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Review: You Are Not a Gadget

You Are Not a Gadget, a collection of essays by Jaron Lanier, offers insightful criticism of the prevailing wisdom of the technology industry: People are not computers, computers don't think like people do, and information doesn't want to be free (or want anything else, for that matter). Related posts:
  1. People in the Computer
  2. Jabberwocky
  3. Review: Ambient Findability
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All Quiet on the Blogging Front

Though our blog has been quiet lately, there's been quite a hubbub in the Infovark Burrow. Read about what we've been up to lately. Related posts:
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  2. One to Throw Away
  3. Startup Schizophrenia
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As Long as It’s Gray

It’s a bit late for an April Fools’ Day post, but it’s always nice to end a workweek with a little fun, don’t you think? I’ve talked a lot about the drab look of enterprise applications. Most corporate-ware simply looks unfinished to me. I’m surprised by companies that will pay millions for fancy office space, but [...] Related posts:
  1. Whoa! Look at the Colors, Man!
  2. You Sank my Battleship!
  3. Why the Web has Won
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Review: Making Things Happen

I really enjoyed reading the Myths of Innovation. So when I read that Scott Berkun had also written a book about project management (via this Joel on Software post), I decided to check it out. Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management is the title of Scott Berkun’s revised second-edition book on project management. It contains the [...] Related posts:
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Two Strategic Visions for Enterprise 2.0

Enterprise 2.0 advocates seem to be splitting into two camps, one side supporting organizational effectiveness and the other individual productivity. Here are five reasons why you should side with group that wants to empower knowledge workers. Related posts:
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  2. Meet Dave
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You get what (someone else) paid for

Much of what made Web 2.0 designs and tools so valuable was their focus on great end-user experiences. Will this survive translation to an enterprise environment with a captive audience? Related posts:
  1. People First!
  2. Right Hand, Left Hand
  3. The Second Biggest Mistake of Enterprise 2.0
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In the Interest of Disclosure

As a company, we haven’t been shy about sharing our opinions on topics of interest, linking to interesting blogs online, or recommending books to read or software development tools to use. But we have been hesitant to make money from our website or from blogging in any other way than by selling our software product, also [...] Related posts:
  1. Confessions of a Maintenance Programmer
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State of the Internet

Check out this animated infographic showing web and social networking statistics for late 2009 and early 2010. Related posts:
  1. Enterprise 2.0 – Because the Internet has no point.
  2. State of Emergence-y
  3. User Adoption
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Why Enterprise 2.0 Will Fail

Enterprise 2.0 is likely to run aground on the same rocks that sank Enterprise Content Management and Knowledge Management. Related posts:
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More Patent Foolishness

I seem to have software patents on the brain lately. After I wrote about our decision not to move forward with Infovark’s provisional patent, several recent articles and blog posts have caught my attention. What started the latest round of software industry soul-searching was an article in the Harvard Business Review written by Nathan Myrhvold [...] Related posts:
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  2. The Challenge of Phase 2
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