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Archives for September, 2008


Jeopardy! On The Internet (!)

by Toby Bell  |  September 30, 2008  |  4 Comments

I have often been accused (quite unfairly, I might add) of simply ‘making stuff up’ for my own amusement and perhaps of others. And-an even larger slight-I have also been held in contempt for using Gartner’s blog purely for the purpose of self-indulgence and not even mindful of the fact that these musings should have [...]

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Cool Vendors Deliver Short Presentations

by Toby Bell  |  September 25, 2008  |  4 Comments

Gartner has published Cool Vendor reports across various technology markets for years. We’ve recently delivered presentations about Cool Vendors in the High Performance Workplace and Content Management at a number of PCC (Portals, Content, Collaboration) Summit events. While the content was interesting, the format was decidely less so. In the spirit of better engaging our [...]

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Present and Accounted For….

by Toby Bell  |  September 16, 2008  |  2 Comments

“Are you going to eat those peanuts?” It’s surprising how many great stories–mostly untold–begin with that line. Surprising, too, how many begin at 37,000 feet over Denver in airplanes where drinks have just been served and the squirrelly man next to me with the oversized glasses, poor complexion, and cheesy toupee leans over nervously, yet [...]

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