Archive for the ‘Ad Tech’ Category

Monday, October 5th, 2009

What would you do if your computer crashed?

What would you do if your computer crashed? How about if your smartphone ran out of juice? The microwave blew a fuse? Or if, God forbid, you lost your Internet connection?

  • Again I am humbled — this time by India and the other places in the world where life goes on…..in the end its much like all those apocalyptic movies — the Mad Max genre — the beauty is we adapt and thrive…or at least we have the ability too..
  • Again I am humbled -- this time by India and the other places in the world where life goes on.....in the end its much like all those apocalyptic movies -- the Mad Max genre -- the beauty is we adapt and thrive...or at least we have the ability too..
  • Dear Parkin, You stole my thunder! I work and live in India and I was going to say, if all the above happened, well, we'd have another normal day. In fact, on weekends, I and many like me, have no requirement of any such technologies. We have other problems :) But so much for being flip, the point about being ...
Monday, February 23rd, 2009

How do we judge evolution

How do we judge evolution? Or can we? Is it possible to look at threads of change and make qualitative comments on its direction that could potentially alter the next round of variation? In essence, can we modify and alter transformation?

  • watch out for spurious missions...
  • Evolution doesn't suggest what outcomes will look like. Selection pressure says what the problem is, not the solutions. Evolution favors whatever emerges that stands up to the selection pressures best. In nature, what that will be is "nobody knows". In business, the big disrupters should be like that too - otherwise they would be out there already! We may all think ...
  • Robert Kegan, a Harvard professor and thought leader in adult learning and professional development (who wrote books entitled The Evolving Self and How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work, addresses how to integrate thought and emotion, meaning making and social development. He also applies this thinking to organizations. In terms of creating authentic, "safe" ...
Monday, January 5th, 2009

Hulu

Hulu. You have heard of Hulu?