by danielbpatton | Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today, many enterprise applications, whether custom developed or commercially available, fall into the trap of trying to be too many things for too many people. By 2020, user-developed business applications will evolve from spreadsheets and simple databases built and...
by danielbpatton | Jun 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Given the power of our prior beliefs to skew how we respond to new information, one thing is becoming clear: If you want someone to accept new evidence, make sure to present it to them in a context that doesn’t trigger a defensive, emotional reaction. via...
by danielbpatton | Jun 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
IT organizations have 11 major choices today when it comes to technology-assisted communication and collaboration. Some are old and boring, like the phone and fax, while others — like telepresence rooms — make you feel like a Jetson…. IT teams need to...
by danielbpatton | Jun 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
…in the corporate world you cannot “toss a rock in any direction without someone mentioning SharePoint as the glorious solution for social learning”. I’m afraid this is definitely true on this blog! He points out several disadvantages of SharePoint, the key ones...
by danielbpatton | Mar 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
What I want to do in this post is to walk through some ways to avoid the if we build it mentality and better tailor your SharePoint implementation to the people who matter the most — the end users. There are four broad activity areas you need to focus on to not only...