Thomas Otter

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Learning from Jeff Bezos and musing on the Kindle, ERP and history

July 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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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 [...]

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Tags: CEO · Law · books · history · politics

Well done Ushahidi

June 7th, 2009 · No Comments

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 — a [...]

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Tags: Africa · Social Software · politics · software industry