Hat tip to Doc and his post where he comments and links to this, this and this - all suggesting that a network, or group, at some point of growth diminishes in value for each new participant. Appropriately termed as Metcalfe's plateau.

When I entered the work force I lived in a log cabin in the woods, only connected by a footpath to the road, very romantic, but with a few "hardships" thrown in.When winter hit, nightly snowfalls had me out in the morning in gaiter protected suit,...

No container, then no content. No data context, then no meaning. No process, then no business. No presence, then no record. Words makes no sense unless they're arranged sequentially on paper or in a text or html file, i.e. held by a container.My...

The classic "Apologies for the long letter, I did not have time to write a short one" surely applies to development of Enterprise Software.So I've spent my time with Thingamy, too much some would say, exactly enough I say. And it's become simple, to...

What should Enterprise Software do if it stopped wasting everybody's time supporting the work to allow real work instead of supporting real value creating work? Obviously, it should directly support the work that actually creates value. If it did...

Movement requires a force.Gravity or electromagnetic force is not enough, a clear unobstructed path is required as well.The nature of the force is important; gravity is free and universally present while electromagnetic force has to be applied...