Walter Adamson

"BUDGET 2013: Should the NBN escape budget scrutiny? No it should not. The fact that $1b is..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:20:45 +1000

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BUDGET 2013: Should the NBN escape budget scrutiny?

No it should not. The fact that $1b is allocated and committed to reach the “final 3%” of the population completely undermines the continuous refrain from the ALP that NBN is all about productivity and creating wealth. If it were about that then I would completely agree with it, as that can be achieved by wiring up 80% of the population for less than $10b using the NBN chosen technology. THAT’s where value will be created. After all we are the 2nd most urbanised country on the planet, so 80% reach is easy. What we HAVE is social policy de-facto human right to have a fast internet connection at huge cost to many alternative social programs including NDIS. And zero debate or review.

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- BUDGET 2013: Should the NBN escape budget scrutiny? | Business Spectator

The missing link in paywall plans | Business Spectator

Sat, 11 May 2013 06:20:11 +1000

The missing link in paywall plans | Business Spectator:

I think there is a lack of debate because it reflects the whole lack of debate and interest in the oligopolies that we’ve allowed to dominate every sector. We Australians are completely lame when it comes to competition - or the lack of it - because we’ve had so little for so long and think that it is the norm, and also because most lack ambition anyway. None of our oligopolies would have been allowed in the US, but our laughingly-named Consumer and Competition Commission has encouraged and sanctioned the narrowing of competition. We simply don’t care that 92% of capital city newspapers are owned by two groups and they are going to put all that behind firewalls. As always after the fact there will be some squealing, but no action. Yes very interesting to see how the commercial models play out and for example the effect on Google News (Australia Section).

"Australian consumers consider Facebook to be their number one choice for customer service..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:20:19 +1000

“Australian consumers consider Facebook to be their number one choice for customer service engagement, followed by online forums and communities, and YouTube. Networks like Twitter, LinkedIn and blogs were the least popular options.”

- Are Traditional Call Centres Doomed?

Linux Today - HP's $Billion Journey to the Cloud [VIDEO]

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:32:19 +1000

See on Scoop.it - Cloud Mobile Social Big-Data

Datamation: Cloud computing is a big business already for HP (@TheCloudNetwork » HP’s $Billion Journey to the Cloud [VIDEO]: Datamation: Cloud computing is a…

See on linuxtoday.com

Mapping the customer experience with customer experience journey maps

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:11:22 +1000

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Do you know what your organization looks like from your customer’s perspective?

Walter Adamson’s insight:

Big deck to take in slowly!

See on fr.slideshare.net

Businesses Take a Cautious Approach to Disclosures Using Social Media

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:04:09 +1000

See on Scoop.it - Predictive Analysis

This earnings season, some prominent companies are taking advantage of the S.E.C.’s new rules that allow the use of social media to disclose financial information, though others are proceeding slowly.

Walter Adamson’s insight:

In Austalia the ASX also requires social media monitoring and has issued a recent Compliance Note in this respect, which I analyse here http://www.kinshipdigital.com/asx-social-media-risk-continuous-disclosure#

See on dealbook.nytimes.com

The PC Industry's Powerful New Weapon Against Tablets Is About To Be ... - Seeking Alpha

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:08:35 +1000

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eWeek
The PC Industry’s Powerful New Weapon Against Tablets Is About To Be …
Seeking Alpha
The whole PC industry has been under siege due to the consumer shift from PC/laptops to smartphones and tablets.

See on seekingalpha.com

Robert Scoble - Google+ - Why Google Glass isn't a Segway +Mike Butcher, of…

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:07:20 +1000

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Why Google Glass isn’t a Segway

+Mike Butcher, of Techcrunch, just wrote on a comment over on Facebook that Google Glass is the next Segway. He was… (RT @PeterVogel: Google Glass may be big in education, perhaps the ultimate for BYOD.

See on plus.google.com

From USB to Ubiquitous Computing

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:40:16 +1000

kenekaplan:

See on Scoop.it – Intel Free Press

Ajay Bhatt, the co-inventor of USB, is working to reinvent the PC. “We said let’s make a ubiquitous plug on a computer so that any device that’s plugged in just starts working.
See on www.intelfreepress.com

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This is a big deal, I think, given that after taking control of the architecture of the PC with the PCI bus the promotion and control of the USB was Intel’s next big architectual coup. That had a huge impact, perhaps this will also. Likely!

"When the SBR regime was first designed, Treasury expected it to benefit 2.1 million businesses,..."

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:20:21 +1000

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When the SBR regime was first designed, Treasury expected it to benefit 2.1 million businesses, 100,000 accountants and 26,000 tax agents. The system was expected to reach 60 per cent of target businesses by 2013-14.

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“It is our understanding that no company has ever lodged their financial report using this technology,” the Institute of Chartered Accountants says in its pre-budget submission.

“In our experience, organisations have been reluctant to explore this new technology, due to their view that costs of adoption will exceed any benefits gained through lower compliance costs.”

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- Businesses shun Australian Government SBR reporting software

"Is the perfect “social” business video? One of the most common hesitations I see with..."

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:40:27 +1000

“Is the perfect “social” business video? One of the most common hesitations I see with businesses wishing to deploy more social techniques of engagement is their hang-up about making a video. This example from Google strikes me as the perfect example of a “social business” video i.e. the “casual” video for social engagement with an invisible professional touch.”

- Is the perfect “social” business video? - Walter Adamson

Why Google Is Investing in Deep Learning | MIT Technology Review

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:15:36 +1000

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Walter Adamson’s insight:

Wow. Only Google and Apple have this resource in the entire world. Image what that can lead to. Microsoft has similar core technology skills but having near to zero market share in mobile means that they are not able to leverage their technology.

See on technologyreview.com

"I agree with the point of this article and it contains good advice as far as social media monitoring..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:20:02 +1000

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I agree with the point of this article and it contains good advice as far as social media monitoring goes. Bear in mind however that monitoring is a lagging indicator, and is simply one element of a wider governance program necessary for social media.

The biggest challenge we see from the C-level and above is being able to answer in a concise way questions about brand and reputation risk arising from social media. Answering this question gives a leading indicator. But how do you make it concise enough for the Audit Committee?

We apply Assurance Maps and we believe these can stimulate the right level of understanding and discussion, for example see “Learn How to Manager your Brand and Reputation Risk” http://www.kinshipdigital.com/_blog/Blog/post/Learn_how_to_manage_your_brand_and_reputation_risk/#

There are few leading indicators, and that is why this approach is especially valuable.

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- Social-Media Analytics Offer New Insight on Risk

"More businesses than ever will begin using social media to identify quickly arising..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:40:25 +1000

“More businesses than ever will begin using social media to identify quickly arising intellectual-property, reputational and brand-value risks, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers survey.”

- Social-Media Analytics Offer New Insight on Risk

"In order to execute Brand Breadth, in a social strategy, the customer base beholden to Brand..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:20:05 +1000

“In order to execute Brand Breadth, in a social strategy, the customer base beholden to Brand Friction is a very particular asset. It needs to be analysed, segmented, understood and then plans put in place for different scenarios with respect to different forms of communication and relationship building. ONLY in that way will it add constructively to Brand Resilience, rather than in the simple traditional way of “GOTCHA” so what do we care?”

- How social media enables brand resilience

Starbucks Petites, one of 275 products/services created from 5...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:40:27 +1000

Starbucks Petites, one of 275 products/services created from 5 years of My Starbucks Ideas @mystarbucksidea (via http://ebm.e.starbucks.com/c/tag/hBRXxguAJvkyvB8xyiSCDI2dwJt/doc.html?t_params=EMAIL=walter.adamson%40gmail.com&utm_source=msr&utm_medium=email&utm_content=hosted&utm_campaign=msi-5yrann-nooffer)

Learning to Manage Brand Reputation Risk - Assurance Mapping

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:48:48 +1000

See on Scoop.it - Auditing Social Media

Ask any gathering of PR & Comms folk if they’d like to go back to the simpler days of just the fax machine and you are sure to get a strong show of hands up. So

Walter Adamson’s insight:

Social media puts PR folk, and Internal Audit, in a constant state of alert over corporate slip-ups spreading like wild-fire. Not only that but it is also a firehouse of incoming that has to be filtered triaged and workflowed - if they can keep track of it at all !!

Put it all into perspective with assurance mapping

Assurance mapping allows all stakeholders, but particularly executive management and the Board, to get an quick insight into risks and controls associated with a very specific scope of operational activities. It’s quick because it’s diagrammatic, and it provides insight because it facilitates constructive and detailed discussion.

See on slideshare.net

Data Science at Tumblr

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:20:19 +1000

mortardata:

Scott Haylon

Our second NYC Data Science Meetup featured Tumblr data scientist Adam Laiacano, who discussed the analytics stack at Tumblr and the tools he and his team use to organize and analyze data.

Here are the video and slides from Adam’s talk, which cover Tumblr’s use of Scribe, Hive & Pig, Hue, and Vowpal Wabbit:

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Good slide show.

Twitter bios from marketing managers which #fail

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:40:07 +1000

Bio: Marketing manager at XXX. This is my personal account and is not endorsed by XXX nor does it constitute any official communication of XXX.

What’s your impression when you read this from a marketing manager at a firm selling social business software? Mine is - this person / company doesn’t get it, not credible.

"The rise of independent power production by individuals and companies as epitomised by the rapid..."

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:20:10 +1000

“The rise of independent power production by individuals and companies as epitomised by the rapid uptake of domestic solar energy installations has set in train an unstoppable national disaster for the power transmission and distribution network operators, and the nation. As more people go off-gird the networks companies as private entities are doomed.”

- The Ten Ways Solar Energy will Destroy the Electricity Network Operators and The Poor - Walter Adamson