Analytics
Does your organization's infrastructure support Big Data?
Thoughts on an increasingly important question.
Tag: Yahoo!
Thoughts, observations, and occasional rants on the once-popular site that has become largely irrelevant.
Platforms
Platform Lessons From Microsoft's Smartphone Surrender
Thoughts on first-mover advantage.
Book Reviews
Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus
A look at the new book by Douglas Rushkoff.
Big Data
Big Data and Confirmation Bias
Tips on overcoming our own foibles and limitations.
Management
Yahoo's New Exec-Retention Strategy: Free Cookies
Marissa Mayer's audacious new plan to keep top talent from departing.
Big Data
Why is Google resurrecting Plus? In a word, data.
The data wars are far from over.
Communication
Twitter's New Commercial: Message Not Received
More of the same from the beleaguered social network.
Platforms
Celebrating the Four-Year Anniversary of The Age of the Platform
Reflecting on the book that put me on the map.
Management
Thoughts on the New Google
Why major changes to even very successful companies and business models actually make sense.
Faves
The First Rule of Platforms
Thoughts on first-mover advantage.
Platforms
Yahoo's Platform Problem
Unlike the Gang of Four, zero innovation comes from the outside.
Collaboration
How to Liberate Employee Knowledge: A Starting Point
The latest tchotchkes only get us so far.
Management
The Controversial Case of Marissa Mayer
Thoughts on one of the most prominent female CEOs today.
Trends
10 Things I Learned in Seoul
Some tech observations related to my first trip to Asia.
Platforms
On Yahoo!, Tumblr, and Planks
One plank does not a platform make, but this move makes sense.
Platforms
The Problem, Dear Marissa, Lies Not Within Yahoo!
The fix for Yahoo! hinges upon what happens outside of the office.
Trends
Yahoo: Punishing the Many for the Sins of the Few?
Why the one-size-fits-all policy doesn't work.
Platforms
On Microsoft and Marissa Mayer's Challenge
Why Mayer's turnaround is nothing like Microsoft's Internet challenge in 1995.