Archive for October, 2006
von Clausewitz, openness, Web 2.0 and War 2.0
Leaving aside the frequent appropriation of language, it’s not hard to establish a practical and theoretical link between business, war and politics: Karl von Clausewitz, a Prussian military strategist who aimed to teach clear strategic thinking, is often quoted as describing war as an extension of diplomacy. He also said that war […]
Mobile Web 2.0: Californian greenhouse gas or a new force in emerging telephony?
Is mobile Web 2.0 a cloud of Californian greenhouse gas or a new force in emerging telephony? Andrew Orlowski’s recent Register article points to the former view, while another Register article about Nokia and T-Mobile’s USA pinning their hopes on mobile Web 2.0 paints a brighter picture. Some other mobile Web 2.0 links can […]
Cocomment: A step towards joined up blogging
While the Web has brought great bounty to Internet, the downside is that its client-server model has tended to eclipse the collaborative and participatory ethos of services like Usenet. The early Internet ideals were in danger of being subsumed by a Web in which users were relegated to docile, passive, paying consumers of “content” served […]
Customer value, strategy and recent events at Vodafone
Some time back I did a strategy course as part of the Advanced Management Programme at the USGBS. After a few sessions of methodology and attendant whizzy diagrams, George Burt came in one morning and asked how many people had thought about customer value in the shower. Now, I have no intention of sharing my […]
Reveille
I’ve finally got around to kicking off this blog. Its eclectic focus is going to be the emerging communications business. You’ve already got a pointer to one of my major preoccupations: creating a coherent picture from the disparate signals. I haven’t mapped out posts for the next few days, but topics will probably include IMS, […]