and I quote: “The problem that all of us deal with today is we have not one, […]
Ed Brill on my Lotus Roadmap Report
Ed Brill from IBM Lotus has posted his reaction to my Lotus Roadmap report (January 2010): “Michael Sampson looks to me like he can see the future. Though he was never briefed on what was coming at Lotusphere 2010, in January, he published a white paper on the […]
Response to Jed Cawthorne's "What exactly is 'collaboration' – and who owns it?"
My (virtual colleague) Jed Cawthorne recently shared his thinking around collaboration technology and the ownership thereof in an organization. From What exactly is ‘collaboration’ – and who owns it?, Jed writes: “This article is mostly prompted by internal discussions within my group at work, but also because I […]
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