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Responding to a blog posting by Jon Udell, Bill Zoellick takes on the question of why we don’t see more businesses and non-profit organizations using blogs as a way to reach customers and supporters. Bill makes some suggestions about what might be the root of the problem, and guarantees you at least one reader.
Every once in a while my ties to the world of high tech swing me around so that I can see something new about our local economy. An article in last week’s Financial Times, coupled with some conversations with friends who follow the changing landscape of technology business, got me to thinking about how we do business and solve problems here on the downeast coast.
Something known as “Web 2.0″ is emerging in the world of Internet business. It is a new way of building products, financing a business, and working together. It is a big enough deal to make Microsoft worry about its future. Meanwhile, a lot of us here back home are still trying to get something better than dial-up when we want to get our email. But, all the same, there are some things about Web 2.0 that are worthwhile for us to pay attention to.