Archive for June, 2007

I guess I’m not the only one

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Evidently the iPhone is causing an uproar in company IT circles. The IT folks won’t touch it with the proverbial 10-foot pole. This seems to be part of a growing culture clash between the IT pros and the users in corporations. An eWeek article a week ago put it this way:
This culture clash between enterprise [...]

Join us as we explore Social Media

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

No really I mean that. We are currently ramping up our funded FIC center project and invite any volunteers who want to contribute to shoot us an email. My only requirement is that the volunteer have at least two years volunteer experience with us and be assoicated with a Division. If that is you I [...]

Check out the community feature of this software

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Adobe Knowhow pulls its community-generated content from a user account on del.icio.us.
Anyone with a del.icio.us account can suggest new content for knowhow.
For information how to set up a del.icio.us account and contribute to
knowhow, please see the FAQ
Check out the demo here. Pretty smart of Adobe to harness the communities already built around their product. Same [...]

Lunch With The Oracle Of Omaha

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Want to have lunch Warren E. Buffett?  Have you got $600,000?  Because that was the cost last year, and it will probably go higher this year.  Mr. Buffett is auctioning himself off for a good cause this June 24-29 in San Francisco -for the Glide Foundation, which provides services to the poor and homeless.
Mr. Buffett, [...]

New kind of field office

Monday, June 11th, 2007

You may have noticed the announcement on the Link that the Society has opened a permanent "virtual headquarters" in Second Life. Stands to reason since the fourth (I think) Relay For Life in SL is taking place later this month. Gotta be part of the community. Here’s what the announcement said:
According to Randal Moss, [...]

Comments under lock and key for duration of SPAM storm

Monday, June 4th, 2007

A nasty SPAM squall blew in over the weekend leaving me with 25 enticements in comment fields to, ah…enlarge my, um…anatomy…among other things. I’ve put comments on moderation for now. Sometimes these things blow over if they get no response. That means your comments may be a little slower to post. I’ll try to clear [...]