Entries from July 2008 ↓

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• Government Will Pay Cash for Mashups (SocialComputingMagazine.com)
  The U.K. government is asking the public for ideas on how official data can be reused online in mashups and is offering a 20,000 pound fund as an incentive.
  (tags: uk government mashups public-sector incentive)
• BT Web 2.0 adoption case study « Inside out
  Case study by Richard Dennison, BT’s Internal Programme Manager, of BT’s foray into the world of Social Media on — or as — their intranet.
  (tags: business case_study community enterprise2.0 bt wiki socialmedia intranet socialsoftware web2.0)

• Go Big Always – Get your scary software out of my workplace
  The naysayer’s timeline of technology in the workplace.
  (tags: history internet culture email corporate trends socialsoftware technology humor business)
• Go2Web20.net – The complete Web 2.0 sites directory
  * A directory of web 2.0 applications and services
  * Born around mid 2006
  * 2564 logos as of Tuesday, July 15, 2008
  (tags: web2.0 directory tools web companies aggregator business technology reference)

• The Cowboy and His Cow by Edward Abbey
  An alternative view of cowboys and the beef industry: “Suppose you had to spend most of your working hours sitting on a horse, contemplating the hind end of a cow. How would that affect your imagination?”
  (tags: cowboys cattle overgrazing environment corporate-welfare global-warming)

• Pixar’s Blockbuster Secrets – Bill Taylor
  A glimpse into the way Pixar works, how it creates community and loyalty — totally different from the standard Hollywood model where everyone is just a hired gun — and how that has lead to their incredible success.
  (tags: business learning movies pixar collaboration education)

• The Potential of Enterprise Social Networking
  A couple of interesting observations on Enterprise 2.0. Especially nice is that RWD — and particularly our NEO program, which was my baby — wound up in such prestigious company!
  (tags: elearning enterprise-2.0 neo socialnetworking bersin)

• Joseph Jaffe: Social Media Mistakes of Five Big Marketers
  These companies realized the importance of social media for marketing, but they totally blew it because they didn’t really understand what it was all about.
  (tags: social web2.0 socialmedia jaffe starbucks sprint t-mobile target)