Author: christoffer
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When big IT projects fail
Worth reading, before you blame the developers for failed IT projects. In many cases they are just trying to do their job, but are hindered by management. As a developer I try to understand why a certain functionality is needed. Is there a better way? May I join the brainstorming session with the business units…
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Corporate meeting culture
Ever been to one of those meetings, where you don’t know the agenda, or even why you are invited? This TED talk brings up the issue in a entertaining speech, about how to avoid bad meetings. Description from Ted.com: An epidemic of bad, inefficient, overcrowded meetings is plaguing the world’s businesses — and making workers…
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Business Storytelling
I found an interesting and educational article, which describes how to do storytelling the right way. Storytelling is a means to market, or introduce yourself as a business to potential partners or customers. By telling stories the right way, you involve the listener in a dimension they can relate to. Combined with images and video to…
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Observation
Back in the day, we had “protocols” for what you were about to send over the net. A lot went P2P, a lot went to BBS, a lot went to IRC. Then came the web, with its own use area. Namely, web pages for distribution of information, «homepages» and the likes. After the web took…
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High resolution desktop wallpapers
It has been a while since last upload of desktop wallpapers. In this upload, however, the resolution have been increased to 2880×1800. You know, laptops with a high screen resolution are more common nowadays. Click the images for full resolution. The image below is one of my better wallpapers, in my opinion. It is actually three images layered…
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Should companies depreciate email?
Todays post is about electronic mail. It occurred to me, that I might be writing to the generation 40+. Everyone from 13-30s think they have it all figured out, especially in regards to computers. Lots of companies depreciate the use of email. An argument I’ve heard often is: «But, the young generation today doesn’t use…
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Visionary leading
So, you have some sort of responsibility. It may be work related, voluntary or maybe you plan on taking more responsibility in your own life. How do you make sure that you have momentum, and a direction according to where you want to go? Lets consider this: You lead a team of motivated people. You want…
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Crowdfunding
I have backed a number of crowdfunding projects. I find it particular interesting to participate in music projects. This way, by backing their projects, I may follow their studio recording sessions, listen to samples and give feedback. For artists composing music, it enables a complete new way of involving the listener (or fans if you…
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Predictive Business Intelligence
Lately, I have spent some time on the future of BI. We know we need reporting, and data warehouses. What about going beyond data warehousing and business reporting? Instead of asking the question: How many leads did our last campaign result in? We turn the question around to: Which campaign should we run? This question…
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Lære mer om økonomi?
Jeg liker å lese hvilke tanker andre har om emner samfunnet. Ikke tanker som i kommentarfeltet på dagbladet, men velskrevne kronikker, kommentarer og blogger. I dag fant jeg en lettlest side med tanker om økonomi. Etter å ha jobbet i banksektoren i noen år, vet jeg at det ikke alltid er lett å beskrive økonomiske…