Mark Brett's thoughts on things digital, especially productivity, innovation and working in a digital world
Thursday, October 06, 2011
A moments pause
At Stanford University, to the graduates that year. My oldest Dave shared this with me last year, I am now sharing it..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc&feature=youtube_gdata_player you'll find it posted everywhere today, I do not apologise for re-posting it.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Flag in the ground
Governance
Procurement
Legal compliance information sharing
HR
Identity and Authentication
Networked services
Media and communications
Security, privacy and information management
Plenty to think about in time for the
Spring Conference!
Moleskine app
Bow you can carry the spirit of Moleskine on your iPhone! Thanks to TravelDave for the tip......
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Islands of success
We'll develop a rich picture which will explain it all. Still not to late to comment on the Socitm strategy consultation via www.socitm.net
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Presenting in a different way
I've discovered a lovely new way to present information http://prezi.com/
give it a go!
TOGAF - the jewel in the crown
a standards based way. Why it's not as famous as PRINCE 2 I do not know, watch this space.....
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Dealing with "and" time management for today.
The recent book i've been reading do it tomorrow, looks at things from a very practical perspective. I really like the idea of closed lists, that equates to looking at standard processes or procedures, building templates and then completing them.
The real beauty of templates is they are consistent and can be improved. My weapon of choice now days, is Omni outliner. For general organisation and control, Omni Focus is fantastic and even has a GTD Guide for using it. There are a range of excellent little video clips on youtube about omni outliner and problem solving.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Teas made the ultimate geek retro must have?
The implication of that is that you can order your books, tea bags and little milk pots right off Amazon! So where to next, the bedside fridge? The teas made cookbook?
Extreme teas made cook book, I guess pot noodles, cuppa soups, tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc. It was bad enough with the vintage pick nick sets see: http://www.applecroft.co.uk/bandalasta/picnic.htm but that's another story.........
Friday, January 28, 2011
iphone bluetooth keyboard
Also brings back memories of my still missed bellied psion 5 the best PDA ever.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Collaboration Software - now critical?
However people working from home if they are knowledge workers, MUST have collaboration tools to discuss, sythesize and innovate.
So the world od Skype (Internet driven) and Webex are far more necessary than you might realise.
We're still not seeing a big take up on these technologies and the need for them. This must change within the framework of secure information sharing.
Internal externally accessible collaboration software is no longer a nice to have!
Mark Brett
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www.brett.info
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Reading some home truths
Have a clear vision
One thing at a time
Little and often
Closed lists
Reduce randomness
Commitment v interest
What do we need
All of these are explained in detail and really make you think about what matters!
Apple TV - I get it
Well, I got it home, utilised the HDMI cable that came free with the Nokia N8, very disappointed with that, save that story for another time.
So fired up the ATV and off we went. Dead easy to configure into the wireless, iTunes, MobileMe and YouTube.
Spent Saturday evening flipping through carols YouTube films on various tech subjects and podcasts. There is something different in watching this content on you TV, it feels more social and relaxing.
Very good way of absorbing content and finding new an interesting distractions!
So top marks, none that even relies on your laptop. You can also stream content from your mac etc. And buy/rent content from iTunes. Enjoy!!