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Sebastian Weber

Challenges in the Mashup Tools Market - 0 views

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    It's not always easy being in the mashup tools marketplace these days. While the rapid growth of hundreds of open APIs presents new opportunities for mashup tool vendors, it's not simple to find the right markets, users and scenarios to guarantee succ
Andrew Mortimer

Andrew Mortimer | Chairman of Superstructure International - 0 views

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    Andrew Mortimer is Chairman of Superstructure International. He has experience in creating, structuring and preserving the necessary strategic alliances to build solid mining businesses with the potential for sustained growth.
Sebastian Weber

Mashups und Composite Apps - Gartner: Die zehn wichtigsten strategischen Tech... - 0 views

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    Bis 2010 sollen Web-Mashups sich zum dominierenden Modell (80 Prozent) für die Erstellung zusammengesetzter Unternehmensanwendungen entwickeln. Die Mashup-Techniken sollen sich in den nächsten fünf Jahren deutlich weiterentwickeln.
Sebastian Weber

Gartner urges action on data-centre emissions - ZDNet UK - 0 views

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    Mashup and composite applications. By 2010, web mashups will be the dominant model for the creation of composite enterprise applications.
Sebastian Weber

What is Informal Learning? - Informal Learning Blog - 0 views

  • People acquire the skills they use at work informally — talking, observing others, trial-and-error, and simply working with people in the know.
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  • Informal learning is the unofficial, unscheduled, impromptu way most people learn to do their jobs. Informal learning is like riding a bicycle: the rider chooses the destination and the route.
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  • Formal learning is like riding a bus: the driver decides where the bus is going;
  • Mature learners, typically a company’s top performers, never show up for the bus. They want pointers that enable them to do things for themselves.
  • Informal learning is a profit strategy. Companies use it to: Improve knowledge worker productivity 20% - 30% Increase sales by Google-izing product knowledge Generate fresh ideas and increase innovation Transform an organization from near-bankruptcy to record profits Reduce stress, absenteeism, and healthcare costs Invest development resources where they will have the most impact Increase professionalism and professional growth Cut costs and improve responsiveness with self-service learning
  • Many a knowledge worker will tell you, “I love to learn but I hate to be trained.”
  • Knowledge workers thrive when given the freedom to decide how they will do what they’re asked to do.
  • Images+words communicate twice as much as words alone. Pictures translate across cultures, education levels, and age groups.
  • This informal, spontaneous, vernacular knowledge sharing is not just for surfers. Imagine having an in-house learning and information environment as rich as the internet. You’d have blogs and search and syndication and podcasts and more. You’d also have a platform just about everyone knows how to use. Some companies are already doing this
  • As work and learning become one, good learning and good work merge to become a single activity.
  • Formal learning takes place in classrooms; informal learning happens in learnscapes.
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