Author Archives: Marcio

About Marcio

Part-time thinker, mountaineer, drinker, photographer, writer, marketer, chess player, technologist, poet, blogger, hiker, engineer.

Customer Service and WebRTC: A Technology Game Changer


(This was originally written for Daitan Blog) What is WebRTC? Why is it Relevant to Customer Service? WebRTC is an emerging standard to enable real-time communications (voice, text, video, data) directly on a web-browser running in any machine or mobile … Continue reading

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Top 3 Requirements for Agile Outsourcing


(originally written for Daitan blog) In the past decade or so the software industry has moved from waterfall to Agile Software Development methods. In waterfall development, marketing and engineering signed a “contract” based on a fixed scope of work (the … Continue reading

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A Sub-Atomic Particle walks into a bar…


A couple of days ago, Simon Allen, a friend in the UK got a “Neutron walks into a bar…” joke from Carla (from Oxford High School) and posted it in his Facebook timeline: This neutron walks into a bar, orders … Continue reading

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Dinheiro em Árvore? Nem no Vale do Silício


(in Portuguese, originally written for IVP) Nos últimos anos, encontrei centenas de empreendedores brasileiros visitando o Vale do Silício. Quando pergunto “qual o seu objetivo nessa visita?”, invariavelmente ouço “tenho uma startup, vim procurar um VC e tentar pegar um … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving in a Social World


This week is the time of the year when we in the US take a break from our busy lives to express Gratitude (and eat, shop, etc). Gratitude is a positive emotion we feel in acknowledgment of a benefit we have received. Saying … Continue reading

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Marcio Looking for New Directions


Marcio is looking for a new job or professional project. Let him know if you have or know someone who has ideas of what that project could be. Continue reading

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The Emergence of Collective Intelligence


When we observe large schools of fish swimming, we might wonder who is choreographing that complex and sophisticated dance, in which thousands of individuals move in harmony as if they knew exactly what to do to produce the collective dance. Continue reading

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Crowdsourcing: The Next Step in Enterprise Collaboration


Enterprise Collaboration Tools can improve the productivity of organizations by reducing the friction in the flow of information. This post argues that the application of Crowdsourcing techniques in that context is the next step in blending the best of traditional functional segmentation with the benefits of open collaboration. Continue reading

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Gamification for Kids, Collaboration for Grown-Ups


[This post originally written for publication in the Ledface Blog] Next time you are at a cocktail party, take a step back and observe. What do people talk about? How conversations evolve? When people meet for the first time, they exchange facts. … Continue reading

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Crowdsourcing, Freedom, and Anonymity


This post reflects on the need of trust and freedom to create the conditions where individuals can independently contribute to a co-creation process. Continue reading

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