Techramp is an exciting one day session as part of the Transaction 2.0 day at Cebit. There is a great cast of first class presenters. The speakers are people have been there and have got both the scars and rewards to prove it. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to chair the Techramp sessions.So if you are a startup […]
The Startups Carnival runs from March 3 to 17 2008 and is a great opportunity for those people trying to get a new initiative off the ground in the technology space. With an initial focus towards Web 2.0 / Social Networking but also inclusive of other technology environments, initiatives in green technology, it will be […]
I’ve been looking around at some online timesheet tools and Miles Burke at Bam Creative suggested 88 Miles from Mad Pilot Having looked at a heap of timesheet tools, this looks like a really good tool – and by good fortune developed in Perth. Some of the features I was looking for included: Web based […]
I was viewing Eric’s blog and came across the reference to the One Month App which was interesting project to determine if an application could be built in a month. They have used the Ruby on Rails framework and developed a nice looking cashflow application for small businesses. Top marks for a clever marketing idea […]
In the last few days and in various meetings I have had, it has clearly reinforced the challenge of getting people on the bus with software and information management initiatives. Nowhere is this more difficult than in the growing beasts that are international companies. No longer does the mantra apply “think global, act local” explicitly […]
Last week I met Michael Grey, Supply Chain Evangelist for Dell. We were chatting about future technologies given the incredible leaps that have occurred in computing over the last 30 years, with significant waves of change including: widespread use of mainframe computing proliferation of desktop computers ubiquitous internet Web 2.0 / mashups versus SOA – […]
I’ve got to say I have an interesting concern – but a sense of delight at the possibilities – about the speed and capacity of change of Enterprise 2.0. Let me explain… In the world of application development, there is a serious and mounting argument from the rapid development / iterative prototyping camp versus the […]
Isn’t it an exciting time to be alive? There has never been such a volume of innovation – or information for that matter. And by the time you finish reading this post, there will be plenty of others you can also dig into. Right now we are seeing innovation in so many areas – biotech, […]
There is a great deal of hype and mystique surrounding Web 2.0 and myriad of 2.0 terms that now exist as a result, such as Work 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Office 2.0 and so on. The hype is as loud and as significant as the last dot com boom where 2.0 has replaced “e”. However, what […]
Back in March 2000, I discussed the idea of setting up a First Tuesday group in Western Australia with Stuart Hope, then CEO of Software Engineering Australia (SEAWA). We also brought in Peter Morris of Telesis, and got ourselves underway. First step was to review the licencing model for First Tuesday – which read something […]