A week in Tweets: 12-18 June 2011

Another somewhat-delayed collection of Tweets and links: make of it what you will. Usual categories, usual ‘Read more…’ link. Need you ask for more?

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy and the business big-picture:

  • vernaallee: Fractals, complexity, simplicity and more RT @timkastelle: By @Digitaltonto: The Simple Dilemma http://bit.ly/iLX0I5 #entarch
  • tetradian: [post] Respect as an architectural issue (slidedeck from IRM-EAC 2011 conf) http://bit.ly/m9ROOA #entarch #bizarch
  • greblhad: <post/flash of thought> Matching the method to the proper structure #entarch #bpm #lean http://wp.me/p7ejN-bd
  • kdierc: RT @gotze: Thought of the day: BPM = Scientific Management 2.0. >only if done as SciMgmt – it can be done other ways, surely?
  • oscarberg: Most orgs use models of behavior & performance (extrinsic rewards as motivators) which have been proven to be inaccurate >yup… #entarch
  • chrisdpotts: Great architecture comes from artfully converging the interests and values of numerous stakeholders, including the architect. // If you’re an architect, influence is the only way you can turn your artistry into reality #entarch >agreed
  • ironick: @chrisdpotts begs the question why someone who is artistic & influential would want to be an #entarch given current state of the discipline >also agreed, unfortunately – though we have to do what we can!
  • Cybersal: Always a pleasure to read blogs like this one about  #IRMEAC #IRMBPM conferences from Smart421  http://bit.ly/iqbDCP #entarch
  • oscarberg: RT @tom_peters: “Silos” in organizations ALWAYS  huge problem. BUT … how many CEOS truly make de-siloing Strategic priority #1 or #2?
  • oscarberg: Learning from failures: Activity-based KM KPIs do not work http://bit.ly/iFSlcS by @Geraldmeinert < +1 My learning too >need to be careful with activity based KPIs elsewhere in the #entarch too
  • Cybersal: Process opportunities at the edge of organisations by @JimSinur http://bit.ly/lZdHks This point came up a lot at #IRMEAC #IRMBPM >’opportunities at the edge’ in #entarch too
  • livsystems: RT @hoppipolly: Online PDD eBook: Lost in Translation: Designing Across Cultures http://bit.ly/lGg1bh >v.useful #bizarch
  • adrianrcampbell: RT @eaStrategy: Three tired marketing words you should stop using http://dlvr.it/WDKNm #entarch
  • SystemsWiki: Concept Maps: A Theoretical Note on Concepts and the Need for Cyclic Concept Maps [PDF] http://bit.ly/lD0DQI >crosslink to Senge’-style system-models
  • EAatWork: RT @bmichelson buy our tool it’s sooo easy. now, buy our professional services  < real tool that you need are thinking tools #vpect #bmgen…
  • simonbrown: We have a similar discussion about the architect role on #sa4d … InfoQ: Questioning Team Accountability: http://bit.ly/iy9zfq >responsibilities #entarch
  • getstoried: Cool reflections! RT @frankrose: In Deep Media, @RobertRdz & legendary #storytelling, advertising, brand entertainment http://bit.ly/kJJFwX >a lot of useful points for #bizarch and ‘enterprise as story’ #entarch
  • thoughttrans: RT @ThisIsSethsBlog Seth’s Blog: Organization vs. movement vs. philosophy http://bit.ly/lwmmgH >essential for #entarch – e.g. ‘movement’ is an enterprise
  • thinksmith: Truly inspiring story at 100×100, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39jtNUGgmd4&feature=player_embedded – the story of IBM’s last 100 years. >a bit predictable, perhaps, but a good example of #bizstory
  • chrisdpotts: It’s becoming very apparent that differentiating enterprise from organization is vital to success of both #entarch >yes!
  • heidikraft: A Change Catalyst Demands A Culture Catalyst: http://wp.me/p1t5FK-a
  • SAlhir: RT @VenessaMiemis Engaging Emergence – What’s the Catch? http://j.mp/mNajuY
  • greblhad: RT @timkastelle: Thought-provoking post from John Thackara: How to make systems thinking sexy http://bit.ly/lptXel >recommend
  • eatraining: HBR: Find systemic leverage points and change mental models http://bit.ly/jpgNtj >good #bizarch / #entarch case-study
  • chrisdpotts: It’s becoming very apparent that differentiating the enterprise from the organization is vital to the success of both #entarch #IRMEAC
  • Cybersal: RT @chrisdpotts Becoming very apparent that differentiating enterprise from organization is vital to success of both>e.g.care home fiasco
  • SAlhir: RT @Jabaldaia: By @TimKastelle: Three Signs That Your Business Model is Obsolete http://bit.ly/kFoRen #bizarch
  • joyce_hostyn: sign of the changing times… not noticing that the postal workers are on strike >ouch… real change in business-models etc #bizarch #entarch
  • getstoried: Think > do > feel. Is false. It’s really Feel > think > do. Via @weave #140conf >ie strategy > tactics > operations #entarch
  • vernaallee: Value Networks and our sense of the beautiful http://bit.ly/jA2MmX >recommend: communication needs beauty #entarch
  • vernaallee: RT @wimrampen: A Logo Is Not a Brand – Dan Pallotta – HBR http://bit.ly/mrfVnP I like “your brand is an expectation” by @tomasacker better #branding
  • mikeburke: Practice vs process http://bit.ly/k6E4HM #entarch #bpm >interesting #bmgen opportunity, also serious risks
  • tonyrestell: Fascinating BusinessWeek piece: Harvard + McKinsey show people management is key driver of corporate success http://buswk.co/kix8xF >this is news??? – yikes…
  • rettema: All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is design of space that cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space. -PJ- >yup. and that includes #entarch #bizarch even #itarch etc
  • nickmalik: [post] Why it is NOT crazy to “run IT as a business” (if you know what a business does) http://bit.ly/j16DNh #entarch #cio >understanding IT’s own #bizarch #bmgen is probably the key here
  • Cybersal: Wally shows how NOTto tackle Enterprise Architecture : http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-06-16/ #entarch
  • Cybersal: “A model is just a story told in a different language” economist Tomas Sedlacek at #theRSA #rsatomas
  • kdierc: @Cybersal and also the interpretation of the modeller of the real world or what he is trying to model
  • hebsgaard: Open government continues to stall with the departure of Vivek Kundra | Government In The Lab http://bit.ly/iRPOvN >not enough clarity on whole-enterprise vision?
  • chrisdpotts: Diversity is the essence of great architecture #entarch http://flic.kr/p/9U4q3h >also unity within diversity?
  • oscarberg: “There is always a way to be both ‘business-like” and creative, especially if that creativity is used to..” http://tumblr.com/xba312150o #entarch #values
  • joyce_hostyn: “ignorance profoundly channels the course we take in life” wonderful NYT article on unknown unknowns http://nyti.ms/iijdxr >5-part series (article includes links to other chapters) – interesting challenges for #itarch #bizarch #bmgen #entarch #collab etc – also cf. Stan Gooch: “things have not only to be seen to be believed, but also have to be believed to be seen”
  • joyce_hostyn: possibility engines (gameful & playful design) vs fisher price laugh & learn toys #gamification http://bit.ly/lkD2I6 by @dingstweets >recommend – many implications for #bmgen #bizarch #collab #entarch etc etc
  • chrisdpotts: RT @MartinHowitt: #ff cool,  Belgian, and on the cutting edge of #entarch = @kdierc. Someone I would love to have a beer with one day >strong agree: quiet, unassuming, (very) tall – one of the great new generation of EAs
  • oscarberg: RT @cecildijoux: http://bit.ly/lTqsdD HBR: “the crowning accomplishment of the Hierarchy and its management processes is the enterprise on autopilot” >balancing the hierarchy and the ‘shadow-network’ in orgarch #entarch etc
  • thinksmith: http://fatimahkabba.wordpress.com/the-pitch/ Brilliant idea AND execution by @fatimahkabba #bizstory #bmgen #gamification
  • business_design (via @chrisfinlay @TimHarford): Seth Godin on his attempts to change publishing http://goo.gl/QPC6I #bmgen #bizarch
  • tetradian: [post] Architecting the enterprise backbone http://bit.ly/kFP3cL #entarch #itarch #swarch #agile (for @simonbrown @emovere)
  • EnterprisingA: Thought for the day: If you don’t have the answers you’re not an architect >in some ways the questions are more important
  • mikeburke: @EnterprisingA @tetradian how about: an architect with all the answers is not an architect?
  • CreatvEmergence: Business of Creativity: http://bit.ly/lQgkDe #bmgen #bizarch #entarch
  • SAlhir: RT @Jabaldaia Storytelling, entailing myths and being entrepreneur http://bit.ly/goDVFp #deepmyth #bizstory #entarch
  • vernaallee: RT @timkastelle: Thanks to everyone for tweeting the new version & thanks to Simon Kay for the new title: The Innovation Matrix Reloaded http://bit.ly/lD6rES #bmgen #bizarch #entarch
  • tetradian: The organisation has a history. The enterprise is a story. #bizstory #entarch
  • Robert_Phipps: @tetradian Tom perhaps the story is the 1st person perspective of lived experience and history some sort of longer range 3rd person account
  • EnterprisingA: Thought for the day: If you don’t have the answers you’re not an architect
  • tetradian: RT @EnterprisingA: Thought for the day: If you don’t have the answers you’re not an architect >in some ways the questions are more important
  • DavidGurteen: The storyteller strikes back http://bit.ly/lfwgIB >insightful: on the nature and structure of ‘news’ #bizstory
  • SAlhir: RT @flowchainsensei “By delighting the customer, Apple ends up making more money than would if set out to make money.” http://goo.gl/DJiOy #bmgen #bizarch #entarch
  • (via @SAlhir) Steve Denning: “making money is result of the firm’s actions, not the goal” http://onforb.es/hlJCXu #bmgen #bizarch #entarch
  • SAlhir: RT @Jabaldaia Rethinking the Role of Human Resources – #DesignThinking http://bit.ly/eaP2fC >missing link in #entarch?
  • SAlhir: RT @Jabaldaia Simplicity is not complicated http://bit.ly/lqDL5e #innovation
  • SAlhir: RT @GrahamHill @Jabaldaia RE. Simplicity. Things should be as complicated as they must be but no more complicated >nice inversion of Einstein’s dictum that things should be as simple as possible, but not more simple
  • SAlhir: RT @goonth contextualizing value through narrative -> #Storytelling and #Business: When Art Meets Commerce http://ht.ly/5kVrT #bizstory
  • business_design: Spreadsheet by Marijn Mulders with the business model evaluation questions from our #bmgen book http://goo.gl/EToAt >useful resource (see link to .XLSX doc in pointed-to discussion thread)
  • vernaallee: How healthy is your network? Check out these indicators for value networks http://bit.ly/mjaCKE >useful well-defined set of metrics, from Verna’s recent online book
  • greblhad: A good architect brings order to the structures, a great architect brings balance to the means and ends. #entarch

A very brief exchange that to me summarises the difference between business-centric #entarch and real #entarch :

  • business_design: @rettema how much is your business model worth to you?
  • rettema: @business_design my business model reflects the sincerity of my relationship with the world.

A nice back-and-forth around the relationships between enterprise-architecture, process-management and other ‘architectural’ disciplines in the business:

  • tetradian: [post] Structure, process and purpose http://bit.ly/kWv2xf #entarch #bpm #IRMEAC
  • dougnewdick: Nice + simple RT @chrisonea: RT @tetradian: [post] Structure, process and purpose http://bit.ly/kWv2xf #entarch #bpm #IRMEAC
  • chrisdpotts: @tetradian The processes by which an enterprise changes its architecture are the most significant overlap between #BPM & #entarch // #entarch needs to focus on structurally-significant processes while #BPM is interested in operationally-significant processes too
  • MarcoBrambi: RT @process2go @kdierc: Structure, process & purpose http://bit.ly/kWv2xf by @tetradian #ea #bpm #IRMEAC #irmbpm <interesting holistic vision
  • ebuise: @MarcoBrambi @process2go @kdierc @tetradian Yes, but where do we position product/service portfolio?
  • tetradian: .@ebuise @MarcoBrambi @process2go @kdierc “Yes, but where do we position product/service portfolio?” >share b/w #entarch & #bpm?
  • ebuise: @tetradian @MarcoBrambi @process2go @kdierc Share is ok, but in cooperation w/ dedicated bus.function(s) like prod.mgmt, marketing, R&D
  • tetradian: @ebuise “Share is ok, but in cooperation w/ dedicated bus.function(s) like prod.mgmt, marketing, R&D” >strong agree (re #entarch #bpm etc)

A quick back-and-forth about collaboration as enterprise-architecture:

  • SAlhir: RT @HarvardBiz Collaboration as an Intangible Asset http://s.hbr.org/iPgek8 #entarch
  • vernaallee: Agree! RT @maryadamsICA @aremtema I don’t see collaboration as an asset. It’s a strategy for putting knowledge intangibles to work
  • vernaallee: RT @HarvardBiz Collaboration as an Intangible Asset http://s.hbr.org/iPgek8 but the asset is social fabric and collaboration activates it.

Another quick back-and-forth on diversity in architecture:

  • tetradian: RT @chrisdpotts: Diversity is the essence of great architecture #entarch http://flic.kr/p/9U4q3h >also unity within diversity?
  • Robert_Phipps: @tetradian @chrisdpotts unity within the diversity shows the interplay of distinct architectural #styles and specific material constraints.
  • Cybersal: @chrisdpotts Agree w. @tetradian Diversity is important but so is coherence. Essence of great architecture is getting balance right. #entarch
  • chrisdpotts: @tetradian Striking the balance between diversity & coherency #entarch
  • javier_castanon: @tetradian @chrisdpotts Perhaps diversity is essential to complexity; as complexity grows harmony is essential to #entarch success

Getting philosophical about enterprise-architecture:

  • aojensen: Hoverstadt’s chapter on purpose and identity [in upcoming book on EA and systems-thinking?] is magnificent. #posiwid // However, there is one more basic statement to keep remember: Es gibt Systeme. There are systems. #TES #posiwid // This is not a simple claim, it is a basic second order observation of systems as observers. Systems are, but the systems in it’s being is a // construct, which is better understood through systems thinking. Humans construct systems to understand things that behave like systems. // However, that doesn’t mean that they actually are systems. Constructs are metaphysical distinctions. Hence the need for deontologising the // systems concept. And this is where Hoverstadt misses the point: #posiwid and #vsm are first order observations of second order phenomena. // Hence: es gibt Systeme.
  • kdierc: @aojensen getting philosophical on Friday? 🙂
  • aojensen: @kdierc inflight beer and Hoverstadt in the backpack 🙂

Narrative, creativity, leadership, and anything to do with in-person collaboration:

  • unorder: We’re always seeking meaning. When we tell stories with subtle meaning people  work harder to make sense of if and it  lingers. ht @darrenp3 #bizstory
  • KMskunkworks: How to make people share knowledge http://wp.me/pUfyy-5J #KM #Knowledgemanagement #KCube #KMAus #KMAfrica
  • vernaallee: RT @DavidHolzmer: Human Systems Dynamics: Patterns at Work: Co-evolution: Path to Innovation http://ow.ly/5fROS #complexity
  • thoughttrans: RT @ThisIsSethsBlog Seth’s Blog: The professional’s platform http://bit.ly/kFZgou >insightful, as usual
  • KMskunkworks: RT @drdan01: Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Knowledge Sharing http://bit.ly/jPha5T and our view on the topic http://wp.me/pUfyy-5J
  • CreatvEmergence: RT @alisohani: Organizations in terms of “#complexity theory” http://ow.ly/5fAsP @davidholzmer @JenniferSertl #chaos #leadership #emergence
  • SAlhir: RT @rotkapchen @ireneclng collaboration is not abt what knowledge each party brings2table but that each party is passionate abt sharing
  • oscarberg: “Tradition” is often regarded as something positive, although it prevents new thinking & change // “We have a long tradition of…” = “we continue to do things as we always have & won’t change”
  • KMskunkworks: Knowledge Sharing: Jack Bauer & Pushing String http://bit.ly/lBL0SL Top notch post @drdan01 well worth the time to read! #KCube #KM #KMAus
  • getstoried: +1 RT @Svenderikengh Organic metaphors works! Mary Alice Arthur talks about Storyharvesting, I do my tree http://is.gd/2Svsde #storytelling >short but useful PDF on metaphors
  • DavidGurteen: By @euan: I want to have real conversations, with real people, in real businesses, who are doing stuff that makes my life better. http://bit.ly/iDPcAi
  • oscarberg: In a collaborative culture each interaction starts with a “how can I help” attitude #collab #entarch
  • CreatvEmergence: How Renaissance People Think http://bit.ly/k09VxT – via @edwardharran @marigo >good summary of the standard ‘rational + intuitive’ mix – but see also the 4-way model in http://tetradianbooks.com/2008/09/disciplines-ref/
  • simonbrown: RT @DayleyAgile: If all your subordinates didn’t need income, what would have to change to keep them working for you? Why not change now? >yup… exactly. #orgarch #entarch
  • unorder: New Anecdote post: The power of subtle stories http://is.gd/Hvwbqh #storytelling #bizstory
  • DavidGurteen: Why We Play at Work | MIT World http://bit.ly/iHBP2Q #innovation #bmgen
  • thoughttrans: RT @simonsinek: No one is a leader of a company or organization. A leader is always a leader of people not the structure that houses them.
  • hebsgaard: Seth Godin: Synchronicity, intimacy and productivity http://tinyurl.com/3llzuwy #collab #orgarch #bizarch
  • SAlhir: RT @GetTribalNow: Culture is not so much the way we do things around here as it is why we do it this way! >Why before How before What… #entarch
  • CreatvEmergence: WSJ article on the fragile wisdom of the crowd – http://on.wsj.com/lYzqqL via @dasharp
  • KMskunkworks: Learning about tomorrow to know about today http://wp.me/pUfyy-6N #KM #KCube #Knowledge #KMAus >quick intro to futures/scenarios etc
  • DavidGurteen: Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt http://bit.ly/1Uvito >can also be the other way round…
  • DavidGurteen: The source of knowledge for radical invention by @rondon http://bit.ly/lE5Kn4 >more often from ‘mashups’ of existing knowledge than radically new information
  • DavidGurteen: RT @EskoKilpi: All organizational activity can be understood as conversational interaction #Strategy_as_Narrative >yes: and ultimately between people, not solely IT-boxes… #itarch #entarch
  • getstoried: “We are our stories. We compress years of experience, view, and emotion into a few compact narratives…” http://tumblr.com/xcw31i01dy
  • CreatvEmergence: How a 2-Minute Story Helps You Lead – HBR – http://s.hbr.org/bMwDO8 via @davidahood
  • DavidGurteen: The Power of Positive Priming http://bit.ly/ilxU9L #collab #bizstory
  • oscarberg: RT @CoCreatr: Gary Hamel: Reinventing the Technology of Human Accomplishment ?http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM
  • DavidGurteen: What business problems does knowledge management solve? http://bit.ly/iqCDKE #KM
  • DavidGurteen: Blog Post: Open and transparent? http://bit.ly/ipGHzp #KM #collab
  • vernaallee: Innovation is a culture, not a department! Segmentation, lack of confidence, fear .. are stones in the shoe http://x.nu/PAl >another great piece from Jose Baldaia
  • vernaallee: RT @MitchAnthony: Collaboration is not about social networks but value networks – purposeful groups who come together to take action http://bit.ly/k1Y0Xq

‘Enterprise 2.0’ and other various over-hyped labels for what is, in essence, online collaboration:

  • thoughttrans: Marketing and Sales departments are way ahead of IT in social media usage. These groups understand & use the power wisely. >probably way ahead in their understanding of real- #entarch too…
  • vernaallee: @SystemsWiki for more on value network modeling methods this might be useful. www.valuenetworksandcollaboration.com. Also Boeing case there.
  • oscarberg: Chaos Control Collaboration http://j.mp/k1n9SH by @VMaryAbraham #e20
  • vernaallee: RT @e2conf: Organizing the enterprise is about leveraging the networks of relationships that interconnect. Get organized @ #e2conf http://bit.ly/kdGyhF
  • vernaallee: Eileen Clegg @visualinsight interviews Verna Allee on Moving Social Networks into Value Networks [PDF] http://bit.ly/k3eOHh
  • unorder: Here are a couple of video tutorials for Zahmoo. http://vimeo.com/channels/207042 More on their way. #storytelling
  • davidcushman: RT @richjm: Digital media blended with magic. Fantastic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvXqXcVF5S8
  • joyce_hostyn: press release as #storytelling > great presentation by @LoriPA of Penn State http://slidesha.re/iL42uY #contentstrategy
  • BillIves: Digital Distractions Are Expanding at the Workplace http://bit.ly/k5vbVD >”The very tools that are supposed to help us are actually overwhelming us in some cases.” – oops… #collab #e20 #orgarch #entarch
  • DavidGurteen: Google Launches Tool for Online Reputation Management http://on.mash.to/ke8D7P
  • DavidGurteen: Brian Solis: Hashtags are no longer bound to Twitter they are now embedded in the fabric of our digital lifestyle. http://bit.ly/jE5LNw #hashtageconomy
  • craighepburn: Inside Nokia’s Plan To Break Down Social Silos http://bit.ly/mRBWQP #e2conf #Nokia #socialmedia >”Ultimately, the project is not about tools and technologies, Kwan said. ‘It’s about actions.'” – yup… the ‘tools and technologies’ are the easy bit…
  • vernaallee: RT @timkastelle: Good post by @panklam –  On the Platform http://bit.ly/iCiFW1
  • oscarberg: Providing rapid access to all relevant expertise & info – that’s IT in a nutshell & what #e20 makes so much easier // In a rapidly changing environment, the one who knows the relevant things & can act on it will thrive // Static structures, like hierarchies, are not designed for change. Networks are dynamic & adapt easily to change. // The fall of ancient civilizations should teach us something about the inability of hierarchies to deal with change
  • SAlhir: RT @Jabaldaia Is it information overload or complexity? http://bit.ly/lszunL #km #innovation #e20

IT-architecture, IT-systems, IT-development and other matters IT-related:

  • vernaallee: RT @4KM: If the Internet were a country, it would the be planet’s 5th largest power consumer: http://bit.ly/kah6Fl Vancouver Sun via @clancycnn >yikes… hence the real importance of GreenIT etc #itarch #entarch
  • BeyondEA: Enterprise Architects – Technology Visionaries or Re-Routed Business Leaders? http://bit.ly/iiUXyW #EntArch #CIO #ITplanning
  • theopengroup: By @aweldi: New download “Using #TOGAF® to Define and Govern Service-Oriented Architectures” http://ow.ly/5hyCE #itarch
  • adrianrcampbell: Simplicable: Technology::Enterprise Architecture Lists and Diagrams http://bit.ly/k9ubaB #entArch #cio >useful resource
  • theopengroup: Opening Brazil up to the future: A podcast featuring @Bebela239 of The Open Group on encouraging open standards http://bit.ly/l8pqB0 #itarch #entarch
  • basvg: RT @areuser: presentation on the adoption of TOGAF and ArchiMate and the use of BiZZdesign Architect http://bit.ly/9Xm1tF #itarch #entarch
  • joemckendrick: Are enterprise architects too often the ‘heavies’? http://zd.net/jA1LzV #itarch #entarch #governance
  • davidsprott: Integrating strategic planning for #Cloud and #SOA – the next big challenge? It’s not too soon to act.  http://tinyurl.com/6xqssmg #itarch
  • simonbrown: RT @InfoQ: Agile and Architecture Conflict http://bit.ly/j3Gj3x >more on ‘Backbone’ http://bit.ly/gLupH7 #entarch #itarch
  • simonbrown: RT @huettermann: Focusing on tools, without knowing requirements for tools and processes, is one of the bigger pain points in IT. >yup: same applies in itarch #entarch #bpm etc
  • basvg: http://lnkd.in/4-NSJA This is a recurring problem that can be tricky indeed. Several good arguments have been made already… >response to a useful #Archimate modelling question #itarch #entarch
  • practicingEA: #infatj we are thinking #BigData is about making complex decisions faster when margin for error is low. // we talk alot about batch sifting w/ #hadoop, what about stream? This is an unexplored dimension of #BigData. // Another important aspect of #BigData -> Its about taking big to the small: impacting personal experiences/outcomes. // So here a ? – are in memory DBs part of #BigData? #itarch
  • chrisdpotts: RT @OBASHI_Chief: cloud computing ‘as safe as flying’? @JosCreese #cio http://ow.ly/5jXXK | me: when flying, some clouds are more dangerous than others. >yup… again…
  • chrisdpotts: RT @dhinchcliffe: #CIOs have to transcend IT role http://ow.ly/5kkeH #CoIT | Yes, see this http://bit.ly/m621ka [PDF]
  • practicingEA: What Happens When Central ‘IT’ No Longer Exists? | Forrester Blogs http://bit.ly/k6AnC1 – lots of different opinions comments. What’s urs?
  • bartleeten: What the heck are you actually using NoSQL for? http://j.mp/h2jZjK #nosql >detail-layer #itarch but v.useful summary for that purpose
  • joemckendrick: Lines blur between service providers & consumers: They used to just build planes, now they are also an IT cloud vendor. http://tinyurl.com/3l9zwjo

An interesting collection of Tweets from the AgileAustralia conference:

  • j_watt: RT @agilebench: the bulk of time, work, attention, and money first goes to “problems” rather than to opportunities – http://ow.ly/5fpGk #agile #agileaus
  • j_watt: RT @simonraikallen: Don’t attach ideas to your self. Treated as yours or mine makes it hard to debate, replace, combine and evolve them. #agileaus
  • j_watt: RT @davesharrock: Lean and skinny is nothing without knowing your customer, what they want and how they behave  #sfagile2011 #leanstartup
  • j_watt: RT @lanettecream: Know the Customer, Know the Community–Bigger Picture. Must know the buyer too, not just the user. @Joshuakerievsky #SFAgile2011
  • j_watt: RT @AdamYuret: It seems to me this #leanstartup is about doing way less work but work that matters way more. #sfagile2011
  • j_watt: RT @lanettecream: Beware the “Vanity metrics”, not just HITS or BUYS, but usage. What is bought & never used? @JoshuaKerievsky #SFAgile2011
  • j_watt: RT @AdamYuret: I like hearing how “Focus on Quality” is core tenet of “agile” wish we had a better definition of what that means. #sfagile2011
  • j_watt: RT @tunixman: Pull projects through teams. Don’t pull teams through projects. #sfagile2011
  • j_watt: RT @DaveZinczenko: WHAT WINNERS KNOW: Don’t be afraid to ask why. Often you’ll discover there’s really no good reason.
  • j_watt: RT @estherderby: . @dustinupdyke Different ppl start from different levels of trust. Trust goes up/down from there, depending on interactions.

Society, culture, economics, corporate social responsibility and the human big-picture:

  • DavidGurteen: Look what you have http://bit.ly/kEoG99 >”wisdom is a love-affair with questions; knowledge is a love-affair with answers”: beautiful 10min video-interview with film-maker Julio Olalla – very strong recommend #society #culture , also enterprise-as-story #entarch
  • oscarberg: “Within any given human system, all sorts of interactions among people are taking place. The culture…” http://tumblr.com/xba2z7emrs #culture #society #emergence
  • jdevoo: RT @e3network: Why a bad economy means it is time for working less. Juliet Schor http://bit.ly/mNCrGd #economics #society
  • CreatvEmergence: Crowdsourcing Iceland’s New Constitution – Design for Good l Bigthink http://shar.es/HjvQS > #society as #entarch ?
  • ironick: I found the new Marx (in good way) that John Harris (guardian) is looking for: Eben Moglen! http://bit.ly/kBPg56 @FreedomBoxFndn #isoc
  • CreatvEmergence: The Enabling City – place-based innovation and change http://bit.ly/jRrhVE #society #culture #entarch
  • greblhad: Rt @ChrisSpagnuolo: The best thing I read today: When Being Who You Are Challenges the Norms from @zenhabits: http://bit.ly/lSyHkI <brilliant #society #culture #economics
  • oscarberg: The double dip is here. We never solved the real problems (deficits & debt crisis in Greece, US, Portugal et al) >nope. and there are a lot of people making a lot of money from ensuring that they aren’t solved… which is why they aren’t being solved… 🙁
  • BillIves: RT @fgossieaux: It is human nature to cooperate with strangers  (New Scientist) http://bit.ly/lWeKg8 >disappointing that only example given is military, for organised theft…
  • ironick: @chrisdpotts though I am always ironic, I try to avoid being a cynic. I prefer realist or pragmatist. >agree 🙂
  • kvistgaard: Belgium seems much better without Government (not only my finding: http://bit.ly/jZGOPR ). Makes one think… [BBC] http://bbc.in/m5dw5t >interesting… especially from my somewhat anarchistic perspective… 🙂 #society #culture
  • vernaallee: RT @innovate: Yann Cramer: Political Innovation of the Decade http://su.pr/29K02K #politics #belgium #govt #europe #economy
  • SAlhir: RT @umairh @johnsonwhitney @ptarkkonen “The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.” #quote >real economics… #entarch #values
  • business_design: Far too little real understanding of the drive & impact of BRICs countries by most business people (Wikipedia: http://goo.gl/0Kd0U) >agreed… real energy there.
  • SAlhir: RT @collcons In case you missed it: Is collaborative consumption the end of consumerism? via @Guardian http://ow.ly/5kR18 #CollCons #society #culture #economics #bizarch
  • vernaallee: How do we truly re-design capitalism? http://workingwikily.net/?p=1598 Asks how to redefine purpose of corporation to ONLY maximize shareholder value? >a lot more than that… #sustainability #society #culture #economics #entarch

And wait! – there’s more! – without categories!

  • vernaallee: Wonderful archive of Astronomy Pictures of the Day from NASA! http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  • Cybersal: RT @brainpicker: If you missed it: How the world was connected in 1901 – amazing vintage map of undersea cables http://j.mp/jt9E9a
  • davidcushman: RT @resalern: YouTube Now Lets You Remove its Logo From Video Player – For Better or For Worse by @marshallk http://rww.to/kdNOjO via @RWW
  • erikproper: Forced to work on a Word document. After editing LaTeX with a plain editor, I have to get used to saving word documents every two lines ag’n // Word crashed on me. Only the second time today. Brings back nostalgic feelings.
  • hebsgaard: 40 Tools I Use for Blogging http://tinyurl.com/6bcenk8
  • DavidGurteen: RT @RobinGood: Bitly Makes Its Bitly Pro Features Free to All Users http://tinyurl.com/3e89qw2
  • thoughttrans: Happy Birthday IBM … from an x-IBMer … I think I still have the tshirt that says “this side intentionally left blank” 🙂
  • thoughttrans: Check out my latest articles: http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Pat_Ferdinandi >one of my favourite writers on dealing with the real world…
  • oscarberg: 9 great ways to make the iPad a useful work tool http://flpbd.it/gIql by @rossdawson < useful advice, I use my iPad pretty much the same way
  • aojensen: Dropbox alternative with user traction: http://j.mp/kcfVx8 #privacy #dropbox
  • getstoried: Love this! RT @db: A chart of over 100 superhero powers & abilities from over 200 heroes & villains: http://bit.ly/ll0bzG #newaboutme
  • chrisdpotts: I have a motto from fortune cookie always sitting on my office keyboard: “Life is Full of Obstacle Illusions” >yes! 🙂

1 Comment on “A week in Tweets: 12-18 June 2011

  1. “one of my favourite writers on dealing with the real world…
    ” Thank you for the compliment. I missed that while I’ve been in a very thick cloud. Much appreciated!

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