We’ve been kicking around ideas for making the Matrix Group intranet better. During a recent meeting, the Director of Software Engineering wondered if we should switch from our intranet calendar […]
We've been kicking around ideas for making the Matrix Group intranet better. During a recent meeting, the Director of Software Engineering wondered if we should switch from our intranet calendar to the Google calendar. Whoa, I thought. Put my company calendar and personal schedule on [...]
I started following Martha Stewart on Twitter because I had heard that she tweets recipes. How hard can a recipe be if it's tweeted? But then I got to wondering: am I following the real Martha Stewart? What if someone [...]
I was on LinkedIn yesterday and the LinkedIn search engine helpfully recommended a couple of people for me to add to my network. The list included a couple of people who currently work at Matrix Group. While it's every CEO's dream to have a [...]
From homemade movies on YouTube, to movie and book reviews, comments on blogs, and entries in Wikipedia, user-generated content (UGC) has changed the Web forever. I can't imagine the Amazon shopping experience without comments and ratings from other moms, the posts from [...]
After each Web site launch, I ask the Project Manager in charge what's left to do. Why? Because inevitably, there are items that didn't make the launch. I call this Project Overhang and it can be deadly to a firm's profitability and productivity. Project Overhang is [...]
I just discovered CoolIris, a browser plug-in that lets me surf images and videos in a cool, new way. Browser plugs-in are small pieces of software that extend the capabilities of your Web browser. In this case, I downloaded the CoolIris plug-in for Firefox, installed it, restarted, and I was good to go. So what's so cool about this [...]
Matrix Groupstaff created a Tenth Anniversary Microsite that incorporates fun designs and invites site visitors to actively contribute and participate by:
Including favorite Matrix stories from the last ten years in the Share Your Memory section
Scrolling through an interactive10-Year Timeline, filled with important dates, facts and photos from Matrix Group’s very first purple wall, to our new [...]
I called a friend last Sunday to say hello and her husband said she was deep in Facebook, and had been for several hours. Several hours! This is a woman who holds a challenging job, has an 18-month old, and even has [...]
I was working with a prospect recently and lamenting to my team that the organization felt like a bunch of stovepipes, with the VPs competing for resources and influence. I said something along the lines of "Arrgh, this organization is [...]
