Facebook Effect Book Read.
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Facebook Effect Book Read.

I just read (eh-hum) listen to the book Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick which was published back in 2010, but never got around to reading… What a fascinating and intriguing book.   It really is an unprecedented behind the scenes look a Facebook’s journey from its college origins, to raising capital,  to feature introduction, to Twitter compete,…

Digital Content Consumption-Tablet Devices in the Driver Seat
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Digital Content Consumption-Tablet Devices in the Driver Seat

This week, Microsoft was the latest to enter the tablet device marketplace with its Surface device. Earlier this year, Google released the Google Nexus 7 to compete in the ever-growing tablet market place along with iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Kindle Fire, and so many others… (The 2012-2013 holiday season will be an interesting one!)

Enabled a link redirection within the site.
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Enabled a link redirection within the site.

One common thing everyone has mentioned when setting up blogs is that you must be able to track your statistics (not only the people coming in, but also which links within the site are more effective than others, so I 16ot on to searching…    My requirements were simple: easy to use within the administration site  not…

Going Paperless at Home/Office: Introduction

Going Paperless at Home/Office: Introduction

Since the creation of the computer and data storage, people have been making every attempt to transition from their cluttered offices full of paper and rooms (or attics) full of file cabinets into a paperless, streamlined and easy to search environment. As technology has evolved, so has our ability to make the transition into paperless.Whether…

Tweets for August 2012

Tweets for August 2012

My Twitter tweets (@jorper98)  for above mentioned period follow: 2012-08-30 01:55:21   Average Household Has 5 Connected Devices, While Some Have 15-Plus – Bloomberg http://t.co/xkAjv6mi 2012-08-29 02:33:45   Windows 8 Tip: Virtualize with Hyper-V http://t.co/1iqV2IJw 2012-08-28 19:08:43   Good tip: How to use LastPass in Windows 8 Metro Internet Explorer (kind of) http://t.co/CIHEq3dD 2012-08-28 12:56:13   Excellent article:…

What is BYOD?

What is BYOD?

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is the latest trend in workplace IT deployment and one that all businesses are going to have to address whether they embrace it or not. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is defined by Wikipedia as: ‘the recent trend of employees bringing personally-owned mobile devices to their place of work, and…

Good Photo Gallery Application
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Good Photo Gallery Application

For a while now, I have been looking for a photo gallery application.  I’ve tried almost everything, from hosted services to  open source apps (Flickr, SmugMug, 500px, Google+, Photobucket (being updated soon), Gallery, Shutterfly, Facebook (ugh!) and many others.. ) and there is always something missing… I need a workhorse.. (or tug boat!)   As…

Tweets for July 2012

Tweets for July 2012

My Twitter tweets for this month follow: 2012-07-29 18:01:53   Lessons from a big iPad enterprise adopter | ITworld http://t.co/Y3zWtZVb 2012-07-23 22:04:03   BYOD: The CIO Catch-22 | Guest Opinions | http://t.co/XIiElcl2 http://t.co/aTwmg09X 2012-07-22 13:10:03   RT @FastCompany: “Encourage critical thinking during meetings.” http://t.co/5crWHnZZ 2012-07-22 10:48:35   Excellent article: Evolution of a Home Page: 37signals Basecamp http://t.co/C9hOrfE7 2012-07-21 06:39:31   Pocket…

Tweets for June 2012

Tweets for June 2012

My tweets & reads for June 2012 follow: Date:Time (UTC)   Tweet       2012-06-28 18:21:27   Good! — The Supreme Court of the United States upholds reforming health insurance in the USA – http://t.co/8jghIWq6 2012-06-26 06:42:49   The state of the economy: USA and World. Where are we heading? http://t.co/sN9kotXB 2012-06-26 05:14:09  …

Tweets for May 2012

Tweets for May 2012

My Twitter tweets and reads for May 2012 follow: Date:Time (UTC)   Tweet       2012-05-30 15:06:28   Interesting Comments! — http://t.co/GqTItpdK 2012-05-30 13:30:50   Good tool: Scheduled sending and email reminders | Boomerang for Gmail http://t.co/aKI3SOPV 2012-05-30 13:09:59   The Current Status of BYOD: Not Working as Planned at Cisco, IBM … http://t.co/K5DXKGBZ…

MCU in the Cloud

MCU in the Cloud

Article written by Rob West If you’ve got Lync, or another Voice over IP and collaboration solution in your organization, you’ve likely also got another video conferencing solution. Or, let’s say that you only have one, but your clients and partners have another one or two or three. What happens when you want to bridge…

Google+ Hangout On Air –  Genius!
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Google+ Hangout On Air – Genius!

  On Monday of this  week Google announced  the general availability of Google+ Hangout On Air. A great very personal “webcast” overview of the service by the Google team can be found  here  or you can listen to it below… [youtube_sc url=T1E__F8eNJ0 width=330]   This recorded session gives an overview of the setup, a professional broadcaster…

Tweets for April 2012

Tweets for April 2012

My Twitter tweets and reads for April 2012 follow: Date:Time (UTC)   Tweet       2012-04-29 00:04:39   Simply amazing…. Apple’s Growth In Context (AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, FB, AMZN) http://t.co/LdbYj6jp 2012-04-28 18:38:35   @Shahkaal Thanks Sheraz – you inspired me to write a blog post on this topic! http://t.co/vJlkvm7A 2012-04-28 18:37:28   Blog post:…

Google Drive: Have Cloud Drives  Lost  Their Way?
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Google Drive: Have Cloud Drives Lost Their Way?

  With this week’s introduction of Google Drive,   the conversation about “cloud drives”  has significantly increased amongst the tech community…  But have we lost a bit of focus on what a cloud drive is ? To me,   and granted, I might not be in the majority here, there is a simple definition: To be able…

MMS2012 content available

MMS2012 content available

Could not attend MMS2012 in Vegas this year?   Not to worry! Microsoft has posted all of the PowerPoint and videos for free at http://www.mms-2012.com/digitalmms regardless if you attended or not.  You can register and browse through the sessions… Thank you Microsoft!! For those of you that want to download the content for offline viewing: Videos:…

Couldn’t make MMS 2012 conference?
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Couldn’t make MMS 2012 conference?

Not to worry!   Microsoft has posted all of the PowerPoint and videos at http://www.mms-2012.com/digitalmms    regardless if you attended or not, you can register and browse through the sessions…   Thank you  Microsoft!!    For those of you that want to download the content for offline viewing: Videos:   Stefan Roth has created a PowerShell script that will…

Tweets for March 2012

Tweets for March 2012

My tweets / reads for March 2012 follow: Date:Time (UTC)   Tweet             2012-03-31 16:48:56   Dell Expands Portfolio of Desktop Virtualization Solutions for Light IT and Complex IT Environmen… http://t.co/Z21q5M9A 2012-03-28 22:45:16   Developing A BYOD Strategy: The 5 Mistakes To Avoid http://t.co/QVZEIgbT 2012-03-28 22:42:30   VMware shows his…

Updated IPD from Microsoft

Updated IPD from Microsoft

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides series have been updated to reflect the version upgrades and changes to the Microsoft product line in the past few months. Definitely worth the review: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc196387.aspx As a reminder: The series is a collection of documents that leads the reader through a sequence of core decision points to…

Worth noting: Last entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica book.
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Worth noting: Last entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica book.

You got to take note about a small piece of yesterday’s news: After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print, instead focusing on its online encyclopedia,yesterdays Publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia. Not unexpected, but the fact that it was finally announced it is amazing… 244 years!   Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica…

Tweets for February 2012

Tweets for February 2012

My Twitter tweets for February 2012 follow: Date Tweet 2012-02-29 14:29:45 Steven Sinofsky Is The Heir Apparent of Microsoft – http://t.co/7U1mTCH9http://t.co/InBEnbUJ 2012-02-29 13:14:34 Great Data & Analysis on Social Media Growth 2006-2011 by #dstevenwhitehttp://t.co/2bvnNSEU 2012-02-29 12:51:38 What is Tumblr? by Jonno Rodd – Marketing Freelancer http://t.co/qlsGEEaL 2012-02-29 05:02:52 Dell is not only a hardware company. eWeek http://t.co/rGI0hQAW 2012-02-29 04:56:33…

World Internet Usage Statistics
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World Internet Usage Statistics

Very interesting statistics on Internet usage  from a global perspective. Couple of things to call out: North America is #3 by number of Internet users North America is #1 by Internet penetration   World Internet Usage Statistics News and World Population Stats. Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm Data is as of December 31, 2011.

Tweets for January 2012

Tweets for January 2012

My Tweets for January 2012 follow: Date Tweet 2012-01-31 16:11:21 Nine Startup Tips From Michael Dell http://t.co/MdD69T2d 2012-01-30 16:11:46 Hierarchy of Need: Consumerization of IT – what it means for the Architecthttp://t.co/qnpH1RGh 2012-01-30 16:09:10 Manage IT consumerization to benefit the company: 5 policy keys http://t.co/n27xl9rO 2012-01-30 16:06:33 Consumerization in 2012: Cloud and mobile blurs into other people’s…

Move from Physical Image to Virtual
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Move from Physical Image to Virtual

There are many reasons you would like to convert a Desktop/ Laptop image into a virtual image.  They may include: Backup / easy recovery Want to access your image while on the road Tired of traveling with multiple devices Today is fairly easy to convert a physical desktop/laptop into a virtual one. Although I focus…

Internet Parental Controls Enforced
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Internet Parental Controls Enforced

Like many of you parents out there, we have a real issue with  our kids Internet access habits…   They are online at all times, talking to their friends, surfing YouTube or playing multi-player online  games.     The Internet has  become a large part of our everyday activities, so we are not necessarily oppose to these activities, but the…

Tweets for December 2011

Tweets for December 2011

My tweets for December 2011 follow: Date Tweet 2011-12-31 18:08:57 Five tips for your 2012 social media strategy http://t.co/WwkqFCRh 2011-12-31 18:05:03 The Fine Line Between Success and Failure: Creating What You Want Most in 2012 – Forbes http://t.co/ipjStLAK 2011-12-31 17:56:16 Like Hell Facebook Is Killing Google (GOOG) http://t.co/KlvmWhCF 2011-12-30 15:47:03 2011′s Executive Compensation Highlights (and Lowlights) |http://t.co/Xp0Zl57p 2011-12-30…

Microsoft Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V

When considering VMware to address the Server Virtualization environment, take a moment to consider another more cost effective alternative: Microsoft Virtual Server. Although Virtual Server does not currently offer VMware features such as VMotion, Site Recovery, Converter, etc. Microsoft is spending a lot of development dollars making sure that the Virtual Server environment is in…

Tweets Archives: November 2011

Tweets Archives: November 2011

My tweets for 2011-11 are: 11/03/11 19:58:03 VDI Printing from The Virtualization Practice  Blog http://t.co/ZNMsFE3X 11/04/11 14:16:35 Release: Citrix XenClient 2.1 http://t.co/bs3QuyRK 11/04/11 14:23:13 Printing Architectures for VDI – Part 2 http://t.co/nXcI6iWn 11/04/11 14:23:22 Making an Educated Decision on View 5.0 or XenDesktop 5.5 http://t.co/wRmRMtns 11/04/11 14:27:01 Desktop virtualization smackdown: Parallels vs. VMware vs. VirtualBox…

Tweets Archive: October 2011

Tweets Archive: October 2011

My Tweets for October 2011 were: 10/01/11 17:41:07 Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2 vs. Nook Color   —  Good explanation.   http://t.co/Ktu7a36i 10/01/11 18:13:35 Good food for thought! http://t.co/6Vp457vC 10/01/11 18:36:20 Video: Brian Madden explains the Consumerization of IT in 3 minutes – Brian Madden – BrianMadden.com http://t.co/btLVnDrQ 10/01/11 18:45:01 US SMB SaaS CRM Market Set…

Tweets Archive: September 2011

Tweets Archive: September 2011

My Tweets for 2011-09 follow: 09/04/11 06:05:15 Enterprise License Optimization: Microsoft licensing in VDI environments http://t.co/4zKW0Aq 09/04/11 06:10:59 Amazon Is Only Launching A 7? Tablet? Genius. (Plus A Mockup!) http://t.co/F3oZ6Wl 09/04/11 06:15:05 Netflix loses Starz contract, content to be pulled February 28 http://t.co/okhdpRR 09/05/11 17:01:02 Great graphic!  RT @cloudtweaks: Infographic: The Cloud Computing Stratosphere http://t.co/NJdZzuO…

To Netflix: Must Try Something else now
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To Netflix: Must Try Something else now

After several months  of back and forth, this past weekend (long weekend)  we finally came to realization that the current Netflix offering is just not working for us anymore…    When the rate increase changed, earlier this year,  we switched to streaming only, but, simply put,  the current  streaming selection sucks! Recent news events that…

Tweets Archive: August 2011

Tweets Archive: August 2011

My tweets for August 2011 were: 08/02/11 02:35:05 Chrome still pushing forward, IE8 falls below 30%, IE6 falls below 10% – TechSpot News http://bit.ly/qwr5j4 08/08/11 00:19:20 Forget About Devices! Why IT Execs Should Focus On Content http://onforb.es/p5leap 08/09/11 17:17:27 10-Year Stock Comparasion: Microsoft, Amazon, Google & Apple.   http://bit.ly/ohSL7I 08/09/11 18:10:44 Dropbox has 25 million users…

Tweets Archive to: 2011-07-30

Tweets Archive to: 2011-07-30

My tweets for period: 7/16 – 7/30/2011 follow: 07/16/11 01:25:58 Ineresting point of view:  Google+: One Hell Of A Trojan Horse http://tcrn.ch/noNOME 07/16/11 01:29:35 Desktop virtualization offers a solution to the consumerization of IT puzzle | ITworld http://bit.ly/pZF6nu 07/16/11 17:28:25 A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America http://tcrn.ch/nPgdaQ…

Boring Statistics – No More!
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Boring Statistics – No More!

Who said statistics need to be dull…. Excellent video : titled Social Media Revolution 3 (4:15 version via Erik Qualman) based on the book Socialnomics by +Erik Qualman — [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EnhXn5boM]   Back in 2009 I was exposed to the same style video called “Did You Know? 3.0 ” which conveyed a number of statistic, in a very refreshing matter…

Tweets Archive for 2011-07-15

Tweets Archive for 2011-07-15

Tweet archives for periord: 7/1 – 7/15 2011 07/01/11 06:35:07 I just connected my @klout account with LinkedIn. Connect and see how your @klout improves! http://t.co/Zaq2vVn 07/01/11 14:26:38 Reap the benefits of desktop virtualization: cut IT costs, secure data & more. Get the white paper. http://bit.ly/jhZVWB 07/02/11 16:32:10 How to patch virtualized Office 2010 sequenced…

The Engagement Pyramid

The Engagement Pyramid

Going through my ReaditLater.com pending queue, I found this great Groundwire article  from By Gideon Rosenblatt  which I had marked several months back A couple of quotes: …The most effective social change organizations understand how to wield their portfolio of engagement tactics in Zen-like fashion… …At Groundwire, we use a framework for mapping these different levels…

Tweets Archive: June 2011

Tweets Archive: June 2011

My tweets for the month are: 06/01/11 01:44:56 How Google Takes 54 Cents From Every Dollar Spent On Web Advertising http://read.bi/lI0Pg1 06/01/11 01:48:48 Paper: Windows 7 IOPS for VDI: Deep Dive http://bit.ly/lsTPp2 06/01/11 07:14:19 Asus unveils smartphone-tablet combo, the Padfone – TechSpot News http://bit.ly/mhhmOj 06/02/11 21:10:19 Microsoft’s Windows 8 Demo From D9 (Video) – AllThingsD…

Tweets Archives: 2011-05-30

Tweets Archives: 2011-05-30

Tweets Archives, since the last tweets posting: 05/16/11 16:01:53 Hot Or Not: The Disruptive Tech Outlook for 2011 http://slidesha.re/k5Gbxn 05/16/11 19:36:47 8 Tips for Using Social Blogging to Grow Your Business | Inc.com http://bit.ly/kAgP6I 05/17/11 02:28:45 A Lot Of Cool Things Are Coming To Windows Phones (MSFT) http://read.bi/kyNIL1 05/17/11 02:35:59 Microsoft Apologises For BPOS Outage…

Is email going the way of regular mail?
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Is email going the way of regular mail?

First some astonishing statistics: (Source: PingDom: Internet 2010  in numbers) 107 trillion – The number of emails sent on the Internet in 2010. 294 billion – Average number of email messages per day. 1.88 billion – The number of email users worldwide. 89.1% – The share of emails that were spam. (that is 269 billion emails) 2.9 billion – The number of email…

US Broadband Infrastructure falling behind
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US Broadband Infrastructure falling behind

A few  days ago (5/13/2011), I saw a segment in the PBS.org series Need To Know that talked to how strategic Europe sees the upgrade of their broadband infrastructure.  More interesting is that it is being financed privately. As the program shows, the result have transformational. Fast forward to at time stamp: 24:50 time stamp. Watch the full episode. ( Broadband Infrastructure:…

Tweets: 2011-05-15
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Tweets: 2011-05-15

Tweet archives for last couple of weeks. 05/01/11 06:17:56 Online College Education is evolving exponentially each year. Don’t believe me? Check this Infographic out ; http://lx.im/1c9Ey  – ad 05/01/11 21:31:44 The Future of Advertising Will Be Integrated http://tcrn.ch/iGVoCi 05/01/11 22:09:22 Microsoft Keeps Burning Hundreds Of Millions Online  http://read.bi/kQQqvj 05/01/11 22:21:03 Microsoft Online – $4B startup…