Renaissance 2.0
The definition of viral marketing from wikipedia: marketing techniques that use preexisting social networks to produce increases in brand awareness, through self-replicating viral processes, analogous to the spread of pathological and computer viruses. It can be word-of-mouth delivered or enhanced by the network effects of the Internet.[1] Viral marketing is a marketing phenomenon that facilitates…
A friend of mine said to me, “Sorry you have to work late tonight. I have no idea what a core switch is.” It made me chuckle and remember that most people don’t know the terms or jargons we geeks in I.T. use on a daily basis. Even technically savvy users like my friend don’t…
Everyone that knows me knows how much I love social media and social networking. I am a big fan of web 2.0 and do not fear any bubble bursting any time soon. However, something happened to me today on my drive home from work that forced me to rethink some thing when it comes to…
SecondSkin is an interesting film about the seven lives of people who are addicted to the popular online virtual worlds like SecondLife, World of Warcraft and EverQuest. It shows a couple who fell in love before even meeting in person, handicapped people who find limitless potentials online and other stories. It truly looks like a fascinating…
Here’s a quick and easy (and free!) way to see realtime stats on the number of people visiting your website or blog: http://whos.amung.us They don’t describe themselves as a page counter, but as a people counter. http://whos.amung.us/learnmore shows how to add a counter that shows live visitors These other two widgets work with the…
Believer it or not, you can actually build a social network for your enterprise for free. Thanks to Microsoft’s free Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and free SQL Server 2005 Express database, you can design and deploy an entirely new collaborative intranet or social network for your company that features many of the hottest web 2.0…
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Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express is a free (for now) search solution for the enterprise. It’s easy to install and can be up and running within minutes. It looks and feels like search engines we use every day. Includes subscription service that sends update notifications of your search results via e-mail and RSS alerts. Watch this…
How to Replace Microsoft Office 2007’s Big Ugly Ribbon bar with the old familiar Office 2003 Toolbar Paisano’s Stupid Office Tricks Series Vol 1 Episode 1One of the most common complaints that I’ve heard about Microsoft Office 2007 is about the big ugly ribbon bar that some GUI genius from Redmond decided was an improvement…
Every nerd or geek from I.T. (like me) loved the “Nick Burns, Your Company’s Computer Guy” sketch from Saturday Night Live. Jimmy Fallon was hilarious and dead-on as the cynical sarcastic helpdesk hero. While most of the jargon and technical props were way off base in regards to realism, the sentiment of the sketches were…
Oh, don’t you hate it when you can’t connect to twitter? My inner child throws a tantrum and needs a babysitter. What a painful sight to see that bird upside down. I click and click but I can’t seem to turn it around. What in the world do they expect us all to do? Like…