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Testing out account integration with RPX. With RPX, you can sign in to comment using existing accounts from Facebook, Google, Yahoo, OpenID, WordPress, and Twitter.

I think it’s working… Try it out and leave me a comment. Thanks!

Day of Traffic

Some interesting traffic today. Hope no one was hurt.

See the overturned car on the left?
Overturned Car

Was it the accident on the other side of the H3 that caused the afternoon backlog?

H3 Accident

Or was it the presence of KHON and KGMB(?) behind the Toyota truck that caused the traffic?
News Coverage

Great Article on Implementing Web 2.0 in Your Organization

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Wow, read a great and very pertinent article, “A Practical Guide to Implementing Web 2.0 (aka Social Networking Tools) in Your Organization” which hits very close to home. I’ve been experimenting and pushing the use of social networking tools at work and see lots of what is described in the article. And after attending a recent Knowledge Management Conference and meeting others working similar issues, the points of the article are driven deeper even more.

I have to blog more about this at work! But here are some interesting quotes from the article:

users have to resort to the dreaded search bar on the Intranet, too. Most people I speak to use this only as a last resort, and rarely find anything useful — they quickly give up and look for a real person to provide what they’re looking for

The final lemon in our trio is groupware (though the term, which is now disparaging, is rarely used). Groupware, of which the most notorious example is SharePoint, was designed to facilitate ‘communities of practice’ (CoPs)

Most groupware tools are so horrifically over-engineered and bloated with ‘features’ that they require full-time IT resources to manage, and to set up and ‘authorize’ new CoPs

From my experience, you should question the need for everything on the Intranet beyond directories and policies

Ah heck, there’s too much to list! Read the entire article for all it wisdom.

MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle Available

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Other than MacHeist, the other great deal of bundled software apps for the Mac comes from MacUpdate. Their Spring Bundle is now available for $50 and includes 11 apps plus 2 more for the first 15,000 buyers.

The Spring Bundle contains:

  1. TechTool Pro 5. Comprehensive tools for your Mac and hard drives.
  2. Parallels Desktop. Run Windows, Linux, and more alongside Mac OS X.
  3. Notebook 3. Organized your digital life.
  4. NetBarrier X5. Robust firewall and intrusion detection.
  5. DVDRemaster Pro 5. Backup your DVDs and put them on other Apple devices.
  6. Multiplex. Your Mac is your new DVD player.
  7. RipIt. Get your movies off DVD and onto your Mac.
  8. MoneyWell. Manage your personal finances.
  9. Paperless. Digital document manager.
  10. Posterino. Create posters, postcards, and more.
  11. BetterZip. Create and manage compressed archives.
  12. Jets’n’Guns Gold. Bonus for first 15,000 buyers.
  13. CuteClips. Bonus for first 15,000 buyers.

TechTool and Parallels alone make this deal worthwhile, but I wanted to check out DVDRemaster, RipIt, and Posterino as well. So $521.71 worth of apps for $49.99? Got to get it!

A Twitter Dinner at Formaggio

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Formaggio Grill in Kailua is hosting an upcoming “Twitter Dinner” where guests can learn about Twitter while dining. This themed meal is on Tuesday, June 2 at 6pm.

If a Twitter dinner isn’t enough, how about a job tweeting? The Murphy-Goode Winery in Sonoma County is searching for a social media maven who can jump start the winery’s Web 2.0 presence. We’re talking Facebook, blogs, Twitter, YouTube, and whatever else you can think of.

This temporary job goes for six months and pays $10,000 per month as you live on the lands of the Murphy-Goode Winery. If this job is to your tasting, interviews will be at Formaggio on June 3rd.

A Touch of `Iolani, Anyone?

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Looking for some good eats, thirst-quenching drinks, and great live music? Then the 14th annual A Touch of `Iolani is just for you!

The “iLounge” event goes down on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the `Iolani School campus. This event is a fundraiser, and tickets are discounted to $65 through the end of May. After that, prices go up to $70 per person. Buy your tickets online.

For more information, check out these blog posts and follow the event on Twitter.

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