by Jeffrey Mann | August 16, 2012 | 3 Comments
Friend or Foe?” cries the clichéd sentinel on a foggy castle keep. With email, it seems no one knows how to answer that question. Without email, I could not live the way I choose to or do my work the way I like to do. Unquestionably, email has made my life better. But like most [...]
Category: email Hype Cycle Personal social media social software Tags: no email, social software
by Jeffrey Mann | March 27, 2011 | 2 Comments
I am not usually all that into gadgets, and I have never understood the manic devotion to all things Apple that some normally rational people display. I don’t have an iPhone (I tried, but that’s a long, not very interesting story) and am very happy with my Blackberry Torch. I get a secret satisfaction out [...]
Category: Apple Personal RIM social media Tags: fanboys, ipad, tablets
by Jeffrey Mann | January 23, 2011 | 2 Comments
Social media policies are proving to be a minefield for companies and individuals learning to navigate the shoals of what is permissible, desirable or merely awkward. Digital channels multiply the opportunities for potential cIashes between what we think we are doing or saying as private individuals, and the reasonable interests of our employers or other [...]
Category: IT Governance Personal policy privacy social media Tags: common sense, compliance, social media policy, wine
by Jeffrey Mann | January 1, 2011 | 5 Comments
For the last two years, I have done blog posts on what I call my anti-resolutions for the year. Many bloggers publish their predictions, personal resolutions and highlights around the end of the year. So I won’t. If lots of people do something, that usually is a good enough reason for me not do it. [...]
Category: anti-resolutions blogging humor microblogging Personal predictions social media social software Tags: anti-resolutions, blogging, happy new year, humor, ipad, microblogging, twitter
by Jeffrey Mann | April 18, 2010 | 27 Comments
I spent a good part of the weekend surfing web sites to find more information about how the volcano eruption in Iceland is decimating travel in Europe; partly because it is a fascinating event, but mostly because my wife is in Canada and wants to get home. I booked her tickets using points on KLM.com, [...]
Category: Cloud europe Personal social media social software Tags: #ashcloud, #ashtag, airfrance, Facebook, klm, social media, twitter, volcano
by Jeffrey Mann | March 24, 2009 | Submit a Comment
A few weeks ago, I blogged about signing a pledge to blog about a woman in technology I admire on March 24, 2009, aka Ada Lovelace day. The subject I chose is certainly an unsung heroine, as I cannot remember her name. She was the administrator for the computer center at Davidson College where I [...]
Category: blogging Personal Tags: AdaLovelaceDay09, Davidson College, Pr1me, Pr1mos
by Jeffrey Mann | February 14, 2009 | Submit a Comment
I came across this picture this week from a trip I took to Australia about a year ago. I was so struck by what a marvelous idea it was that I had to stop and take a picture. That black rectangle is a rubber mat, like you sometimes see on children’s playgrounds. This mat keeps [...]
Category: Personal Tags: Australia, bushfires, good ideas, Red Cross
by Jeffrey Mann | February 10, 2009 | 6 Comments
Dissing anything Apple is one of the most dangerous things a blogger can do, but I feel obliged and justified. Baiting Apple fans is second only to criticizing open source as a way to generate vituperative comments. I have always had a mixed marriage with my wife preferring Macs and me needing to use Windows [...]
Category: Apple consumerization Personal Tags: Apple, ease of use, myths, UI, Windows
by Jeffrey Mann | October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment
It sounds strange, but I realized this morning that I am actually too busy with my job to go to work. Like many analysts, I work primarily from home. Combined with the time I spend traveling, I rarely get the chance to go into my “official” office. I think that the last time I was [...]
by Jeffrey Mann | September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
Really, what else is a blog for, but to talk about yourself? Actually, I have a private blog where I do that occasionally, but I noticed that several other analysts have a posting where they introduce themselves, so I thought it would be a good idea, a best practice even. Here is what I look [...]
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