So much time and attention has been given to the work from home and work from anywhere discussion that the real point has been ignored. The issue or goal is not where one works, from home, at office or from anywhere. The desire is and always should be results or outcomes. The discussion should be…
Can your enterprise be permanently agile? It better be!
My perspective as a life-long business technologist predisposes me to the reality of constant change. Businesses today cannot stop innovating, because technology and impactful technological change is pervasive. The concept of the internet of things continues to undersell the magnitude of the change given that everything is becoming connected and that everything is signaling, everything…
How Much Control are you Willing to Give to Your (Virtual) Assistant?
Where one placed in search engine results used to be the primary driver of success or failure of commercially focused web teams. If you’re not in the top 5 results listed, instant gratification driven users probably wouldn’t “find” you. Enter a new search paradigm, using an integrated virtual assistant such as Siri, Alexa, and new…
WhatsApp Setting the Encryption Bar?
In a technical white paper published by WhatsApp on April 4, 2016, the WhatsApp team documents an encryption upgrade which happened automatically for over a billion users. This default architecture makes WhatsApp “the most widely used cryptographic tool on the planet” according to CNNMoney. Interestingly enough, the push by the WhatsApp team to add end-to-end…
Pardon the Interruption!
According to a Gartner report, by 2020, the impact of interruptions on human effectiveness will cause 40% of enterprises to restrict notifications on wearables and smartphones. The concept of an interruption is an interesting one. The roots of the word are from old French, derived from “a break of continuity”. If you assume that a…
Yes, It’s True, Your Data can be Held Hostage
Articles today state: “A Los Angeles hospital just paid a ransom equivalent to around $17,000 in bitcoins to get its computer systems back up and running.” Ransomware has been a threat for some time and continues to have variations which threaten the accessibility and integrity of your data and systems. Unlike other virus or malware…
Avoid non-critical changes to your travel essential PC or MAC before hitting the road
This is advice I give everyone, and one that happens to have merit more often than you may think. There are a high number of software and application changes which occur on a regular basis. Given the desire of all companies to offer the latest features more often, coupled with continued scrutiny on cyber security…
I Brought My Pencil
Ok, I got it off my chest: “I brought my pencil”; and of course the Van Halen reference wouldn’t be complete without “Gimme something to write on man”. In the case of Apple and the Apple iPad, they gave us something to write on long ago – April in 2010 to be exact. For over…
Wake Me When My Digital Assistant Develops Empathy
Siri, Google Now, and Cortana are interesting as far as digital assistants go. Each have their strengths and weaknesses and each have their quirks and learning curves. Each of the digital assistants do seem to get better with use and certainly as the user gains experience with interacting with the assistant. You can perform tasks…
New Year’s Productivity
For one of my New Year’s resolutions this year, I committed to actually use more of the technology that’s at my disposal to increase my productivity. As an example, I’m actually dictating this post rather than typing it. This is technology that’s been embedded in my Mac for the last several years but I have…