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Book review of books within social media domain, January 04, 2009:
I maintain three blogs, and this blog has not got much attention as I have been focusing on getting the content right in all three blogs. They are Global Software Business, which focuses on topics around software business including software business models and such. Dr. Petri I. Salonen’s Publications and Book Reviews is going to…
Read MoreStatus of new book project for the Finnish marketplace
This is my second book to the Finnish marketplace. My first book, Onnistu suuressa maailmassa was published in December 2007 and I hope that this second book will be written by Christmas 2008 and maybe published first quarter of 2009.
Read MoreBookreview of online communities and such
I have been deep down in investigating online communities and how to make money with them. I think the book from David Silver Smart Start-ups is well written and includes examples of different types of online communities and how people could make some money. Another one is from Tomi T. Ahonen and Alan Moore Communities…
Read MoreProfessor Randy Pausch has died in pancreatic cancer
When I woke up this morning, I read from Wall Street Journal that Professor Randy Pausch from Carnegie Mellon University has passed away 04.00 AM am local time in his own house. Professor Randy Pausch made a decision to document as much as he could of his final months so he could leave a legacy…
Read MoreI have created a new blog for global software business
Blogging is like writing a book. You are trying to figure out what your audience will be and this blog http://www.telluspublications.com/ was intially built to review books and other interesting things in my own core competence areas. However, my background is heavy in software development and my passion is to work with ISV’s around the…
Read MoreTen Blogs You Should Be Reading DAILY
The countless amount of blogs in the cyberspace makes our lives difficult but PCMag.com has listed the top then that everybody should track on a regular basis. We live in a world with too many blogs and news channels and we try to find ways to list them in a way that we can track…
Read MoreThe New Age of Innovation by management Guru C.K. Prahlad.
A new book from the Bottom of the Pyramid guru lays out the new landscape of business, driven by consumer co-creation and service customization. Yet another very interesting book from Prahlad and I just purchased using my Amazon.com Kindle device. This way I can have my hundreds of books with me whereever I go in…
Read MoreHeading South – More entrepreneurs discover Latin America
Jon Morris, chief executive officer of Rise Interactive, a 15-person Internet advertising company in Chicago, shifted his outsourced design and Web development staff from India to Costa Rica in 2005. He still attracted highly skilled computer people for far lower salaries than he would pay in the U.S. And he no longer has to deal…
Read MoreThe trouble with Steve Jobs – interesting review of Steve Jobs and his career the past 25 years
CNN Online released an interesting article about Steve Jobs and his value to Apple. Jobs likes to make his own rules, whether the topic is computers, stock options, or even pancreatic cancer. The same traits that make him a great CEO drive him to put his company, and his investors, at risk.By Peter Elkind, editor…
Read MoreTools for doing research when writing books, articles and such
I think I have found the most effective way to write books when it comes to software tools and applications. I used to be fond of a software application called Bookcollector but got tired of having to make sure to take backups and other related maintenance stuff. I run into a site thelibrarything.com that enables…
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