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Classic Scoble : Collaborative design app wows at Mix

Robert Scoble — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:42:00 +0000

What was Scoble up to one year ago today? Check out today’s video for a trip down memory lane.
And for more context, check out his blog, from one year ago today!

ConceptShare was my favorite thing at the recent Office 2.0 Conference. Here I run into Bernie Aho, co-founder of ConceptShare, at the Mix BlogZone last week and he gave me a short demo. ConceptShare lets you work with designers on, say, a brochure, or a Web site design, or other design elements and projects.

Tags: ConceptShare, Office 2.0, Bernie Aho

Classic Scoble : eBay Demo Expo: Prototype eBay tagcloud gets emotional

Robert Scoble — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:02:00 +0000

What was Scoble up to one year ago today? Check out today’s video for a trip down memory lane.
And for more context, check out his blog, from one year ago today!

I was one of the few outsiders to visit eBay and witness an internal “Demo Expo.” The Demo Expo was a way for employees to come up with a new technology or feature and show it off to eBay’s employees and executives. I picked my favorite four teams, and this is one of them. Thanks to eBay’s Disruptive Innovations team, which is the one that put together the Demo Expo and invited me along. The only rule was that these projects had to use eBay’s standard publicly-available APIs.

Here Neel Sundaresan, distinguished research scientist, eBay Research Labs, shows me Emosi Sosial, which is like a tag cloud, but shows me very quickly whether a seller is highly regarded or not in the areas most important to the interested buyer.

Other posts from a year ago:
eBay Demo Expo: Second Life prototype
eBay Demo Expo: Prototype eBay Toolbar
The details behind eBay’s Demo Expo, internal innovation competition
eBay Demo Expo: EXCLUSIVE: New eBay Web 2.0 To Go Widget now shipping

Tags: eBay, Demo Expo, Disruptive Innovations, Neel Sundaresan, tag cloud

Celio REDFLY: A Smartphone’s Mobile Companion

Brad Baldwin — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:00:48 +0000

When Celio Corporation received a 2008 CES Innovations Award this past November, the news was out that Ceilo was up to something cool. Kirt Bailey, CEO of Celio Corporation — and former Intel Capital director involved with mobility markets, sat down with Brad Baldwin of Rocky Mountain Voices and shared the story of the REDFLY Mobile Companion.

As Bailey reminds, today’s smartphones are approaching (or already have) the processing power of computers. The REDFLY unleashes the mobile computing and communication power of today’s smartphone that is trapped beneath a tiny screen. The REDFLY is a 1″x6″x9″ clamshell device that connects to a smartphone via Bluetooh or USB to enhance a smartphone with an 8″ high-resolution display, full-function keyboard, touchpad and 8-hour battery life. The REDFLY also has a standard VGA port for output to projectors and displays and charges your phone while in use.

Bailey sees a big benefit for the mobile business traveler who seeks to stay connected while shedding pounds. REDFLY lets salespeople more easily use Salesforce.com or other Web 2.0 apps, allows business managers to forecast in Excel, or helps executives keep up on email — all from their their smartphone and the 1.9 pound REDFLY.

Demo of online storage service Box.Net

Robert Scoble — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:39:04 +0000

Aaron Levie, CEO of Box.Net, demonstrates his online storage service and it’s integration with other Web 2.0 services.

Tags: Aaron Levie, online storage, Web 2.0

John Battelle on 2007 predictions and advertising industry

Robert Scoble — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:01:58 +0000

You might have heard of John Battelle. He plans the Web 2.0 Summits, wrote a book about Google, runs an online advertising company, among many other things. I spent some time with him this week talking about his predictions (which, for the past few years, have turned out to be quite accurate) as well as his advertising business, Federated Media, which provides advertising and revenues for famous blogs like Boing Boing and TechCrunch.

Tags: John Battelle, Web 2.0, Google, Federated Media, Boing Boing, TechCrunch

Chris Kenton of MotiveLab

Paul Lancour — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:51:05 +0000

In this podcast Chris Kenton, President and CEO of MotiveLab has a conversation with Eric Vidal, advertising and new media leader at WebEx about what’s being talked about by marketing thought leaders as we move forward in a Web 2.0 world. The utilization of new on-line tools, the ability to measure success, and the very nature of social marketing are among the areas of discussion.

Tags: Chris Kenton, MotiveLab, Eric Vidal, WebEx, Web 2.0

Virtualization and Enterprise Architecture: The Security Architect

Jason Lopez — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:34:55 +0000

Data centers today are under pressure from rising compute requirements, demand for storage capacity and energy costs. In this video podcast from IT@Intel, Alan Ross, principal engineer and enterprise architect with Intel IT, shares experiences, technology assessments and best practices around data center efficiency, virtualization and consolidation.

Transforming the data center requires understanding the underlying domains: facility, network, server, storage and how security interacts with manageability and other technology. The security architect has to evolve plans for business continuity and disaster recovery, as well as jump into emerging threat and risk arenas like Web application security. Facilities monitoring and management and energy savings require understanding and balancing customer service levels with the need to pinpoint where, when and how much compute power is needed, and migrating workloads accordingly. Virtualization is another game-changer in the data center, increasing capacity and manageability while decreasing energy consumption.

Alan Ross comes to enterprise architecture from an unconventional background. He holds a number of patents, has worked with electrorheological fluids to change the behavior of automotive dampers, and hopes someday to be part of future innovations in energy efficiency, photovoltaics and photolytics.

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Tags: storage capacity, IT@Intel, Alan Ross, virtualization, data center, Alan Ross, enterprise architecture, electrorheological fluids, energy efficiency

Staying In The Loop: Stu Schmidt

Paul Lancour — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:00:58 +0000

In this podcast Eric Vidal, advertising and new media leader at WebEx, talks to Stu Schmidt, Vice President of solution sales at Cisco/WebEx, about how Web 2.0 and conversational marketing are changing the rules of the marketing game. Learn how you have to get involved in the conversation that is increasingly being led by people outside of the organization, and what tools are available to make sure you’re in the loop.

Tags: Eric Vidal, WebEx, Stu Schmidt, solution sales, Cisco, Web 2.0, conversational marketing, marketing game

Anant Jhingran on Web 2.0 in the Enterprise

Michael Cote — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:03:38 +0000

While at the IBM Software Group Connection Summit 2007, James talks IBM’s Anany Jhingran about IBM’s application of Web 2.0 ideas to information management in the enterprise. Of note, they spend some time talking about the navigating the cultural waters and changes in the IT department and balancing the need for IT control with the less control based elements of Web 2.0 think.

Tags: IBM, Web 2.0

AtTask is Used by Apple, Disney, CBS, and More…

Brad Baldwin — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:18:55 +0000

AtTask provides on-demand project and portfolio management software. Scott Johnson, CEO and Founder, and his team have self-funded and enhanced the @task offering over the past six years with dashboard UI, Web 2.0 collaboration, workflow, templates, APIs, and global language support. In that time, AtTask landed an impressive customer list, including Apple, Chevron, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota, and more. To accelerate their business, AtTask recently completed a $7M funding round from http://www.openviewpartners.com/ OpenView Venture Partners.

Johnson introduces AtTask, the company, and provides details of the new Enterprise version of @task. AtTask also launched Project Daily, a blog with the best thoughts coming out of the project management industry.

Tags: AtTask, Scott Johnson, @task, Web 2.0, Apple, Chevron, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota

Mike 2.0: Simplifying the Methodology of Information Management

Paul Lancour — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:35:12 +0000

Join BearingPoint Managing Director, Robert Hilliard, as he explores Mike 2.0 and the opportunities it offers to Information Management.

Mike 2.0 is a web 2.0 technique that is used to simplify the complexity of finding data. It takes out many of the steps that are currently taken to manage and allocate important information. With a less than stellar performance in the past, Information Management led many people to believe that securing data was a threat and not an opportunity. With the introduction of Mike 2.0, BearingPoint has engaged in a competitive advantage over our competitors.

BearingPoint has spent many years developing a strategy that could target the threats commonly seen with Information Management. The important element was recognizing the challenges and developing a strategic solution. By using Mike 2.0, the client becomes familiar with a new method for extracting data, one that take less time and money.

BearingPoint’s Information Management solutions help your organization understand its toughest information management challenges and begin the journey to learn more.

Tags: BearingPoint, Robert Hilliard, Mike 2.0, Information Management

Web 2.0 Design Patterns, the book

Michael Cote — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:36:56 +0000

While in Barcelona at Adobe MAX ‘07, James talks with Duane Nickull about their upcoming book Web 2.0 Design Patterns.

Tags: Barcelona, Adobe MAX ‘07, Duane Nickull

Microsoft partners with Atlassian over Sharepoint Wiki

Robert Scoble — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:00:20 +0000

Atlassian builds enterprise wikis and is white hot. Today at the Web 2.0 Summit Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, will announce that it is partnering with Atlassian, who is building a Sharepoint connector so that Sharepoint customers can use Atlassian’s wiki. This is pretty significant news and here Jeffrey Walker, Atlassian’s president, and Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s CEO, discusses what this means for Atlassian.

Tags: Atlassian, Steve Ballmer, Sharepoint, Jeffrey Walker, Mike Cannon-Brookes

Becoming a Sales 2.0 Business: Measurement and Predictability

Michael Johnson — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:26:26 +0000

This is the third of three podcasts focusing on the practical side of Sales 2.0. In this interview, Jeff Weinberger, who leads marketing for sales solutions at WebEx, talks with Stu Schmidt, vice president of Solutions at WebEx, about measuring the Sales 2.0 business. Stu has 25 years of experience in the tech industry, including 10 years developing sales methodologies for companies of all sizes, and he developed the innovative sales process at WebEx.

With so much talk about Sales 2.0, it’s easy to think about it in terms of technology. This series of podcasts discusses why Sales 2.0 is not about the technology, but rather how the technology empowers your sales force to achieve unprecedented results.

The focus of this third podcast is measurement. In a Sales 2.0 business, measurement is as important - maybe more important - than ever. In this installment, you’ll learn why measuring results can lead you astray, how to measure what really counts, and why focusing on change rather than static numbers makes your whole sales process and outcome more predictable.

Tags: Sales 2.0, Jeff Weinberger, Stu Schmidt

Online Communities: Office 2.0 part 2

Aron Pruiett — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:47:16 +0000

Dion Hinchcliffe moderates the panel of Diane Davidson ( Director of Customer Marketing, WebEx Communications ), Robert Duffy ( Online Communities Strategist, Intel ), Mark Finnern ( SDN Collaboration Wiz, SAP ), Josh Hilliker ( Intel vPro Expert Center Community Manager, Intel ) and Mike Walsh ( Chief Executive Officer, Leverage Software ).

Part two includes a question and answer session with the Office 2.0 audience. Viral marketing, construction concerns and support are all informative question topics raised through this continued online community forum.

Online Communities: Office 2.0

Aron Pruiett — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:59:28 +0000

Dion Hinchcliffe moderates the panel of Diane Davidson (director of customer marketing, WebEx Communications), Robert Duffy (online communities strategist, Intel), Mark Finnern[/ta] (SDN Collaboration Wiz, SAP), [tag]Josh Hilliker (Intel vPro Expert Center Community Manager, Intel) and Mike Walsh (chief executive officer, Leverage Software) during the 2007 Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Highlights include Intel’s Open Port and vPro Expert Center as well as SAP Developer Network strategies and directions.

With increasing demand being placed on transparency within online communities, will the value of open communication offset escalating portal supply? Are companies relying more on user participation to administer community FAQ’s and support?

Tags: Dion Hinchcliffe, Diane Davidson, Robert Duffy, Mark Finnern[/ta] (SDN Collaboration Wiz, SAP), [tag]Josh Hilliker, Intel vPro, Mike Walsh, Office 2.0 conference

Web 2.0 Search: Finding the Best of the Best on the Web with Wookah

John Ince — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:00:51 +0000

Ari Klinger, CEO of Wookah.com, talks with John Ince about their multi-engine search tool. Wookah has a created a knowledge base of the top sites on the Web that combines 1) a spider, 2) human input from an in house editorial team 3) feedback and interaction from users.

Tags: Ari Klinger, Wookah.com

Web 2.0 Search: Finding the Best of the Best on the Web with Wookah

John Ince — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:16:40 +0000

Ari Klinger, CEO of Wookah.com, talks with John Ince about their multi-engine search platform. Wookah searches in discreet categories using a major search engine like Google or Yahoo. Essentially it’s a way to do a deep search across the best sites all from one window.

Tags: Ari Klinger, Wookah.com

LunchMeet: Easy Online Planning With PlanHQ

Eddie Codel — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:55:49 +0000

If you want to create a startup business, you’ve got to create (and follow through on) plans. From creating a business plan, tracking financials to following through on goals, PlanHQ makes this process possible and painless. I spoke with Tim Norton, CEO and founder of PlanHQ, who describes and then shows me several scenerios in which this rich, Web 2.0 application helps get things done.

Tags: PlanHQ, Tim Norton, Web 2.0

IDF Live: Is Social Media a Friend or Foe of IT?

Jason Lopez — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:35:49 +0000

Tom Foremski, editor of Silicon Valley Watcher, led a panel discussion on Day 1 of the Fall Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The panel dealt directly with the friction that often arises between the burgeoning social media forces in the enterprise and the IT groups that find themselves in opposition to the kinds of needs created by those newer social networks.

The panel in this podcast includes Peter Kaminski, CTO of Socialtext, Jackie Medecki, attorney for social media and marketing at Intel, Jeff Moriarty, a social media/Web 2.0 design engineer at Intel, John Miner, an IT methodologist at Intel, and Eleanor Wynn, a social technology architect at Intel

It’s IT’s stereotypical response (”No”) to questions about setting up blogs and wikis, that prompts the debate. But as John Miner points out, most large companies inherently already have blogs and wikis — they just don’t realize it. This, he says, is because they tend to grow organically inside of large IT structures. But the fact is that the candor and conversation that make up the substance of blogs and wikis do tend to threaten some of the structures of the enterprise — especially when it comes to legal concerns.

How does Intel handle the challenges? Especially when it comes to the “gray areas?” This video podcast shows how one large corporation is navigating social media in the enterprise.

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Tags: Tom Foremski, Silicon Valley Watcher, Intel Developer Forum, social media, IT, social networks, Peter Kaminski, Socialtext, Jackie Medecki, Jeff Moriarty, John Miner, Eleanor Wynn, social technology, blogs and wikis, IT@Intel

The Deal: There’s No Deal without Advertising

Jason Lopez — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:39:07 +0000

Investors such as Jay MacDonald and Bill Detwiler are bullish on web-based advertising. MacDonald says advertisers have always wanted to know exactly who listened to their ads on radio or saw them in magazines. You cannot click on a newspaper ad. But with features like interactivity and social media that add value to online adverts, the Internet promises to increase the effectiveness of messages. Jason Lopez recorded this podcast for PodTech at the Convergence 2.0 conference, presented by The Deal, in New York City.

Tags: Jay MacDonald, Bill Detwiler, social media, Convergence 2.0, The Deal

The Deal: Irrelevant Content is Irrelevant

Jason Lopez — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:31:08 +0000

Where is the value in web media? Some say it is in the cost effectiveness of production. Cameras have become quite cheap. Others say it is in the efficiencies of the distribution of quality media products. After the lively panel entitled “Emerging Sector Spotlight–State of IPTV Technology Development,” panelists Shelly Palmer, Scott Paterson and Tom Westdyk weigh in on the opportunities and pitfalls of IPTV and new media. PodTech’s Jason Lopez has this podcast from the Convergence 2.0 conference, presented by The Deal, in New York City.

Tags: IPTV, Shelly Palmer, Scott Paterson, Tom Westdyk, Convergence 2.0, The Deal

Enterprise Collaboration, Part 2

Aron Pruiett — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:22:02 +0000

In part 2, Dan Farber continues his moderation of a discussion panel surrounding collaboration and Web 2.0 during the 2007 Office 2.0 conference. Panelists include Scott Dietzen, Etay Gafni, Sam Lawrence, Oliver Marks, Paul Pedrazzi and Jay Simons.

Dan gets more input about his question of how to federate a people centric concept. Separating signal from noise is also addressed.

Will improved bandwidth increase trust within social networks? Sales remain key to enterprise success. Is the customer’s personal information less valuable in an open environment or is their data imperative for innovation?

Tags: Dan Farber, Web 2.0, Office 2.0, Scott Dietzen, Etay Gafni, Sam Lawrence, Oliver Marks, Paul Pedrazzi, Jay Simons, social networks

Enterprise Collaboration

Aron Pruiett — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:15:42 +0000

Dan Farber recently moderated the discussion panel surrounding collaboration and Web 2.0 during the 2007 Office 2.0 conference. Panelists include Scott Dietzen, Etay Gafni, Sam Lawrence, Oliver Marks, Paul Pedrazzi and Jay Simons.

Although collaboration has existed in many forms over a long period of time. Dan addresses the panelists on what to expect from current online environments.

What is the value of an increasingly open online culture? Connecting developers and customers online create many fresh ideas, however, what direction will software, applications and communication take as people become center focus? Where will the successful results of prior enterprise collaboration go?

Tags: Dan Farber, Web 2.0, Office 2.0, Scott Dietzen, Etay Gafni, Sam Lawrence, Oliver Marks, Paul Pedrazzi, Jay Simons

APIs and Feeds, Part 2

Steve Gillmor — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:45:57 +0000

Stowe Boyd moderated the API’s and Feeds discussion during the 2007 Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. Stowe continues his discussion of APIs and Feeds in this video by addressing questions from the audience. His panel of Dave McClure, Ben Metcalfe, Oren Michels, Greg Reinacker, and Charlie Wood all contribute insights.

Tom Foremski asks who are good and bad citizens with regards to sharing APIs.

Consumer and enterprise data aggregation have diverse applications — how will Web-based design support multiple platform concerns? Will conventional businesses adopt the distribution models of the Internet? What is the common denominator for successful adoption?

Tags: Stowe Boyd, API’s and Feeds, Office 2.0, Dave McClure, Ben Metcalfe, Oren Michels, Greg Reinacker, Charlie Wood, Tom Foremski