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Posted by David Tebbutt on 6th July 2008.
Last week three reports dropped (digitally) into my lap. They were all on the subject of what ICT needs to do to keep a lid on our impact on the environment. Each was well written and well constructed but they all came from the ‘carbon is the enemy’ perspective although, to be fair, none of [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 23rd June 2008.
I have no idea why Aladdin Knowledge Systems decided to attack LinkedIn, the business networking giant. A company which was valued last week at just over a billion dollars. Perhaps Aladdin thought it would ride the giant’s coat tails.
Unfortunately, the method it chose was to accuse LinkedIn of making industrial espionage easier. “Ah,” thought I, [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 16th June 2008.
Last week’s Web 2.0 Strategies conference in London brought together people who were anxious to find out whether and how to implement ‘Web 2.0′ in their organisations. They came with a generally favourable disposition towards the subject but most of those I spoke to were finding it difficult to engender enthusiasm among their senior management. [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 21st January 2008.
I spend a lot of time investigating and writing about environmental issues. Not because I’m a tree hugger or a weirdo but because I’m rather taken with the idea of leaving the planet better than we found it. A better legacy for future generations than a despoiled planet plundered and polluted for profit.
It’s interesting to [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 10th December 2007.
Earlier this year, I interviewed Felix Dennis about climate change and sustainability for Sustainable Solutions magazine. Dennis is probably best known for creating Maxim although he has heaps of other titles to his credit, including PC Pro and The Week. He also owns masses of farmland which he’s gradually converting to broadleaf forest which he [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 19th November 2007.
In another life, I spend a lot of time looking at IT issues in large enterprises. This is a world of multi-million pound IT budgets and horrendous electricity bills. Some companies genuinely fear electricity shortages in the coming years, the consequences of which would be horrendous for companies large and small.
Imagine if you had no [...]
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