Software Soapbox

Hey, does YOUR sister have a movie at Cannes this year?

You go, Sis!

Link: Telefilm Canada - News Releases.

Finn on the Fly, directed by Mark Jean; written by Michael Souther, Teza Lawrence, Kellie Benz and Mark Jean; produced by Suzanne L. Berger, Michael Souther, Teza Lawrence and Stephen Onda (Amaze Film and Stephen Onda Productions); international distribution by Oasis International and Maximum Films;

IBM and RIM Mobilize Web 2.0 Capabilities

Can't wait to try some of these out!

via Research In Motion.

IBM and RIM are making the following technologies portable and accessible, anytime and anywhere:

    * Portals & Dashboards: IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM dashboard software lets businesses build Web sites and single screen dashboard views that deliver information, applications and processes personalized to the individual BlackBerry smartphone user.
    * Social Networking: The BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections helps people tap into the collective knowledge of others and find the people and information they need for the task at hand while on the go.
    * Messaging and Calendaring: BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino enables access to key email and calendaring functions as well as custom applications built with Lotus Domino.
    * Unified Communications: The BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Sametime lets people access their full buddy list, send and receive instant messages, view presence information and convert an IM session to a phone call with a simple click.
    * Business Intelligence: IBM Cognos 8 Go! Mobile business intelligence software is the industry’s first business intelligence solution designed specifically for the BlackBerry platform. It provides personalized secure business information in the right context to allow people to view and interact with dashboard-style reports to make informed decisions while they are on the move.

Carbon footprint? This guy ha a carbon wingspan....

Link: Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing - Yahoo! News.

IBM Scores high for Energy Conservation

Since I started working at IBM 2 years ago, I've been impressed about the company's conservation efforts, part of which are the great work-from home policies.  Most of my colleagues work from home, which saves time and gas normally spent in commuting to an office.....and greenhouse gases.  Though those planes we frequently hop on for customer meetings probably offset that effort a little....

Link: Climate Counts - IBM Score.

Climate Counts has found that IBM has established clear goals to reduce its energy use, and has reduced its impact on global warming (i.e., its greenhouse gas emissions or climate footprint). The company also encourages energy conservation by others.

Blackpool Ban On Rolling Stones Lifted After 44 Years

Link: RollingStones.com news

He said: "We are writing to the group to say the ban has been lifted and they are welcome to play here again."

NYPD and IBM

I can't take any credit for this project, but it does provide a good idea of the work I do, and it's an entertaining video...Enjoy!

Billion-Dollar-Home

via Yahoo! Finance.

The only remotely comparable high-rise property currently on the market is the $70 million triplex penthouse at the Pierre Hotel in New York, designed to resemble a French chateau, and climbing 525 feet in the air. When the Ambani residence is finished in January, completing a four-year process, it will be 550 feet high with 400,000 square feet of interior space.

Yang and Ballmer release duet

Singing their own version of "You don't bring me Flowers"

How Twitter Works (most of the time)

Link: Ruby, Rails Give Twitter Its Tweet.

"There are several layers; it's like peeling an onion," he said of the levels of complexity involved in maintaining the Twitter site. And some of the time things just don't work, as in some of the outages the company has had over recent months. The company related a recent outage to "caching changes" and others were said to be related to issues with Twitter's Web hosting provider.

Alien of Extraordinary ability

Great writeup on what it takes for a foreign professional to live and work in America.

The IBM-Google connection

Link: The IBM-Google connection | Outside the Lines - CNET News.com.

Schmidt said that over time there won't be much differentiation between consumer and enterprise architectures. The major difference is that enterprise customers will pay for software and services, with required security and other features, and consumers won't.

Schmidt gave IBM lots of credit for pioneering many of the technologies that underlie today's computing architectures. He noted that IBM, which has about 87 years on Google, has figured out that the underlying platform is a server and Web services.

Silicon Valley Fight Club - ESPN Video

Link: E:60 - Fight Club - ESPN Video.

But what if your best friend owns a piano, or maybe an ocelot, and your enemy is not wearing a red tie?

Link: Tony Robbins, Performance Coach | Tony Robbins | SavvySugar - Career and Money.

"If your worst enemy drops sugar in your coffee, what's going to happen to you? Nothing. But what if your best friend drops strychnine in your coffee? You're dead. You have to stand guard at the door of your mind."

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