Saturday, September 10, 2005

Spreading the Word through Teaching A few days ago, Kathy Sierra posted a great essay on a better way to market: TEACH. If you teach your customers as opposed to forcing information down their throats, they are more likely to become advocates for you and your product. more at "You can out-spend or out-teach." 10:45:42 PM    comment [] Openize Now!.[from Gotzeblog] This was covered in many more places. New York Times reports about the roadmap: "Plan by 13 Nations Urges Open Technology Standards" (via Bob Sutor and other IBMers). Also International Herald Tribune, Computerworld, Public CIO, Infoworld, Red Herring, and more reports. And yes, it was also Slashdotted. Danish ComputerWorld reports this as a "a global Danish outcry for open standards". Update: The launch event at the World Bank, Evolving to Open ICT Ecosystems, is now available online. See the video. More references: - Earth Times: Adopt open-information technologies, international experts tell nations - Corante: 13-Nation Army for Open Standards - Consortiuminfo.org Standards Blog: Standards Numerology:The Magic Number is 13 [Gotzeblogged] 10:36:38 PM    comment [] Women are 'put off' hi-tech jobs. UK's hi-tech industry must do more to keep women within its folds if it wants long-term success, says a report. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] Elsewhere in high tech news. 10:32:28 PM    comment [] Digital Rights and Roadmap for Governments In the US, the Berkman Center has published a report. From the NY Times article by Steve Lohr: In a report to be presented at the World Bank today, a group that includes senior government officials from 13 countries will urge nations to adopt open-information technology standards as a vital step to accelerate economic growth, efficiency and innovation. The 33-page report is a road map for creating national policies on open technology standards, and comes at a time when several countries - and some state governments - are pursuing plans to reduce their dependence on proprietary software makers, notably Microsoft, by using more free, open-source software. [from JOHO the blog, 9/9] 10:30:46 PM    comment []

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