For the fifth week I completed the business analysis
toolkit assignment and read
1.
Completed the required readings plus watched The
History of the Internet Video.
2.
Read The Future of the Internet III
3.
Read Advertisers get a Trove of Clues in
Smartphones 3. Other
4.
Watched Kimberly Clark and Virtual Reality
Simulation
Business Model Canvas Excel Toolkit: I found the business
model canvas toolkit to be a good tool for providing a simplified view of any
company. The tool has limitations, specifically with the in depth side of a
business analysis, but I can see if being useful for building ones brief
company pitch. What I liked most about the tool is that it made me think about
the different revenue sources and what channels that company takes to earn that
revenue. I performed the analysis for one department of by business, HVAC, but
plan to use it for the plumbing and drain side as well.
Changes to the Internet: One changing aspect of the
internet that I find to be really interesting is the change in online personal
data: how much of it we choose or are forced to give out, and what's being done
with this information. I tend to be a conservative in terms of how much
personal information I want to give people, but at the same time I
understanding that the world is changing and one needs to stay with the times;
deciding to simply not build and online presence or share my personal
information to a certain degree may put e behind the times and even hurt my
career advancement. The article
"The Future of the Internet III talks quite a bit about people's changing
perception of the internet and sharing personal information online. The article claims that people are slowly
becoming more responsible in terms of the content they post and at the same
time more forgiving of others past indiscretions. I agree with this however I
think assuming your past indiscretions will be quickly forgiven as people
become more transparent with their online postings might be a bit too forgiving
and shouldn't be taken too much to heart; reputation are a tricky thing and
still matter a lot.
My last thought on this week is the idea of the line
between professional time and personal time blurring and that this shift is OK.
Technology really has done a lot for our lives in terms of freeing us from the
mundane office setting and giving us the ability to check in a stay connected at
all times. Case in point I take my daughter to swim practice twice a week at
3:00 in the afternoon. Ten years ago I likely would not have been able to get
away with being out of the office this early in the day. But, with technology
advancements I can easily sit there watching my daughters swim practice while
completing some of the more mundane work tasks for the day. In this way I love
technology. But, as we move more and towards a blurring of the
professional-personal time blurring it gets hard and hard to step away and
completely detach. In my opinion there is a certain base line level of stress
that comes with knowing I'm "on the clock" and could be contacted to
take care of a work related matter. The feeling of being truly disconnected fro
work is gets harder and harder to achieve as we build more towards a completely
connected world. So in a sense I'm not sure is "OK" that the
professional time personal time line blurring. 
Great post Jason.
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