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2010-03-01T21:17:00.002Z

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Did the clouds just get darker?

2010-02-25T11:17:00.002Z

In February 2010 three Google executives were convicted of a privacy violation in an Italian court and received suspended prison sentences. The reason for the trial and conviction: they allowed people to upload a video to Google Video showing someone being bullied. It was two hours before the video was removed following complaints.

"It is like prosecuting the post office for hate mail that is sent in the post"

...Click here to read the full post

SharePoint and Windows Mobile 7

2010-02-15T22:36:00.002Z

Welcome to the new Office hub

Today, Microsoft finally unveiled Windows Mobile 7. Just one line matters (well, a few others are also quite interesting but this is the one SharePoint customers have been waiting for):

"You can access any document from your Sharepoint server with editing and creation functionalities on your phone."
- Source: Know Your Mobile

About flamin' time :-) ...click here to read full post

Online Web Event - Managing SharePoint 2007 Site Permissions

2010-02-09T10:26:00.002Z

On February 8th, I delivered a free short online web cast based on my presentation 'Managing SharePoint 2007 Site Permissions'. Organised by Mark Miller at EndUserSharePoint.com, the event was recorded and is available for download.

To go into more detail about managing SharePoint site permissions and how to apply security in SharePoint, Mark has organised a follow-up 2 hour live web event. It is being held on 1st March at 13:00 EST (6pm GMT). I'll be presenting again but the plan is for this event to be as interactive and hands-on as possible ...click here to read more

US Olympic web site launched on SharePoint 2010 beta

2010-02-02T09:32:00.000Z

The United States Olympic Committee have launched a new Press Portal ready for the Winter Olympics being held in Vancouver shortly.

The portal is a public web site running on SharePoint Server 2010 Beta with Silverlight serving up embedded media ...click here to read the full post

The clue is in the I of iPad

2010-02-01T12:00:00.003Z

...and I as in interaction, not information...

The laptop is still too invasive in a physical meeting environment. I always ask clients first if they mind me using a laptop to take notes. For certain industries – healthcare, witness interviews for starters – a device like the iPad could be a massive breakthrough. In education, teachers might get to see faces again... click here to read the full post

SharePoint 2007 – How to Manage Site Permissions

2010-01-29T14:39:00.003Z

[Note: This post has been cross-posted from the SharePoint Guide web site]

The presentation below walks through how to manage permissions and control access to a SharePoint site. It assumes you are the owner of your own site, i.e. you have permission to change permissions:

…click here to read the full post.

Analyse and Act on Social Media Trends

2010-01-27T12:22:00.000Z

There are plenty of tools on the Internet for visualising trends from social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. But few go beyond visual analytics. This video explores how to integrate ways that enable you to act on the trends uncovered:

...click here to read more

Amateurism can win battles

2010-01-23T08:05:00.001Z

This Monday’s Start the Week programme on Radio 4 included an interesting discussion about amateurism during World War II, or as it was titled: ‘The dodgy dossier that fooled Hitler’.

“If Churchill hadn’t been such an enthusiast for this sort of operation and given them full rein…In a way it’s a celebration of amateurism, they were allowed to think what ever they wanted and try it out.”

…click here to read the full post

Our connected future

2010-01-10T18:40:00.001Z

When you reach the giga, peta, and exa orders of quantities, strange new powers emerge. You can do things at these scales that would have been impossible before...

...click here to read more

Crashing with the nose up

2010-01-10T16:27:00.003Z

"Most merit-pay systems share 2 attributes: they absorb vast
amounts of management time and make most people unhappy"

...click here to read more

9 Brain Rules for Education

2010-01-10T10:22:00.001Z

An amazing talk by an amazing woman, Marja Brandon founded a school in Seattle because she decided the state system was failing. Designed a completely original curriculum - no text books! Based around teaching 4 core skills:

Critical and creative thinking
Problem posing and solving
Bold thinking - don't think outside the box, live outside the box
Community connectedness - connect everything they do to the real world

...click here to read more

December 2009 Newsletter

2010-01-02T11:00:00.001Z

Here's our selection of links shared during December 2009 organised into the usual categories of Systems and the bits and pieces that make them: People, Information and Technology. This month, Design puts in an appearance too ...click here to read more

Reviewing trends from 2005

2009-12-30T18:40:00.004Z

Instead of making predictions of the future I thought I'd review past trends and see if they're still relevant. Here are some favourites from 2005:

"Blogs and wikis are still immature technologies but they will influence the design of future content management systems and collaborative workspace solutions"

...click here to read more

Dell B2B Social Media Huddle Part 5 - Roundtable and Close

2009-12-30T11:06:00.006Z

This is the 5th and final post from the Dell B2B Social Media Huddle held on 9th December 2009 at Dell's UK Headquarters.

The topic of discussion during the roundtable was:

"why do businesses appear to be reluctant to integrate social media here in the UK. What can be done to change the situation?"

...click here to read more

Dell B2B Social Media Huddle Part 4 - Case Studies

2009-12-28T18:00:00.001Z

This is part 4 in a series of posts form Dell's B2B Social Media Huddle held on 9th December 2009.

"To buy the word 'Cloud Computing' on Google [Adwords] costs $14 which is expensive. Creating a cloud computing video and publishing it on YouTube shows higher potential RoI"

YouTube is seen as the most beneficial social media channel for Salesforce.com. Why? Because the videos have the potential to go viral ...click here to read more

How to make a smile

2009-12-27T19:27:00.003Z

Dance!

...click here to read more.

Dell B2B Social Media Huddle Part 3 - The Business Case

2009-12-16T17:00:00.000Z

This is part 3 in a series of posts from Dell's B2B Social Media Huddle.

"$15K mailshot = 200 new customers"
"$7.5K billboard = 300 new customers"
"$0 on Twitter = 1,800 new customers"

Benjamin Ellis gave a very grounded and detailed breakdown of how to build a business case for implementing social media as part of any communication strategy ....click here to read more.

Dell B2B Social Media Huddle Part 2 - Community Matters

2009-12-12T12:36:00.007Z

In part 2 of our series of posts from the Dell B2B Social Media Huddle, Steve Lamb shared some observations from his experience within Microsoft. This session was all about the importance of community over tools and content.

"No matter how big you are, you cannot hire all the smartest people. Doesn't mean they are inaccessible"

This is a great reason to be using social media. No one company 'owns' all the best resources and often there are many great people willing to share their expertise online ...click here to read more

Dell B2B Social Media Huddle Part 1 - Trends

2009-12-10T16:21:00.002Z

On Monday 7th December 2009 I attended Dell's excellent B2B Social Media Huddle at the UK headquarters in Bracknell. About 60 people attended the event and there were some great conversations. Here are some highlights. This is part 1: Social Media Trends.

...click here to read more.

Google Goggles

2009-12-10T09:33:00.001Z

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November 2009 Newsletter

2009-12-07T12:00:00.002Z

Here's the November 2009 selection of links plucked from everything shared during the month via Google Reader, Delicious and Twitter. Organised into the usual suspects of Systems and their bits and pieces: People, Information and Technology.

"The web has made kicking ass easier to achieve, and mediocrity harder to sustain. Mediocrity now howls in protest." @gapingvoid

...click here to read the full newsletter

Did You Know? 2009 Edition

2009-11-22T11:07:00.004Z

For the past few years, we have seen various videos uploaded to YouTube visualising the trends that have emerged thanks to the Internet and mobile devices. Here's the latest one, updated with 2009 news stories:

...click here to read more

From PowerPivot to Pivot

2009-11-21T11:52:00.002Z

Hot on the heels of announcing the new PowerPivot for Excel at the SharePoint conference recently, Microsoft's Live Labs have announced another new tool with a very similar name: Pivot:

...click here to read more