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Entries from December 27th, 2007

The Myths of Innovation

December 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Ideas, Inspiration, Non-fiction, Reading

Scott Berkun’s The Myths of Innovation is a refreshingly unpretentious read–one that I accomplished straightaway in an afternoon (off). Here are my takeaways–all quotes are Scott’s unless explicitly noted otherwise: Innovation as an accumulation of smaller insights…connecting pieces…realizing picture (puzzle); therefore, take action to enable insights to occur more freely. Work passionately and take breaks [...]

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After Christmas "sale"

December 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Life, Site

Well, actually it’s a give away (as in free). Recently I took my family to a “Deacon Dave’s” to see his Christmas light spectacular. (One of his assistants said the power line to serve draws 400 amps!) I took several pictures without flash just after dark, trying to capture the effect of all of the [...]

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Reach beyond existing demand

December 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Content management, Inspiration, Non-fiction

I just finished reading Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant, and it’s caused me to reevaluate the potential impact of ideas as related to content, its management and the value derived from both. While I will post more specific thoughts on Blue Ocean Strategy shortly, I thought it [...]

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What’s new in DFS 6.0 SP1

December 22nd, 2007 · 4 Comments · DFS

The following new features are provided in EMC Documentation Foundation Services (DFS) for Documentum 6 SP1, which officially released yesterday (12/21/2007): Support for deployment using IBM WebSphere and Oracle application servers Productivity layer for .NET consumers Object service enhanced to support external sources DFS now supports free-standing deployment on IBM WebSphere V6.1 and Oracle Application [...]

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