Last week I posted about some changes to Facebook’s security policy which could lead to your personal information being shared with 3rd party organizations without your consent or knowledge. At that time I mentioned I would be closing my Facebook account and gave a few reasons why. Since then I have closed my account and am happy to report that I have suffered no adverse effects. I have however gotten questions from a number of people regarding my motivations for leaving Facebook. Most of these people mistook my departure from the service as some sort of a rebellion or a ban – a way to get attention from Facebook so that they may change their policy. This however is not the case.
Category: Ecosystems
Why it’s time to close your Facebook account – Update
Posted by – April 16, 2010
Simple network theory to help get your message out
Posted by – March 3, 2010
Wondering why twitter isn’t driving the traffic you expected? Can’t figure out why only a small portion of your facebook contacts actually read your site regularly? Valdis Krebs (The Network Thinker) uses network theory and personal experience to give some tips on how Twitter can be used to effectively drive traffic to your site.
Putting customers before shareholders
Posted by – February 10, 2010
Today’s post asks whether an organization’s long term financial health is best served when the organization’s main focus is to increase share price each and every quarter, or if more value is generated by putting the customer their needs first.
Recent literature on the subject implies that the popular trend of the last three decades may not be the best choice – prioritizing share price above all else may actually rob longterm shareholders of wealth that could have been generated with a customer first policy. In the January-February 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review, Roger Martin (dean of the Rotman School of Management) took a close look at a few companies that put the customer first. Interestingly, many of these companies generated strong shareholder returns compared to the S&P 500 while creating customer loyalty (or because of it).
Open Ecosystems is back!
Posted by – February 8, 2010
After some trouble with our previous host, a site crash and some lost backup data, I am happy to report that the site has been restored in its entirety, everything is back to normal and regular posts will commence.
ESE Keynotes
Posted by – October 9, 2009
Ian Skerret of the Eclipse foundation posted some info on the keynotes for the Eclipse Summit Europe conference happening later this month. He also links to a podcast by keynote speaker Antonio Bailetti. Bailetti was my thesis supervisor and research mentor while I was working on my masters in Technology Innovation Management. In this podcast he speaks about the OS maturity curve that I posted about here.
Check out Ian’s post here, or go directly to Bailetti’s podcast here.
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