http://think.baldean.com the webthinking blog Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:08:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Michael Dell: Today there are about 1bn people attached to the Internet. Everyday, about 500,000 new ones come on the Internet for the very first time in their lives. So that means, the Internet population in 3-4 years is roughly gonna double. About 85% of the growth comes from emerging ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/internet-population/ I'm close to finalizing reading the book "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman. Awesome book by the way! A good part of it touches upon outsourcing jobs to India, especially call centre jobs. So, here's my story: Bell Sympatico DSL users have been experiencing major service disruptions in the Toronto ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/bells-flat-world/ I have just finished reading the free eBook manifesto - Trust Economies: Investigating the New ROI of the Web by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. Excellent piece! I'm starting to think that B2C has now changed its meaning to "Business to Community". What's your opinion? http://think.baldean.com/topics/business-to-community/ Great event this week-end - PodCamp  Toronto 2. Here are couple of snippets from day one: * Same things don't work over time - Chris Brogan * Social media is a cultural revolution, not a commercial revolution - Collin Douma * The "trust economy" emulates the human relationships on the web - Julien ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/podcamp-toronto-snippets/ PodCamp Toronto 2008 is just two days away - I'm so excited to attend for the second year in a row. In the mean time, this one - PodCampToronto.com, just slipped through the fingers of a domain name broker, so I'm more than happy to put it back to work for ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/podcamptorontocom/ This is a good one... I was trying to get a shipping quote on UPS.com, but it seems like one app server has gone missing - 410 gone that is. And I've got this response several days in a row. http://think.baldean.com/topics/410-gone/ I'm happy to report that I've already met one of my goals for this year, getting the only Google certification existing out there: the Advertising Professional. Interesting experience, about 120 questions in 90 minutes. Not to mention I had to wake up at 7AM on a Sunday morning because Prometric ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/google-advertising-professional/ Yet another reason to vote with your wallet and give up Rogers and their throttled Internet service. http://think.baldean.com/topics/rogers-content-injection/ Interesting article by Karen Wickre, Mother of the Google Blog. http://think.baldean.com/topics/google-and-corporate-blogging/ I have too keep this numbers handy... Awesome! Via Chris Penn. http://think.baldean.com/topics/shift-happens/ My Premium podcast feed is the very latest innovation brought to you by iSPINIT! Available as a personal RSS feed, it brings flexibility and convenience to a whole new level. Once your PayPal payment is approved, simply subscribe to your feed in iTunes and automatically receive all Premium podcasts that you ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/ispinit-premium-music-podcast/ If you are looking for a podcast hosting service, this might interest you... And you might be familiar with Libsyn.com just as well. BTW: if you are using it, you might pay more than you need to... I have been evaluating and using Amazon's Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for couple ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/amazon-s3-podcasting/ I don't normally talk about my day job on the blog, but I'm extremely proud about running this web project and the way it came to life: Renaissance Investments "invest well. live better." Merging web sites without affecting the client experience is not always easy, but it is nice to ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/new-on-bay-street/ A new Forrester report divides the U.S. online population into six groups according to their social participation on the Web: Creators - those who blog, publish web sites, upload videos, or participate in other content creation activities - 21 percent own Macs, while only 12 percent own Dell computers; Spectators - they ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/what-you-can-do-on-a-mac/ Although I was able to attend the 2007 Podcasters Across Borders for just one day, it was a blast! So many things to learn, so many people to meet! Kudos again to the organizers - Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche! I had the privilege of sharing the "cool table" with Chris ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/podcasters-across-borders-2007/ Having graduated Computer Science a while ago, I totally concur to Eric Lundquist's awesome article in eWeek. There are three Lessons you should know: Lesson 1: "Pay attention to the economics and politics of your profession and figure out a way to gain leverage not just for yourself but also for ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/whats-next-after-graduating-computer-science/ This week I had the privilege of attending the Google Financial Services Conference here in Toronto and meet cool people like Chantal Rossi, Sabrina Geremia, Paul Botto or Chris O'Neill of Google. There are five themes re-shaping Marketing today: Integration: consumers are hard to find and harder to influence! Innovation: today's buzz word ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/five-themes-reshaping-marketing/ Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) published a study on why projects fail. Guess what? Silence is golden except when it comes to Project Management. Here is the top 5 causes of failure in a project: 27.8% Poor Communications 17.9% Insufficient Resource Planning 13.2% Unrealistic Schedule 9.8% Poor Project Requirements 6.7% Lack of Stackeholder Buy-in/Support Interesting! Via ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/top-5-causes-project-fail/ While Apple is getting ready to launch  iTunes Plus – DRM-free music - the landmark Sam the Record Man store on Toronto's Yonge Street is shutting its doors on June 30. There is no doubt "digital" is the way to go… It is somehow interesting to observe the steps. "We are ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/sam-the-record-man-closing/ Ella and I just launched iSPINIT.com, our podcast! We love music! Indie and Podsafe music, for that matter. Music has and always will be part of our life, so, we created iSPINIT, for our indulgence and yours! iSPINIT is a channeled music podcast that comes in several different flavours: (iSPINIT) Pop, ... http://think.baldean.com/topics/ispinit-podcast/