Tweets on 2010-05-31

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Gagan

The Road not taken has attractions /via @snowded << Especially if one gets to paint the attractions in the colors of one's imagination #
@ggruber66 @JEBworks @RobertKCole Will be mildly amazed if NFC goes mainstream at airports. That's the one w/ returns. Worth rallying around in reply to ggruber66 #
Apple iPhone security flaw: Using a PIN won't help you Macworld http://tinyurl.com/38mc9w2 via @mfauscette << Uh-oh. #iPad in trouble too? #
RT @SameerPatel: RT @pmonks: 3yo to 5yo: "you're not pretty" #andsoitstarts > buckle up. Going to be bumpy << Yrs b4 safe landing. Maybe. #
Another set of good reasons why #iPad Apps have a long way to go- by @fredwilson http://bit.ly/cEqiCf (Earlier http://bit.ly/bECWeI ) #
Camping in the woods w/ the kids. Gr8 fun being had by all despite big thunderstorms overnight. Kids get to bring DSi since I need my BBerry #

Tweets on 2010-05-30

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Gagan

Complexity in Fin Svcs: Can We Really Bank Simple? http://bit.ly/ceNiHY /via @johanbryggare @GrahamHill << Why #Mobile tech is the answer. #
Enterprise 2.0 : Harmonising formal processes and ad-hoc work. http://bit.ly/dwLZlM by @johnt << Gr8 review of current thinking. #e20 #

Tweets on 2010-05-29

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Gagan

RT @rotkapchen: @RSessions One doesn't 'deal' with complexity. One embraces it. May try to 'wrangle' complexity, but it's smarter/stronger. #
@JEBworks @ggruber66 @RobertKCole Easy to imagine bad guys planting a sensitive mike in the corridor, and then playing back when you are out in reply to JEBworks #
@JEBworks @ggruber66 in reply to JEBworks #
This is why I work at Rackspace http://goo.gl/eEV3 Could be the best 10 minutes I spent all day. Watch this. RT @ggruber66 << +1 Do Watch. #
@RobertKCole What do you see as a concern with (Encrypted) audio for hotel guest room access? in reply to RobertKCole #
Is This Really The Future of Magazines or Why Didn’t They Just Use HTML 5? Quite a broadside! http://bit.ly/bECWeI RT @JEBworks << Ouch #
SocialMedia myths debunked http://bit.ly/MVP_0510 by @MyVenturePad via @TravelSocial << "Too labor intensive. Let's offshore it." #
Living w/Complexity- Don Norman, "Machines are designed by techies who care more abt welfare of their machines than that of users." #design #
RT @richardveryard: @bmichelson Don't Starbucks have to be reclassified as Dogbucks before they can be closed? #BostonGrid << Heh. #
We make things complicated by assuming that people are simple. /via @j4ngis @Carl_Ingalls @oscarberg #

Tweets on 2010-05-28

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Gagan

Interesting. CIOs more supportive of #entarch groups that do business architecture, than those that don't #ITF10 @bmichelson << Agree +++ #
JetBlue CIO #ITF10 IT should be business fluent not order takers. If u wait for the order (for project) it's too late. RT @liemnguyen #
RT @kaitlinomalley: how many think your kids will subscribe to newspapers? No hands! #itf10 << How many people in the audience do today? #
@ggruber66 Yes, the entire Alignment debate is becoming increasingly pointless now.. Better things to discuss. in reply to ggruber66 #
What true IT-business alignment should look like http://zd.net/9BwQks via @ggruber66 << Read aloud at #CIO conf to skip debate & save time. #
Online Travel Outlook (EXPE, PCLN, OWW) RT @Susantravels: http://tinyurl.com/3a83npw << from Piper Jaffray #

Tweets on 2010-05-27

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Gagan

Kurzweil's next book on creating an artificial mind. The next revelation after the Singularity is Near of 2005? http://bit.ly/bIHAMr #
@RSessions "EA= Complexity Managers" – Now, that one I can agree with. in reply to RSessions #
@ggruber66 The committee process kills or at best slows down innovation. Presenting HTML5 as evidence, Your Honor. in reply to ggruber66 #
@RSessions The 'E' in EA makes EA the perfect support staff for Exec Mgt. Your defn of EA would be a Sr Designer, Proj Mgr and/or a BA. in reply to RSessions #
@RSessions Yes, exec mgt is responsible for *decisions* affecting the big picture; and EA tracks the changes to big picture as implemented in reply to RSessions #
@RSessions Execs evaluate perf & risks; make tough decisions at intersection of people, processes & tech and 'sell' those to stakeholders. in reply to RSessions #
@ggruber66 Yes, this is RIA on Mobile revolution. Biggest potential- hence loudest debates. Cannot afford to bet the farm on any one now. in reply to ggruber66 #
@RSessions The EA group is actually responsible for the 'big picture' -so Biz and IT initiatives can *focus* on smaller chunked deliverables in reply to RSessions #
RT @RSessions: @kdierc Making better enterprise is role of Exec team. EA is abt relations b/w IT & Biz << Disagree. Enterprise *is* part IT #
The old new debate on Business & IT Alignment going on at #CIO Forum #Philly – Let us move on & start making money for the biz. #
Why does one have to waste 10 mins of one's life to check-in at a hotel? http://bit.ly/bKmZU6 @GlennFogel << #mobile tech to the rescue #
Panel disc #cio forum #philly – Business Analysis skills core requirement for *all* IT staff. #baot /cc @bainsight #
Panel on IT transformation starting up at the #CIO Forum #Philly #

Tweets on 2010-05-26

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Gagan

Eight considerations for large scale website redesigns, esp "Go Rich or Stay Home" for rich presn. technologies. http://bit.ly/8X96y8 #cio #
Ikea Robotics: Dynamic Architecture. http://su.pr/1x6mmS @PSFK << Your furniture as robots – moving in response to your needs. #

Tweets on 2010-05-25

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Gagan

Going to statistician hell for saying but sometimes your hypothesis is so obviously WRONG you don't need a test RT @annmariastat @LoveStats #
Gartner's Hybrid Thinking- http://bit.ly/aPYzup @ironick @tetradian << Official position paper on their take on Design Thinking. #innovation #

Tweets on 2010-05-24

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Gagan

A Tour through the Visualization Zoo – http://j.mp/a3e6mN @bartleeten @tetradian << Very thorough set for Info Designers. Protovis used too. #
Sharing is not the opposite of privacy. The opposite of privacy is surveillance. @socialtechno @roundtrip << Hmm. #
RT @CurtMonash: Cogito ergo blog. << Heh. #
Using Twitter to deliver a collaborative keynote. http://bit.ly/cRvvhy @c4lpt @pascalvenier << Very impressive. (Despite a fire alarm) #

Tweets on 2010-05-23

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Gagan

@JHenning Yes, Wanda is a classic. Your ref to Zen & M/cycle Mnt was used at a disc today too. Thx. (Gr8 idea for an MR Quality post BTW) in reply to JHenning #
Zen & the Art of Questionnaire Design. http://bit.ly/b4l9kH @jhenning @VirtualMR << V.good. Also like opening with A Fish called Wanda scene #
Peer-reviewed evidence shows teachers who use red pens assign lower grades than people using blue. http://bit.ly/cb6OBs @EvidenceSoup @aaker #
Inking iPad App Penultimate Gets Palm Rejection http://dlvr.it/17s07 @jkOnTheRun << May be the iPad can now compete w/ my Tablet PC. TBD #
Kids' swimming classes at the Y. Donuts treat later. Coffee for me….now please. (@ Lionville Community YMCA) http://4sq.com/8VImcq #
Everything is Emergent. @bottomup http://bit.ly/bHVumc via @johnt @timkastelle << Dealing w/ Complexity. Stop predicting. Influence present. #

Tweets on 2010-05-22

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Gagan

RT @pgreenbe: A great post on how to moderate panels by @jowyang http://ow.ly/1NLBR << Wow. Lots of effort behind the scene. cc @ValynP #
Most don't understand that communities grow b/c of good, strong leadership. Rarely abt a collective/consensus. @missrogue @SheilaS << +1 #
RT @carriejohnson: Why is our UPS guy so happy all the time? Driving around the hood with a huge smile on his face << Gift horse. Mouth. #
The Creative Process Gone Wrong [the Stop sign video] http://bit.ly/95GsXq @work_matters @timkastelle << Gr8! Keep Committees out of design. #
RT @lovestats: I love math because it's like knowing a secret language that other people don't understand @MoMath1 #MathIsFun << +1 #
I love math because it helps build new structures and helps explain natural structures (fractals, complexity, etc) @MoMath1 #MathIsFun #
RT @jkendrick: OMG! I haven't checked if any iPad apps have been updated yet today! Nope, they haven't. Sigh. << Heh. Living on the edge. #
The most reasonable 'complaint' letter ever. By @douglasp – #fail at Google #io2010 http://is.gd/cjsef @sbohlen @MladenPrajdic @datachick #
@Marilyn_Res Happy Birthday! in reply to Marilyn_Res #
Nice article on predictive analytics from Eric Siegel http://is.gd/cjd2A #decisionmgt via @jamet123 << Timeless. From Feb'05 #
New crowdsourcing model: Ideas While You Sleep uses creative teams to brainstorm client challenges http://bit.ly/b1cCOC @rossdawson << Ideas #

Tweets on 2010-05-21

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Gagan

@datachick: “@dwwright99: James Martin's Guide to Information Drafting ” << Enjoying all your book recco's James Martin nostalgia too. #
RT @AmyBethJames: Ok I'll play! Catch-21 #lesserbooks << Just stumbled into this hashtag. Hilarious & highly recommended. #
RT @denschaal: Google TV & travel industry: time for better videos http://bit.ly/a13A6S << Authentic, amateur YouTube vids will stay popular #
@rotkapchen LinkedIn does have the paid service, Profile Mgt -where you can classify & manage your contacts. Think it's same as pvt notes. in reply to rotkapchen #
RT @TravelingAnna: Seriously I don't think half of those people really were travel people #gtweetny << Open Bar & good food, I hear #
@jennifer_dubow For a drop-down in Excel, select Headings row and then menupath Data>Filter>Auto-filter. Not the perfect soln, but useful. in reply to jennifer_dubow #
IT without the IT Department: http://bit.ly/95CiGh by @rschmelzer << Coming to you soon whether you are ready or not. #cio #entarch #
"Why Did I Abandon Storytelling and Get Entangled in Mgt Speak?" http://bit.ly/cnNxLd @jonhusband @tdebaillon << Mgt Styles. Like new Mgrs. #
Google & Received Opinion: New Google only searches for sites matching yr opinions? http://bit.ly/bvmlPO @newbiscuit @richardveryard << Hmm #

Tweets on 2010-05-20

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Gagan

RT @jameskobielus: Hypergadgetification of pedestrian culture freakier in financial district. Skittering of smartphone dervishes. << Wow. #
Visit Florida tourism board uses Google Maps & Twitter to cleanse oil-spill fears http://bit.ly/cFPCRD @kevinlukemay << Refreshing cust svc #
@ggruber66 'Smart' is guiding principle in these parts! in reply to ggruber66 #
Jeanne Ross – with stability at center, can invite "instability" (innovation) at edge. @bmichelson #MITCIO << One way to address CIO paradox #
Should CIOs focus on core biz competency & consider outsourcing/cloudsource everything else? #CIO #MITCIO @NigelFenwick << WIP #
How @Foursquare is helping mass transit in San Fran. http://j.mp/9QMMiD /via @ej_butler @eric_andersen << Good start to #travel biz apps #
Will today's campaign mgt tools soon be a thing of the past? http://bit.ly/czK0k8 #marketing @KenyonBlunt << 3 segments – Mktg, Data & ERP #

Tweets on 2010-05-19

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Gagan

@saurabh_wahi Thanks for recent retweet. Good to see you on twitter. #
Twitter's Jack Dorsey gives speech on the power of drawing out your ideas: http://ow.ly/1MLd2 @Mindjet << Sketching & Visual Thinking Win #
RT @bmichelson: I had this big idea, then the lights flashed & all equipt power surged. Was that validation or warning? << Implementation #
@sig Singular Minimum Objects? How do we discover them? Decompose Biz Entities or bottom-up real world analysis. Any posts? in reply to sig #
ResearchPoint CFO: Likes byDesign, only 1 IT person needed. Don't want more IT, doesnt make $$. #sapphirenow @mkrigsman << IT=Plumbing? #cio #
I remember Duran Duran when they were just Duran. #SapphireNow @M_Myers @chiprodgers << Heh. #
Managing the bottom line? It can be very misleading to overlook the top. http://ht.ly/1MtnD via @SteveGaines62 << Or to overlook Mkt Share. #
@sig Super abundance of data is treated as a given with zillions of sensors all around us. Do you think data generation can be minimized? in reply to sig #
SAP-"stacks bring lock-in". And suites do not? http://bit.ly/dhydvc @dealarchitect #sapphirenow << As stacks head to cloud, compete on suite #
Travelport plots intriguing move, buys travel search engine Sprice http://goo.gl/9POd @ggruber66 << Ecosystem consolidation. #travel #

Tweets on 2010-05-18

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Gagan

SAPPHIRE 2010 day 1: the wrap – http://bit.ly/aHYGVM #sapphirenow << Like the Crisp & Clean report. No Branson/ Gore/ Powell distraction. #
RT @CMatignon: #AskRymer What % of future apps will be developed with Agile tech such as #bpm / #decisionmgt http://bit.ly/9c4Am7 << +1 #
Cities learn to run better on data: New York, New Orleans, Baltimore. http://tinyurl.com/23fuwnv @joemckendrick @datachick << States & Feds? #
RT @aprildunford: Sign a company has great social media programs: they hold a conference & it TAKES OVER my tweet stream #sapphirenow << +1 #
RT @znh: Was just told I'm in the first Boston cab to offer wifi. Has a little Sprint mifi hooked into the dash. Cool! << Like the thinking. #
What Comes After Social Business? http://ow.ly/1LRjT @ekolsky #SCRM #E20 << Hmm. Wonder if we'll need Marketing Research then. cc @LoveStats #
Why Business Plan competitions need to be replaced by Business Model competitions. Hint- planning is for execution. http://bit.ly/bJnJh6 #
You can see from keynote screenshoots at #sapphirenow that SAP has a UI challenge @dparnas @rhirsch << Need to decouple presentation layer #
Don’t manage me, I’m a business analyst! http://goo.gl/fb/ezrsw RT @LLBrandenburg << Like all knowledge workers, need vision & feedback #cio #
BillMcDermott: The suite always win. It will in the cloud @sapphirenow #sapphirenow #sap @rwang0 << Hmm. #
Volcanic ash- London conf guy says next big challenge isn't cloud computing, it's cloud commuting. @zappos @JeffCutler @shashib << Heh. #

Tweets on 2010-05-17

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Gagan

RT @ricphillips: @gagan_s Yes auto-filtering Twitter streams is a killer feature… it will *kill* Twitter. << Heh. Couldn't agree more. #
Fixing twitter's garbage problem. "Ability to auto filter individual tweet streams is a killer feature" http://bit.ly/aO74nu @jmillerinc #
Checking out the 6ft BlackBerry at #sapphirenow Very cool to see. http://tweetphoto.com/22745518 @Brothenstein @rwang0 #
"No one told you when to run; You missed the starting gun; And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking" – Pink Floyd #
Thoughts on alternatives to the nightmare at Dallas this week @AAirwaves http://bit.ly/aMRblW @snowded << Thorough Analysis #travel #gov20 #
It's hard to sell disruption, because people don't want to be disrupted. http://bit.ly/bHkc03 @ralph_ohr @raesmaa @timkastelle #innovation #

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