Author Archive
Harley is calling
Every time I do a training session at the harley davidson in renton, I get more excited about my mid life crises to come!
Howard Chung (www.howardchung.com) sent by droid phone
My Carry-on Luggage to and from New Orleans
Netbook, flip, mifi, ipod, and a couple of ebooks . . .
What more does anyone need? Of course I took the picture with my droid.
Blogging about blogging
I’m here at the Keller Williams Family Reunion conference in New Orleans! It’s been an amazing time so far. Right now I’m learning about blogging from Mariana Wagner who’s had much success in real estate with a Wordpress blog.
There’s people sitting on the floor all around the room with around 300 people!
TED 2010
Jamie Oliver, British chef/activist on a mission to empower people through food and cooking, will reveal to what end he will invest the prize money.
TED also features a person of interest from the tech world, John Underkoffler. Remember Minority Report and the interface between actors and data screens? The creator of this point-and-touch technology will offer his perspective on g-speak’s potential impact on the way we manipulate data.
Learning happens online and everywhere, and TED is a valuable, free resource, providing some of the most thought-provoking and inspiring lectures around. In the coming weeks, conference lectures will be posted on www.ted.com.
Social media and security
With the rise of social media use, businesses have to consider strategies for protecting their intellectual property and sensitive data. Sophos, a security firm, discovered that 60% of the 500 businesses polled believe Facebook to present the largest threat to company security. That does not go to say that Facebook has had more security woes than Twitter, MySpace, or LinkedIn. But the perception stands that Facebook is the octopus that reaches into more homes and businesses than any other social media platform currently on the internet.
Businesses will not likely block employee access to social media sites, primarily because these sites are increasingly used for marketing and sales tactics. Since social media lends itself to the casual exchange of information, now is the time for companies to create a chapter in the procedures manual — “Best practices for social media on the job.”
A mythical “tech” creature
Is the tech industry taking after computers in Hollywood movies that are “thin and light, a single pane that jumps to life when touched” (”The Tablets of Our Dreams,” Fast Company)? It seems that technology is getting closer with a highly anticipated product people are calling the iSlate by Apple.
Imagine a clipboard gone tech. This tablet computer is creating lots of buzz due to its potential utility on a personal and professional level — we will be able to access and share information with our clients and colleagues in a medium that many say could further transform the publishing industry (for book authors and magazine publishers).
Check out NPR’s interview with Cliff Kuang on the subject of this mythical creature, which is expected to debut next week.
Twitter tops 2009 word list
Number 1 on GLM’s 2009 word list is Twitter! Here are the other 9:
Obama, H1N1, stimulus, vampire, 2.0, deficit, hadron, healthcare, transparency
What was 2008’s top word? Change. And 2007’s? Hybrid.
