by Thomas Otter | October 4, 2010 | Comments Off
In between calls today, I followed the Ryder Cup, and I’m pleased to note that Europe managed to win it. It was rather close. And damp. Well done to Colin’s merry men. For two days, once every two years, the cry of “Yurop” rings out. The blue flag with the circle of stars is waved [...]
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Category: ERP HCM HR Law meme politics software design Tags: HRTech; HRtechconf; payroll
by Thomas Otter | December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
Thinking of strikes, it is easy to imagine coal miners, railway workers and automobile assemblers with shop stewards quoting Trotsky, Gramsci and Marcuse, and brandishing a well worn copy of the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. This is a naive and foolish stereotype. As this example from Yahoo! shows, industrial action is alive and well in the [...]
by Thomas Otter | July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
Watch here if it doesn’t display. It is full of excellent nuggets. Obsess about your customers, not your competitors. Invent. Think long term. Be prepared to be misunderstood. I wonder how many other CEO’s could present their business principles in this precise yet genuine way? I believe the presentation was mainly aimed at the [...]
Category: CEO Law books history politics Tags: Amazon, Bezos, copyright., kindle
by Thomas Otter | June 7, 2009 | Comments Off
Sometimes with web 2.0 technologies I feel as if I’m seeing demos of solutions looking for problems in a technology bubble, but this example really shows how mashups, text messaging and blogs can have a real impact on the quality of life and democracy. In this case, in Africa. via the TED site. Ushahidi — [...]
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Category: Africa Social Software politics software industry Tags: Africa, Ushahidi, web2.0
