Entries Categorized as 'being an analyst'
by Jeffrey Mann | December 30, 2009 | 9 Comments
Last year, I did a blog post on what I call my anti-resolutions for the year. Traditionally, many blogs publish their predictions and personal resolutions around the end of the year. So I won’t. Instead, I want to talk about my anti-resolutions for 2010.They are “anti” in a couple different ways. The main one is [...]
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by Jeffrey Mann | November 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
The time period after an intense conference like Symposium closes down is always a bit strange for analysts. We inhabit an isolated world with the delegates, revolving around presentations, workshops, 1 on 1 meetings, receptions, meals and (usually not enough) sleep. It’s the same for attendees, but there are a slew of people making sure [...]
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by Jeffrey Mann | September 20, 2009 | 6 Comments
As well as the Enterprise Architecture Summit, I had the opportunity this week to present at this year’s European Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit conference in London. This is my “home” conference, since these are the topics I normally write on and talk with clients about as pat of the collaboration and social software team. [...]
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by Jeffrey Mann | August 19, 2009 | 14 Comments
This is Hype Cycle season, which always leads to lots of comments on blogs and other social media sites. I wrote the Microblogging technology profile, and have been alternately bemused and amused about the reactions to its position this year. Talking about Twitter always generates reactions, especially on Twitter. This year, Microblogging (which includes the [...]
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by Jeffrey Mann | January 23, 2009 | Submit a Comment
I just got back from the gathering of the IBM Lotus faithful in Orlando, Lotusphere. I find these conferences useful, energizing and bewildering in just about equal measures. Of course, I can find out what IBM has been up to, and what they intend to do in the coming year with the Lotus product line. [...]
Category: being an analyst IBM social software Tags: Domino, IBM, Lotus, Lotusphere
by Jeffrey Mann | January 12, 2009 | 8 Comments
I’ve been using Twitter for the last ten months or so, and many people have asked me why. How can sending 140 character missives into the ether be a good thing? The simplest answer is that it’s fun. I enjoy coming up with quick little updates on what I am thinking about or doing, and [...]
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by Jeffrey Mann | January 6, 2009 | Submit a Comment
I am just beginning to produce materials for the Spring conference season, but planning for Fall Symposium is beginning to get underway. I am always looking for ways to make the Symposium conference experience more effective. Last year in Cannes, we tried these innovations (at least for us) Using an online chat system to collect [...]
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by Jeffrey Mann | January 1, 2009 | 4 Comments
Many blogs publish their predictions and personal resolutions on the first day of the year. So I won’t. Instead, I want to talk about 10 anti-resolutions for 2009. They are anti in a couple different ways. The main one is that these are not things that I intend to do, but stuff that I hope [...]
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by Jeffrey Mann | December 29, 2008 | 2 Comments
A few weeks ago, I blogged about my first month of Blackberry use, and the drawbacks I found. One of the reasons I held off on getting a Blackberry was that I was afraid of the messages I would send while on the move. When I’m in a rush, I don’t give good email. Like [...]
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by Jeffrey Mann | December 18, 2008 | 2 Comments
When I was on a trip last week, quite a bit of snow fell where I live in France. It’s quite pretty, but it also seems to have knocked out my home ADSL connection. I am not sure that the breakdown is related to the snow, but it sure seems that way. I spent a [...]
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