Argh. I wrote “Web 2.0” already when I promised myself I wouldn’t do that until at least my 100th post. Man. What a letdown. Anyway. So Stewart Butterfield, co-founder of Flickr, has tendered his resignation letter to Yahoo, as has his wife and fellow co-founder Caterina Fake. Check it out: Put simply, Yahoo lost focus
Read More...Joshua Greenbaum’s recent article had a few good points that I’d like to reiterate, especially as they relate to Salesforce.com’s (SFDC) struggles to get its growth to the next stage. SFDC is struggling to find the next big thing for itself, and Greenbaum says organic development frameworks/guidelines ain’t cutting it. Greenbaum, via Cowboy 2.0, suggests
Read More...Bear with me, because this might seem kittens-and-moonbeams, right out of the self-help aisle at Borders. It’s not. Recently, Fortune ran a piece asking all sorts of industry luminaries about the best advice they ever got — from their mentors, their bosses, their parents, whomever. The entire article is worth reading, but what stuck with us
Read More...The first order of business, of course, is to explain what this place is and isn’t. That’s always helpful when it comes to company blogs, because when they’re done right they’re spectacular, but done poorly they lead to nothing but treachery and despair. So I’d like to get things going on the right foot. This
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