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I just Got a WetPaint Wiki!

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Aug 25th, 2007 ago
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Funny thing is that I saw Scoble’s video just hours after setting up my first Wiki on WetPaint. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for my corporate PR team’s social media efforts to show how we’re not dabbling but actually swimming with others using social media.

I’m fist going to set it up as a private site then go from there. I will add videos we produce and distribute, new social media guidelines and courses we’re creating for the company, as well as fun stuff. If it’s done right, we can point our bosses to the site whenever they ask, “what have you done for me lately?”

Last night I also opened a Tumblr account so now I can see which tool will work best for my needs, and which site will grow with my growing needs and interests. It’s open but I’m still gathering my wits for how I’d use it. It’s here.

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Sustainable Strategies: Energy Star* - Intel Chip Chat - Episode 6

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Aug 25th, 2007 ago
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Andrew Fanara, Team Leader for the Energy Star Products Group with the EPA, discusses how Energy Star impacts computing platforms from both a client and a data center perspective.

Related stories:
Intel, IntelMooresLaw

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When Talk of IT & Social Media Has an Open Port

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Aug 25th, 2007 ago
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Tom Foremski of PodTech and SiliconValleyWatcher posted a timely video about the challenges of getting your company’s IT department to use or implement social media tools.  Timely because Tom will be hosting a similar panel at the Intel Developer Forum, but this panel will feature IT pros, legal experts and bloggers rather than marketing and communications pros — more here.

More people are having these kinds of experiences at work and it’s helping us all learn and actually try new things with some grounded expectations — i.e. getting people to engage and interact rather than clocking the number of hits or downloads.

Before we move to the video, here is a brand new effort by Intel — Open Port, where IT pros and enterprise technology experts/enthusiasts can come and learn, ask questions, vent, meet people and help people understand how to use the latest tech tools for businesses.  At first this will seem heavily voiced by Intel propaganda, but most of the stories, studies and information is about things Intel IT pros are learning as they work inside Intel and with IT shops at other companies.  I hope this helps break down any walls that are keeping IT pros from running as fast as they’d like to use new technologies that help people do what they want, like and need to do in life.  Of course security and risk awareness is important, but these are two issues that IT pros will has out when they gather around together with open minds and share.

Here’s video posted by Tom Foremski.

Josh Hallett and Alex Kim, from Solution Set, talk about building social media platforms within enterprises and the roadblocks that IT departments create. Lots of good advice on overcoming those obstacles. A Silicon Valley Watcher report from a meeting of the Third Thursday club held at Voce Communications, in Palo Alto. Also on TechOne: Larry Magid’s report on Google Docs and Spreadsheets; and Michael Cote talks with William Hurley about commercial open source.

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Chipleading the Road to WiMAX

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Aug 25th, 2007 ago
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BusinessWeek strory online today but dated September 3 leads with an anecdote about Intel exec Sean Maloney and his Andy Grove-inspired revelation that Intel could help speed the spread broadband by using wireless. Sean embodies Intel’s innovative spirit and vision for bringing to life the benefits of Moore’s Law — benefits are better computing performance at lower prices over time.From the title down through the first few paragraphs, this is a fun ride…great writing here from BusinessWeek.

clipped from www.businessweek.com

Intel’s role as head WiMAX cheerleader makes sense. WiMAX is similar to Wi-Fi, which was embedded in Intel’s Centrino line of chips, but it offers dramatic improvements. Wi-Fi extends traditional wire-based broadband networks for just a few hundred feet, and Internet access speeds slow to a crawl when lots of people are online in the same area. Meanwhile, high-profile schemes for blanketing whole cities with cheap or free Wi-Fi networks aren’t working out.

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Clipmarks — Will it Help Improve My Blog?

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Aug 25th, 2007 ago
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This was one of the first Firefox add-ons that caught my eye a few months ago.  Today I’m pledging to give it a better try than I did when I first downloaded it a few months ago.  My blog is really about things I’m learning and interesting people I find or meet as life moves ahead.

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Inside Intel — in my opinion — there’s a huge variety of people, personalities, paces and tastes, but everyone’s passionately believes they can help Intel become more innovative, relevant and meaningful to people around the world.  There are many pioneers and there are many organizers and their are many supporters.  The pioneers step out and try and they help break new ground.  Organizers make sense of things and create strategies (and processes if possible) for mass adoption — i.e. getting more people to embrace the best of what the pioneers are finding/doing.  Supporters share the fruits of all of this work with the outer edges where clients, friends and family are found.  From there you can look backward to catch a glimpse of what makes up Intel culture.

Intel culture is restless and eager and sometimes bullheaded.  But today there are many engines of change being driven by many new pioneers who are working to grow Intel’s culture from being soley a force of innovation to being a source of innovation that works together with others to help make great things happen for people, businesses and governments wherever they may be.

So what gives with Clipmarks?  I believe it can help people more easily feed their blog with things they find and like during the day.  As we move from pioneers to organizers (or settlers) of social media inside Intel, we’ll soon be encouraging all employees — and their clients, families and friends :) — to participate more with the information they find and the people they meet.  People who aren’t blogging typically say they don’t have the time or interest.  I always say give it a try and let it grow as you go.  You’ll find things like Clipmarks that will jettison you to new levels and new delights, or you’ll try and discover that blogging just isn’t for you.  That’s fine, too, because it’s not just about blogging, it’s about participating, commenting on news, sharing your wisdom and feelings with others.

Heck, tomorrow’s another day.  I’ll start clipmarking today.

Intel Blogfather — Internet Strategiest Bryan Rhoads

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Aug 23rd, 2007 ago
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Lots of great people hanging (read: drinking) and learning from each other up at Portland’s Internet Strategy Forum Summit in July. I watch from Cali as pals like Josh Bancroft helped organize folks for dinner. And folks like Intel Blogfather Bryan Rhoads was their “tapping pools of knowledge capital.” He is a great guy to learn from — big heart, good experience and great stories. Nice to hear him hook up with our PodTech pals Jeremiah and Scoble. I’ve learned so much from these guys, yet sometimes it feels like it’s just the beginning.

Bryan is Intel’s first Blogfather — they’ll be sequels — who led the first successful Intel blog pilot IT@Intel that later paved the way for a family of Intel blogs like Technology@Intel, Research@Intel and a handful of others. He has coined some of my favorite phrases like “there were pioneers, but now the settlers” are diving into social media. One of my favorites was: “One of my roles is to get out of the way” and let the bloggers do their thing. But one to live by: consensus building helps you get management to “get your back” so you can run and try things.

Watch for much more wisdom and greatness from the Blogfather staring in a new role inside Intel.

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Video — Strike a Chord From Anywhere: Fun Intel TV Ads

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Aug 20th, 2007 ago
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I came across this on YouTube this weekend.  I think I first saw this about a year ago and I have talked about it many time ssince.  It was an ad that aired in Latin American countries promoting Intel’s Centrino Mobile Technology (now Duo Processor technology) for laptops.  I wish this played in America, but I guess there are so many reasons why it didn’t.  Heck, maybe it can be “re-purposed” somehow!  Well, I’m thankful that at least we have YouTube!!

Thanks to adavila78 for the video.

Video — Orange County Chopper Makes Intel Quad Bike inside Second Life

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Aug 20th, 2007 ago
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Sure it’s a little corny, but I gotta watch every twist and turn in this video. The stiff script reading almost fits perfectly the 3-D robot-like work of Second Life. But to think that you or I can build a chopper like this — or even more quad or multi-corific — inside Second Life. Get your Intel jet-pack and OCC chopper and take Easy Rider to another stratosphere! I gotta get inside.

Thanks to Millions of Us for the video.

IT Rock Anthem Videos by Director Christopher Guest

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Aug 20th, 2007 ago
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Intel IT team has the flava!  As a source for great stories about how Intel technology is helping companies advance and stay on the productive cutting edge, the Intel IT team continues to try creative ways of telling and sharing their stories.

I remember attending the Intel vPro launch event in San Francisco last year.  There were tons of other companies there — man of they service or software provider — talking about how they’re impressed with the new Intel hardware with baked in manageability and security.  The challenge was convincing some that hardware could actually help security and manageability software — the two would work better together.

Here’s what’s been happening since the 2006 introduction — more info.

Here are some videos the IT team created with rockumentray wildman Christopher Guest from Spinal Tap fame.  Here’s where today’s best built-in hardware (chips) teams up with the best software running today’s business.  Together the future looks better.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSuaVfpKa7s]

Better quality videos here.

The Mighty Bong!

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Aug 19th, 2007 ago
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To most inside Intel, bong is that song you hear every five seconds somewhere around the world at the end of an Intel TV or radio.  Footage in this video spoof comes from a “Intel Inside Turns 10″ anniversary tape we shared with TV producers a few years ago.  It was a collection of TV ads that put Pentium on the map and many people’s memories — Intel Inside.  And here with this video the fun irony rings true — even Intel has tweaked the bong over the years.  Every few years it has seemingly become richer, deeper, more robust.

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