Jim Muttram

Jim Muttram

Demand Media buys Pluck

According to CNET Demand Media, the web community aggregator which bought Airliners.net last year has bought Pluck.  The report goes into some details about Demand's plans, but it would be a pity if the functionality was removed from the broader market as a consequence of…

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Jim Muttram

IBM workers protest in Second Life

I missed this one. Apparently last September IBM's Italian workers protested in Second Life about a recent pay deal. The protest focussed on the IBM business centre in Second Life and more than 1,850 people are said to have taken part. Perhaps the weirdest twist,…

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Jim Muttram

San Francisco

  Arrived at San Francisco airport in the sunshine - quite a relief after the lousy Easter weather we've been having. (View is from the aircraft window as we approached the runway). Nearly first off the plane and then no queues at passport control -…

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Jim Muttram

San Francisco innovation

Off to San Francisco tomorrow for a whistlestop tour of some innovative companies courtesy of the Reed Elsevier Innovation team. We're going to be based in the J W Marriott in Post Street and will be hearing from Affinity Labs, Allbusiness and Healthline before heading…

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Jim Muttram

Incentivising the right behaviour

I've recently subscribed to a podcast called HBR Ideacast where luminaries from Harvard Business School talk to luminaries from elsewhere. Episode 76 which I was listening to on the drive home last night featured John Boudreau, the co-author of a book called Beyond HR, the…

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