Creativity lessons from Miles doing a year of shopping from her closet 326.0
Studying Miles’s new blog, “365 Days of Shopping … In My Own Closet,” refreshed my learnings on creativity. Miles was a former student in entrepreneurial finance. This discovery led to a Facebook conversation on creativity that I re-post below and a new friendship as the teacher becomes the student. Miles’s creativity sparkles in her blog [...]
Libertarianism and the US$ via Eichengreen on Exorbitant Privilege
There is a thoughtful group of Filipinos who believe in Libertarianism. They would very much like for the ideology to be adopted in the Philippines. I have long discussions with some of them on Facebook on its aspects like size and role of government and individual liberty, taxes and a return to the gold standard. [...]
Business Model Innovation to Adapt to Web Technology Is Synthesistic!
Business model innovation to add a Web-based component to the business strategy, at the level of firms, is proof that SYNTHESiST’s appreciative theory of development works. Adapting the business model is co-evolution while the Web is comprised of general purpose technologies that, with the right organization structure, enable innovation. With continuous interaction between this two [...]
SYNTHESiST Refines for Better Focus – Content – Experience – Reach 294.0
Fast changes in Google search and Facebook social graph technologies dictate continuous learning of new skills and techniques for SYNTHESiST. On top of these internal changes, I have put in place changes to refine its focus, content, experience and reach to better serve her community – a relentless challenge indeed. I am sharing on a [...]
SYNTHESiST Installs Facebook-Like Social Network Button 289.0
A few moons behind the leading edge, I have installed improvements in the social network and search capabilities supporting SYNTHESiST. As with the addition of the SYNTHESiST Facebook Page in early January (maybe a year late), adding the Facebook-like button is a response to the rapid growth of social networks and the mainstream acceptance of [...]
Smart Phone and Social Media Advances Make SYNTHESiST Adapt 284.0
The second year anniversary for SYNTHESiST is coming up on February 25, 2011. The need to improve content and advances in technology are driving me to innovate. SYNTHESiST has progressed some ways. Still, a lot more work needs to be done in the coming twelve months to improve itself in content and technology to improve [...]
The New York Times Truly Takes up Social Media 267.0
I was pleasantly surprised to see my good facebook friends, Atty. Luie Guia and Denis Du, on the front page, onscreen of my online New York Times in the box, Latest in My Network. It turns out that they have used the links button on New York Times online to recommend articles on Facebook. As [...]
Top Ten Philippines Websites by Alexa Rank as of September 8 2010
This is the third in a series of reports on the top ten Philippine websites by Alexa as of Sept 8 after the second on May 23 and the first on Feb 19. Overall, it is still the same mix of buy-and-sell, news, entertainment, job hunting and Cebu Pacific, the airline that I think has [...]
Top Ten Philippines Websites by Alexa Rank as of May 23 2010
From our first compilation of the top ten Philippines websites by Alexa rank three months ago (2/19/10), the 2010 automated elections and looking for jobs have become important search activities this quarter. Buy-and-sell, news, and entertainment remain top search favorites. For the whole list, the major change is the movement of most websites up the [...]
SYNTHESiST gets Google Buzz Button 176.0
To enhance shareability and improve searchability As you can see, I just installed a Google Buzz This button at the top of each SYNTHESiST post. The button installs such “-abilities” on the blog that is so necessary to compete robustly for attention in the blogosphere. Again, I thank my internet marketing guru and friend, Raque [...]
Igniting and Deepening Conversations at SYNTHESiST 166.0
Pages and Potpourri. IntenseDebate for a community. Our first year anniversary is on February 25, 2010. I am furiously preparing the ground for a better new year, with two more improvements – adding pages to deepen content by indenting and threading and comment collaboration. I may have found my domain of choice after almost a [...]
Opportunity from Adjacency – Profit Zone and Blue Ocean 1 of 2
I coin the phrase “Opportunity from Adjacency” for the approach to innovative entrepreneurship using the industry value chain. Two such approaches are currently popular. The “Profit Zone” finds opportunity in adjacent links with financial analysis as the starting point. The “Blue Ocean “ finds opportunities in adjacent links with product-market analysis. This post will have [...]
