Philosophical wonder woman

I wrote this for a specific project - but for anyone curious about the basics of cloud computing, this entry might be helpful to you. “…the ability to experiment with more ideas can set a competitive advantage for the organization and deliver products and services that more rapidly create revenue.” Phil Garland Cloud computing isn't going away.  It took off in 2010 and soon business and service apps will be as easy to use as most social media apps.  Simply put: internet speeds will increase, therefore computing service needs rise; so the cloud will continue to grow. Yet many CEO's are still hesitant to make the switch over to the cloud innovation.  This gives smaller companies the opportunity to grab new resources that weren't readily available for them, before traditional large companies begin to take over. The benefits of cloud-based solutions in business boil down to three things:  1. Fast resources 2. Less costs and  3. Low mainte...

Want to market yourself, company, brand, products, services ______ (whatever) on Twitter and not sure how? Keep hearing all this buzz about Twitter and don't get why you should care? You should care because as far as I can tell, Twitter is insanely effective FREE advertising & networking which can lead to colleague relationships you never expected. I've won give-a-ways on twitter, gotten web design advice, made friends, even interacted with celebrities. It's freakin awesome even if you're not using it for business. However, if you don't understand how to jump into twitter... Set up an account and never use it, obviously it won't do you any good. I suggest setting up your profile on the web but after that there are many apps for your phone to interface with Twitter (which can be more convenient for some than using the website). I like the free iPhone app Twitter offers for the most part. Here are the simple steps to making Twitter work for you. 1. Sign ...

Started training today on Knowledge Accelerator for Business Objects. I had no clue what that even meant... Basically it's designing courses, simulations and evaluations to train people on whatever topic is needed. For instance if I wanted a training module on how to upload and publish a document in our Intranet, I could make a simulation, course, reference documents, etc. all fairly easily. I'm so grateful it's an intuitive GUI-based program... For a while I thought we would be programming from scratch. However, I'll be off my usual social media sites all week so things will be quiet from me (can hear Colleen heave a sigh of relief as her phone takes a much needed break from being blown up by my daily tweets). :) And hey, more resume padding... shiny.

So Oprah joins twitter and millions of people sign up for an account. Really she was just acting on the hype she heard and doesn't understand it any better than her viewers. People hear about Twitter, join it and then forget about it because they don't understand it. It's not your Facebook status (though you CAN use it that way, but you're really limiting yourself). I think the whole "what are you doing" line on the homepage is misleading to newbies. Twitter is networking with anyone about anything you want, in real time. Today, I read an article by a developer in Argentina, replied to his tweet and within seconds we are having a really intriguing dialogue about Google. I have WAY too many interests... First of all I follow anyone trend-setting in the technology world - I also follow anyone that tweets subjects relevant to my work. I've also discovered awesome kindred spirits in terms of sci fi, belly dance, Joss Whedon, music and oh so much more. Can...