Category: Business

  • Pay attention to augmented reality

    Is augmented reality going to be the Next Big Thing? A lot of people think so, as all the increasing talk is helping the topic rapidly ascend the Technology Trigger in Gartner’s 2009 hype cycle for emerging technologies published last…

  • Social media and a fundamental shift

    Can social media change the rules of old-world business? That’s a question I’ve been mulling over during the past week or so in thinking about how and where social media fits into an organization’s business planning as part of the…

  • Call to action to stop blocking

    Two years ago, my podcasting partner Shel Holtz started a campaign called Stop Blocking as a means of drawing attention to a practice by some organizations to prevent access by employees to wide swathes of content on websites, blogs and…

  • Is trust the privilege of youth?

    Kevin Dugan recounts an experience he had at his local coffee shop regarding his mobile phone number: […] my barista encouraged me to sign up for information on future promotions and events. She told me to write down my cell…

  • What’s the value of your attention?

    Paul McCrudden has an interesting idea about how you spend your time and the monetary value it may have. In a great example of leveraging the attention economy, the London-based entrepreneur kept track of how he spent his time during…