MINDSPACE Behavioural Economics
Update: Professor Cass Sunstein, co-author of Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, will speak at the Institute for Government on 22 March 2013. Background
July 2012
Looking at this Datameer infographic, posted by GigaOm’s Derrick Harris: Who’s connected to whom in Hadoop world, I was trying to remember if I had ever seen such a neat, balanced ecosystem map. With 20 years in the software industry, I have seen my share of vendor ecosystems, and more often than not, participated into them as a partner, since I have always worked for small(er) vendors. Some ISV partner programs were really good (Powersoft’s CODE partner immediately comes to mind), some were designed to pretend as if partners mattered – for example when time came to sell sponsorships to an annual conference. All these partner programs had one common point: they were host-vendor-centric: they were designed to revolve around the primary vendor, for which complementary technology was available.
7 Email Testing & Delivery Tools for a Biz on a Budget
You hear so many rumors about what you can or can’t include in your email if you don’t want it to land in spam. But a lot of those are exactly that, rumors. Using an ESP, like VerticalResponse, is an excellent start to ensuring inbox placement, but spam filters look for various things in emails to determine where they end up. Are there too many links in your email? Did you use the word “Free” one too many times? To help dispel the myths, we put some email testing and delivery tools to the test using the same HTML code and subject line from one of our recent newsletters.
The Manager's Role in Agile
What role does management play in the agile world of self-organizing teams? What is the function of managers in this new world? What does an agile organization need from its management team? Where should the agile manager focus their efforts for greatest benefit? In a general sense, an agile manager is responsible for the “gray area” surrounding agile teams and throughout the organization. This gray area can be divided into three large categories: managing teams, managing investments, and managing the organization’s environment.
Mapping Science
During the month of June of the year 1812, at the border between Russia and Poland, a group of men begin a singular march. It is the Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte. Their goal is to invade Russia — a task for which 422,000 men have been summoned. It will be a futile effort, however. Utter destruction will come to them during the last months of the year.
New E-Commerce Websites For Inspiration - 40 Examples
Many e-commerce sites don’t pay attention so much to design, but rather functionality. However, it is not the case here, with the websites that you’ll find in this article which are focused on design and functionality, an equilibrium which must be kept on every site, a sine qua non condition in modern web design. Watch carefully what each website’s strengths are and keep them in mind when designing an e-commerce website. equipyourtrip.com rjshop.nl
Living cells captured in pyramid cages
Joanna Carver, reporter (Image: University of Twente, The Netherlands) This microscopic pyramid is actually a cage for a living cell, constructed to better observe cells in their natural 3D environment, as opposed to the usual flat plane of a Petri dish. Researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands made the cage by depositing nitrides over silicon pits.
Online Shopping - Where To Get Style Inspiration
When it comes to online shopping, we always try to exercise restraint. But, the truth is, whenever we have a quick break at work, we're almost always browsing our favorite e-shops, hoping to track down the perfect dress for a night out or simply gain some spring-outfit inspiration. So, being the shopping nerds we are — and we're guessing you are, too — we have a well-curated batch of go-to sites we turn to on a weekly daily basis. And, we're going to share 'em with you right here.
An interview with Don Tapscott - McKinsey Quarterly - Organization - Strategic Organization
Video Making internal collaboration work: An interview with Don Tapscott The author and strategist describes why effective knowledge management within enterprises requires replacing e-mail with social media. Don Tapscott, an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, spoke with McKinsey’s Rik Kirkland in September 2012.
