Category: Workplace

  • Top 10 disruptive technologies according to Gartner

    Gartner, an IT industry analyst firm, has published a report on what its analysts see as the top ten disruptive technologies for 2008 to 2012: Multicore and hybrid processors Virtualisation and fabric computing Social networks and social software Cloud computing…

  • Animoto: A compelling way to tell your story

    One of the communication technologies I like experimenting with is video. That’s why I play with new tools like Qik (live video streaming from a Nokia mobile phone) and seesmic (video conversations via your webcam). I discovered another one today…

  • Global communication and marketing come together at IBM

    One of the more rewarding aspects of business podcasting is when you get an opportunity to interview some interesting and influential communicators and other business people. That’s a privilege my podcasting partner Shel Holtz and I have been enjoying since…

  • Microsoft and Yahoo: The end of a chapter

    The tech business news this weekend has been all about the collapse of the Microsoft takeover bid for Yahoo. Every shade of opinion on what it all means has been offered during the past 24 hours, as the Techmeme bubble…

  • Web 2.0 from the communicator’s viewpoint

      When I lead workshops, seminars and other professional development events that address social media and organizational communication, I always ask who’s heard of the term ‘Web 2.0.’ Usually, a reasonable number have, often as much as 20 percent of…