Tweet People are always looking for proof that you can find work or business through social media marketing. Just like with traditional search engine marketing people are looking for the instant gratification. A click through conversion, etc. It takes a lot more work than that, it is a constant build and constant presence. I build [...]
Tweet Cloud computing is unleashing some serious power at our finger tips. If carefully planned you can scale ad deploy just about any technology scenario you wish. It takes time to put together the configuration and test out to make sure it scales properly. Once done you can tackle many tasks that used to take [...]
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Tweet I have been doing a lot of development lately using the EXTJS framework. I have been setting it up to consume JSON from Web Services I have been setting up. At first it was cumbersome to even get some basic administrative tools setup and working. The more I setup the fast it gets though. [...]
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Tweet Facebook is in the process of launching a new way for people to become fans of Facebook Pages using SMS text messaging. Now events, conferences and tradeshows will be able to get more Facebook fans by asking fans to text fan [your Facebook ID here] to FBOOK (32665). This is going to be a [...]
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Tweet The integration of 3rd party services in our event management platform is a key part of our development strategy. I evaluate new tools I find as well as constantly evaluate existing tools for new ways of using them as part of an event. I was checking out slideshare more becuase I see it used [...]
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Tweet I have been working real hard for the last couple of months to design a solid base for my companies architecture. I was seeing a new theme to my architecture planning, and as a typical geek I have to give this some name and / or achronym. So I came up with Ubiquitous Oriented [...]
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Tweet I just spent the last hour talking with a gentleman in Brazil about cloud computing. He is the IT director of a company owned by a friend of my boss. He was facing the same questions everyone is facing about what is the cloud? and should my small business consider moving into the [...]
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Tweet I work real hard to read and learn more each day about emerging trends and technologies. There is a lot of information in my head about all this. However putting it down for others to use and understand is extremely difficult for me. It is a constant challenge. Then I come across post by [...]
Tweet There are two Amazon EC service features I am eagerly waiting for. 1) Multiple IP Addresses Per Instance 2) Load-Balancing in the Management Consol Please, please Amazon….
Tweet I’ve learned a lot working in the clouds. One of the most important things I’ve learned is the need for backups. And not just one backup. Lots of them. You need to backup operating systems and configurations using Amazon bundling to AMI. Also in addition to backing up everything to Amazon S3 every night [...]
Tweet My boss passed on a compliment today she received from our customer. We have a legacy CRM / Customer Care Tool that we launch every year. This system uses a large amount of data and is very web server and data server intensive. Historically I guess it had been pretty slow, and a chore [...]
Tweet Just thought I’d post that I can another “please continue holding” response from Worldmark. I sent my original email on 03/04/2009…got an intial ticket response immdiately saying someone would response. I got another reponses saying they will respond: Please include the following line in all replies. Tracking number: UT20090316_0000000911 Thank you for taking the [...]
Tweet It came up in a conversation today so I thought I would discuss it more. I know I’ve talked about a Universal Presence before, I’ll provide some links later. What I mean by a universal presence is moving beyond an obsession with just your web site and google search results. In short you need [...]
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Tweet I was driving home tonight from Eugene….it was a real quiet drive. About half way home I decided to turn on the radio. At first it all sounded like clutter and noise, not music. Then once my senses adjusted I was able to tell it was music. I was about to shut it off. [...]
Tweet I am playing around with different formulas for exploring and quantifying an event or conferences social media footprint. Definition of event social media footprint: A way of determining the social network and social media reach of an event before, during and after the event. This is an important area that I believe needs to [...]
Tweet I am spending time evaluating and understanding the social footprint of conferences and events. One event I am monitoring right now is the SXSW 2009 event. It is a great candidate because there is a alot of online and social activity around this show. I came across a blog post by Download Squad [...]
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Tweet I was watching the recent Reid Hoffman interview on Charlie Rose and they discussed the topic of which handheld he uses. He uses a Blackberry an IPhone as well as regular cell phone. Then Charlie Rose also said he uses the exact same configuration. They said they use: IPhone for web surfing Blackberry for [...]
Tweet I am really impressed with the Charlie Rose show lately. I have always enjoyed his show and his lineup of guests. However in the last year his lineup of technology leaders and visionary is impressive. What is even more impressive is his ability to know whats going on. He doesn’t just have a list [...]
Tweet I watched a special on Oregon Public Broadcasting the other night about the history of the Columbia River Gorge. It showcased the history of the gorge through the photography available from various people. It is amazing to see the history and how it has changed over time, and somewhat sad to see what happened [...]