I promised to let you know

As promised here’s the link and show notes for the podcast, with the ever-wonderful Michele Marius.

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ICTP 105: Why Tools And Culture Are The Keys To Digital Transformation, With Matthew Cowen

In this issue, I thought I’d offer a quick look into the role of a Digital Transformation consultant during a project and try to highlight their value and the clarity that they bring from what seems to be impossible to untangle.

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A look into the day-to-day role of a DT consultant

In this issue, I thought I’d offer a quick look into the role of a Digital Transformation consultant during a project and try to highlight their value and the clarity that they bring from what seems to be impossible to untangle.

Don’t forget to follow me on twitter.

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Social distancing from Digital Transformation

I recently recorded a podcast episode where we discussed the state of Digital Transformation, the ongoing COVID crisis and ultimately, how we felt business in the Caribbean should react. In the podcast, I mentioned that I was taking social distancing the phrase Digital Transformation, and I wrote about that in the past in an issue simply titled “Digital Transformation”:

Just to be precise, I’m talking about the separately sold Bluetooth Magic Keyboard that comes bundled with an iMac. It’s slight, light and very reliable as a keyboard, with the keys being almost perfect for long-form writing.

I use one regularly in my iPad Pro/Canopy setup. With added mouse/trackpad support, the experience is even better now. But the keyboard lacks two things that I think would be relatively trivial for Apple to add.

I wrote about my love for the Studio Neat Canopy here. Literally, the only thing it lacks compared to the new iPad magic Keyboard is the different viewing angles. It’s virtually perfect for me.

One thing I omitted to mention is that when you have your iPad in portrait mode, there’s enough space on the side to sit an iPhone, giving you the ability to have an extremely portable two-screen setup. It’s not an extended desktop or screen-sharing, of course. However, if you use Continuity, as I do, copying and pasting between devices is simple and fast.

A thoughtful and interesting must-read, worth all of the twenty or so minutes it’ll take you to read it in detail. Take your time and ingest. It’s packed with sensible and researched information.

Opening up

Most developed countries will be moving into the second phase of the epidemic in the next two months. In one sense, it is easy to describe this next phase. It is semi-normal. People can go out, but not as often, and not to crowded places. Picture restaurants that only seat people at every other table, and airplanes where every middle seat is empty. Schools are open, but you can’t fill a stadium with 70,000 people. People are working some and spending some of their earnings, but not as much as they were before the pandemic. In short, times are abnormal but not as abnormal as during the first phase.

Normalcy after COVID, Productivity in a COVID world and a quick take on Apple’s new toy.

I’m not sure we will ever go back to the normal we used to have. But I do think we should read that more as an opportunity to do something new. In today’s newsletter, I discuss why that is. Some interesting early research from Microsoft about productivity in a COVID-19 world and a personal take on Apple’s new iPad Magic Keyboard and the “job” it’s trying to do.

Normalcy after COVID, Productivity in a COVID world and a quick take on Apple’s new toy

I’m not sure we will ever go back to the normal we used to have. But I do think we should read that more as an opportunity to do something new. In today’s newsletter, I discuss why that is. Some interesting early research from Microsoft about productivity in a COVID-19 world and a personal take on Apple’s new iPad Magic Keyboard and the “job” it’s trying to do.

A request for interest

Good morning. I'm putting together a presentation about how you can kickstart your innovation and digital transformation in your business post-COVID-19, using simple tools.

We know that many businesses in the world have been caught off-guard and will have serious difficulties in the coming months, none more so than businesses in the Caribbean (for reasons I have discussed ).

I would like to show you a couple of simple tools that will transform the way you understand your products and services, that may lead you to develop better outcomes in the post-pandemic world.

Zoom follow-up, Hacks and Scams in the age of COVID-19, the death of cash and a history lesson in Data Visualisation

A mixed bag today. In this issue, I highlight a few things that have been on my mind, starting with a follow-up to Zoom’s trials and tribulations in securing its product.

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Zoom follow-up

Following a worldwide backlash and the possibility of being investigated by the authorities in several countries, Zoom CEO, Eric Yuan, stated on the Zoom blog on April 1st (and no, it is not an April Fool’s Joke):