MBA Geek http://mba-geek.com A technologist's foray into the business world Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:14:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 This Week’s Tweets http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/this-weeks-tweets-3/ http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/this-weeks-tweets-3/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:14:00 +0000 Owen http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/this-weeks-tweets-3/
  • Sharing: Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Technical Preview | ZDNet – http://ow.ly/2dgew #
  • The Taiwanese News Animates the iPhone 4 Antenna Saga (With Very Special Bonus) – http://ow.ly/2dgBT #
  • Has the UK government's crowdslicing exercise been given the chop? | Politics | guardian.co.uk – http://ow.ly/2drye #
  • Wow – Nokia Siemens To Buy Motorola Unit For $1.2B — Motorola — InformationWeek – http://ow.ly/2dyPp #
  • Sharing: Engaging The Influencer On Twitter | Edelman Digital – http://ow.ly/2dNU3 #
  • Nokia Concept Phone Stands Upright For Notifications – PSFK – http://ow.ly/2dTft (via @tombrew) #
  • Sharing: Google Images Improves Its Image – http://ow.ly/2eaPz #
  • Flashlight App Sneaks Tethering Into App Store (For Now) – Mac Rumors – http://ow.ly/2eekt #
  • First look at “revolutionary” social news iPad app: Flipboard — Scobleizer http://ow.ly/2eq7x #
  • Thanks @fuelmyblog .. always a pleasure! #
  • The Twitter Engineering Blog: Twitter & Performance: An update http://ow.ly/2eY39 #
  • Sharing: Apple the new world leader in software insecurity – http://ow.ly/2ficP #
  • Tracking the National Mood Through Twitter – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/2ftSH #
  • RT @iomeducation: A lucky group of Manx secondary students will travel to NASA next spring http://bit.ly/admKr6 <- Nice! #
  • WordPress vs. Thesis: The battle is over. http://ow.ly/2fHBY <- Phew! #
  • Sharing: I Create, Distribute & Disseminate Cracked Software http://ow.ly/2fHK7 <- Andy Beard always has my utmost respect for his thoughts! #
  • http://twitpic.com/27x5lo Welcome daddy! I love coming back home #
  • Reading: Fake femme fatale shows social network risks – Computerworld – http://ow.ly/2gbeJ #
    • ]]>     http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/this-weeks-tweets-3/feed/ 0     This Week’s Tweets http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/this-weeks-tweets-2/ http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/this-weeks-tweets-2/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:14:00 +0000 Owen http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/this-weeks-tweets-2/
  • louisgray.com: Why I Turned In My iPhone and Went Android – http://ow.ly/29RUX #
  • The Twitchhiker: The amazing story of how Paul Smith travelled the world for free using only Twitter | Mail Online – http://ow.ly/2a1At #
  • Android Gets a Build-Your-Own-App App http://ow.ly/2a4Tz #
  • Transfer Big Files Free – Email or Send Large Files – http://ow.ly/2ac92 <- great tool to send gigantic files to someone #
  • Sharing: Move an Outlook data file from one computer to another – Outlook – Microsoft Office – http://ow.ly/2apFf #
  • Reading: "Waging war on WordPress: Posterous prepares the switch | Media | guardian.co.uk" ( http://bit.ly/cc8VLt ) #
  • Twitter in the workplace: to take action or not to take action? | Talk Tech To Me – GFI Blog – http://ow.ly/2aCOZ #
  • Sharing: Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta Released -http://ow.ly/2aFXM #
  • Sharing: Zendesk Offers New Tools to Help Companies Help Twitter Complainers – Mozilla Firefox http://ow.ly/2aQfs #
  • RT @iomeducation: School holiday dates up to summer 2013 have today been published by the DEC http://bit.ly/bNUAI8 #iom #
  • Sharing: "Twitter Starts Name Dropping In Search Results — Huge For User Discovery" ( http://tcrn.ch/9dTawg ) #
  • Sharing: Squarespace Gets $38M to Compete With WordPress and Six Apart http://ow.ly/2bby6 #
  • Users Don’t Know What They Want | http://ow.ly/2bdim (or users shape their requirements around their view of the world) #
  • Sharing: Opera Mini 5.1 Final Brings Pinch-to-Zoom and Improved Rendering to Android http://ow.ly/2bht4 #
  • Keynote from Microsoft Partner Conference 2010 – Worldwide Partner Conference – July 11-15, 2010 http://ow.ly/2biqI #
  • @SimrenDeogun I thought the mobile stuff was pretty cool too in reply to SimrenDeogun #
  • To my Manx Tweeps .. remember it's Third Thursday tomorrow .. come join us at Paparazzi for a pizza #
  • Sharing: How the Old Spice Videos Are Being Made http://ow.ly/2bLAs #
  • Some mates of mine from PDMS are doing Relay For Life (24 hr walk) – Donations welcome -The IT Crowd's Fundraising Page http://ow.ly/2bUUT #
  • Sharing: How To Tell If It's The Right Time To Hire – http://ow.ly/2c186 #
  • Android Market now has 100,000 apps, passes 1 billion download mark (update: Google says 70K) — Engadget http://ow.ly/2cl9q #
  • Sharing: WordPress/Thesis Conflict Highlights GPL Nuances | ITworld – http://ow.ly/2ct48 #
  • Medvedev sparks Twitter rush among Russian officials | Russia | RIA Novosti http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100715/159827332.html #
  • Sharing: Why WordPress Themes are Derivative of WordPress « Mark on WordPress – http://ow.ly/2cSIk #
  • Reading – Rewarding Consumers for Providing Personal Data – NYTimes.com – http://ow.ly/2d1wn #
  • RT @OwenC: Awesome message to the WordPress community by @simond http://twitpic.com/26hzf1 #wordcampuk #
    • ]]>     http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/this-weeks-tweets-2/feed/ 0     Social Media for Internal Communities http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/social-media-for-internal-communities/ http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/social-media-for-internal-communities/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:59:16 +0000 Owen http://mba-geek.com/?p=515 A couple of weeks ago, I opened a talk for the Isle of Man Social Media Club entitled Enabling Social Media for Internal Communities. The speaker was Mr Chris Gledhill from PDMS who gave a talk about an off-the-self collaboration package called Microsoft Sharepoint and presented a case study around his organisation’s use of the product.

    Here are the slides from the presentation:

    I hope you find them interesting.

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  • Fancy a laugh? Check out SeeSaw the best way to watch free and premium TV comedy channels online #ad http://spn.tw/tjuXF #
  • Sharing: Presentation for ‘Minority Report Interface’ That Blew People’s Minds at TED (video) | Singularity Hub – http://ow.ly/26QyS #
  • I love comedy. If you do to, check out the massive selection at SeeSaw #ad http://spn.tw/tjJIb #
  • Preparing to Publish Your Android App: A Checklist | Android Developers – http://ow.ly/26SBI #
  • Testing my Android app .. can any Android users try to download "Isle of Man Views" from the market and tell me if you succeed? #
  • Sharing: Distimo: 57% Of Android Apps Are Free Vs. 28% Of iPhone Apps – http://ow.ly/27gKH #
  • Aaronontheweb | .NET Culture Shock: Why .NET Adoption Lags Among Startups http://ow.ly/27rHA <- Great post! #
  • Lunch from M&S. Remarkable enough to tweet about http://twitpic.com/22x26k #
  • Sharing: TweetUp Buys Android Twitter Client Twidroid And News Aggregator Popurls http://ow.ly/27y8o #
  • *poke Twitter* How do you expect us to sell you as a viable instrument for change when you're only available if the stars are aligned right? #
  • Reading: 4 Elements of Trust Needed for Successful Collaboration – http://ow.ly/27Jk7 #
  • Is Twitter working for YOU yet? Did you know you can earn a few bucks from your tweets? Check out http://spn.tw/rsq #ad #
  • JCC Event: 14th July – “Douglas Needs You” | Isle of Man Junior Chamber of Commerce – http://ow.ly/283uA <- Live or work in Douglas? #
  • Sharing: Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks http://ow.ly/2889F #
  • Looks neat: Microsoft unveils WebMatrix Web development suite http://ow.ly/288td #
  • Douglas at dusk http://twitpic.com/23anj7 #
  • @Macnamara_Kate Hi there .. No, we just had TT a cuople of weeks back, so we have to wait till next year for the next one in reply to Macnamara_Kate #
  • Sharing: YouTube Blog: YouTube Leanback offers effortless viewing – http://ow.ly/28Kdq #
  • What's in the next drop of the Android build I'm running -> YouTube – CyanogenMod 6.0 Video -http://ow.ly/28KAW #
  • Skype’s Innermost Security Layers Claimed To Be Reverse-Engineered – http://ow.ly/28X3B <- Who's a Skype user out there? #
  • Googler’s Take on Social Networking Reveals Chinks in Facebook’s Armor by @ScepticGeek http://ow.ly/296E6 #
  • Sharing: BBC News – Ministers turn to Facebook users for cuts suggestions http://ow.ly/297KH #
  • RT @realfreshtv: If you haven’t booked your #wordcampuk tickets, do it now! < 30 tickets left… Sales end on Sunday. http://ht.ly/298qS #
  • Sharing: Chili’s – Training Servers About Foursquare in 8 Words – http://ow.ly/29h0S #
  • Planning on coming to #wordcampuk ? Tickets sales close this Sunday, so get them while they're hot! http://bit.ly/azWfL9 #
  • @pgibbs looking forward to meeting you there ;) in reply to pgibbs #
  • Sharing: An In-Depth Look at How People Are Using the iPad – http://ow.ly/29uZC #
  • Reading: Has the Private Sector caught the Public Sector IT Disease? – http://ow.ly/29ypI #
  • http://twitpic.com/24290r giant star fish #
  • Fancy a chuckle? Check out SeeSaw the best way to watch free and premium TV comedy channels online #ad http://spn.tw/tjuXF #
  • I love funny films. If you do to, check out the massive selection at SeeSaw #ad http://spn.tw/tjJIb #
  • Fring Overwhelmed by Video Calling, Temporarily Suspends Access to Skype – http://ow.ly/29Fe5 #
  • Mark Zuckerberg Got Served—but Why? – http://ow.ly/29HCt #
    • ]]>     http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/this-weeks-tweets/feed/ 0     Social Media and the Real World http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/social-media-and-the-real-world/ http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/social-media-and-the-real-world/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:42:16 +0000 Owen http://mba-geek.com/?p=511 A friend sent me a link to a great presentation about Social Media, particularly how Social meida sites today work and how this maps onto the real world. It contains some great advice for people working in this space, especially if you’re thinking about designing a service for people to use.

    Check it out:

    The Real Life Social Network v2
    View more documents from Paul Adams.
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  • Douglas at dusk http://twitpic.com/23anj7 #
    • ]]>     http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-08/feed/ 0     Twitter Updates for 2010-07-07 http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-07/ http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-07/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:14:00 +0000 Owen http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-07/
  • *poke Twitter* How do you expect us to sell you as a viable instrument for change when you're only available if the stars are aligned right? #
  • Reading: 4 Elements of Trust Needed for Successful Collaboration – http://ow.ly/27Jk7 #
  • Is Twitter working for YOU yet? Did you know you can earn a few bucks from your tweets? Check out http://spn.tw/rsq #ad #
  • JCC Event: 14th July – “Douglas Needs You” | Isle of Man Junior Chamber of Commerce – http://ow.ly/283uA <- Live or work in Douglas? #
  • Sharing: Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks http://ow.ly/2889F #
  • Looks neat: Microsoft unveils WebMatrix Web development suite http://ow.ly/288td #
    • ]]>     http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-07/feed/ 0     Twitter Updates for 2010-07-06 http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-06/ http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-06/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:14:00 +0000 Owen http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-06/
  • Sharing: Distimo: 57% Of Android Apps Are Free Vs. 28% Of iPhone Apps – http://ow.ly/27gKH #
  • Aaronontheweb | .NET Culture Shock: Why .NET Adoption Lags Among Startups http://ow.ly/27rHA <- Great post! #
  • Lunch from M&S. Remarkable enough to tweet about http://twitpic.com/22x26k #
  • Sharing: TweetUp Buys Android Twitter Client Twidroid And News Aggregator Popurls http://ow.ly/27y8o #
    • ]]>     http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-06/feed/ 0     Twitter Updates for 2010-07-05 http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-05/ http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-05/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:14:00 +0000 Owen http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-05/
  • Fancy a laugh? Check out SeeSaw the best way to watch free and premium TV comedy channels online #ad http://spn.tw/tjuXF #
  • Sharing: Presentation for ‘Minority Report Interface’ That Blew People’s Minds at TED (video) | Singularity Hub – http://ow.ly/26QyS #
  • I love comedy. If you do to, check out the massive selection at SeeSaw #ad http://spn.tw/tjJIb #
  • Preparing to Publish Your Android App: A Checklist | Android Developers – http://ow.ly/26SBI #
  • Testing my Android app .. can any Android users try to download "Isle of Man Views" from the market and tell me if you succeed? #
    • ]]>     http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-05/feed/ 0     Twitter Updates for 2010-07-04 http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-04/ http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-04/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:14:00 +0000 Owen http://mba-geek.com/2010/07/twitter-updates-for-2010-07-04/
  • Fancy a laugh? Check out thisonline TV service with a great comedy section. #ad http://spn.tw/thX8x #
  • Just finished reading Little Brother by @corydoctrow – GetFrom Amazon http://amzn.to/cvMaCA or download it at http://bit.ly/91v8iX – AWESOME #
  • Reading:- iOS vs Android? Over 1,000 Developers (Including Some Top Names) Are Having it Both Ways #
  • Neat! RT @Orli: Augmented Reality Business Card http://bit.ly/cidtuW #
  • Just bought my #wordcampuk ticket. Early Bird finishes tonight: http://bit.ly/azWfL9 #
  • Sharing: Frash: Android Flash Ported to the iPad – http://ow.ly/26PGC #
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