Lessons from the desktop music revolution

April 15th, 2010

Dave Cronin has written a really interesting article on computer music interface technology -

“Music is almost universally important to human culture, but instruments are not strictly ‘useful’ and it seems strange to think of them as mere tools. Read the rest of this entry »

The Apple iPad and the future

April 8th, 2010

An interesting variety of opinions on what the Apple iPad means for the future of computing -

“Apple said it sold more than 300,000 iPads on Saturday, the device’s first day on the market. Apple iPad users downloaded more than one million apps from the company’s App Store and more than 250,000 electronic books from the iBookstore. Read the rest of this entry »

Why Social Media Strategies need to move from selling to meaning

April 7th, 2010

From Umair Haque comes this fascinating insight into what really matters.

“Organizations don’t need “social media” strategies. They need social strategies: strategies that turn antisocial behavior on its head to maximize meaning. The right end of social tools is to help organizations stop being antisocial. In fact, it’s the key to advantage in the 2010s and beyond.”

10 Mobile Technologies to watch in 2010 and 2011

April 7th, 2010

From echannelline.com.

“Gartner, Inc. has identified 10 mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2011 in ways that will impact short-term mobile strategies and policies.”

WordPress wins the 2009 Open Source CMS award

November 22nd, 2009

“We are pleased to announce that WordPress has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. WordPress has won this Award for the first time in the past four years, earning itself a place in the Hall of Fame category for the Award next year.”

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