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Every Surface is a Screen in our Connected Life
A few weeks ago, while passing through the airport on my last trip of 2012 , I passed by a Brookstone store. I was enticed in by all of the gadgets. It didn’t disappoint. A bunch of items that I didn’t really need, but called out to me, were abundant . Typically I take it all in and exit empty handed, but not this time. This time I was sucked […]
Happy New Year…What a Year We Are in For!
So it is 11 days past the new year. The Mayan’s were wrong. The world didn’t stop. Not only has the earth kept spinning, but it is probably more connected than ever! Well before the holiday we contributed once again to Connected World Magazine. We called out a few trends we saw emerging in 2013. […]
Would the Chief Connected Officer Please Stand Up?
Are you a believer? An early adopter? A visionary? Do you see the world connecting around you? As IBM says, the planet is getting “smarter”? Can you see your life becoming one big system vs. that of many independent sub systems? We believe yes, and if you do too, then you are starting to live […]
Innovation Changes in the Connected Era Mini Post
We will keep this post a bit shorter than our standard contribution at CGS Advice. This time we have it easy though, we have already included a lot of our thoughts in a recently released article. The print edition doesn’t come out until Sept, but you can get a sneak peek digitally right here: http://connectedworld.com/disrupting-innovation/ […]
Social Media is Just the First Step
Earlier this year we agreed to write a standing column in Connected World Magazine dedicated to exploring how the emerging connected world is beginning to demand the attention of the C-level executives in established companies. For any of you that have been following our posts here, you know we are convinced that we are the […]
Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Today Verizon announced it is purchasing Hughes Telematics for $612 Million in cash (approx premium of 176% over original share price). (Read more here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-01/verizon-to-acquire-hughes-telematics-for-612-million-in-cash.html) The telco market is clearly starting to signal that they want to be more than a “dumb pipe” in the “connected world”. With Sprint’s offerings they are beginning to take […]
Redefining the Center of the Bull’s-eye
“Doors.” This is the way one of my best friends used to answer his phone at his first job after graduating with his bachelor degree in mechanical engineering . He worked for a major auto manufacturer, and he was a program manager on the door seal system for an in-production vehicle. When you think of […]
Creating Space
Fitting new things into life isn’t always easy. Last week my eldest son had a birthday, and like many holidays at our home: after the dust settles, the cake consumed, and the balloons drift from their high perch to the floor, it was time to try to find room for the new exciting fun gifts […]
Mr. CIO meet Ms. CMO
Last week Deloitte announced it will be combining its “online” and its “digital” groups in May, “to challenge both the major systems integrators and digital media agencies to develop and deploy online, social, mobile and content solutions for clients” (as reported by itwire.com). This is on the heel of a Accenture making it known that […]
Taking the Road Less Traveled
We have all read the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, with its profound lines: “ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ” Nothing can be truer, but so hard to recognize until you have walked […]