“Email is where information goes to die.” nuance partner Bill French, co-Founder of MyST first said that to me sometime around 2002. He was talking about the evolution of wikis, RSS and more collaborative forms of web communication.
Last week at the I/O conference, Google’s Open Social guru Kevin Marks told me that young […]

I’m just back from Google’s I/O developer conference. Look for deeper thoughts in coming days and weeks, as the REM cycles process all the new info. In the meanwhile, here are some top-of-mind impressions:
1. I’m always on the lookout for corporations (like Google) to fall from grace. As near as I can […]

People who are leading a business, non-profit or other organization instinctively know that “online social networking” will, can, and should have a big impact. But during the busy business day, week, or month, it’s hard to find the time to translate this notion into practical strategy and performance metrics.
Although the development of functional tools […]

Leave it to the Brits. Small towns all over the UK have begun to follow the model developed in Totnes, in southwestern England, for living in smaller communities in a world of constrained oil and other resources.
CNN has reported on it. Over 50 cities in the UK have signed on to the framework, […]

I’ve been pounding on the difference between viral and organic this whole spring, both on this blog, and in pretty much every meeting that talks about web-based marketing.
Although I know it’s not particularly endearing, I love it when my predictions come true. Back in March, I wrote:
An organic campaign nourishes the hosts (or network […]

(note: here’s a version of a piece I ran over at AWhere’s new blog. Check it out for good info on 2008’s biggest trend in business intelligence (BI).)
TechWeb published the Executive Summary of Ventana Research’s new benchmark survey on the impact of location and geo-analytics on business intelligence practices in the enterprise, calling it […]

What recession? The Colorado small business economy is vibrant and growing, with a more dynamic mix of industries and sectors than we have seen in decades.  From biotech to energy, web 2.0 to nano, and an overriding mindset towards sustainability, there is a counter-cyclical boom in small business growth happening here on the Front Range.
If […]

NOTE: Here’s a reprint of the piece on BCorporations that I wrote over at eCo Times. Please check that site out, they’re good folks doing the right thing.
Historically, progressive business leaders had a few different ways to create companies. The Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), ‘S’ Corporation, and ‘C’ Corporation are the […]

We went live today.  It’s an exciting milestone.
Today we whisper.  Tomorrow we shout.

Although we’re not known to report on every SEC filing in the known universe, the recent news that Digital Global filed for an IPO (the first in many steps before they go public) is interesting on a couple levels:

It’s been a while since a Colorado technology company went public, so this is another indicator of […]