Jay Cross

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The Mac Community of Practice

Jay Cross

Some put Apple decals in the rear windows of their cars. The ThinkPad left here by way of a garbage can, as did grocery bags full of software. It had installed some software updates a few minutes earlier. The Apple menu wouldn’t show its drop-down menu. They respect each other. They are the guy on the right.

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Wordcamp 2010

Jay Cross

Some people think Richard Stallman a god for writing Emacs and inventing Free Software. Criticizing the Apple “iGroan&# and the Amazon “Swindle&# is one thing. Barbecued brisket & chicken and live jazz and great conversations. Many opportunities to schmooze.

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February’s Top 50 Posts on Working Smarter

Jay Cross

Working smarter embraces the spirit of agile software, action learning, social networks, and parallel developments in many disciplines. Apple blocking books that link to Amazon - David Weinberger , February 29, 2012. patterns, social psychology, value network analysis, anthropology, complexity theory, and more. In Memoriam: Tim M.

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Dog food no more

Jay Cross

Among software developers, using one's own programs became known as eating the dog food. Better to bite into an apple and find a worm than to bite in and find half a worm. Years ago, a pitchman on television said Alpo dog food was so healthy, he fed it to his own dogs. Don't just talk about something. Eat the dog food.

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LearnTrends: Backchannel

Jay Cross

Thank you Apple with the iPhone! ADDIE reminds me of project management, software development, product management.common pieces that have ubiqitious purpose. Moderator (Harold Jarche): Waterfall software development was killed by Agile, and so ADDIE will have to go. Jenna Papakalos: Leverage what is happening in the market.

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Not Your Father’s ROI

Jay Cross

Intangible assets — a skilled workforce, patents and know-how, software, strong customer relationships, brands, unique organizational designs and processes, and the like — generate most of corporate growth and shareholder value,” wrote NYU Professor Baruch Lev in Harvard Business Review in June 2004. Intangibles. Adopting F.W.

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2012?s Top articles on Working Smarter

Jay Cross

” Working smarter embraces the spirit of agile software, action learning, social networks, and parallel developments in many disciplines. How Apple will turn the Net’s top into TV’s bottom DOC SEARLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012. patterns, social psychology, value network analysis, anthropology, complexity theory, and more.