Entries by Ross Dawson

Online Social Networking & Business Collaboration World – Francisco Cordero

I’m at Day One of Online Social Networking & Business Collaboration World, where I’m chairing the plenary sessions and enterprise streams. Other posts: RIchard Kimber, CEO of Friendster, presentation Rebekah Horne, head of Fox Interactive Media Australia and Europe, presentation CEO panel Paul Slakey, Google Enterprise stream – Part 1 Enterprise stream – Part 2 […]

Online Social Networking & Business Collaboration World – Rebekah Horne

I’m at Day One of Online Social Networking & Business Collaboration World, where I’m chairing the plenary sessions and enterprise streams. Other posts: RIchard Kimber, CEO of Friendster, presentation Francisco Cordero, GM Australa, Bebo, presentation CEO panel Paul Slakey, Google Enterprise stream – Part 1 Enterprise stream – Part 2 Ross Ackland, Deputy Director, World […]

Online Social Networking & Business Collaboration World – Richard Kimber

I’m at Day One of Online Social Networking & Business Collaboration World, where I’m chairing the plenary sessions and enterprise streams. Other posts: Rebekah Horne, head of Fox Interactive Media Australia and Europe, presentation Francisco Cordero, GM Australa, Bebo, presentation CEO panel Paul Slakey, Google Enterprise stream – Part 1 Enterprise stream – Part 2 […]

Who is going to take the lead in corporate virtual worlds?

Since virtual worlds commenced, the promise of using virtual worlds in corporate settings has been evident. The first wave of business involvement in virtual worlds was primarily about marketing and customer engagement – I have written about marketing in virtual worlds and was interviewed on ABC TV about virtual advertising. From here, a key focus […]

Launch of the Enterprise Social Network Strategy report: what senior executives REALLY think about social networks inside the organization

Today we are releasing our next major report, which distils – through unattributed verbatim quotes – what senior executives REALLY think about social networks inside organizations. Future Exploration Network created the report for IBM, hosting a select group of top executives at a Roundtable discussion, and capturing the key talking points from the conversations. Download […]

Rhetoric and realities of transparency

In my blog post on financial transparency in start-ups a couple of days ago I referred to a blog post I wrote last year on how Path101 was becoming a ‘naked start-up’, blogging their Monday meetings and being fully open about their business. Nigel Burke pointed out in a comment that Path101 had soon discontinued […]

Detailed financial results from an iPhone developer: what they are earning

Following my post yesterday on financial transparency my brother Graham released complete sales and financial details for his OzWeather iPhone app. This should prove extremely useful to those who are developing iPhone apps or considering doing so. Covered in his detailed post are daily revenue data since the app’s release, estimates of development costs, and […]

The ‘Minority Report’ user interface is here

The film Minority Report featured a user interface in which Tom Cruise’s character controlled computer screens and information using gestures, while wearing special gloves. This was at the time the best representation of what I have long thought was a natural and inevitable direction for user interfaces. I’ve written about the shift to richer computer […]