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The brand dilution of “Starbucks”:http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2007/02/starbucks_chair_2.html.
It’s an interesting conundrum that some companies would kill for: “Sell the soul of your company for success in the market”:http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2007/02/starbucks_chair_2.html.

Simson Garfinkel compares Google and Akamai to the Cult of Secrecy vs. the Kingdom of Openness. In my opinion, Google is way more open than Akamai has ever been, but it’s an interesting read nonetheless, especially in light of Google’s impending IPO. Registration link.

The Avalanche Project takes its cue from the Open Source model of shared development to create a unique business software co-operative. Members of the co-operative, large companies like Jostens and Best Buy, donate in-house software that is shared by all members of the co-op. Any bugfixes and improvements that are made to the software by [...]

CEONetworking apparently has had a better than average record for predicting business trends during the past five years. Their top ten predictions for 2004 are here. At the top of their list: virii and spam get worse, not better.

Observations from The Innovator’s Dillema by Clayton M. Christensen about why good companies, known for their abilities to execute and innovate, fail:

“Precisely because these firms listened to their customers, invested aggressively in new technologies that would provide their customers more and better products of the sort they wanted, and because they studied market trends and [...]

What happens when a CIO does the right thing but at the wrong time and is a head of the curve?: “The VP of IT at the Goldman Industrial Group of Vermont thought his suppliers would jump at the chance to collaborate electronically. Two years and millions of dollars later, he’s still waiting for a [...]

A scathing story about Eric Greenberg the founder of both Scient and Viant and silicon snake oil artist extraordinaire.

Debunking the myths of usability in software development and ui design. I think these types of observations will personally become very important if my position at a big three-letter german company solidifies.

Speaking of which, I will [...]

More flak directed at Google for its aquisition of Deja here and here.