Business
A Creative Lesson in Bad PR
Since last weekend, Creative Labs has been dealing with a PR nightmare over its reaction to daniel_k, a programmer who was providing modified sound card drivers that resolved Windows Vista compatibility issues for some products. The Consumerist, has the complete story.
Here, as was the case with Scrabulous, was an excellent opportunity for a company to [...]
It’s OK - We’re Good Pirates
What?
According to Karen Croxson, digital piracy may help companies. As a new-media minded person working in a traditionally old-media world I am a little conflicted here. I am coming around to Chris Anderson’s Free mantra, and I absolutely believe my industry had better move a hell of a lot faster to adapt to [...]
My Corporate New Year Resolutions - 2008
The new year is always a time for resolutions - loose weight, exercise more. I make those too, but this year I thought I would make a separate set of resolutions for my business life. So, in 2008 I commit to the following changes:
Be nicer. I often come across as abrasive. It’s something I am [...]
Do You Have a Miserable Job?
I recently began reading Patrick Lencioni’s books on management (published by our Jossey Bass imprint.) If you are not familiar with his books I encourage you to take a look at them as I am finding that they among the best business books I have ever read. His most recent title The 3 [...]
Pressing the Flesh in the Web World
Earlier this week, Web Worker Daily’s Mike Gunderloy posted a reaction to an Information Week blog posting from Andrew Conry-Murray titled “Meat Space Still Matters in a Web 2.0 World.” In the article, Murray argues that despite all the innovation occurring in the “web 2.0″ space - tools that make it easier for people [...]
