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Yoav — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:18:37 -0000

those better be some strong suction cups!!!

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Thursday Time Waster - Playable Handheld Remakes

Yoav — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:38:58 -0000

OMG I had that game!!

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Thursday Time Waster - Playable Handheld Remakes

Yoav — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:39:37 -0000

btw .. It was at least $50 in 1988 ...

Re: A Technology Flip Test: Introducing Channels in a World of Platforms

Yoav — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:22:45 -0000

Even more brilliant than usual.

I immensely enjoy reading your blog and IMO your analysis here is correct. One thing that may damage this course of reasoning are the charlatans and dreamers. They will produce anti-productive or silly web 2.0 solutions and turn the VC and public opinion against the web 2.0 revolution.

I hope that the VC community will be smart enough to distinguish between them and real advances, but what is going on today (investment wise) is not encouraging.

Re: An Encouraging Sign

Yoav — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:59:51 -0000

There are two ways in which (I think) the Web 2.0 phenomena is changing the role of IT and its importance in the organization

1. Some web 2.0 applications such as blogging, wikis, book-marking and others introduce new ways to work and manage the organization. They change and improve research, planning, collaboration and other crucial processes within the organization. So good executives need to know how and more importantly when to employ these technologies.

I also believe that this is just the first wave of productivity/collaboration tools. Other and maybe even more significant tools will arrive. In this age executive should learn to identify new productivity/collaboration value adding tools in order to be ahead of the curve.

2. Marketing - Internet marketing and social technology marketing are gaining grounds very quickly. Executives in sales and marketing MUST learn to use these tools. On top of that, I believe that the long tail has changed the business environment so much that it has to be incorporated into the planning of the business strategy and product/services offering.

Re: Getting Kind of Hectic

Yoav — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:50:29 -0000

I think we can learn a lot from both articles. And more importantly from contrast between the suspicion and doubt that Enterprise 2.0 technologies are treated with in the business sector (InformationWeek article) and the unbridled enthusiasm of the Military intelligence sector (ComputerWorld).

The difference stems from the culture of the organizations. While Military Intelligence (not necessarily military) is all about knowledge sharing, corporation rarely regard it as a goal and so do corporate employees.

If corporations want to promote knowledge sharing, they need to create an environment that notices and rewards it. Otherwise (and no matter how much money they invest in technology), knowledge sharing will not emerge.

Just my 2c.

Re: FastForwarding to a Better Understanding, Part 3

Yoav — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:02:05 -0000

"I asked the room how many people wanted to be remembered as this decade's equivalents of KM enthusiasts and evangelists, and got a few chuckles."

It is possible that E2.0 will follow the steps of KM. However, I think there is one bright shiny example of E2.0. A success story so great, that it will encourage companys to continue working on adopting E2.0 technologies - The internet.

When companies realize that it is not the technology but the reward-structure and culture that makes the internet bloggers and wiki-workers produce all these ideas and insights, some of them will probably make the cultural shift that will allow knowledge sharing to emerge.

You can find an excellent article on how organizational culture prevents knowledge sharing on Peter-Anthony Glick blog.

http://leveragingknowledge.blogspot.com/2007/03...

Re: http://sinaisix.blogspot.com/2009/09/year-of-linux-when-will-it-be_04.html

Yoav — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:36:33 -0000

The problem is far from being that. There's no real need to use the terminal when everything is working as it should. And using the terminal is not as scary as some may think.
The problems are:
* Lack of hardware support - getting better, but without the manufacturer support, it's just playing catch-up
* Regressions - it hurts me to say it, but everytime I update my kernel/xorg drivers, I'm scared. There's not enough testing to ensure regression-free desktop experience

If your hardware is supported, and you're using an older distro with few updates, Gnome is just as usable to the lame user as windows is. Even better, because the lame user has no chance in hell to remain virus free with a windows machine.

Re: http://sinaisix.blogspot.com/2009/08/ubuntu-linux-making-it-more-newbie.html

Yoav — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:16:42 -0000

Couldn't agree more! I was using ubuntu for a few months the first time I tried to play a DVD...
It didn't work immediately and it took me 5 min to get it running (which triggered several "That's Linux for you" remarks from my loving wife)
However, regarding DVD playing, I'm not sure it is legal in every country for Canonical to provide an easy manner to install it (since it might be patent protected and requires a license)

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Yoav — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:36:00 -0000

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