Paul Gillin

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Dated 11/22/10. Most hyperlinks have been removed because they refer to pages behind Oracle’s firewall. This is a well-crafted policy. The Oracle Social Media Participation Policy applies to. All blogs, wikis, forums, and social networks hosted or sponsored by Oracle (e.g., blogs. oracle. com , wiki. oracle. com , mix. oracle. com , forums. oracle. com ).

Social Media 95

Social Media Copyright Media Wiki 95

Paul Gillin

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

MBlast is coming out with a new way to assess the influence of online editorialists. They believe influence is about more than numbers and I think they have a point. CEO Gary Lee hints at what they’re thinking here. He casts the proposal in interesting historical context. Full disclosure: I’m on MBlast’s advisory board and have a very small equity stake.

Tagging 71

Tagging 71

Paul Gillin

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I tend to be a skeptic about new technology, probably a consequence of 25 years of seeing cool demos of products that never worked very well in real life. I tend to be a late adopter, too. I only got on the smart phone bandwagon a year ago after Apple had already shipped 100 million of them. I was also blasé about the iPad when it was announced in January.

Web 2.0 99

Web 2.0 Forecasting Verticals Amazon 99

Paul Gillin

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Continuing on my post from two weeks ago about my favorite PC productivity tools, here’s another list of goodies. Most are free, all are bargains. Photo/video. We are all our own artists and layout editors these days, and with my crummy graphic design skills, I need all the help I can get. I use a lot of video in presentations, and have always gotten good performance from the free Foxreal YouTube FLV Downloader.

Skype 73

Skype Product RSS Copyright 73