Publications
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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The Harvard Business Review
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OneZero
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JSTOR DAILY
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THE VERGE
Google docs: now in Safari
I just discovered that Google Docs finally work in the Safari web browser. (Up until now, Mac users had to access their Google Docs via Safari.) I think we may have the iPhone to thank for this; all those iPhone users wanted mobile access to their documents! I wonder what else the iPhone will finally bring to the Mac platform.
If you’re not using Google Docs, this is a great time to start! Google Docs let you create, edit, store and share documents and spreadsheets; the word processor feels very much like Microsoft Word, and the spreadsheet editor like Excel, so you’ll be right at home. But unlike the desktop versions of those apps, Google Docs let you collaborate with your colleagues. Here are some of the ways we’ve used Google docs and spreadsheets in our work:
- as part of a strategic planning process: brainstorming results in rows, participants in columns, with each participant marking their favorite ideas
- manage our docket of clients and projects (one client per row, one week per column; each week we insert a new column and add notes, current status, and upcoming actions and status
- capacity planning: clients and projects in rows, weeks/months in columns, to track upcoming hours required
- document creation: one person drafts in word and uploads, others fill in their details/examples
A new way of thinking about our name
Open source didn’t just open a Pandora’s Box for the software industry — it was the emergence of an entirely new method of production based upon social interaction and low transaction costs…Social signals, rather than price or managerial demands, drive contributions and coordination.
— Ross Mayfield, Social Network Dynamics and Participatory Politics
Social media for social enterprise: How your non-profit can earn revenue with Web 2.0
A social media site thrives on active and ongoing user contribution. That typically demands ongoing infusions of content, skilled animation, participation incentives — all of which cost money.The great news is that social media sites offer at least as many opportunities for revenue generation as for spending.
Can your software or web project pass this test?
“If you want to do something that’s going to change the world, build software that people want to use instead of software that managers want to buy.”