As a scenario planner, I have to watch a number of sources for unfolding news around the world, at multiple levels of abstraction. I select things to comment on, others to reference, and some to ignore. Those I ignore I either don't trust or don't agree with, but I don't disagree with them enough to write a rebuttal. In order to analyze events, track the news and create a … [Read more...] about A Brief Look at How I Work and Why it Matters to Today’s Students
Archives for December 2010
Internet Evolution: Microsoft’s Missing the Boat on Kinect for Office
Here's my conclusion: Microsoft argues that its divisions are more innovative together than apart. Kinect presents an opportunity for this cross-fertilization to manifest itself. Perhaps if Microsoft can get its business units to work better together we will see a bit more out of its anemic stock, a little more fire in the eyes of its employees, and a little more respect … [Read more...] about Internet Evolution: Microsoft’s Missing the Boat on Kinect for Office
Connecting to Uncertainty
I was taken to task in today's Internet Evolution blog posting about the future of paid content (Paid Content: Fresh Efforts, More Questions,) and told that all this scenario stuff probably didn't serve me well as analyst. Quite to the contrary. I think the best analysts are those that admit what they don't know and actively wrestle with the range of possible outcomes. Picking … [Read more...] about Connecting to Uncertainty