Sunday, July 20, 2008 Will Outsourcing become the bogeyman? POST A COMMENT As we see more small businesses shift toward Globalization -- (thanks to the Internet) -- those smaller Mom-and-Pop Multinationals gotta deal with that sticky question of outsourcing work to stay afloat - (meaning sending jobs outside the US)... 'especially true online, with a need to stay competitive and resulting in a better bottom line with "savings for customers and any shareholders." As reported in Business Week recently: Lower wages are not the only motivating factor..."the performance of the provider on quality...is much higher than here in the US." Small businesses -- "from car dealers to advertising agencies are finding it easier to farm out software development, accounting, support services, and design work to distant lands...Sites such as Guru.com, Brickwork India, DoMyStuff.com, and RentACoder also report fast growth." Hmmm, sounds like the world will live as one after all. Source: Business Week Labels: brain-power, Business-101, capitalism, co-create, Outsourcing, rich and poor divide, web trends, Wiki-way posted by Henry Cruz at 4:04 PM Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Its the brain-power, stupid! POST A COMMENT Talking 'bout the Future of the web yesterday, question came up: Q: 'Aside from this talk of "online video convergence" -- (and business musings -- on trends like co-creating) -- "can you name the next-big-thing online?" Me: "C'mon, don't be a dummy, one word: Brain-power - 'sorta like that movie 'Field of Dreams' ...'think-it' and they will come." -- to me it sounds like a way-too-obvious-concept...'til, I get hit with the follow-up: Q: "Brain-Power? - What does that really mean?" - Think Social Networking sites: And take it a step further and you get the inevitable future of the web. It's not going to be that much different from engaging the people you meet, or the business principle of a peer "master mind" group. Like one big board meeting of the minds. - Think open source alliances: And you'll see why Web 2.0 future methodologies lies more in "collaboration" and "sharing of ideas," -- exchanging opinions and experiences between peers, all across business, and certainly between business and the consumer. -- 'Kinda like a-big-orgy of like minded folks, 'cept sex is usually not an option. - Think music "Mash-Up" - or better -- (if you're a geek), think the Borg cube on Star Trek -- and how we'll all be assimilated into one big collective online. Going with the Borg collective visual - take a few clicks over to the Wiki-World, (that site Wikipedia.com is all about integrating brain knowledge)...except it's not shaped like a cube. Going with a Smashing-Up concept - take two popular songs from different artists -- to make a new single...mixing the two sounds. Whatever, the visual, the results are the same: one-big super powered "collective" brain - that utilizes the brainpower of others on that idea to make it better. The web will become one big voluntary -- or viral Mish-Mash -- that will end up looking like one big information dump -- (sniff at your own risk). 'Not sure the "Wiki-way" has already been influencing how we will do things -- and going to be doing things in the future -- check how we got our latest presidential nomination and get back to me. 'course -- as seen in this video clip -- there are down sides to having "too many cooks" in any kitchen...but, nobody said the future was perfect: Source: NY Times Labels: brain-power, Media Trends, web 2.0, web trends, Wiki-way posted by Henry Cruz at 6:58 AM     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 . September 2008 .