Asides

AccountingWeb feeling the double dip effect? Good for vendors

January 8, 2010 Asides

I am receiving calls suggesting that AccountingWeb – at least it’s IT end – is requesting a 50% cut in the rates it pays its freelancers. One presumes that’s in response to a fall in advertising rates. Is this a bad thing? I’ve argued before that the model AW follows no longer makes sense in [...]

Read the full article →

Gordon is a moron

December 11, 2009 Asides

Anyone remember that line from the Jilted John song? If not then it is worth reminding. That’s how it feels trying to answer questions on AccountingWeb about the value prop that SaaS delivers. I’ve clearly gotten under John Stokdyk’s skin such that he’s tossed his toys out of the pram. Heh ho – it happens [...]

Read the full article →

The new bank

November 3, 2009 Asides

Earlier today I had the privilege of meeting Matthias Kroner, CEO and founder of Fidor Bank at the SOMESSO event in Zurich. As @hubculture suggested: ‘is fidor bank the worlds first social community bank?‘ I doubt it. We’ve understood the notion of community banking for many years. The difference today is that Fidor is the [...]

Read the full article →

UK reticence to open source

October 26, 2009 Asides

According to a survey conducted by Actuate: The UK shows little change since last year with just over two fifths (42.1%) already using open source software. Significantly the UK continues to demonstrate a degree of reticence towards open source adoption with almost a quarter (22.4%) still monitoring developments but not yet evaluating. This contrasts with [...]

Read the full article →

My Diigo Bookmarks 10/25/2009

October 25, 2009 Asides

Full Circle In Sight As Inventor Of The World Wide Web Signs Up For Twitter The final accolade for Twitter? tags: twitter, WWW Sonos for the Masses – Gadgetwise Blog – NYTimes.com If you’re a gadget/music person, this is terrific news from Sonos tags: sonos Mob Rule! How Users Took Over Twitter | Magazine “As [...]

Read the full article →

My Diigo Bookmarks 08/05/2009

August 5, 2009 Asides

dahowlett on Chirps tags: no_tag Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Read the full article →

My Diigo Bookmarks 06/29/2009

June 29, 2009 Asides

Jon Reed on SAP Consulting – Making Sense of Value Scenarios: Lessons from Sapphire 2009 Jon Reed’s analysis is useful for those wishing to understand the difference between advanced service SAP is offering. But I’m not sure we understand the cost implications tags: no_tag Post #e2conf thoughts – installment 2. More thoughts on E2.0 – [...]

Read the full article →