Archive for June, 2008
The brilliant new generation of Serbian businesses
Friday, June 27th, 2008Originally posted at the Belgrade Foreign Visitors Club
There has been plenty of talk over the last few years about the need to attract talented Serbs from the Diaspora back to Serbia to lead the next generation of Serbian businesses with their unique blend of Western know-how and understanding of Serbian culture.
I have recently come [...]
Inside the War Against China’s Blogs
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008We have heard about shills lurking in forums, studios bribing bloggers to write praising movie reviews and astroturfing campaigns (or anti-Astroturfing campaigns) as part of the emerging story of PR and reputation management in the Internet era.
Now it seems there is a growing number of PR companies devoted to monitoring influential forums and having [...]
Credit Crunch boosts demand for outsourcing and offshoring
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008A recent report from the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) is claiming that in Financial services at least, the credit crunch is boosting outsourcing and offshoring.
Before we in the outsourcing industry get too happy, it is worth keeping in mind that global economic trouble is as problematic for us and anyone.
It makes sense that cost [...]
Windows Applications that keep me from completing “the switch”
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008About 18 months ago started using my MacBook Pro for all professional work, ditching my Toshiba and making “the switch”.
Despite really loving my Mac, various professional conventions and some much loved software keep me running a stripped down copy of Windows XP in Parallels nearly full time. Apart from being just another computer I have [...]
Interactional Expertise - The dangers of parasitical experts who "know" but cannot "do"
Thursday, June 12th, 2008A recent Scientific American reviews of “Rethinking Expertise” by Harry Collins and Robert Evans got me thinking about the problem of “experts” and expert advice.
From the review:
This slim book by Harry Collins and Robert Evans offers a conceptual typology of “expertises.” The authors invent a plural form of the word to suggest that more than [...]
Mark Shuttleworth’s on the ZA tech Show
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Image via Wikipedia with thanks
I have been raving recently about a new technology podcast from South Africa that is absolutely superb, called The ZATech Show. It is one of the very few podcasts that has me actually say “yay” when I see it is updated.
I am not sure why I find it so [...]
Brand-Forge.com: The future of personal hosting
Sunday, June 8th, 2008We are now hosting Combat Consulting on a new service called Brand-Forge.com .
I had such a good experience with them on my personal weblog that I also rehoused Combat Consulting with them too.
You have probably noticed the site is faster and generally more available.
The Brand-Forge offer is not just hosting as we traditionally know it. [...]