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Starbucks Crowdsources Two Obvious Apps That Every Retailer Should Have!
Starbucks has announced that they are fielding two applications, in test, that help users find their stores, explore the menu and...
John Sviokla
Sep 22, 2022
eBay Sells Skype – should Facebook have bought them?
At $2.75 billion and 405 million users, Silver Lake Partners, Andreessen and company are paying $6.79 per registered user, and a little...
John Sviokla
Sep 2, 2022
Waiting on Genius: Musing on why business design is so hard...
In his brilliant book, Notes on the Synthesis of Form, Christopher Alexander asks, why can an illiterate builder create a dwelling that...
John Sviokla
Jun 9, 2021
Why RFID Won't Fly for a While
How to Save RFID Initiatives for the Department of Defense and Wal-Mart When Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense (DoD) both push a new...
John Sviokla
May 12, 2021
wikiCalc: The next killer app?
Following on yesterday's blog, I wanted to reflect on a more specific Wiki innovation. My dear friend, and software genius, and...
John Sviokla
Apr 7, 2021
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