Back from IBM’s Technical Leadeship Exchange
Oh dear, where did that week go again? Goodness, I cannot believe that today is my first day back at work after having spent a fantastic week attending IBM’s Technical Leadership Exchange conference event in Euro Disney, Paris, and then enjoying four wonderful days in lovely Paris doing a bit of sightseeing here and there! I know that I mentioned back then, before starting my trip, that I would be doing some more weblogging about the APQC KM & Innovation event and also about some of the stuff I have been exposed to during the course of the IBM event last week. But alas my network connectivity had other plans for me, errr, I mean, for us.
Google, Facebook Emerge As Winners In Britain
In some markets, Google is getting trounced. Take China and South Korea, for instance: the big guy just can’t win. In other regions, Google continues to reign supreme, and the latest numbers from comScore confirm that Britain is willing to crown Google as king of the search engines. Social networks also fared well in the UK.
The Power of Narrative (Consuming Desire)
It’s well accepted in marketing that people buy on emotion. They purchase on emotion, and then justify the purchase with logic. As Barry Feig puts it in his book Hot Button Marketing:
People don’t buy products and services, they buy the satisfaction of unmet needs.
Schmidt Calls Web “Powerful Force For Democracy”
Google may or may not be on democracy’s side in countries such as Thailand and China – CEO Eric Schmidt apparently isn’t saying. Yet, while speaking in South Korea, Schmidt made clear that the Internet, as a whole, can help spread this particular system of government.
Simple Algorithm for Google’s Rankings
Perhaps Google’s algorithm isn’t as difficult as we all think?
No, I haven’t been sitting in front of the microwave for too long again. Before you rip me to pieces, give me a few seconds to explain myself!
Possible Technology Limitations
Now, we all know that Google has one of the largest server farms in the world, estimated upwards of 250,000 individual servers spread worldwide. In spite of this fact, many people lost sight of the fact that Google only has a finite (albeit large) amount or resources.
Fox Buys Photobucket and Flektor
Fox Interactive Media (FIM) has confirmed they are buying Photobucket and Flektor. Photobucket is a photo and video sharing service and Flektor allows users to create videos and slide shows with their photos.
Increasing the the SEO Industry’s Profile
A recent post at SEOmoz once again brought up consider the plight of the Search Engine Optimization industry; as effective and needed as SEO consultants are, blackhats and webspammers have given the industry a black eye.
Odd Privacy Comments From Google’s Fleischer
The company’s global privacy counsel had some critical things to say about proposed Swedish wiretapping legislation, but picked a strange example when comparing Sweden to other countries.
MyLiveSearch Buzz Builds – To Annoying Levels?
A statement at the MyLiveSearch site says, “…..and they thought it couldn’t be done!” I’m not sure who “they” are,” what “it” is, and I have to point out that MyLiveSearch hasn’t “done” much of anything – the search engine has yet to launch – but this may all be a reference to beating Google.
PlayTable, er Surface Computing
Andy Wilson. Remember the guy I introduced you to at Microsoft Research?
Funny, he was at the Maker Faire last weekend talking to everyone and showing off his latest thing. He builds demos for Bill Gates and he was the one who first showed me the PlayTable. Now called “Surface Computing.”