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Entries from April 2007

A Quick Glimpse at S.O.P. in the Consulting Industry

April 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Over the last few days I’ve noticed several snippets that remind me for the umpteenth time of the mindsets and practices that characterize much of the consulting industry’s emphasis on solutions at the expense of thinking, dialogue and the intelligent use of tried and true principles.
First off, I noticed a Globe and Mail article on [...]

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Practice … On Purpose

April 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

I think this …
Innovation in eHealth
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And they encourage multiple parallel small-scale experiments using these tools, in the context of addressing specific organizational problems, so that participating organizations can actually become leaders in the use of new technologies and ideas, instead of just abstractly understanding their potential.

is basically the same, conceptually, as this …

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I Contradict Myself

April 21st, 2007 · No Comments

“Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes).”   Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

Sometimes surf-by lip-shots are just the thing, what’s needed or useful.
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Wanted … Deliberate Deliberation

April 21st, 2007 · 5 Comments

I’m increasingly frustrated with what has been called "fast food conversation".

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BBC 2 … Norah Jones, “My Dear Country”

April 21st, 2007 · No Comments

I wonder is she is now on the No-Fly List or the terrorist watchlist or whatever they call it now.

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One Reason I Love The Web, Hyperlinks and Inexpensive Video Equipment

April 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Zimmers "My Generation"

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Enterprise 2.0 … More Hierarchy or Less Hierarchy ?

April 18th, 2007 · 10 Comments

By now so very much has been written and said about the impacts both positive and negative of hyperlink-driven mass collaboration, the vast potential for increased effectiveness related to sharing information and scaffolding knowledge, and the apparent flattening of organizations that will follow.

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Bell ExpressVue’s PR Strategy …

April 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

… and some responses from the readers of Digital Home 

Readers lambaste Bell over decision to pull adsMonday, 16 April 2007
Last Friday Bell Canada pulled its advertising from Digital Home citing our refusal to remove an article about the new Bell ExpressVu 6141, 9241 and 9242 HD MPEG4 receivers.
Over the weekend, Digital Home readers, [...]

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Super Session .. Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills

April 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Watching Wavy Gravy belt it out on Frank Paynter’s blog, and his mention of Michael Bloomfield, sent me scurrying off to YouTube to look for one of my favourite pieces of music of all time …
Ladies and gentle men … Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills offer you "Stop", from Super Session …

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The Flip Side Of Transparency …

April 14th, 2007 · No Comments

… with the full range of slander, threats, assaults and attempts to curtail free speech.  In this instance, Wikipedia’s editing process and protocols play a role
I expect more of the Canadian government, though I’d argue that the source of the oppressive scrutiny stems from the USA’s polarizing obsession with terrorism.
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