Have a Vision in the New Information (and Technological) Age...and for YOUR LIFE (Part Three)Written by Craig Lock
As ancient Chinese proverb said: "It's a privilege to live in exciting times." I don't have any "techno skills"; yet we work in a "synergetic relationship " (big words to impress you, but which simply means "1 + 1 = 3 - whole is greater than sum of individual parts/persons"). We are working together towards a common goals in a business vision, whereby we all help and complement each other with our particular strengths (and attempt to cover weaknesses...and I've got plenty of those!). The successful cyber entrepreneur of today could well be equivalent of Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Kennedy's, Paul Getty's and Henry Ford's of yesteryear, especially in new ENTREPRENEURIAL (nice big word) AGE, which I believe, is even more important (and a more appropriate term) than information age (not that I'd like to be one of them, a business "tycoon", btw!). I believe it is essential to have a vision of future to achieve success in business (as in life itself)...because putting vision into words keeps you on track through imprinting on sub-conscious mind. Then total focus + EFFORT (ie. ACTION) breeds an absolute commitment to achieving goal, "impossible dream". My associate, Bill and I here have an ultimate vision (or dream) of Gisborne on East Coast of North Island of scenic and tranquil New Zealand one day being a "recognised" centre of electronic, as well as conventional publishing, a world-renowned centre in providing quality courses in distance education and adult online teaching. Perhaps one day even becoming a centre of excellence in developing technology in South Pacific. Fools, dreamers, "those guys"! Thanks to my "technogeek" associates, Bill Rosoman in Gisborne, Stephan Van Lingen in South Africa, my former country (http://www.bridgeniche.com) and Erich Licht of Rapture Web design in Ohio, USA (http://www.rapturewebservices.com) for all their hard work, help, drive, talent and vision, as I don't understand much of modern technology - "a total non-techno", who couldn't even turn on a computer four years ago!).
| | Data-Blogs Technology.Written by Camille Jacks
eCriteria to Focus on Blog Integration Database-Driven Weblogs Address Business Needs Culver City, Calif. – October 16, 2002 - eCriteria announces today an exciting new initiative for combining its web-hosted databases with increasingly popular weblog or Blog technology. Adding quick and simple-to-use database-driven functionality to blogs solves many Web application and collaboration requirements. eCriteria plans to work with blog technology companies such as WebCrimson (www.webcrimson.com) to provide solutions useful in business environments. An example of a database-enabled blog designed for conducting market research may be found at Web address: http://voteforbooks.crimsonblog.com.A blog is a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated message entries arranged chronologically. The content and purpose of blogs varies greatly. Blogs began with purely personal applications such as family news items, commentaries and links to favorite sites, diaries, photo journals, essays, and poetry to just name a few. Recently however, blogs have seen a rise in business-oriented uses where blogs make for an excellent communication tool on company intranets. The main drawback with blogs is that they’re static-only content and non-interactive. Adding eCriteria Web databases changes all that. With embedded database functionality that eCriteria brings, blogs can now be used to address dynamic requirements such as maintaining project schedules, sales journals, and company calendars. Both blogs and eCriteria web-databases are hosted applications requiring no programming, no database knowledge, and no software to install. The blog providers host web pages, and eCriteria securely hosts database content.
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