Ted Ritzer: Ted's Tech PicksOK, so this is where I choose strategic technology from the 200+ news sources I monitor(Untitled)- October 31, 2003 Groove is Strategic Tech: Ray Ozzie of Lotus Notes fame has engineered a strategic winner in the development of the P2P groupware Groove product. I have tried several pilots of this software and it works well and intuitively. This is the real deal, and is head and shoulders ahead of its competitors. Apparently Micrsoft agrees to the tune of $40 million dollar investment in Groove, must have been a heck of a day for Ray Ozzie when this was announced!http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/tedSTechPicks/2003/10/30.html#a3113 (Untitled)- October 30, 2003 Now available: Radio UserLand Kick Start. Radio UserLand Kick Start arrived in stores this week and had the highest first-day Amazon rank of any book that I've written -- it was at around 2,300 when I decided that three hours was enough time to spend reloading the page like a crazed day trader. I've sold around 30 copies on Amazon this week to Workbench visitors. I mention all of this because I'm eager to prove that UserLand Software's products are a viable topic for book publishers. This is...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/tedSTechPicks/2003/10/30.html#a3095 Skype Hype or the Next VOIP King- October 27, 2003 Skype has the potential to be strategic Snagged this form Roland, who got it from Stuart Henshall, at any rate this does looks disruptive!!! Thursday, September 11, 2003 -- Skype P2P free telephone service is disruptive (SOURCE:Unbound Spiral - Stuart Henshall's blog:)- Stuart's usual insight! Maybe I should install the sound card in my one and only PC (I have 4 Macs) and try this out! Might be able to use it to make free calls to my sister in Rotterdam ifwhen they.http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/tedSTechPicks/2003/10/26.html#a3079 |