I’ve noticed that several of our Blogging Idol contestants have been adding useful links embedded within their posts, but not everyone employs links in the most effective manner. Embedded links serve a dual purpose. Most importantly, they add to the … Continue reading
A Cloudcamp was held in Toronto on April 6, 2010. For those of you who are not familiar with the concept of a camp, it is usually an unconference: there is little or no traditional presentations (one active presenter vs. … Continue reading
This will be my final posting on this journey topic, not because it’s done but because I am now getting into the tree’s of this, what I learn will refine and change, part of that I want to keep private, … Continue reading
Chapter 4 is all about my first lesson on social marketing. When I began this journey I thought there were 2 types of marketing; email and social Reality there are numerous, commonly divided into; Email Marketing (Push) Adword Marketing (Pull) … Continue reading
It has been a while since I posted my last installment in this story, sorry to all that may be following it. In the first installment in this series I introduced the concept and how I was brought into this … Continue reading
In the first instalment in this series I introduced the concept and how I was brought into this evolving role as Marketing Guy. Just for clarity I have not abandoned my role as CIO type, I have added the marketing … Continue reading
From CIO to Marketing Guy! This is a reprint from my own personal blog, this series is a primer that will help you understand a new piece I will be publishing on a CIO’s view on Social Media =================================================== This … Continue reading
Our dependency on technology becomes rather alarming. If a global disaster strikes and you live in the country in an 18-century house, you will be able to get some firewood in the forest, bring water in a bucket from the … Continue reading
Ok. Just in case anyone notices, I’m stealing one of my posts from Blog Idol 2009 – dated April 27, 2009 to be exact. Last year, I had just read a new book about network architectures and layers……..I think it’s … Continue reading
If your privacy was violated by a system, would you still trust that system again even when those past assurances are once again violated?
The answer is ‘yes’ if you don’t value your privacy, and ‘no’ if you read on. Continue reading
Office 2010 is being released this week. Will its Office Web App beat Google’s Google Docs? Continue reading
My award winning team has been recognized for their work previously in virtualization, server consolidation, and use of open source Linux for over a decade now in the enterprise. We are implementing the next wave of this journey with virtualized servers and storage across the entire data center, these are our observations so far Continue reading
The title for this post came from a speech presented by Steve Rosenthal, Vice President, Gap International, you can read his Bio here. Shifting the Mindset of IT to Cause Transformation in Business While I was at the east coast … Continue reading
Tom Rand, an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, innovator, philosopher and MaRS Discovery District advisor, just launched his book, Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World. It talks about things like solar power, wind power, hydro power, … Continue reading
