Jim Haughwout
Jim Haughwout
Jim Haughwout (pronounced "how-it") is passionate about creating technology that improves how people live and work. He is the Chief Technology Architect at Savi Technology and a General Partner at Oulixeus Consulting. His work has been featured by Network World, ZDNet, Social Media Today, the IBM Press, CIO Magazine, Fast Company, GigaOm and more.
Introducing “The Daily Tablet” (Courtesy of paper.li)
I recently started playing with paper.li and have been quite impressed with what I have found. I expected a "dumb binary search" that would...
TEN essential items for a great user experience (it takes more than just a great UI)
This week Apple launched the iPad 2, reminding us that creating a great User Experience (UX) is much more than providing a clean, simple...
Tiger Blood + F/18 + Rock Star = A Special Milestone for Twitter
Yesterday Charlie Sheen created a new account on Twitter (@CharlieSheen). As of now, he is closing in on attracting 1 million followers within 24...
2020 Challenge: Completely re-invent how we process data (or grow our brains 30x!)
On Friday, Russell Garland of the WSJ wrote about the "Data Tsunami" that is coming due to increased volumes of data being generated from...
The Social Networks that Are (and Would Be) King
Yesterday, I argued that the reason that Groupon is worth 100x the value of MySpace is inherently due to the Total Net Value of...
The Risk of NOT Innovating
We are at that time of the year when many of us are working on next year's strategic plans. A question that often arises...
What is the ‘Magic Number’ of Market Leaders in Tech?
Jack Welch used to say, "Be Number 1 or Number 2 (or else get out of the market)." The operating principle of this was...
25 Lessons (in Leadership) from Jack Welch
This afternoon I was Googling to find the exact quote by Jack Welch on being #1 or #2 in the market (for I post...
A Year of Turning 40 on Facebook
Today I got my weekly Sunday reminder from Facebook informing me that three of my high school and college are turning 40 this week....
Start-up: Three Execution Activities That Separate Commercial Successes from “Interesting Ideas”
The sense of freedom in a start-up environment (or “incubation laboratory”) is incredibly exciting. However, it is very easy to let this freedom lead...
Is Google using Priority Inbox to gather intelligence for Google Me?
Question: Is Google Priority Inbox an independent product development effort—or is it part of Google’s efforts to compete with Facebook and Twitter in the...
Google Instant and Google Priority Inbox: One is a Winner, One Is Not
Google recently released new variations of two of their two key products. One stays true to their clean and simple approach to product design;...
An evaluation of software pricing models
Pricing software has always been an interesting exercise. The marginal cost to copy and provide software is virtually zero. However, the cost to develop...
Turning a product “miss” into a CRM “hit” – The iPhone 4 and the Kin
This week, Microsoft and Apple both announced what many would refer to as “misses” in their mobile device product lines. Microsoft cancelled their Kin social...
Seven must-have attributes for collaboration
Over the past 20 years, “collaboration” has been used to categorise a wide variety of products: instant messaging, email, chat, calendaring, document management, content...
What if airplanes never flew again? Five innovations that would flourish
This week the UK airspace was closed for six days due to the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. That may not seem like much. However, it disrupted...
Dear Telecoms: Please Let Me Tether (You will Increase Revenue)
Telecoms could increase revenue AND customer satisfaction by enabling all smart phones to tether devices to the Internet. In addition, this would simplify the...
Risk Management is More Than Just Risk Mitigation
Often when I am in meeting where the topic of risk arises, I will hear some one say something like, “We need to determine...
RIPping Up Risks to Figure Out Which Ones Are Largest
It is very easy to get so caught up in analysis paralysis that you never get around to actually responding to your identified risks....
Thinking About Mobile for Your Enterprise? You Better Be-You Only Have Three Years
We all know that use of mobile has been exploding. What many of us may not realize is exactly how much it is exploding....