IFILM - Watch the Superbowl Commercials

IFILM - Watch the Superbowl Commercials: "Super Bowl XL has passed (Go, Steelers!), but you can still watch all those great, funny and weird ads right here. You can also grab your favorite ads and paste them right into your own blog or web page. Plus, you can still upload your own Super Bowl video and share with your friends... "

Super Bowl Advertising and Marketing Fusion: Razor's Edge?

Super Bowl Advertising and Marketing Fusion: Razor's Edge?: "Super Bowl Advertising and Marketing Fusion: Razor's Edge?"


Adrian, maybe you'll want to talk about the Super Bowl and the various ad campaigns launched there?

Hope you're all having a great vacation... see you next week.

james

Chip gets under CIO's skin - News - ZDNet

Chip gets under CIO's skin - News - ZDNet: "'I felt the only way to really understand the pros and cons of the technology would be being an early adopter myself.'

Julien's going to talk about RFID... this man has one in his arm! Check out this video and the related content below!

Harvard Medical School CIO John Halamka is on the cutting edge of technology, both professionally and personally. Not only does he manage 2 million patients, 3,000 doctors and 150 major applications, he's got an RFID chip implanted in his arm. Halamka sits down with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber to talk about key issues in the medical field.

15 minutes 37 seconds
Apr 11, 2005 2:40:00 PM

Related Content

* Man with guerrilla RFID implant aims to simplify life
* Rx for a CIO: RFID implant
* Implanted ID chip finds way into ERs, bars
* Health care IT coming of age
* Bush calls for computerized medical records
* FDA approves injecting ID chips in patients
* Under-the-skin ID chips move toward U.S. hospitals"

Primary Response - Sana Security

Primary Response - Sana Security

maybe this'll work better for you when it's not 9am in the states!

Transmaterial

Transmaterial

"New materials are transforming our physical environment."

Eco-Curtain

Inaba Electric Works has developed Eco-Curtain, a wind-powered system designed for integration in building facades. The curtain, displayed here above the entrance to a shopping mall in Nagoya, Japan, demonstrates a creative solution for environmentally-friendly power generation within a dense urban environment. The structure is comprised by 775 vertical-axis windmills which should produce 7,551 kilowatt-hours annually.

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: The Times They Are A-Changin'

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: The Times They Are A-Changin'

Just 21 years ago another presentation took place by Steve Jobs in California... here is the story.... james

Bow-tie era Steve Jobs

anuary 24, 1984 - the big day had finally arrived. We had looked forward to the date for so long that it didn't seem real to be actually experiencing the long-awaited public unveiling of the Macintosh at Apple's 1984 annual shareholder's meeting. We were excited, of course, but also nervous about our hastily contrived demo software, and still exhausted from the final push to finish the system software (see Real Artists Ship)

BBC World Home Page--clickonline

BBC World Home Page
clickonline talks about a gizmo that seems pretty interesting! the Velov! and it's right here in France in Lyons! Vive la "French touch"!
Have a look at the video! see you next week james

Traffic in many areas of the world has become almost unbearably busy, and many cities are imposing high-tech solutions to try and solve the congestion problem. London, for example, has a computer-monitored congestion zone, where drivers pay to enter the city. But in Lyon in France, the solution to traffic hold-ups is much less complicated, as David Reid has been finding out

Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki - Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki

Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki - Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki

Here's an interesting insight into American business culture.

A Blog That Blogs Corporate Blogs

By DAN MITCHELL

Published: January 7, 2006

THE Fortune 500 Blogging Wiki (socialtext.net/bizblogs) amasses blogs maintained by employees of the biggest American corporations.

Alex Eben Meyer

Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki (socialtext.net)

"Fortune 500 Blogging Wiki Undercounts" (businessweek.com)

The goal, according to the Wiki's creators, is to collect "active public blogs by company employees about the company and/or its products."

Transmaterial -- new materials for gadgets!

Transmaterial

"New materials are transforming our physical environment."

and providing ideas for the gadgets project!

have a good weekend

Writeboard: google--MS debate

Writeboard: google--MS debate


here are my notes about the Google/MS debate...

(the password of the whiteboard is "telecom")

Next class...

you'll have to guess 6 "factoids" about your Guest who is replacing me!

His name is Benny, he's replacing a Benenson so you'll tell me if it was "Ben chouette" in our last class of the year on Dec 19th! See you there, Enjoy your class with Benny

james

ps Jerome when do we get the minutes of our last class?

a4esl.org/p = Easy Online RSS Reader for ESL/EFL Podcasts

a4esl.org/p = Easy Online RSS Reader for ESL/EFL Podcasts
podcasts for the native speakers and also for learners of English...

give it a spin!

james

(we will not have class on Nov 21st... We'll try to schedule the Sheffield exchange for November 28th. See you on Monday!

scientific article

Here's a site I found about professional communication. It's more serious than expected, it talks about how scientists publish articles.
http://www.cs.auc.dk/~luca/PDK/pdk2004.html

Stanford iTunes

Stanford iTunes: "Presenting Stanford on iTunes"


Stanford iTunes

* Download faculty lectures, interviews, music and sports.
* Play audio on your iPod, Mac or PC, or burn a CD.
* Stay Connected anytime anywhere.
* Experience Stanford on iTunes today and continue learning with Stanford.


Open Stanford on iTunes

"

APCC - Publications timen time

APCC - Publications
Axel will help us find the most interesting part of this site after the holidays!

but have a look in the mean time!

have a nice vacation
james

Communication and business ... questions for consultants !

http://www.consultingsuccess.org/publications/checklist.htm#assessment

English for Professional Communication

Here is a cool site of the Honk Kong University on which we can find basic tips on Professional Communication, as well as examples, interactive exercises, and other ressources.

http://ec.hku.hk/epc/

Facts About Drug Testing During Hiring - Findlaw for the Public -

Facts About Drug Testing During Hiring - Findlaw for the Public -:

Facts About Drug Testing During Hiring

This is one of the issues we discussed in class yesterday... pot smokers beware!


"State Law

Each state has its own body of laws governing workplace drug testing or monitoring. For example, Alaska has no mandatory drug-testing laws, but does have voluntary drug-testing laws that employers must follow if they choose to conduct drug testing of job applicants or employees.

In many states, employers have the legal right to test job applicants for drugs or alcohol, provided that the applicants know that the testing is part of the interview process for all employees. In most cases, the testing cannot be conducted until the applicant has been offered a position."

more info on the site....
but... there are other sites that explain how to fool the drug tests!

have a good week

james

Technorati tags: hiring drug testing

BBC World Home Page

BBC World Home Page

this is an interesting program from the BBC that you can watch on line!
james

CEO Bloggers' Club: Welcome !

CEO Bloggers' Club: Welcome !:

An interesting blog for professional communication!
Even CEO's have blogs! hope to see you soon... James

"Welcome !

Welcome on the CEO Bloggers' Club !

If you are CEO, Owner, Founder, Partner or Associates of your company, AND author of a weblog, then we'll be happy to see you participating in this new Club.

The aim of this Club is to gather CEOs who believe in the blogosphere and its extraodinary potential and to offer them a place to share with other companies leaders the experimentation they are conducting thanks to weblogs. Corporate blogging, CRM, marketing, PR, internal communication, are part of the different ways blogs are being used today, but as we all know, we are only at the begining. And who is abble to say how weblogs will affect our business tomorrow ?

The awareness around the real potential of weblogs and how they will affect the futur of our companies is everything but at its paroxism.

We have here an apportunity to go ahead together in this experimentation and to increase our own knowledge by sharing together our experience of the blogosphere."

Rocketboom VideoBlog... vblogs... better than CNN?

Rocketboom :

I thought you might enjoy this daily vblog.... it's different than the mainstream media!

Is this the future of "professional communication"?

hope to see you soon!
I'll be back in May!
james




"Rocketboom is a three minute daily video weblog based in New York City covering information and commentary ranging from top news stories to quirky internet culture. Agenda includes releasing each new clip at 9am EST, Monday through Friday. With a heavy emphasis on international arts, technology and weblog drama, Rocketboom is presented via online video and widely distributed through RSS.

RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is an exciting web technology that allows viewers to subscribe and then download newly published content to their computers or portable players automatically once it becomes available. As a result, when a subscriber is ready to view the new video there is no download or buffer delay. [*note: the word 'subscribe' can be misleading because everything is free]

Rocketboom is currently one of the most popular videoblogs on the internet with more daily subscribers for original syndicated multimedia content than nearly any other site, including podcasts.

We differ from a regular TV program in many important ways. Instead of costing millions of dollars to produce, Rocketboom is created with a consumer-level video camera, a laptop, two lights and a map with no additional overhead or costs. Also, Rocketboom is distributed online, all around the world and on demand, and thus has a much larger potential audience than any TV broadcast. However, we spend $0 on distribution because bandwidth costs and space are donated, and $0 on promotion, relying solely on the viral nature of the internet. Finally, while TV programs have traditionally been uni-directional, Rocketboom engages its international audience in a wide range of topical discussions. "