In the last week or so I encountered three different problems with near-field communication and/or RFIDs. This made me realise that we don't seem to have thought things through properly. The first example is benign yet irritating. The books I get from the library have an RFID-tag inside of them. This allows for easy borrowing … Continue reading Near-field communication (NFC) and RFIDs seem to be a total mess
Category: Innovation
Is group chat making you sweat? — Signal v. Noise
Jason Fried has writen an incredible post about the benefits and the pitfalls (mostly the latter) of group chat after ten years of experience at 37signals and Basecamp. I think he is fundamentally right in giving 'attention' so much importance as a precious resource. I've come to realise that the ability to singletask is the … Continue reading Is group chat making you sweat? — Signal v. Noise
How to Use Twitter to Become an Expert on Any Topic
Sometimes you need to quickly immerse yourself in a new field. You might want to gain expertise or quickly gauge what the current issues are around a particular topic. One way of doing this is by creating a dedicated Twitter account to follow a topic. Below some instructions on how you could do this. Setting … Continue reading How to Use Twitter to Become an Expert on Any Topic
An Innovation Manifesto
Over the last few weeks I collaborated with a few people to write an innovation manifesto for an IT function. I think the following statements are a pretty good starting point to becoming more innovative: We prefer outside-in over inside-out You can start by looking what issues we have internally and then find solutions for … Continue reading An Innovation Manifesto
How To Chair a Socratic Webinar
Webinars are usually dreadful affairs. There is wise advice from Donald Taylor and there is the webinar manifesto (slightly too commercial: "Never design, deliver or sell lousy webinars again") that will help you do a better job. I would like to add a completely different way to run a webinar. I call it the Socratic … Continue reading How To Chair a Socratic Webinar