Can Technology Make The Money For You? [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters] Actual article here at MSNBC.

Interesting set of success stories about the uses of tech in various industries. I like the fingerprint scanner that the Mens Wearhouse uses for their cash registers especially.

UPDATE 12:00 AM: Check out what Target is doing with their credit card. Brilliant example of best CRM practices.

Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is another interesting success story, using laptops and plasma displays to track patient status.

8:47:26 PM    

Wired News poo poos the OQO.  I still think the OQO is a kick ass product.  [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

I'm with Jon on this one, I think that if this takes off, it's really going to change the way that oganization work. Combine this with an always on wireless internet connection, and you have a portable Blogging tool that goes where you do. Editors can get multiple real time feeds from their people in the field (sorted/fed via a community server that the paper runs) and they can then add on and edit the stories that will be run by their paper in real time.

I sincerely hope this thing takes off huge, as I would love to see just what people do with it.

5:11:13 PM    

Dog Bites Website [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]

Gurrilla* marketing of a book by it's author, his explanation and motivations for doing so. Interesting use of the tech that is available to push your product.

*This is not to be confused with Gorilla marketing which is what happens when a movie comes out and ends up selling it's soundtrack, toys, sheets, fast food franchise tie ins, etc.

11:28:35 AM