Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Early Indications June 2009: Love, Online

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Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness. -Sigmund Freud How have the technological changes of the recent past affected these two...
Monday, June 01, 2009

May 2009 Early Indications: Clouded Over

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The proliferation of so-called cloud computing platforms has been rapid. Because there is so much material available that defines the pheno...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Early Indications April 2009: Reexamining Offshoring

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When U.S. firms replace onshore technical and other resources with lower-cost labor in offshore markets, the logic is typically financial. ...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Early Indications March 2009: A Disruption Scorecard

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With the newspaper business in apparent freefall, it's perhaps useful to tally up some of the various winners and losers among the incum...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Early Indications February 2009 Miscellany: Trust, Loyalty, and Book Notes

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1) Trust in social networks Several recent developments point to the big questions regarding trust in social networks. First, both Facebook...
Friday, January 30, 2009

January 2009 Early Indications: The Job Issue

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Writing just days after roughly 60,000 layoffs were announced, it's difficult to look anywhere else for stories to analyze. Many facets...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

December 2008 Early Indications: The Predictions Issue

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Given a year in which oil prices inflicted broad economic pain -- then fell $100 a barrel, a Republican president nationalized key banks, an...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Early Indications November 2008: Grading the Predictions

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In the spirit of accountability, how did this year's reality fit prior predictions? A) 2008 Predictions Here's what I said in Januar...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Early Indications October 2008: Information-age Stimulus

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As economies around the world continue to wobble in the aftermath of the credit crises, the next American president will be faced with compe...