Wayne Kurtzman

Happy National Cat Day, encroaching on keyboards all year long.

Honored to collaborate with a great team on the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Work Predictions, one of a series of IDC FutureScape research now available. my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?c... (Subscriber link)

It feels like peak foliage.

Amazing recognition of Dia de los Muertos at SFO.

Miro launches enhancements where AI can see and use content, including visual content and context on the canvas; Iterate on workflow output in "Flows". #MiroCanvas #Canvas25 #Miro

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends in Canada! Meanwhile, I'm on my way to #Dreamforce today.

Work is becoming more multimodal, more visual and is becoming an AI-enhanced multiplayer quest. Learn more from the new IDC Annual Collaboration Study: my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?c...

"We are in the second phase of AI where agents will conduct tasks and jobs almost fully autonomously ... in service of humans." @jeetupatel.bsky.social opens #webexone

Happy Last Weekend of Summer (in the Northern Hemisphere)!
May your week and collaborations all be this much fun.

What has me interested in the Meta announcement are the implications of a pair of glasses with real AR in-lens display and a "Neural Band" to read muscle signals to type and interact with or without voice. The glasses are the style; the future is the software. www.facebook.com/share/v/16yc...

"My name is Eric's AI avatar. I am not simply a video recording, but an AI-generated avatar made using AI companion for Zoom clips." #Zoomtopia
CEO Eric Yuan demonstrates the new Zoom avatar feature in the event, who is now presenting. And yes, the real Eric started the event.

I do love that #Zoomtopia, the Zoom event today is using their own Zoom Events platform. zoomtopia.us

A friend joined us while having ice cream tonight.

Check out the IDC study that tracks the trajectory to the new workspace. Spoiler alert: It has AI, is collaborative and people still make it grow. In return, you will be measuring from creativity to outcomes.
my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?c...

You had your PSL. Now PSC, Pumpkin Spice Collaboration. Both blend good stuff, but leave out one part, or in the case of collaboration, one team or integration, and it becomes "meh".

82% of respondents say Visual Collaboration helps us work better, according to the IDC Annual Collaboration Survey 2025.

Quote me: "Work is rapidly becoming more collaborative, more intelligent, and more multimodal...". IDC Annual Collaboration Survey 2025.

The new IDC Collaboration study will be available this month. Preview: Work is becoming more collaborative, intelligent and multimodal. Image below of business people rushing.

The new AI-influenced trends of how we collaborate are beyond interesting. Come for the data, stay for the insights.
The new IDC Annual Collaboration Survey will be available this month.

@atlassian.bsky.social intends to acquire The Browser Company of New York (Arc and Dia browsers). IMHO, this opens up a lot of new possibilities ... investors.atlassian.com/news/news-de...

IBM Study: Sports Fans Demand More Dynamic Digital Content, Powered by AI New global research commissioned by IBM reveals sports fans are turning to more dynamic digital content experiences, with AI, personalization and real-time features central to how they engage with spo...

Sports and AI - A new IBM sports fan survey shows 85% of respondents see value in integrating AI into their sports experience, with 21% identifying community-building and fan interaction as important areas for AI-driven improvements. newsroom.ibm.com/2025-08-18-i...

What happens when work starts to pick up the elements of a multiplayer quest? It's happening! From my IDC Worldwide Team Collaboration Market Forecast.
🌍What are seeing in your workflow to support this?
my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?c...

There is a big difference between using one collaboration app, and a set integrated, multimodal, collaborative applications - and of course, with AI.
Guidelines when to use which platform is a key to success.

AOL Finally Discontinues Its Dial-Up Internet Access - After 34 Years - Slashdot AOL (now a Yahoo subsidiary) just announced its dial-up internet service will be discontinued at the end of September. "The change also means the retirement of the AOL Dialer software and the AOL Sh...

It appears that AOL (yes, that AOL) is finally discontinuing dialup service on September 30, 2025. www.slashdot.org/story/445408

Zoom Perspectives 2025: A Vision for Delivering a Unique and Comprehensive Experience IDC examines consumer markets by devices, applications, networks, and services to provide complete solutions for succeeding in these expanding markets.

Denise Lund and I share our takeaways from the recent @Zoom Perspectives analyst event in this IDC Link (paywall). We always appreciate sitting down with the Zoom executive team and having very frank discussions. my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?c...

Figma Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering | Figma Blog Tomorrow, July 31, 2025, Figma plans to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FIG.”

Congratulations @figma.com , today joining the NYSE as FIG: www.figma.com/blog/ipo-pri...

Despite an air of uncertainty, the WW global smartphone shipments are up 1%, according to my colleague @fjeronimo.bsky.social .

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and Leo Boulton open #ZoomPerspectives analyst briefings.

The pitch for me to attend an event: "Build Your Rolodex". 😲
Comment away...

When people use more visual communication modalities, people expect work collaboration to be more visual and engaging as well.

Meta 100m Whatsapp users in the US; "We believe all roads will lead to messaging as the way to establish long term relationships with customers." #metaConversations

Have a thoughtful and meaningful #Juneteenth.