Most Innovative Companies in the World March 23, 2008
Posted by Steve in : Methods & Strategies, Entrepreneuring , add a commentThe March 2008 issue of Fast Company magazine profiles their view of most innovative companies in the world. It’s an eye-opening and interesting read, in particular that the companies named hail from all industries: automobile, high technology, airlines, retail, attire. I have listed the top 10 below, and I like the selection of Google and Nike, but don’t get P&G and WalMart and especially CurrentTV, which doesn’t really have a business plan or an audience. What do you think of this list?
#1 GOOGLE
Google is different, even on a list of distinctive companies. Here, more than a dozen describe what life is like at a place where no goal is too audacious, agility means more than power, and even cafeteria food represents an opportunity to change the world.
#2 APPLE
Careful readers of this magazine may be scratching their heads right now, in light of our recent cover story laying out the many challenges facing Apple. But the company has had, indisputably, one hell of a run. In the past year alone, three major new products — iPhone, iPod Touch, and Leopard OS — fueled triple-digit revenue growth. So while analysts forecast a more earthbound Apple in 2008, it deserves praise. And extra points for style.
#3 FACEBOOK
In 2007, the social-networking juggernaut had variously impressed with its ability to reinvent the wheel (opening its platform to outside developers) and drawn cyberpickets with its boneheaded missteps (trying to sell advertising by telegraphing its users’ every move). But after a year lived dangerously, Facebook is officially A-list, with a $15 billion valuation to boot, thanks to Microsoft’s $240 million investment. That’s nothing to throw (more…)
It’s a New Year — Can You Go Without? January 26, 2008
Posted by Steve in : Breaking News, Technology, Methods & Strategies, Tech Tips , add a commentAs our new warehouse ministry center gets closer to opening and I begin a long transition from staff to the marketplace as CEO of a social network for sports fans, I was reminded this week that while
technology has made so many things better, we are beginning to get caught in a mobius trap where there is no down time and we are always connected. So I ask you….
Can you agree to keep the cell phone, IPod, Wii, game Boy, laptop, desktop, Mac Airbook and other assorted technolgy gadgets off during your vacation and alow yourself to experience a revitalizing time of rest and renewal.
Can you do it?
Look at what the results of a recent survey on whether people could unplug on their vacation:
An AP-Ipsos poll found that one in five people toted laptop computers on their most recent vacations, while 80 percent brought along their cell phones. One in five did some work while vacationing, and about the same number checked office messages or called in to see how things were going. Twice as many checked their email, while 50 percent kept up with other personal messages and voice mail. Sizable numbers are interrupting their unwinding time to check in at the office and, even more so, to keep up with the social buzz. Reasons vacationers performed work-related tasks included an expectation that they be available, a worry about missing important information, or in some cases the enjoyment of staying involved (Source: Associated Press, June 1, 2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18983920/).
Future Web — A Glimpse March 2, 2007
Posted by Steve in : Weblog, Technology , 1 comment so far
Google, YouTube, Social Networking, AI, Web 2.0. Web 3.0….Where in the world are we going with the Internet?
One of the most important figures in the Web’s history provided members of Congress with a glimpse into the future of technology. Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, spoke about his experience, his views, and his vision of the future during a congressional subcommittee hearing Thursday. The hearing, entitled “The Future of the World Wide Web,” is the first in a series on the “Digital Future of the United States.”
Berners-Lee — whom TIME Magazine listed, with Albert Einstein, as one of the most important people of the 20th Century — spent hours Thursday publicly explaining how the Internet and the World Wide Web came about, how they work, what their potential is and what must be done to make sure they reach it. Check out his audio/video remarks here.
