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 […]
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 [...]
Office moves are never fun. Our move was months in the planning, but we were still scrambling last Friday night, the day before the movers arrived. The plan was to complete the physical move on Saturday, then have all staff come in on Sunday to set-up their own work areas, test the network and phones, and help unpack the common [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I called Harris Teeter to order a Thomas the Tank Engine birthday cake for my soon-to-be 5 year old son. The conversation went something like this:
Me: Good morning, I want to order a birthday cake with the Thomas design.
HT staff: Sorry, we don't have Thomas cakes. Me: But you have a Thomas cake on [...]
