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Re: OpenWorld Update

badgerworks — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:09:04 -0000

No, no Michael Phelps this year. One of my goals this year is to NOT geek out. I will be pretending to play it cool.

http://badgerworks.org/oow08-geek-out/

Re: OpenWorld Update

badgerworks — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:45:14 -0000

Excellent! See you out there. Still no blogger credentials for me (still doing it wrong, I guess) but I will try to make the blogger meetup. Other than all of the higher ed stuff, I am going to fusion apps sessions -- mostly Floyd's 3 at the unconference.

Re: What Software Do You Most Often?

badgerworks — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:13:59 -0000

Job Function: IT director, user group VP, student
[running XP on an old Dell & some old Mac OS on an old MacBook #oldschool]

Browsers:
- Firefox: Google Reader, GMail, general browsing, blogging, social networks, research, LMS, assorted school work
- Chrome: GMail, general browsing
- IE: enterprise applications
Twitter client: Tweetdeck
Installable Email client: Outlook
Instant messaging client: Trillian
Calendar client: Outlook
Word processing: Text editor, Word (+ Adobe PDF maker)
Spreadsheet client: Excel
Presentation client: PowerPoint

Phone: gmail, google maps, google local search, bb messenger on blackberry

Re: Higher Education User Group Alliance 2009

badgerworks — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:22:47 -0000

Excellent! I am looking forward to seeing you all there.

-Ted Simpson (HEUG Board of Directors, PeopleSoft user, sometime blogger, full time tall tale teller)

Re: Google Friend Connect Adds Twitter

badgerworks — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:30:49 -0000

Twitter is a good addition. I am not so sure about Plaxo. Does anyone really use that much? What does it have that isn't somewhere else? Good note in here http://is.gd/bRTN about decreased ad spending on all of the social networks.

Re: Email: A Love/Hate Relationship

badgerworks — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:55:49 -0000

I think there might be a hang up in the world about replacement. It seems as though when some cool new thing comes out it must replace something else, even if that something else is slightly different and has some possibly unique applications. I wonder though, if instead of replacing the last cool thing, each new and easier thing can make the older thing a bit more valuable(?). For instance, microblogging has not replaced blogging, but it can and does enhance the value of blogging (by teasing, driving traffic, etc.).

Check out how Ana Marie Cox rates the dollar value of certain communication channels http://anamariecox.typepad.com/ana_marie_cox/20.... Bizarre, but pretty interesting that she actually did raise money this way. Then check out her addendum that places a value on social networking http://anamariecox.typepad.com/ana_marie_cox/20....

Re: Found: Cool Stuff in Your Shared Items

badgerworks — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:39:23 -0000

100 pushups in 90 seconds? That's mental.

http://www.google.com/reader/shared/09999959635...

Re: We Miss You Carl

badgerworks — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:35:34 -0000

This is very sad. I also never got to meet Carl IRL. He is very much a part of a community, though, that means so much to us all IRL. Carl's untimely death provides an opportunity, I think, to reflect on how real this community is. Our focus is always on adding people to our networks and building those relationships. I've not until now considered a loss like this. As Nate says, we are all better for the work that Carl did and shared.

Re: Another Reason to Network

badgerworks — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:15:50 -0000

Thanks for your advice and for sharing your valuable experiences. I'd only add substantive sharing/collaboration to your advice to network. I see more than a few folks in my world who get good jobs at places they have already helped solve a problem. So, I'd say after you get a foot in the door by networking, get another one in there by helping out for free. Who wouldn't want to hire who's already helping out? (Of course, you could end up like Kramer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKs6y9_d2ps).

Here is a pretty good article about tech jobs vs. tanking economy: http://snurl.com/4gp6x. It's a good time to be an ERP wonk. We are boring but employable, I guess.

Re: Light the App Bar or Not?

badgerworks — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:46:02 -0000

While I am no pro at UX and such, as a plain old user I prefer less-is-more. I think it is more useful to highlight something that is hard to find. (For example, we do a lot of web-based internal reports that are difficult to read. We have a guy in house who adds striping to the tables (http://cssglobe.com/lab/tablecloth/) and it makes them easier to read. ) The app bar is already set apart by shape, color, etc., so I am not sure setting an active one apart from the others would add too much.

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It sounds like I am in the minority, but I also prefer these posts to the OS wars -- although I did load up a light-weight instance of Ubuntu HH to see what you were all talking about. ;) Fast and easy + less is more = good stuff. You are right, though, it is a time sucker to get it up to get-it-done status. I am back to dull XP on a Dell.

Re: Why Is Calendar So Hard?

badgerworks — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:32:52 -0000

I've got no great ideas here, but I can sympathize. I stopped trying to do anything cool and stick with Outlook (for work and school only because everyone else uses it) with a one way sync into Google calendar (which I share with no one except my wife). If it gets to Google calendar I'll probably show up, or at least claim I did. I actually write all of my appointments in my hipsterPDA/moleskine thing that is always on my person, though. That is sad and old school, I know, but if it is really important and I need to show up, it goes in there.

That is not to say that there should not be a standard solution -- there should be. I work with enterprise systems and getting our scheduling system (R25) to integrate fully with our ERP (Oracle PeopleSoft) is easier than figuring out a bulletproof way to get events onto users' various calendars. Anytime ERP integration is EASIER than something, that something needs some serious help.