Kill cloud zombies before it’s too late
Cloud zombies are real and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting victims. Most people think that zombies only exist in the movies, but they’re wrong. Zombies are very real. They live in the cloud and are known as cloud zombies. And if you’re using any cloud services, chances are that you’ve already created some of these evil monsters… […]
Migrating mail from Gmail to Office365
If you’re moving just one individual mail account from Gmail to Outlook online (part of Microsoft Office365) then using connected accounts should work but personally I could not get Outlook online to connect to my Gmail account. It has been suggested that this was because I didn’t have two-factor authentication turned on at Gmail and therefore wasn’t using an application-specific password for […]
Microsoft and Lotus out. Google in. Cloud strategy at Reed.co.uk.
Interesting article about how Reed.co.uk decided on Google Apps over Microsoft Office 365 for their cloud SaaS platform. It’s also interesting to note their reasons for moving away from Lotus technology.
CAPTHCA issue with my blog – should be resolved now
I’ve been informed that there is a CAPTCHA issue with posting comments. This obviously slipped through the net when I resurrected this blog. It should be resolved now. It appears that the problem was caused by an incompatibility between the WordPress SI Captcha plug-in and JetPack 2.04.
Yahoo! forbids staff from working from home. Countertrend or just plain stupid?
I was quite amazed to read that Yahoo! forbids staff from working from home. At first glance this appears to be a kick in the teeth to the teleworking movement. Then again you realise that we are talking about Yahoo which was once the darling of the Internet is now just a shelf of its former self, at […]
How to stop this 75 year old woman from destroying your business!
Granny might be out to destroy your business and you had better act fast if you want to stop her and her kind. If you think that this sweet old lady can’t bring your business to its knees then you’re in for a rude awakening. Learn how to protect your business in my latest blog post on IBM’s […]
Would MOOCs have allowed Einstein to teach the whole world?
Sometimes it’s useful to take an idea to its extremes and see where you arrive at. With MOOCs you arrive at a truly wonderful place, filled with exciting possibilities for humankind. MOOCs Explained MOOCs are free courses, taught online to a large number of students at the same time. This is the bleeding edge of education. Think […]
Has the Facebook countertrend started? Fresh Stats On Social Networks.
Has to popularity of Facebook created a countertrend to move away from it? Maybe so, based on recent research on Social Media usage from New York University. Many Facebook refusers actually revel in their difference from the mainstream, seeing it as a mark of distinction, superior taste, and identification with an elite social stratum This […]
Regressive marital advice – a great example of trend creating countertrend
Rather than telling her to kick the loser to the curb, or suggest that she give her husband an ultimatum, they told her she needed to put out more. And do more housekeeping, cook tastier meals, maybe lose a couple of kilos, and shower her husband with praise. There’s an interesting phenomena in life where […]
How to innovate faster than ever before.
Innovation is a hot topic and most organisations realise that they need to innovate just to remain competitive. But most people still don’t know how cloud computing can dramatically increase their speed of their innovation and their ability to innovate. For the full scoop, check out my latest post about innovation and cloud computing on the IBM’s ThoughtsOnCloud blog.