IBM Smarter Planet Data Baby and Behind the Scene Footage
Thu, Mar 18th 2010 10:24p Bilal Jaffery IBM’s Smarter Planet team has recently released an ad on IBM’s involvement in data analysis at a local Toronto Children’s Hospital. Real, volunteered, patient data was used to create the data visualizations depicted in this spot. Through data analysis, doctors can identify danger signs and make intelligent decisions to prevent life-threatening infections.
As a new daddy, this really makes me feel proud and secure knowing that we are at a stage in our research where we can proa [read] Keywords: ibm
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Current State of the Internet: FACTS
Fri, Mar 12th 2010 2:54p Bilal Jaffery Straight from WOMMA,
Once a year, the President gives a State of the Union. Since there is no president of the internet, JESS3 handled the job of showing just how large these interwebs have become. You might ask “What part do I play?” How many emails did you write yesterday? 10? 20? 100? Those contributed to the 247 billion sent daily. Of those 200 billion were spam.
Write a blog? You have something in common with 126 million people.
Twitter savvy? There is no way you could keep up [read] Keywords: application
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Attributes of an effective leader: character
Tue, Mar 2nd 2010 12:24p Bilal Jaffery Bernie Madoff. Stanford Financial. Enron. Tiger Woods. Governor Mark Sanford. Unfortunately the list goes on and on. People and companies who lost their moral compass.
Leaders of high character are desperately needed today. Employees want to follow leaders of character. Customers want to buy from companies and brands of character. They want honesty, not half-truths. They seek integrity, not situational ethics. They want to be treated with respect, not abused or ignored.
Recently I participated i [read] Keywords: community
All 2010 Superbowl Ads Here
Mon, Feb 8th 2010 3:16a Bilal Jaffery In case you missed the superbowl ads, here are all of them! Too much of a resemblance between an old Lotus Foundations ad that I had launched in Dec 2008 and Bud Light’s Asteroid Ad.
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You must have Adobe Flash Player 9
or higher installed to view this content [read] Keywords: foundations
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LIVE NOW: Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2
Thu, Feb 4th 2010 12:17a Bilal Jaffery I’ll keep it short and sweet. This evening, I noticed the package in a private beta FTP site, was eager to get the news. I have just been informed that IBM Lotus Symphony’s latest beta 3 is out! It just opened up. Grab it ASAP!
IBM Lotus Symphony 3 public beta is an open, free of charge, Microsoft alternative for office productivity editors. This newest version marks the largest enhancement of Lotus Symphony since it’s first public beta in September 2007, with a whole host [read] Keywords: ibm
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WIN – Dentyne “Friend Request” Commercial: 60 Connections In Every Bottle
Fri, Jan 29th 2010 4:31p Bilal Jaffery Many companies now include a Facebook or Twitter URL in their television commercials. Almost every cell phone provider now touts Facebook and/or Twitter connectivity in their TV spots.
This playful commercial compares sharing pieces of Dentyne gum to sending and receiving friend requests on Facebook. They wrap it up up with “Dentyne: 60 connections in every bottle.” Very clever. Connecting online is great, but taking those relationships offline is even better.
They continue the impo [read] Keywords: connections
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Lotusphere 2010: What did you like and what you did NOT?
Thu, Jan 28th 2010 3:27p Bilal Jaffery As I work through the post-conference madness, I pondered about your feelings about the Lotusphere 2010. What did you like about it? And what you didn’t?
Did you notice the subtle changes this year? From live-open twitter showcases to up and close with the executives. The fact that seniors were eager to listen to the community and actually incorporate the feedback into their plans? I would like to hear what you think so we ‘fix’ it for next year. As I work on the 2010 web stra [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotusphere: Get your own FREE storybook!
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 10:59a Bilal Jaffery Lotus Knows how to help you tell your story.
I’ve spoken with few of the bloggers about this already, this is your chance to create your own lotusphere story. Share the moments and get a free hardcopied book mailed to you.
We’ve made the storyboard – just add your words, photos and video clips to make it your own. Change as much or as little as you like. It is very simple flickr like process.
Simply login to the link below, click “get story” to get started and receive one o [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Lotusphere Explorer Scavenger Hunt Live NOW!
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 10:59a Bilal Jaffery Ok this is uber cool, IBM Software AVP is inviting folks to try out their live mobile scavenger hunt today from 4:30pm to 6.00pm at the Dolphin Hotel.
During the game, clues, hints and challenges are sent to your mobile phone as you explore Lotusphere labs, pedestals, and lounges. Clues are delivered to mobile phones using text messages, the mobile web, or specialized phone applications. The game is
deployed across all carriers, so that any phone, any model, on any service can participate. The [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM and RIM baby!
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 10:59a Bilal Jaffery Hot off the press from Lotusphere 2010, IBM and RIM have announced a new global partnership that combines our collaboration software on the blackberries. IBM will be reselling the new RIM-developed Blackberry applications through our sales channels.
i) Blackberry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr
ii) Blackberry Client for IBM Lotus Connections
These offerings will be made available to all major geographies by today and will be sold at only $35 USD per client as a one-time charge. There will be no su [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Poet Rives, TED speaker will be at the BDD day at #LS10 Lotusphere
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 10:59a Bilal Jaffery John G. Rives is a performance poet, storyteller, and author. He has appeared on multiple seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and was a member of the Def Poetry international tour group. He has made multiple appearances at the TED Conference and has published several pop-up books for children. He co-hosted the television special ‘Ironic Iconic America’ with Tommy Hilfiger, discussing how pop culture has influenced American tastes and styles.
Now at Business Development Day. See you [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Lotus Knows Lotusphere’s first ever Tweetup!
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 10:59a Bilal Jaffery I am very excited to announce a Lotusphere mini Tweet-up at the Opening Reception. This mini networking event will allow business partners, clients, and friends that are active within the social space to connect and meet in real life.
So far, we have had a very warm response from the community to the tweet-up and I wanted to personally extend the invite to anyone else who is able to join at 6.30PM at the Sunday night Opening Reception. If you are interested in attending or assisting with the [read] Keywords: lotus
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Live Flight tracking with Google Maps. Neat.
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 10:59a Bilal Jaffery Casper is a brilliant mashup that displays movement of incoming and outgoing flights on a Google Map live.
It is currently only tracking flights that are flying in and out of the Amsterdam Airport but the mashup can be “configured for any airport.”
The airplanes are colored based on the name of the airline to which they belong but you can also change their colors based on the altitude at which they are currently flying or the flight type (whether it’s an incoming flight, outgoing o [read] Keywords: mashup
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Lotus Knows this was my perfect end to the decade
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 10:59a Bilal Jaffery Lotus Knows Bilal became a father this December of a cute gorgeous baby boy. It has been a truly humbling experience, a life changing moment, a profound experiential realizing of one’s true nature as a father.
As some of you know, I’ve been meaning to find some time get on a computer and write this entry but the new-born has been keeping us way too focused on him. With no energy to even get on the computer or even eat properly, the only time I was able to find was spent on attending [read] Keywords: lotus
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Microsoft FAIL: Stealing from a Startup? again?
Tue, Dec 15th 2009 6:35p Bilal Jaffery TheNextWeb.com just posted this story. Have a read and be ready for a chuckle. – Bilal
Plurk, a very promising social networking startup is claiming that Microsoft (you read that right), has been involved with “blatant theft of code, design, and UI elements.”
What gives? Microsoft could easily just drop the engineers to do it themselves, or just buy Plurk if they wanted to. Why bother to steal something so, well, blatantly?
I am fiully not sure, but according to Plurk, some 80% of the [read] Keywords: microsoft
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Lotusphere 2010 BDD Offer – $895
Mon, Dec 14th 2009 2:09p Bilal Jaffery One of my good friends, Mary Hall, informed me of a great offer that is available now for the Lotus partners.
If you’re a Lotus Business Partner planning to attend the special Business Development Day at Lotusphere 2010 on Jan. 17th, your registration will now give you the extra bonus of allowing you to attend the Lotus Opening General Session on Jan. 18th as our guest.
Here are the details. For the price of $895.00 US, you’ll receive a One Day Full Conference pass for Sunday, Janu [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM & Fordham University’s FREE webinar on analytic skills needed for the future job market
Tue, Dec 8th 2009 8:56p Bilal Jaffery Tomorrow, Wednesday December 9, we are hosting an event at Fordham University, New York City, on the analytic skills business school students will need for the job market. We have a fantastic line up of speakers, including the Dean of the Business School, a venture capitalist, the director of the Center for Urban Future and the CIO of NY Health and Human Services Most importantly, the event will be streamed live on the Web.
Event time 9:30-11:30 am, December 9, 2009
URL for the Webcast: htt [read] Keywords: administration
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How to stand out in the crowd?
Wed, Dec 2nd 2009 1:00a Bilal Jaffery Dan Heath, co-author of Made to Stick, explains how to stand out (video) in a crowd. He uses the examples of Voodoo Donut and ZipCar. The gist is that if you’re in a crowded market, you need to do something that no one else does or compete on one dimension and do it ferociously. Watch the video to learn more. [read] Keywords:
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The Smarter City interactive experience @ IBM.COM
Tue, Dec 1st 2009 8:20a Bilal Jaffery Today we are launching an exciting new interactive experience called “TheSmarterCity” on IBM.COM. TheSmarterCity is a tool to visualize how cities can become smarter through the interconnection of data, instrumentation of systems and intelligence gained from analytics.
The website offers an interactive experience of IBM Smarter City agenda by setting up the current challenges, potential solutions and ultimate benefits — all while serving up relevant client examples and differe [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotusphere Lotus Foundations Special Offer
Mon, Nov 30th 2009 3:17p Bilal Jaffery Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s time for our annual Lotusphere Lotus Foundations special.
Lotus Foundations Value Added Resellers in the United States and Canada that register for Lotusphere 2010 by Jan. 14, 2010, and attend the event, are entitled to a Lotus Foundations Start Server license + 10 user licenses ($1719 value).
Basically, by registering for Lotusphere 2010 by January 14, 2010, and attending the event, you become entitled to sell one Lotus Foundations Start server license + 1 [read] Keywords: foundations
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Lotus Software at the WIRED Store in NYC
Thu, Nov 26th 2009 2:57a Bilal Jaffery If you haven’t heard already, Lotus Software is being featured at the Wired Store at 415 West 13th Street (between 9th Avenue & Washington Street), New York City.
This year’s WIRED Holiday Store 2009 is magazine’s fifth annual marquee gallery-meets-retail experience. A launching pad for new technology and cutting-edge products as well as a showcase for inspired programming, the store brings the varied and vibrant pages of WIRED to life. The store will be open till Dec 27th, 20 [read] Keywords: lotus
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Twitter merges with Linkedin
Mon, Nov 16th 2009 2:36p Bilal Jaffery New social media platforms have the tendency to bud, blossom and then pollinate with others. Continuing with this trend, Twitter recently announced that users will be able to display their tweets on Linkedin. This idea is by no means new. Facebook and Twitter have long been microblogging partners. But there is an interesting twist. Since Linkedin is a business social network, many users would rather their personal tweets stay off. To avoid potentially embarrassing gaffes, just add #in or #li to [read] Keywords: facebook
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If I tell my facebook friends
Fri, Nov 13th 2009 10:40a Bilal Jaffery “If I tell my Facebook friends about your brand, it’s not because I like your brand, but rather because I like my friends.”
Everywhere you look, you hear about social media. Social media this, social media that. But it is nothing new. Some form of digital communication has always been present since the advent of the computer network in 1971.
When I launched my first BBS (Bulletin Board System) in 1992, that was my social media! I was able to connect with users and share content with them. [read] Keywords: email
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The first to market myth
Thu, Nov 12th 2009 5:37p Bilal Jaffery Fear: “I’m going to lose because someone else is going to beat me to market (or is already there).”
Truth: In business, there can be lots of winners in any niche. Look at how many shoe makers, Italian restaurants, and furniture manufacturers succeed. You can do well in a crowded field as long as you’re doing something that sets you apart from the pack. It can be price, style, substance, personality, positioning, or storytelling. There are tons of ways to establish your company as unique. [read] Keywords: google
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CNET: IBM helps students put their heads in the cloud, LotusLive
Thu, Nov 5th 2009 12:59p Bilal Jaffery IBM on Wednesday announced a program designed to help educators and students pursue cloud-computing initiatives and better take advantage of collaboration technology in their studies.
The IBM Cloud Academy, announced at the Educause annual conference, includes a global roster of educational institutions as initial participants. Educause is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
IBM will provide the cloud-ba [read] Keywords: collaboration
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All about the Lotus Foundations Start 1.2 Beta Program
Fri, Oct 30th 2009 3:57a Bilal Jaffery Right after I tweeted about the upcoming Lotus Foundations beta program, I received few inquiries from fellow supporters like yourself. For the interested, here are the details for your review.
The IBM® Lotus® Foundations Team would like to announce the availability of the IBM Lotus Foundations Start V1.2 closed beta program. Since its a closed beta, A review board team will assess the nominations forms and notify those approved for participation.
IBM is looking for Business Partners that ar [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Knows that you need to thank your IT Superstar! Here’s one way…
Mon, Oct 26th 2009 10:11a Bilal Jaffery You know exactly who I am talking about! The IT guy that works 26 hours a day, the one who who you go to for anything and everything. Heck, the one that does your laundary and also provides you with *sound* relationship advice on top. The guy who deserves a raise but never gets one due to the ‘economic’ enviornment. This award is for you.
Maybe it might be you. As Todd Watson, one of our IBM Web Gurus, calls it..
You, who toil away in obscurity down in the server room while the suits [read] Keywords: ibm
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Windows 7 vs OSX
Fri, Oct 23rd 2009 1:49a Bilal Jaffery var flashvars = {
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Everything’s amazing and yet Nobody’s Happy
Thu, Oct 15th 2009 2:56a Bilal Jaffery Gives you perspective and a reality check in life.
37 percent of the people on Forbes list of Wealthiest Americans are less happy than the average American. And according to the same study, the happiest people on earth are the Nigerians, and not because they are uber successful at their lucrative scams. They are just more content with themselves.
How happy are you? What would make you happier? [read] Keywords: application
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Seth Godin: How to do REAL social networking for business?
Sat, Oct 10th 2009 6:57p Bilal Jaffery Seth Godin explains why there needs to be more focus on building relationships and a shift away from the current scorecard mentality, often seen in the social media. Like in real life, we can only count on real relationships, not mere connections. It takes effort in real life to build proper connections and same can be said for the online space as well.
The metrics driven scorecard mentality only makes sense when you have real relationships and are able to leverage them. I only see higher number [read] Keywords: connections
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FAIL: New Snow Leopard Bug Destroys All Your Data
Fri, Oct 9th 2009 2:25p Bilal Jaffery I guess it’s time to call it truce, eh, Apple? 9to5Mac just reported that A new bug in Apple’s Snow Leopard OS deletes users’ profiles along with all of their data.
Mac users have reported starting up their computers as normal and finding themselves logged into a guest account. All of the files in their existing account appear to be gone.
The data may be recoverable, and Apple is working to resolve the problem. In the meantime, Snow Leopard users should back up their data imme [read] Keywords: apple
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Validation of Social media’s impact on Search
Wed, Oct 7th 2009 10:57a Bilal Jaffery According to a study by GroupM Search and comScore, consumer awareness of brand because of social media efforts increases “lower-funnel” (that is, closer to action and loyalty) searches and click-through rates.
“The study reveals that people who search and engage with social media, especially those exposed to a brand’s influenced social media, are far more likely to search for lower-funnel terms than consumers who do not engage with social media. Furthermore, consumers ex [read] Keywords:
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Facebook Facelift – What it could be in the near future?
Tue, Oct 6th 2009 8:57p Bilal Jaffery Get the Flash Player to see this video.
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Here’s a user-initiated pro [read] Keywords: javascript
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FAIL: 20K+ Gmail, Yahoo, AOL Accounts hacked? Perfect for iNotes
Tue, Oct 6th 2009 3:20p Bilal Jaffery Are you kidding me? How can you rely on the cloud when the notion of security is a joke. Earlier this year, Twitter’s CEO’s personal files were leaked out due to someone being able to hack into his Google Apps account and now this?
Mashable reported earlier today:
It was revealed that 10,000+ Hotmail accounts were compromised and all of the usernames and passwords of these accounts were posted online. It was a major security and scam issue, but it was thought to only affect Hotmail u [read] Keywords: ibm
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The Original ThinkPad
Fri, Oct 2nd 2009 6:11p Bilal Jaffery This is the notepad (the pencil and paper kind) that in the late 80s / early 90s inspired an IBM researcher to name the company’s new mobile computer the ThinkPad. To me, the IBM ThinkPad was the classic laptop computer to have. At least that was the case until I went full time Apple and the Chinese got a hold of the brand. At any rate, it is interesting to see the little promotional give-away that inspired a massive brand.
Check out the rest of the pics at A Continuous Lean. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Real Time Search Debate
Thu, Oct 1st 2009 2:56a Bilal Jaffery Everyone knows that Real-time Search is hot. Ever since Twitter came along, they took and dominated the real-time search space.
Especially with their new search engine enabled redesign. So, the question becomes — Can Google keep up with them or not? Will Twitter beat Google at its core? Is it beneficial for twitter to keep their data away from search engines to compete, much like how facebook keeps most of their network closed to search engine spiders? Or is Twitter gaining momentum due to [read] Keywords: database
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Lotus Knows Facebook Page
Tue, Sep 29th 2009 1:56p Bilal Jaffery If you are on facebook, please join us on facebook to connect, share and be one of the first to have access to the latest up-to-date information around the campaign.
Feel free to socialize, share and even tell a joke! Connect with hundreds of other Lotus fans and IBMers like yours truly. If you have any comments, suggestions or questions, please feel free to get in touch with me.
I hope to see you at facebook.com/lotusknows
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British Cops get Mobile
Fri, Sep 25th 2009 1:56p Bilal Jaffery Marketers have feigned away from consumers mobile phones. That hasn’t stopped British police forces from preventing crimes by quick texts. Their most recent push has been to combat date rape. The gents are reminded of penalties and the ladies are cautioned about trusting brief acquaintances. It is an interesting way for the police to connect with the people they police and protect. Marketing is usually reserved for products, but it can also transcend to the greater social good.
More on how [read] Keywords: mobile
Lotus Knows it’s here!
Mon, Sep 21st 2009 2:01a Bilal Jaffery We are very proud to introduce the new landing environment for the Lotus Knows campaign. It is designed to connect with our audience, be interactive and showcase the best of the best from our portfolio. It’s new and its fresh. It has never been done before.
But wait, that’s not all.
As the campaign moves forward, we will be making more updates to the site and will implement latest social technologies that will enable you to have an experience that is uniquely yours. Afterall, Lotus [read] Keywords: lotus
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Do you dare to think different?
Sun, Sep 20th 2009 3:58a Bilal Jaffery What do you really want to get out of life?
Wisdom to see beneath the surface and understand the spiritual mechanics of life that drive everything else and how it all works together. I would then like to pass this on through what I do as an electronic musician and pilgrim.
What can you offer the world that no one else can?
Some life experience of the Universe running through me as part of the whole connected force. Perhaps there are some aspects that others may find useful in their journey. A [read] Keywords: web 2.0
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Why free is necessary in Digital Economy?
Sat, Sep 12th 2009 7:57a Bilal Jaffery Seth Godin writes,
Flipping abundance and scarcity. I think it’s dangerous and often fatal to put free on top of an existing business model. Things fall apart.
People look at the free revolution and say, “oh, that could never work. If I gave x, y or z away for free, I’d fail.” They’re right. They will fail… If they keep the model the same and just give away stuff for free.
The way you win is by reinventing the model itself. So, for example, lululemon doing gia [read] Keywords:
TedxTO – An Independent organized TED event LIVE right now.
Thu, Sep 10th 2009 2:56p Bilal Jaffery If you are remotely interested in new concepts, ideas, marketing, and management techniques, you will love to check this out.
Fans of the TED Conference will love tuning into the TEDxTO – its streaming live right now.
You can catch the live stream right now over the web using this link: http://bit.ly/XPdEZ
Learn more about who is speaking today etc @ the main TEDxTO event website:
http://www.tedxto.com
Basically, TEDx are independent events inspired by the TED conference that share the m [read] Keywords: community
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Will you be attending the Smart Work Jam?
Wed, Sep 9th 2009 10:55a Bilal Jaffery Are we able to anticipate and adapt quickly to changing business needs? How can we easily find the experts and information we need? Are we taking advantage of the skills and resources inside and outside of our organization? Are we limited by siloed business processes?
Organizations worldwide are focused on these questions. Companies need to gain new process insights from interconnected people and instrumentation. They need to empower people to implement business changes, share ideas and take in [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Charity Water: What can you do this September?
Wed, Sep 2nd 2009 3:00a Bilal Jaffery If you don’t have a September birthday, you can still get involved: charity: water is extending its successful online efforts with the launch of my charity: water, a site where anyone can set up a profile, invite friends, start a fundraising campaign and be part of the movement to bring clean water to hundreds of thousands of people.
I’ve been following Charity: water for over a year now and I’ve been impressed by the use of new-media (social media) to generate awareness, raise fun [read] Keywords: application
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5 Rules for Niche Social Networks
Tue, Sep 1st 2009 2:57p Bilal Jaffery “The aim of marketing is to know & understand the customer so well the product or service fits him & sells itself.” – Peter F. Drucker
Utilizing social networks is becoming more and more popular. Just as everyone is figuring out all the big names, a few cutting edge marketers are looking to niche social networks to further their campaigns. Though many of the niche networks out there resemble Facebook, Linkedin and MySpace, it is important to know what separates them f [read] Keywords: community
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Lotus Knows you are a creative genius – DoYouKnowLotus.com Videos
Fri, Aug 28th 2009 10:34a Bilal Jaffery DoYouKnowLotus.com?
Ed Brill talked about it here last night.
If you have always wanted to do it your way, this is your chance. To continue the momentum, Lotus is asking the community to tell us how they do it. C2B vs B2C!
We’re looking for your short video demonstrations that showcase cool/funny/smart ways to use Lotus and its extended capabilities.
Thank you for your participation in the first ever Lotus Knows IdeaJam August 19-22. It was a great opportunity for us to hear your thoughts, [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotus Knows Podcasts – TakingNotes Ep 99 is out!
Thu, Aug 27th 2009 2:46p Bilal Jaffery TakingNotesPodcast.com
IBM’s Alistair Rennie, Vice President of Development and Technical Support and Kevin Cavagnaugh, Vice President of Messaging and Collaboration Technology Business Executive talk with Bruce and Julian about:
The Lotus Knows IdeaJam
How the ideas from the jam fit with Lotus product visions and plans
More on the Lotus Knows initiative and why the initiative was started now
How Lotus Knows ties in with IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative
How you can participate and hel [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Lotus Knows that the community rocks! Impressive Stats!
Wed, Aug 26th 2009 2:42p Bilal Jaffery Lotus knows that we couldn’t have done the IdeaJam without you!
I’ve been itching to talk about the recent Lotus Knows IdeaJam but had to wait for the confirmed traffic reports.
Thank you so much for your help last week in making the IdeaJam a success! We continued to get active participation on the jam all the way until it closed on Saturday morning. In fact, we continued to receive loads of traffic ‘after’ the jam.
Here are the final statistics:
950+ new ideas
2,200 [read] Keywords: ibm
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National Geographic picks the World’s Greatest Scenic Routes
Sat, Aug 22nd 2009 2:19p Bilal Jaffery To anyone who says that nature lovers can’t be driving enthusiasts, National Geographic has something to tell you, but it isn’t “take a hike” – it’s “take a drive.” The society’s Traveler magazine has just released a new list of their favorite driving roads in the world, and the rundown has itching to trade the information superhighway for the plain ol’ highway.
Naturally, the National Geographic Traveler “Drives of a Lifetime” [read] Keywords: traveler
Lotus Knows that “Cool” kids need Lotus too!
Thu, Aug 20th 2009 11:34a Bilal Jaffery One of my contributions along with the facilatation of the IdeaJam is to drive focus of our marketing community towards the Gen Y, also known as The Millennial Generation. This market segment will be leading tomorrow’s future and we certainly need to capture their attention.
This generation gave birth to Google. They gave birth to Facebook. Heck, some of them made millions in few short years based on their ideas and conceptions. They grew up with technology all around them. This is no long [read] Keywords: ibm
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Confirmed: Lotus Knows IdeaJam Details – Aug 19th
Tue, Aug 11th 2009 10:53a Bilal Jaffery On August 19 at 8:00 am EDT, we’re launching the Lotus Knows IdeaJam that will run for 72 hours. It’s an opportunity for you to share your thoughts, ideas and experiences to help shape our strategy and communications.
The Jam is divided into four core themes:
“Lotus knows working smarter depends on great technology…” – Cool features of Lotus technology that you can’t live without or are not widely known.
“Lotus knows marketing is key to technology adoption…” [read] Keywords: lotus
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Yellow Day Twitter Background for everyone!
Tue, Aug 11th 2009 1:31a Bilal Jaffery If you haven’t heard already, August 11th is Lotus Yellow Day.
To celebrate Yellow Day and our upcoming Lotus Knows campaign, here’s my personal contribution for the community. It also makes for a great Lotus inspired twitter background as well. If you are sick of your default twitter background, feel free to use this to show your support!
Which one would you rather have?
OR
I am already using it as my default twitter background.
Download the high resolution version here, feel f [read] Keywords: ibm
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Severe Thunderstorm in Toronto kept me up tonight! Pics
Mon, Aug 10th 2009 5:12a Bilal Jaffery Lately, Toronto has been going through weather changes faster than a kid going through his ipod collection.
I was at a patio party when all of sudden the sky turned black and felt like Tornado was around the corner. As a proper gentleman, I pushed aside my family & friends, walked over the little kids, threw away my drink and snapped a photograph off my blackberry — to share with all of you and my dedicated followers on twitter and facebook.
Time is 5AM and I can’t sleep due to [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotus Knows Jam details
Wed, Aug 5th 2009 11:04a Bilal Jaffery Please watch this page for more details on the Lotus Knows Jam.
Mark your calendars, the jam will take place on August 19th and will last for 72 hours.
As I get confirmation, topics/ideas and other details around the jam will be announced here shortly.
More details to follow. Stay tuned.
Faciltators: David Hsu, Ed Brill, Bilal Jaffery and, XXXXX (Will be revealed later).
Date: August 19th, 2009.
URL/Location: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Other Details: Stay tuned.
This jam will fill in the ‘intera [read] Keywords: lotus
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So, Lotus Knows that I am no longer with Foundations
Tue, Aug 4th 2009 12:33p Bilal Jaffery Some of you already know this. For the rest, I have moved into a more IBM software related role which allows me to focus more on the Lotus social media and web strategy.
Since, I’ve been in my new position for more than half of a year, I definitely owe an explanation to many of you. Frankly speaking, I was waiting for the right moment to announce this. Internally, I have been leading and working on many new projects and one of them is our upcoming campaign – Lotus Knows. It is diffe [read] Keywords: foundations
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Add-on for Lotus Foundations to run Domino Web Server!
Tue, Jul 28th 2009 10:55p Bilal Jaffery The good folks at Baehrware notified me about a neat add-on they have developed to use the Domino Web Server on the foundations platform (on the default ports ) instead of the Apache server. I know this feature has been requested in the past by many who wanted to host the domino applications on the Foundations platform. For a small business, this allows for limitless possibilities – a true win in my opinion. Great work Bob and team!
With Elguji software releasing IQJam and now this addon [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Foundations at Midwest Lotus User Group Conference
Fri, Jul 24th 2009 8:04a Bilal Jaffery Richard Moy, a good friend of mine, informed me about a great session that Bernie Leung of Mesa Technologies will be hosting at the MidWest Lotus User Group Conference. If you have always been interested in Lotus Foundations, this is a must attend session. Timing could have not been better for this session as there is lots of unnecessary FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) around In-House technologies vs Cloud services.
Session ID: BP103
Session Moderator: Bernie Leung, Mesa Technologies.
Sessi [read] Keywords: foundations
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Clicks Don’t Always Stick
Thu, Jul 23rd 2009 2:56a Bilal Jaffery In a recent survey of marketing executives from 120 companies garnered some interesting results. The report’s author, Forrester senior analyst Emily Riley wrote in the report that “Brand marketers gravitate toward metrics that measure quantity, not quality.” Essentially, they are still relying on click rates for measurement. This may have worked five years ago, but it’s outdated and deceiving. Interestingly enough, the marketers rated themselves with an average score of 4 [read] Keywords:
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Selling Out Doesn’t Make Sense on YouTube
Wed, Jul 22nd 2009 3:55p Bilal Jaffery Everyone knows a band that deviated from it’s roots to finally work their way to the top of the pops. Essentially, they wanted to reach a larger audience and make more money, much like companies are now trying to do with vloggers. A recent vlog (video blog) post from Alex Day informed the viewer of how Sanyo wanted him to put a 15 second commercial in the middle of a video in exchange for a $1700 camera. He declined. It wasn’t as if he was against using his vlog for profit. The metho [read] Keywords: exchange
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How Nissan used Social Media?
Tue, Jul 14th 2009 2:58p Bilal Jaffery Nissan abandoned the standard TV, radio, print, and billboard marketing push for the launch of their new car, the Cube Minicar, in favor of a social media campaign culminating in a 50 car giveaway in June. The campaign was the first of its kind for an automaker and cost more than $850,000 in cars alone. They didn’t want to give the cars out to anyone though. Nissan opened the contest up to the public and used applicants’ information to determine the 500 greatest influencers among the [read] Keywords:
Another Microsoft FAIL, Lotus Foundations kicks ass, proven by CRN
Fri, Jul 10th 2009 12:26p Bilal Jaffery Last night, I started noticing tweets about CRN’s article on Lotus Foundations winning over Microsoft Small Business Server. I reserved my post to gauge the community response and as suspected, folks are passionate about Lotus Foundations. I guess, once you go Foundations, you don’t turn back.
CRN writes,
And while some may dismiss IBM’s claims as marketing hype, interviews with a number of solution providers that carry both the Lotus and Microsoft products say there’s so [read] Keywords: foundations
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Don’t trick Twitter!
Thu, Jul 9th 2009 4:26p Bilal Jaffery Moonfruit, a company that offers free website building tools, recently learned that Twitter is not a passive company. They wanted to increase their Twitter following, so the proposed a contest. Twitter users who included the hashtag #moonfruit in their tweets were eligible to win one of ten free MacBook Pros. It was a clever idea and a great success netting 250 tweets per minute and surpassing Michael Jackson, Iran and Wimbledon. But all of a sudden they were dropped from the top of the trends l [read] Keywords: macbook
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iPhone Vulnerable To Hotspot Hijacking
Wed, Jul 8th 2009 4:04a Bilal Jaffery An iPhone running the 3.0 software issues a DNS request for Apple’s Web site and a request for a specific Web page. If its queries prove successful, it assumes network connectivity is okay. If it receives no response, it assumes there’s no network available.
But if it receives a response from a site other than Apple’s, it assumes the user is trying to access the network through a portal that requires authentication, as is often found at hotels or public Wi-Fi hotspots. To help [read] Keywords: apple
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Michael Jackson Funeral: 500,000+ Facebook Updates Posted
Tue, Jul 7th 2009 3:47p Bilal Jaffery According to Mashable,
Facebook just sent us the staggering stats coming out of their live Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson) memorial stream, created in partnership with CNN. The numbers far exceed those from Obama’s inauguration, making this the biggest live Facebook event in history.
The stats at 10.30am (30 minutes into the memorial itself, although the stream began earlier):
– 500,000 status updates posted
– 300,000 users logged in using FB Connect and CNN
– Approx 6 [read] Keywords: facebook
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John Mayer at the Michael Jackson Memorial.
Tue, Jul 7th 2009 3:00p Bilal Jaffery He tweeted earlier, ” also want you to know that I’m going not to “perform” but to contribute… Proud to be a musician.”
John mayer is doing Human Nature justice. No words needed. His guitar spoke volumns! [read] Keywords: twitter
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So, you have a Social Media expert on board?
Mon, Jul 6th 2009 2:57p Bilal Jaffery Just about everyone is jumping on the social media bandwagon, but not all are sure what to do with it. Like all other forms of media, it is not the end all outlet, nor is it something for just one department. Social media aids businesses from product development to PR. It is easy to try to peg it as the new billboard or helpline, but it is really just a tool that can improve nearly every facet of business. So when hiring someone to handle social media, one has to think about what this person is [read] Keywords: agent
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Search for the Twitter age
Wed, Jul 1st 2009 5:56p Bilal Jaffery When Iran cracked down on journalists following its recent election, international focus turned to Twitter as citizen journalists posted 140-character reports and links to photos and videos to the site. Trouble was, it was hard to sift the useful and reliable nuggets of information from scores of tweets that included plenty of spam, useless remarks, and stray sentiments.
Few events more clearly define the newest problem on the Web: how to make sense of all that real-time information bubbling up [read] Keywords: facebook
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Beam me up Lotus Foundations
Tue, Jun 30th 2009 3:54p Bilal Jaffery Guest post by my good friend, Chilap Tran, Business Development Manager at IBM and a HUGE Star Trek Fan.
I watched the new film, Star Trek by JJ Abrams the other day with my wife. The film was amazing, I couldn’t believe it was possible to reimagine and reboot Star Trek with a ALTERNATIVE reality to the established series/movies. I looked over and realize, my wife (who hates Star Trek) is actually watching this movie with me. She didn’t hate it and actually enjoyed the film. The film [read] Keywords: collaboration
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New URL Shortener: Tweak.tk provides domains for free
Fri, Jun 26th 2009 5:58a Bilal Jaffery Known from the .tk domain extension, Dot TK has launched another URL shortening service. Here you get a ‘real domain’ and not like TinyURL a code behind the URL. URL’s created here look like: ipsc0.tk
The service allows users to name their domain on the top level domain (TLD) dot tk (.tk). By far the shortest URL shortener available at three characters. A.GD, U.NU, and R.IM arrive at a shared close second place at four characters each.
Tweak is without a doubt the shortest URL [read] Keywords: twitter
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IBM TJ Watson Research Center receives IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition!
Thu, Jun 25th 2009 12:00p Bilal Jaffery This really resonates with me as I recently hosted an event releated to the future of social media at IBM’s TJ Watson Research Center.
The IBM T.J. Watson Research Center will receive the 2009 IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition for its advances in speech recognition technology. The award, sponsored by IEEE, recognizes the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center for long-term commitment to pioneering research, innovative development and commercialization of speech recognition. The award will be [read] Keywords: ibm
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Why Preaching to the Choir is a Good Thing
Wed, Jun 24th 2009 9:56p Bilal Jaffery An inspirational and thoughtprovoking post that I felt that I should share with my visitors.
“Hey man, spare some change?”
Rain or shine, the professional panhandler works a busy corner every day in my neighborhood. He sets up shop right by the ATM, on the theory that people who have just withdrawn a hundred bucks are more likely to give him a dollar or two.
The location is good, but prospecting is tough. Day in, day out, he sits on a stoop, asking people for a couple of bucks. He sees it [read] Keywords: php
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Slick twitter app for Blackberry
Sat, Jun 20th 2009 3:09a Bilal Jaffery Twitter is something that has become a part of my daily life. When I’m on my computer(s), I use TweetDeck to keep up with all of the folks that I follow, and it’s really a robust solution. However, a good portion of my time is spent away from a computer, so I am reliant upon my BlackBerry for my mail and web needs.
As most of you are already aware, blackberry twitter space hasn’t been as blessed as other smartphone platforms. Windows Mobile, iPhones and even Android has had its share o [read] Keywords: application
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Linksys W54USBG V4 x64 on Windows 7
Thu, Jun 4th 2009 6:53p Bilal Jaffery I recently decided to test Windows 7 64 bit on a computer I had lying around. To my surprise, the install was very smooth, most of the hardware was detected automatically and the whole process was complete within an hour.
The only catch was that I have a Linksys W54USBG Wireless-G adaptor on this computer (I know I know, PCI based Wifi card would’ve been better). For a box that I barely use, I refuse to invest in ethernet wiring or a better wifi adaptor. Ofcourse, Linksys doesn’t sup [read] Keywords: vista
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Web 1.0 to Web 3.0
Tue, Jun 2nd 2009 4:53p Bilal Jaffery Just as you’ve become used to updating your blog and tweeting about the quality of your lunch salad, a scary new term is bouncing around the Internet, Web 3.0. Users were consumers in 1.0, producers in 2.0, and are now optimizers in 3.0. Instead of telling your siblings who don’t care about your salad, in 3.0 you’ll be telling all the salad connoisseurs who work near your office. A truly great link here with several non-Powerpoint slideshows explaining the next step in your Int [read] Keywords: office
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What the Bing is Microsoft thinking?
Sun, May 31st 2009 3:42a Bilal Jaffery Seth Godin posted this earlier and it really intrigued me.
Microsoft, home of the Zune, has just announced that they’re going to launch Bing , a rebranding and reformatting of their search engine. So far, they’ve earmarked $100 million just for the marketing.
Bing, of course, stands for But It’s Not Google. The problem, as far as I can tell, is that it is trying to be the next Google. And the challenge for Microsoft is that there already is a next Google. It’s called Goog [read] Keywords: google
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Newest Blackberry Bold OS - 4.6.0.451/4.6.0.266
Thu, May 28th 2009 12:52p Bilal Jaffery If you use Blackberry’s flagship Bold model (sorry Storm is not a real blackberry ) , there is a new OS release available now. Most providers (like mine - Rogers) are slow to release updates to their own branded phones, so this is the only way to fix bugs, optimize and run a better OS for the phone.
Software For BlackBerry® Bold (TM) 9000 smartphone
BlackBerry Handheld Software v4.6.0.451 (Multilanguage)
Package Version: 4.6.0.451
Consisting of:
* Applications: 4.6.0.266
* Software [read] Keywords: applications
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Intuit and IBM?
Tue, May 19th 2009 12:30p Bilal Jaffery Guest post by Michelle Rehak, IBM Marketing Manager - Smart Market
When you think of IBM you think of a big company who serves other big companies. So today, when I saw that IBM had partnered with Intuit, I took notice. Intuit, the QuickBooks folks have taken their largest solution: QuickBooks Enterprise designed for small and mid sized businesses, and worked with IBM to deliver this application on an IBM Smart Cube. The idea is that both companies can offer a turn key, plug and play solution w [read] Keywords: administration
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In memory of Lotusphere 2009
Sat, May 16th 2009 2:53a Bilal Jaffery Taking it a bit easy this long weekend. Next week will be full of exciting news. Intuit and IBM will be announcing something neat. In the mean time, in the memory of Lotusphere 2009. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotus Foundations with PBX! Watch out Microsoft!
Tue, May 12th 2009 1:54a Bilal Jaffery Have you realized the true potential of Lotus Foundations? Check out this discussion on Lotus Foundations User Group on linkedin. This is just too good to pass up.
Brian Connelly of Westfield Group writes,
I was able to load TrixboxCE into a virtual partition on my Lotus Foundations server; what’s more it connected with my ISTP (Internet Service Telephony Provider) without incident. So with enough hardware horse power I could have a full feature PBX on my Lotus Foundations Server along with [read] Keywords: administration
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So, what the heck is IBM Smart Market?
Mon, May 11th 2009 12:53p Bilal Jaffery I’ll be honest with you — when my good friend and a fellow collegue Teri Michigan, introduced me to IBM Smart Market concept last year, I was impressed and a bit doubtful as well. I thought it sounded little too good to be true. The concept called for a business marketplace which could be as easy to use as amazon.com or Apple’s iPhone app store. I honestly didn’t think that the site could mimic the great usability factor which is often witnessed in consumer oriented sit [read] Keywords: foundations
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Check out the Lotus Foundations overview on eWeek.com!
Thu, May 7th 2009 1:54p Bilal Jaffery Taking the Worry out of Your Software!
eWeek.com, part of Ziff Davis enterprises, recently released an overview of Lotus Foundations. It is simple, jargon-less and in a video format (and I love videos!) It is currently proudly displayed on their main homepage. Check it out.
www.eWeek.com.
P.S. I’ll try to capture the video and will upload it on youtube shortly. [read] Keywords: foundations
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IBM IMPACT 2009 Viral Video! Hilarious!
Sat, May 2nd 2009 3:27a Bilal Jaffery Our lovely characters are back from Lotusphere and now they are checking out IBM IMPACT 2009! Lots of poking at Lotus crowd and much much more…
Funny cartoon parody video of a few well known characters visiting the IBM Impact Conference happening in Las Vegas May 3rd - 8th.
It should be a lot of fun. Billy Crystal is opening the conference, and it’s all you can eat SOA all weekend long!
While you’re at Impact, visit the iRise and Ascendant Technology booths in the Solutions Cen [read] Keywords: ibm
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