Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
In the battle of corporate nerds, the tech support guys need to go – Quartz - Peter Hinssen - The tension between ‘business’ and IT has been around forever, but instead of getting better, it has gotten worse in the last couple of years. The reason is that digital has become ’normality’, and almost everyone now feels at ease with digital technology. In other words, the natural knowledge advantage of the IT department has eroded. To put it bluntly, since everyone and their dog started carrying around iPads, the IT department really lost their advantage on the ‘frontier of technology -- Many IT departments seem stuck in their role as ‘suppliers of technology’. Very few have really stepped up to what the CIO job description is really all about: having a solid impact on how companies are dealing with information. - Many so-called CIO’s limited themselves to supplying their colleagues with copies of Microsoft Office on laptops, and ever so kindly offered them SharePoint servers to store their documents. But very few had a solid influence on how companies deal with content, build up knowledge, and how they could innovate with information.
Can the first pontiff born outside Europe for 1,300 years clean up his troubled church? Argentinian Pope, 76, is named Francis I | Mail Online
ImPact Baseline Test Pushed Locally on Schools/Coaches/Athletes in The Wiregrass. A Must Read --- ImPACT And Other Concussion Tests For Athletes May Not Work. - Slate Magazine - By Christie Aschwanden --- “It’s a huge scam,” says physician Robert Sallis, past president of the American College of Sports Medicine. -- So why have hundreds of high schools, colleges and professional sports teams have adopted ImPACT testing? In a word: money. Every time a player gets seriously hurt, it creates hysteria that something needs to be done. “The response is, let’s throw some money at something, and ImPACT is there to say, we’ll take your money,” says Robert Sallis, the sports physician. ImPACT sells some more tests, and those in charge can show that they're doing something and protect themselves from potential lawsuits. It’s not just ImPACT getting a cut. Neuropsychologists and other experts who pony up a yearly $1,500 subscription fee are christened “certified ImPACT consultants” and promised “access to ImPACT’s sports concussion business practice tool,” “extra public relations assistance with your local media,” and “excellent referral opportunities.” Neuropsychologists can charge $500 or more to interpret the test, turning a mild concussion into a $500 or $1,000 bill. And while the schools that sign up for ImPACT through the “public service” program get free testing for the first year, they’re on the hook after that.
Report: Google Glass Was the Clear Winner of SXSWi Buzz - Mashable
The 10 Commandments of Social Media for Brands - Mashable
The modest son of a Beunos Aires railwayman who has only one lung (and supports a football team nicknamed the Saints) | Mail Online - Of all the contenders to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires was little mentioned.
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