Reaching for the Sky Through The Compute Clouds – ReadWriteWeb tags: amazon, cloud, computing, ncb ReadWriteWeb does a great job of explaining what exactly Cloud Computing is.  Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you’ve probably heard the term recently and if you haven’t, get used to it, you’ll hear … Continue reading →

Feature: Run Your Personal Wikipedia from a USB Stick tags: ncb, portable, wiki This is a very cool idea.  I’ve been running FireFox off of a U3 drive for a while and I love it.  I love the idea of a personal wiki.  I wonder if you could do this … Continue reading →

Amazon Earnings Call Details: Web Services Use Up More Bandwidth Than Amazon.com; The Kindle is a Hit tags: amazon, kindle, ncb, pc, print I find Amazon’s Kindle product very interesting. Obviously those with a vested interest in the print business <cough> are watching this closely, but news that kindle has … Continue reading →

Understanding the difference between Forums, Blogs, and Social Networks tags: blogs, forums, ncb, socialnetworks I’ve often used similar examples as Jeremiah when explaining the differences between various types of tools.  I’m still amazed at how many managers (especially at the CXO level) still don’t understand the difference.  I was recently … Continue reading →

462 Million Mobile TV Subscribers By 2012: Report | mocoNews.net tags: mobile, ncb, video I still remember back a few years ago when nay-sayers said no one would want to watch video on a 3×5 inch screen.  Of course those screens are getting bigger thanks to Apple. 462 Million people … Continue reading →

Challenges of Social Media Types in the Workplace : [chrisbrogan.com] Annotated tags: business, employees, ncb, newmedia This article talks about issues that social media employees have with firewalls. While firewalls are a pain HP doesn’t block anysite (at least not that I found yet). Outlook however will be the death … Continue reading →

Howard Rheingold’s Vlog tags: ncb, rheingold, socialnetworks, video, vlog I first discovered Howard Rheingold’s book ‘Smart Mobs’ just a few years ago. This video points out that he was talking about things 20+ years ago I was studying in college barely 15 years ago, I wish I had known about … Continue reading →

Monetizing a Website Without Alienating Your Visitors | Vandelay Website Design Annotated While the article is about independent web sites and blogs, the same principles apply to corporate web sites. Instead of ads replace the word promotions or “deals”. They’re still ads and usually they still annoy visitors. – post … Continue reading →