Category: Innovation
Salesforce REST API Demo from Cloudstock
December 17th, 2010, No Comments
This is the demo that I put together for the Cloudstock Hackathon and I tried to throw in as many partner services as possible. I finally ended up with five so it was dubbed the “Kitchen Sink” demo. I thought some people may find it useful as it shows how to use the Force.com REST [...]
My VMforce and Facebook Demos Today at Dreamforce
December 8th, 2010, 2 Comments
If you are at Dreamforce today here are the sessions that I am speaking in. I’m really excited to be part of both of them as the topics (VMforce and the new Facebook toolkit) are really cool. Leveraging Public Social Networks – West 2005 @ 12:15 We’ll be showing off the new Facebook toolkit and [...]
Google Short Links
September 20th, 2009, No Comments
I found this tip on my buddy Kyle Roche’s blog this morning. It’s such a great service that I had to repost it (aka rip it off). Google has released an awesome new Labs feature called Google Short Links that allows you to easily create descriptive shortcuts to web URLs. The service (powered by App [...]
Chromium – Chrome for Mac
July 16th, 2009, No Comments
I started running Chromium (the Chrome browser for Mac) yesterday and it’s pretty nifty. It’s fast and functions alot like the Windows version. The only issue I’ve run into so far is its lack of support for Flash. For more info you can checkout the Chromium blog or download the latest build. TechCrunch also has [...]
Skimmer – Streamline your social networks
March 24th, 2009, No Comments
Skimmer was just released today and I’m impressed. It’s a really slick and visually appealing Air application that makes updating multiple social networks a breeze. “Skimmer℠ is an Adobe AIR desktop application designed to streamline, beautify, and enhance the experience of participating in your most frequently used social networking activities. It improves upon day-to-day interaction [...]
Wow!
December 18th, 2008, No Comments
A picture tells a thousand words. Wages, healthcare and legacy costs are killing the Big Three.
2008 CIO 100 Award
August 21st, 2008, No Comments
Now in its 21st year, the CIO 100 Award is known worldwide as the most prestigious honor in the IT user community and is awarded to 100 companies and their CIOs for leadership in business, technology and innovation. For the third consecutive year, we have been honored by CIO Magazine with the coveted distinction . [...]
Five Steps to Managing Innovation
August 12th, 2007, No Comments
CIO Magazine has a really good article on inspiring and managing the innovation process.
An Official Measure of Innovation
April 20th, 2007, No Comments
BusinessWeek has an interesting analysis of a two page document produced by the US Department of Commerce on a series of innovation measurements it might use to drive public economic and innovation policy. The main thrust of the document seems to be how can the U.S.?and U.S. business?remain competitive? The Commerce department is looking for [...]
Forgetting, Borrowing & Learning
April 13th, 2007, No Comments
There is an interesting article in BusinessWeek with an interview of Dr. Vijay Govindarajan. Dr. Govindarajan is currently a Professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School and a is world authority on strategic innovation. It was recently announced that he would become the Dean of the John H. Sykes College of Business at the University of Tampa. [...]
