Phil Windley's TechnometriaOrganizations Get the IT They DeserveTracking Time Try Chronosx- June 17, 2008 A good friend of mine, Nathan Sandland, has written a time tracking applications for the Mac called ChronosX. He says: I came up with the idea for the project when I switched from being a PC user to a Mac user last year. The one application on the PC I couldn't find a good replacement for on the Mac was my time tracking app. There are many such apps out there for OS X, but none of them was as convenient to use as the one I had on the PC. This new app solves that problem, and also adds.http://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/tracking_time_try_chronosx.shtml Follow the Elections on '08 Conversations- June 12, 2008 Doug Kaye has turned the resources of the Conversations Network on the 2008 election with '08 Conversations. The idea is to team with the Public Radio Exchange to publish stories about the election you might not otherwise here. Joel Tscherne, who has been a great help to me as th Series Producer for the Technometria podcast, the Executive Producer for '08 Conversations. Right now the shows are coming out about once per week. As the election approaches that rate will increase. ...http://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/follow_the_elections_on_08_conversations.shtml Building Personas- June 11, 2008 The floor(click to enlarge) I attended a few sessions on personas. I didn't get it all, but I did have some thoughts that I tried to record. Here are some questions to ask: Who is the shopper Examples include First time buyer Repeat customer with specific frequency Loyalty program member What task is the shopper trying to accomplish Examples include Replenish - buy a product they've bought before Accessorize - buy products related to what they've bought before Research -.http://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/building_personas.shtml Web 2.0 and Ecommerce: David Friedman- June 10, 2008 David Friedman of Avenue A Razorfish is talking about Web 2.0 technogies and ecommerce. The title was "Web 2.0: A reality check" and I was kind of expecting a cautionary tale, but it was more a tale that went something like "if you're not doing this, then you're dead." The Web has always been a great place for surgical shopping. When you know what you want, you can go get it and the experience is largely good. Web 2.0 technologies give us the opportunity to put more of the fun of..http://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/web_20_and_ecommerce_david_friedman.shtml Social Networking and Retail- June 10, 2008 Some ideas from the social networking and retail panel: Engage communities that share our passions, partner with leaders in the this space Use caution or mistrust will erode the audience Switching barriers are low Enable fans to act as advocates Social network will become a primary channel for targeted marketing. Tags: ecommerce social+networkinghttp://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/social_networking_and_retail.shtml New Levels of Competitiveness in E-retailing: Robert Antall- June 10, 2008 Robert Antall, CEO, Lake West Group is speaking on the new level of competitiveness in e-retailing. His slides are busy, but he's saying quite a few good things. I'm just writing down some ideas. Today's innovation is tomorrow expectation Customer loyalty isn't about getting people to buy more stuff from you, it's about turning them into advocates. He uses Hertz as an example. They use customer information to understand what customers want, not send lame emails. The emerging...http://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/new_levels_of_competitiveness_in_eretailing_robert... Internet Retailer Conference 2008: Keynote by Mike Boylson- June 10, 2008 I'm at the Internet Retailer this week at the McCormick Center in Chicago. I haven't been to an industry conference like this since 2000. The opening by Jack Love was, frankly, a throw away. Nothing like a Phil Becker welcome at Digital Identity World. Jack spent his 15 minutes telling us why his conference was so important ("this show is full of content") and saying things about ecommerce that anyone who's been paying attention since 1997 probably know ("ecommerce works as well for...http://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/internet_retailer_conference_2008_keynote_by_mike_... Starting a High Tech Business: Speed Pitching- June 9, 2008 I&8217;m starting a new business called Kynetx. As I go through some of the things I do, I&8217;m planning to blog them. The whole series will be here. This is the fourteenth installment. You may find my efforts instructive. Or you may know a better way&8212;if so, please let me know! Most days lately, I've been getting dressed up and talking to people about Kynetx. I'd rather be in jeans writing code, but when you're raising money you're going to dress up more and code less. ...http://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/starting_a_high_tech_business_speed_pitching.shtml Happy Birthday IT Conversations!- June 5, 2008 IT Conversations is five years old today! Doug started ITC before the word "podcasting" was even a word. Doug mentions these milestones on his blog: published 1,743 audio programs (89 currently in production) trained 152 members of TeamITC who produce our programs created four channels based on the IT Conversations model created PodCorps.org (now 640+ stringers) released The Levelator (more than 83,500 downloads) I was one of Doug's first interviews and now I'm the Executive...http://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/happy_birthday_it_conversations.shtml Welcoming Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood to IT Conversations!- June 5, 2008 Joel Spolsky, of Joel on Software and Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror have been doing a podcast called StackOverflow for a couple of months. I've been a regular listener for since the first episode and have loved it. Since the first episode, I thought "this would be a great show for IT Conversations." Today I'm very happy to announce that my wish has come true and the debut episode of StackOverflow on IT Conversation went live today! Take a listen and be sure to let us know what you...http://www.windley.com/archives/2008/06/welcoming_joel_spolsky_and_jeff_atwood_to_it_conve... |