Announcements

Kickstarting My Third Book

Posted on 05. Aug, 2010
Categories: Announcements

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Want to back my third book? I’m forgoing traditional publishing and am bringing it to market in a different and more collaborative way.

What are your favorite small business resources?

Posted on 31. Jul, 2010
Categories: Announcements

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Show off your smarts by letting the world know what tools are out there for small business owners?

200: The State of My Site

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010
Categories: Announcements, Random Thoughts

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Today, I hit the 200 post mark. It’s time to take a look back and a look forward.

Help: A Call for Case Studies

Posted on 02. Jul, 2010
Categories: Announcements, Misc. Writing

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Want to be in my third book? I’d like to talk to people from small businesses about how they are successfully utilizing emerging technologies.

Five Questions: Yet Another Book Contest

Posted on 23. Apr, 2010
Categories: Announcements

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I’m doing another book contest. The winner gets an autographed copy of my first book, Why New Systems Fail. Ask me five questions. They can be work- or technology-related, vaguely personal, completely random, or whatever.

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Getting to Know You

Posted on 09. Apr, 2010
Categories: Announcements

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In trying to serve my audience better, I’m conducting a few simple polls. Who are my readers? What do you want me to write about? That’s it. There’s no marketing angle here. Just a simple man trying to understand his peeps.

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Win an Autographed Copy of The Next Wave of Technologies

Posted on 27. Mar, 2010
Categories: Announcements

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My new book, The Next Wave of Technologies, covers a great deal of ground. I for one don’t have a crystal ball and don’t know which technology will ultimately have the greatest impact. Maybe you do? Click here to enter a contest and win a copy of the book.

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Publication of The Next Wave of Technologies

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010
Categories: Announcements, Enterprise 2.0

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I am very pleased to announce the publication of the new edition of my second book, The Next Wave of Technologies: Opportunities in Chaos. In this post, I provide a little background and explain what this has to do with Harry Potter.

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Publication of New Edition of Why New Systems Fail

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010
Categories: Announcements, Publishing

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Sometimes I write something that is really all about me. There’s just no way of sugarcoating it. Today is one of those days.

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Quality Is as Quality Does: The Importance of Data Integrity

Posted on 03. Feb, 2010
Categories: Announcements, Data Issues, Interviews

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Getting the big picture with data quality requires a whole host of sound procedures, starting with data lineage, and extending through cleansing, transformation, delivery, and usage. These processes encompass a sound data governance strategy. Failure at any control point can result in serious errors that can undermine a organization’s fundamental operations. I will be appearing on DM Radio Feb. 4 at 3 pm EST to talk about data integrity.

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Technology Today: Now on iTunes

Posted on 26. Jan, 2010
Categories: Announcements, Technology Today

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In the middle of last year, I started messing around with podcasting. I had done a series of them over the last few months with different technology professionals, including some of the contributors to my second book. Well, it’s time to take it to the next level. As of today, you can subscribe to my podcast series via iTunes. I am dubbing the show “Technology Today with Phil Simon” and my goal is to provide meaningful technology-related content for those on the go.

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Cover for New Edition of Why New Systems Fail

Posted on 21. Jan, 2010
Categories: Announcements, Misc. Writing, Publishing

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One of the questions that people often ask me is, “What’s the difference between self-publishing and going with a traditional publishing house?” Well, there are many. It’s a topic that I’ll be addressing more and more over the next few months based on some reader feedback.

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Simon 2.0: My New Window to the World

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009
Categories: Announcements, Internet

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Welcome to the new site and home of all things Simon. Why the new site? A bunch of reasons, really. First, the old site was a bit of a relic. It was actually a composite of two different ones: a “main” site and a Wordpress one. There was simply so easy way for me to easily integrate the two. Updating the register.com site with my blog entries from the WordPress one required a decent amount of work.

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Looking for Endorsements for My Next Book

Posted on 20. Oct, 2009
Categories: Announcements

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I’m on the lookout for folks interested in an early review copy of my next book. My publisher certainly has some resources and connections but I can’t imagine the harm in those who peruse my site.