Technology might be collapsing distances and allowing folks spread across continents to work together, but no matter how good collaboration tools get, none of them can alter the course of the earth around the sun and eliminate the hassles of time zone differences. Meanwhile, an entire week has passed. “I wake up about 6:00am. can focus.

During lunch yesterday I noticed that Harry, the guy sitting beside me, was checking his emails, and on his screen was the image below from The Sun newspaper. Shawn and I have spent the last couple of days working with a client helping them create their strategic story down in the Mornington Peninsula. There was no other text in the email.

was surrounded by tall popular trees with various flowers and shade from the hot sun while looking down at the sea. Located just aboce the port of Pythagorio on  Samos Island , the Spilani monastery is a very peaceful with a beuatiful view over the Aegan and Pythagorio. There was a gentle breeze. This

By 1998 it was in his sun glasses, as decreased the size. Here is another in my series on SXSW events. am pleased to be attending SXSW for the first time. am grateful for Adobe Acrobat for enabling me to attend. will be attending some Adobe sponsored sessions. Here is the session description. She is @caseorganic on Twitter.”. He could.

Some that come to mind are Sun Microsystems, Google, Amazon, Procter & Gamble, GE, SAP, IBM Global Services. Sun hosts online user and developer communities, encouraging multi-directional communications among developers, users, analysts, shareholders and employees.] This was shortly after the term Enterprise 2.0 Go With The Flow.

Collaborative Thinking. Perceptions on collaboration and social networking by Mike Gotta. The opinions expressed in this blog are my own views and not those of Cisco. « Missing Pieces: The Activity Stream Aggregator | Main. January 02, 2012. Are We In A "Post E2.0 Era: Social in the Context of My Work "). Are We In The Post-2.0 And No.

Coffee & Power Mary Lou Jepson Matt Mullenweg New Year's Day Oracle Philip Rosedale Scott McNealy Sun Microsystems wayin wordpressMary Lou Jepsen, the queen of screens who designed the One Laptop Per Child project, is now the founder and CEO of PixelQI.

Scott McNealy Sun Microsystems wayinLose your love handles; call your Mom more often; get that promotion – if you’re like many of us, you’re already thinking over some New Year’s resolutions that will make you a better “you” in 2012. But how are the tech industries’ thought leaders approaching the new year? Stay nervous. December 28.

These people include: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer, Eric Schmidt, and the founders of Sun: Bill Joy, Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, and Andy Bechtolsheim. I picked up Malcolm Galdwell’s new book, Outliers: The Story of Success , when I recently needed an airplane read. This makes them older than their peers.   

Student Retention and Success Conference , University of York, York, United Kingdom, [link] March 28-30, 2012 Learning Futures Festival : Follow the Sun. Clayton R. Wright has done his 26th version of his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. You can contact him at: crwr77@gmail.com. Private? Personal?

In any case I intend to enjoy my brief sojourn in the sun. I am about to hop on a plane to Hawaii, where I will be running the ‘keynote workshop’ on Creating the Future of Professional Services for global accounting network DFK International’s annual North America conference on Maui. The five sections are: * Driving Forces.

About Ross Dawson. Keynote Speaking/Strategy. AHT Group. Future Exploration Network. The Insight Exchange. Repyoot. Recent Media Appearances. Ross Dawson, September 26, 2011 at 12:23 pm. Undoubtedly a major factor in Deloitte Australia’s success in internal social networks is the unreserved support of its CEO. link] Arie Goldshlager. Twitter.

There's a new issue of the open access journal Information Research [link] It is a special issue, edited by Sanda Erdelez and Stephann Makri, on opportunistic discovery of information. Articles include: Ágústa Pálsdóttir: Opportunistic discovery of information by elderly Icelanders' and their relatives Victoria L.

On Friday a journalist from the Herald Sun called me to ask for my response to an ‘analysis’ suggesting that $1.4 billion of worker productivity is lost to playing Angry Birds. was quoted: Chairman of Advanced Human Technologies Ross Dawson told news.com.au It’s only an issue if it becomes excessive.

It’s been a joy being able to do all sorts of fun things with my little guy in the sun. It’s funny that in a more mellow library environment, I was the person voicing my opinion on everything under the sun, but here, where every little point seems to merit discussion, I’ve become much more Zen. So far so good!

No more “thinking a reflection of the moon in the pond is the sun” proxy approaches, no more focus groups, no more control samples. The esteemed JP Rangaswami , who was at the very front of creating Enterprise 2.0 Actual customers. Saying what they think, about you, your products and services, their wants and needs.

Have I ever mentioned that as I get older, I crave light, sun, and warmth more than I ever did before? It is our air conditioning in warm years, shading the house from the hot afternoon sun. Between these three grand dames, you can imagine … I have little full time sun on my garden and it is diminishing by the year.

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Most groups ended up outside where the sun was shining and the streets were packed for the Edmonton Pride Parade. This is brilliant from TEDX Edmonton. Green. Social. Creative. I’m going to steal- um- borrow this idea! Thanks for blogging about it, Mack Male ! It was great to see discussions happening all over the place. events

But if you were hoping the attractions of sun and sea could keep web workers from their laptops, a recent survey from flexible office space company Regus will make for depressing reading. Can remote workers train themselves to turn off the computer and ignore the buzzing phone? Regus is employing the term after polling 5,000 U.S.

Further, to discuss strategy and design patterns in social media site architecture/design and their impact on human behavior requires at the very least a general understanding of the writing on topics concerning sociology, social networking theory, anthropology and marketing. Until now, at least, I have not seen a list compiled of essential reading.

Karl Sun, CEO of LucidChart, says performance on the more-powerful iPad 2 is better, and the experience on mobile and tablet devices will only get even better over time as the hardware continues to improve. One of the problems with most cloud collaboration apps is that you need to have an Internet connection in order to do your work.

Companies listed here include British Telecom, Sun Microsystems, NASA, Nationwide Insurance, and SFR. Tweet The social learning revolution has only just begun. Jay Cross. Social learning. Note: This is a re-post and update of a previous article, originally published as a  White Paper (PDF). This web page should enable easier linking. Social.

As long as it has sun, it can keep going. Back in 2003, NASA launched its Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity. It landed in January 2004 and is still working. Yes, it has been working and staying in touch with folks back home for 7 years – 25 times longer than planned. Would the task have seemed insurmountable? info-entrepreneurship

After a long series in the Cape Town South African sun, here is something from the snowy northeast US in February. This is the Miss Bellows Falls Diner in  Bellow Falls Vermont. 

Sun’s games to introduce their business units), and what the job is like (e.g. Eileen Clegg asked me some questions as part of a report she’s doing for the Future of Talent Institute. How do you think gaming will change the landscape for people in charge of recruiting, developing and retaining top talent? America’s Army). 

You also saw that the sun came up every morning and circled the Earth. Of course everybody gets 2.0 now don’t they. After all even the Oscars were designed for Social Media. Large organizations are piling in. But is this true? Certainly everyone is on board with the tools now. Now everyone is on Facebook! Well here is your test.

By not giving everyone under the sun full access, you have the ability to avoid someone messing up the document that took hours to create. Most businesses seem to run on memos and other shared documents. An overall organizational system: Most companies are document-producing machines. All writing tools are not created equal.

To the left you can see the sun rise as I went to the first session. This is the second in a series of my notes on Lotusphere 2011. am very pleased to be back after ten years. first came to co-present a Lotus Notes based KM project with my client. Now I return as a blogger. It followed a Q and A format. Here are the questions and IBM answers.

An article I wrote about the flood disaster here in southern Queensland was published in today’s Melbourne Sun Herald newspaper and online. The published version was edited, as it needed to be. Thanks to my Editor (doesn’t that sound grand?) for making it a much tighter piece. The ground is soaked. Take care.’ Weeping. Really.’

One year, mid 90’s, Gates was decidedly calm, even though he was onstage with the CEOs from Sun and Oracle. This is a reflective piece, rather than 2.0 commentary. Credit to @ToughLoveforX who asked for more detail about something tweeted to him. I’ve often dropped crumbs of these stories, including a prior post.

use the same method that Galileo Galilei used four centuries ago when he first diagrammed the step-by-step movement of the sun spots in 1613. If your clients are not yet asking you to design transitions, they will likely do that on your next project. Transitions are hot, and not just because they entertain the eye. The illusion is complete.

If I wake up and the sun’s out, I might spend the day outside instead of at my desk. What are you doing this holiday week? Many of us are sitting back, playing with new gadgets and eating things we shouldn’t. It’s no wonder. When else do we get a good ten days (or more!) off work, and can actually spend that time at home?

In m this case eggplant, red peppers, and sun dried tomatoes. Here are three great lunches in  Emilia-Romagna. The first is in  Bologna  at  Osteria dell'Orsa. There are several varieties of the local bread which is quite different from the traditional Italian bread we see in the US.

That, and juggling 3 client commitments was enough to keep me out of the sun of California, and the debatable benefit of being amidst the self-isolating tribe of the tools first E2.0 Together, We Can! or Social Business: Who Cares?! Conference. While I will address the label question here, I do not intend to get mired in the debate. crowd.

Your simple observation is that the Sun moves around the Earth. Once This is the fourth in a five part series covering the efforts of the PBS affiliate in St. Louis, KETC , to align social media and traditional television.   I am interviewing Rob Paterson who is part of the team supporting the KETC efforts.

Subscribe to RSS Follow me on Twitter By Oscar Berg at Sun, 11/14/2010 - 14:30 Senior Consultant, Strategic IT for Acando From the early 90s to the late 90s, in parallel to my studies in Computer Science and Business at the university, I developed client-server software for the Windows platform for a network of BPO and TQM consultants.

usually take advantage of these times as opportunities to make hay while the sun shines. In many ways, technology has made it easier for those of us with health issues that require ongoing treatment to work. Employer understanding and more flexible employment conditions have also helped. Prioritize your health. Speak to clients.

The reason for this, as  Ray Sun notes in this blog post , is that the various underlying messaging systems and how people use them are fundamentally different. Last week, Facebook launched its new “social inbox&# feature. req.). Recipients would find them very confusing. Different Photo courtesy stock.xchng user GretheB.

Alan gave a demo of the freshly-launched Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph apps, which use the same template. I'm at the Woodwing Tour event in Sydney, where Alan Oakley, Group Executive Editor of Digital at News Limited is speaking on the topic of Tablets Change the Game. He went to cover four issues: Customer, Content, Capability, and Chaos.

link] April 13-15, 2011 Learning Futures Festival : Follow the Sun. Clayton Wright has done his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. You can contact him at: crwr77@gmail.com. And it covers a broad range of types of topics. link]. Online.

love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. This post is part of the series on Text-to-Speech (TTS) for eLearning written by Dr. Joel Harband and edited by me. This issue was partly addressed in the previous post. great deal more information per slide can be transferred with voice than with plain text.

It’s worth noting that the CEO of LucidChart, Karl Sun, came from another company that makes easy to use products — Google. Collaborating isn’t just a matter of sending Word files back and forth: most organizations routinely need to use diagrams and flowcharts to get a good idea of what needs to be done. Fast and Easy.

Think of the Sun in our own local system. Connected to her is the fuel and the mass that makes up the Sun – the Super Fans. The more mass and energy, the larger and more healthy the network of Weak Ties that form up around the Sun. What would it be like if your business had a sales, marketing and support force that was 1.3 million strong

Here is the sun rise.  I was at the Point Independence Inn. in early August for the Onset Blues Festival. The light there is always. remarkable.   Last Sunday I covered the sunset. can enlarge the pictures by clicking on them.              

Here is late afternoon into the sun set. I was at the Point Independence Inn. in early August for the Onset Blues Festival. The light there is always remarkable. The next Sunday will cover dawn. can enlarge the pictures by clicking on them.              

From theses, The West Australian had 839,000 article shares, Herald Sun 459,000, and Yahoo!7 Following my live notes from this morning of the Newspaper Publishers Association Future Forum conference, and before my closing keynote, here are quick notes from the afternoon session. Over a one month period there were a total of 10.2

Companies listed here include British Telecom, Sun Microsystems, NASA, Nationwide Insurance, and SFR. Harold in collaboration with Thierry de Baillon, a leading French management thinker in the Enterprise 2.0 Simplicity and the Enterprise. Most companies start simple, with a few people gathering together around an idea. Complication. Social.

Case studies of corporate (social) learning - March 12, 2010 The Business Case for Social Learning , Accenture, Point of View, April 2009 Sun Learning eXchange " When the companys sales division reduced training hours and budget, Sun Learning Services (SLS) needed to get strategic. Specifically, the web. By Shelley A. Gable.

Companies listed here include British Telecom, Sun Microsystems, NASA, Nationwide Insurance, and SFR. Tweet Co-author: Thierry deBaillon – @tdebaillon. Simplicity and the Enterprise. Most companies start simple, with a few people gathering together around an idea. With growth, the simplicity ends. Complication: the industrial disease.

Home | Blog | About Participate Services People | Subscribe Subscribe to Aggregated Feed + Links Top Keywords [?] Top Keywords are determined based on what terms are used in the content represented by this source, keywords, dates as compared to other sources. It was really popular and we had a great time doing it. Yippee! Deliberate Practice (4).

Where to read: While driving thousands of miles into a desert, baking yourself in the sun, and setting yourself up for an appointment with an oncologist. At some point you’re going to step away from the computer, jump on a plane, in a car, or on your bike, and take a break this summer (right? promise us!). Stacey Higginbotham ).

The other thing to note is that Facebook was asked for a response to this story by media organizations around the world including Sydney Morning Herald and Toronto Sun, and never chose to respond - there was complete and utter silence. Well hopefully this story is finally completely done - but perhaps not quite. This is just an example.

Victoria particularly likes the coverage by Toronto Sun in a story titled Facebook censors nipples on $40K doll which brings out her thoughts on some of the issues at sstae here: “I'm tired of the female form being an object of prurience exploited by men. Canada : Toronto Sun , Winnipeg Sun , and others. France : Europe1 radio.

You won’t want the sun shining right on your monitor, so rearrange the office a little if you need to, but make sure that you can at least see what summer has to offer! am lucky to have a nice deck outside with morning sun and afternoon shade where I can work while enjoying the weather. Hack Your Hours. Deck or Porch Offices.

If you want to combine your free energy from the sun with some style and functionality, check out the solar powered bags from Reware or Noon Solar. Improving energy efficiency is a doubly-positive proposition for any web worker: It saves money and lowers environmental impact. The Home Office. The U.S. The Mobile Office. The Smart Energy Home.

Posted by: Rob Schumann at May 31, 2010 11:44:49 AM Post a comment About Thomas Vander Wal May 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Recent Posts Understanding the Cost of We Cant Find Anything Facebook Makes it Hard to Like Them The S Word - A Repsonse Why I Do.

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I was out there again this morning a bit after the sun rose, watching the generation increase, and the wheel begin to slow down. By now, as the sun is getting higher – and it’s winter here in sunny Queensland – the capacity is probably around 75% and rising, and the wheel will start to reverse soon and go faster.

Hexadecimal numbers still go from 0 to F : there’s nothing new under the sun. Hypertextual Hyperlinks Subvert Hierarchy How to tell when Enterprise 2.0 is not appropriate for your organisation May 26, 2010 As Enterprise 2.0 activists, we keep on trying to sell Enterprise 2.0 as the ideal solution for your organisation. Your company can.

Isn't variability the focus of all those Six Sigma projects that GE and everyone under the sun are running? So often in business operations, the focus is on removing variability or eliminating waste or load leveling. But how often do you hear about these projects and wonder whether it actually does anything for the bottom line. Really?

You are sailing along on bright, clear water, with the morning sun off the port bow. All is calm. Up ahead, just through the fog, you can’t quite make out the way ahead. Rapids? “Are you going to disappear into the fog?&# , asks Jane Hart.

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

After a week with an iPad in hand, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Andy Ihnatko raved about how useful the gadget is for his workflow on TWIT last week. We didn’t plan to go, but somehow the pull was inexorable. Even our six-year-old tried it out and promptly fell in love with a musical keyboard app. The size was surprising. More on Mobile apps.

Hello sun! #. @ LucasStibbard I’m interested in how choosy/sophisticated/focussed consumers have become in how they use their hardware. in reply to LucasStibbard #. SatScenes Make of it what you will! link] #. palbion Well damn! You can’t miss the flight and force a stopover for a day eh? in reply to palbion #. Anyone? 2amt #.

The sun's out at long last … wonder for how long? @ thetowncrier Garrett's sounds like the average Sunday morning get-up to me. in reply to thetowncrier #. flloydpk Kill the reviewer you mean? in reply to flloydpk #. djackmanson @iankath Actress to the very tall bishop or is that very tall actress to the bishop? clem7 #.

valdiskrebs – Is the sun about to set on the corporate machine ? Some things I learned on Twitter this past week (the first article describes what I’m trying to do here with Friday’s Finds ): @cdn – Filtering is the new search. The next frontier in information management. Search is about Where. Filtering is about Who.

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You can tick all the boxes under the sun and still be a lousy teacher. Some of the interesting things I found on Twitter this past week. Diffusion By Learning. Innovation by Social Learning. via @charlesjennings. Social learning. oscarberg “Organizations can own communities, but nobody can own social networks. Pondering complexity.

Whatever Company have released a new whitepaper with participation from Sun Microsystems on Enterprise 2.0 titled ‘Using Enterprise 2.0 to prepare for recovery’ My name is even at the end as a UK contact, so for that reason alone I encourage you to download it Download the full pdf here. Executive Summary. In recent years Web 2.0

Whatever Company have released a new whitepaper with participation from Sun Microsystems on Enterprise 2.0 titled ‘Using Enterprise 2.0 to prepare for recovery’ My name is even at the end as a UK contact, so for that reason alone I encourage you to download it Download the full pdf here. Executive Summary. In recent years Web 2.0

Dr. Karrer’s experience is diverse including initial CTO of eHarmony, associate professor of Computer Science, and consultant to Credit Suisse, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Symbol Technologies and many others. I’m still working on my yearly post that is my eLearning Predictions. and Ph.D.

We are all on this one lonely ball of rock, water and molten lava, spinning on our axis whilst hurtling in a big circular loop through space around the sun.  It’s no secret that there’s trouble in many, or most, countries on many fronts.  Economic, social, governance, security, education. and so on. But no doubt I am naive.

During those long months, when you can’t remember what the sun looks like and are slightly surprised at its appearance in films and on television, productivity can take a major nosedive, along with mood and attitude. Before anyone says anything, I fully realize the irony in this being my first post here at WWD in quite a while.

Home About Contact Search Engine Optimization | Search Engine Tools and Downloads 50+ Google and Yahoo Search Shortcuts Cheat Sheet Email Ann Smarty Follow me on Twitter Ann Smarty 04/20/09 19 Comments A shortcut in general is defined as “a route shorter than the usual one.&# What a shortcut does / where it is used Google Yahoo! audio [link]

1/2 cup reconstituted, chopped sun-dried tomatoes (put dried tomatoes in 2 cups of boiling water until they soften). cups water (or replace some of the water with the water you used for the sun-dried tomatoes). Most freelancers and telecommuters are lucky enough to have a full kitchen right in our office, since we work at home. basil.

Karie Willyerd is the Chief Learning Officer of Sun Microsystems and has been the Chief Talent Officer or head of executive development for three other Fortune 500 firms. At Sun Microsystems, she has led the organization to win over 20 awards for innovation excellence in learning. What would your CEO do? The power of Web 2.0

Video excerpts of keynote speech for Sun Microsystems Partner Executive Forum: The Future of the Network Economy. Other 2009 summary posts. Top blog posts of 2009: 6 on Twitter and the media. Top blog posts of 2009: Enterprise 2.0 and organizational effectiveness. Top blog posts of 2009: The future. Keynote: Network to win! Network to Win!

Google unplugs Windows Google decides that a security invasion from China was the last straw and bans the use of. Windows 7 Microsofts Windows 7 arrived in late 2009 and kicked off a PC upgrade cycle thats expected to. Hot Topics iPhone iPad Enterprise 2.0 Microsoft Office Green tech Smart phones Collaboration 2.0 LinkedIn to IPO in 2010?

People within Sun are working on Community Equity (an open source project). Previous posts: Year-End Thoughts On Enterprise 2.0 & Social Software (Part 3). Year-End Thoughts On Enterprise 2.0 & Social Software (Part 2). Year-End Thoughts On Enterprise 2.0 & Social Software. Social Media. Facebook Connect). Enterprise 2.0 Identity.

With cloud computing continuing its reach into areas once dominated by desktop applications, it’s a great time to consider how your business could benefit from online collaboration tools for producing great documents. We’ve also looked at how to collaboratively create presentations using online tools as well. Thanks Mash. Prinz Try BSCW.

leave a comment » During the warring states period in China 2300 years ago, Sun Tzu wrote The Art of Strategy, a military guide to be used to help insure victory on the battle field. theme in Sun Tzu’s work that strikes me as central to his philosophy and approach is the strong notion of centralized command and control. Marin.

The 3 organizations given as examples are Sun, IBM and Nissan. This IBF blog post from Paul Miller about the coming of “Intranet 3.0” gives 3 very good examples of large corporate intranets pushing the boundaries of internal communication and collaboration. Although I am not a fan of these meaningless numeric names such as Web 2.0 being used!)

How have you learned to prepare for rainy days while the sun is shining? When did Noah build the ark, Gladys? Before the rain. Before the rain. Nathan Muir, Spy Game. In recent months, I’ve become acutely aware of how life and business can easily conflict with each other. Adjust accordingly. Take regular time away from the business.

www.leveragesoftware.com   HP, Sun  Hosted web service 80%, services 10%, support services 10%  CA  B2B, media & publishing, associations  Liferay  Created in 2000 for the non-profit sector, the award winning Liferay Portal now delivers the same low TCO and flexibility to enterprises across all industries.  Add notes. community platform.

We swam in the river and had a nice BBQ dinner in the warm afternoon sun. After I arrived, Leigh and Sunshine took me out to the beautiful Murrumbaidgee River , about 30 minutes outside of town. The water was just cool enough and the current not too strong to allow us to wallow in the shallows. Man, I could fall in love with this town.

Clocks measure working hours instead of the sun. The latter 20th Century was the golden era of the training department. Before the 20th Century, training per se did not exist outside the special needs of the church and the military. Now the training department may be at the end of its life cycle. People had vocations, not jobs. The U.S.

We've put up a preliminary schedule for LearnTrends 2009. Innovation Awards - The conference will also include the LearnTrends Innovation Awards 2009. Please see that post for details. Win the Twitter Content - And don't forget that you have until tomorrow to help promote the conference and win a free copy of Nancy and John's book.

Hard to believe how well I felt this morning out in the sun 4 days ago Watching Merlin with the twins. Adventures in home working I’m Steve Richards a strategist and all round tech enthusiast working on enterprise desktop, application delivery and collaboration solutions. work from home by the coast in the North West of England.

In my own neck of the woods, and during the past month I’ve experienced immense dust storms that have blocked out the sun, filled eyes and noses, and given rise to mordant apocalyptic jokes.  Image by sniggy via Flickr. Today, October 15 is Blog Action Day around the blogosphere. The idea is simply to spread the word. 

Sun Oracle Database Machine (leverage setup form last night - Oracle's version of an iPod re: integrated hardward/software device - maybe Oracle should call it the Oracle "dataPod" - would make a funny graphic (a person with earbuds plugged into their enterprise data.). Discuss their own transformation.

Scott McNealy lead things off with an innovation theme that went through a list of Sun's accomplishments in the industry. James Gosling and John Fowler of Sun joined Scott on stage - lots of subtle messaging that Java is going to be ok, that MySQL is going to be ok, that Oracle will continue to invest in Sun technology, etc.

I'm sitting here watching the sun peak up over the trees and bushes that define the boundary of our backyard thinking about the enjoyable conference I attended last week. It was called Celebrating Story and it was held at the Abbotsford Convent. Andrew and Sasha Rixon did a tremendous job organising the event. Have you seen playback theatre?

Now here is a new spin on augmented reality apps: just out on the iPhone is Sun Seeker, from Graham Dawson, the creator of the best-selling Oz Weather and Climate Eye. See Graham's blog for a detailed description of the augmented reality Sun Seeker app. Computerworld : Sun Seeker iPhone app released. Check out the video.

see this as a “Sun&#. great sun has also to have Mass. link]. In my first post in this series I proposed that if we use the ideas of Emergence we might find the larger opportunity in Social Software – that it may help us solve many of our intractable problems. What would using Social Software “Properly&# mean?

Sun’s well produced Social Software Pattern Language. On TV.com: Girls Next Door: Wet and Wild BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 projects.

Sometimes, technologies that are ready for prime time don’t arrive in official, finalized form for ages. For example, although many of us have been using high-speed Draft 802.11n Wi-Fi technology for years now, it was only a few days ago that the IEEE officially ratified the 802.11n spec. Likewise, USB 3.0, clearly remember when USB 2.0 USB 3.0,

Outdoors Morning – into sun (Nano Test) from Kate Foy on Vimeo. I’ve had some fun today playing with Apple’s new 5th generation Nano iPod. Specifically, I’ve been testing the inbuilt video camera for usability and results. Listen! Indoor – Colour (Nano Test) from Kate Foy on Vimeo.

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse. Or not.