Earlier today I wrote about how Microsoft was going to be competing with Google Docs and then I got an email from Microsoft. Because I’m a Office 2010 Beta user I’ve got access to Office online via something called SkyDrive. It’s surprisingly good actually. It isn’t as robust as Word the software, but its 95% [...]
According to The Financial Times Microsoft is going to bring Office online like Google has with Google Docs. I happened to stumble onto the article after doing a search to see if it was already being offered and oddly enough the news was released today. I think that Microsoft actually has a great opportunity here [...]
Are rich people smarter? Not really. Often they are just richer. Money leads to more money, usually. So why is it that rich companies can’t always stay rich. Why is it that they often fall behind and become oh-so yesterday? Because they get fat and lazy and drunk on their own success. There are a [...]
What does Google have that nearly no one has? Data. Massive amounts of data. Google knows what 70+% of the world is doing online (probably more). Seriously, they might be one of the most undervalued companies in the world. Think about your business. Where does it run now? Online. Google knows what you search, what [...]
Watch what you write. Watch what you post. Watch what you read. Google never forgets. Even when the lights are out. Even when you think no one is watching, remember that Google is watching. If you want to get hired. If you want to date. If you want to secure that deal. You might want [...]
This is getting old for many people who know me, but recently a friend turned me on to a book that I would have never read because I’m not a baseball fan: Moneyball. It’s a great book. But there are two ways of reading it; as a baseball fan or as a business and analytics [...]
