Spring 2010

At this time all 587 students should have at least two entries in their blog.

Wikipedia Posting

Just ran across this article regarding a student who posted a phony quote on the wikipedia page of French composer Maurice Jarre. Click Here to read aricle

Visual CV

This morning I heard the career coach on GMA speaking about this website which creates Visual CV. The concept is a very interesting. THere may be some negatives but overall I think the positive outweighs the negatives. Leave a comment on your feelings. I guess we can call this resume 2.0

Zappos wows their customers

An interview with Zappos CEO reveals that their number 1 objective is to please their customers. THe interview gives you insight on how he runs a successful company. Zappos CEO interview

Twitter goes to work

There appears to be a big fascination with the internet application twitter. I must admit that everytime I hear someone mention tweeter, I wonder about its fascination. Certainly hollywood, washington and many others can be heard talking about their tweets. I am constantly thinking how can business utilize this technology for their gain. Is it more hype than work. Today I read an interesting article on the comcast twitter team coaching Salesforce.com on ways to integrate twitter with their CRM. I can see this postively affecting customer service. If you know of any other business application of twitter it would be interesting to share it with us.

Scrid - A new tool for marketers

I have often seen the logo "Scribd" but never delved deeper into this web 2.0 tool,. What is Scribd?
For start it appears as a tools that major book publishers such as Random House and Simon & Schuster find they can target for marketing their products. click Here. to find out how these publishing giants are leveraging this technology for their gains. Can you think of other uses for Scribd?

3-D patient models can open doors for healthcare industry

A Danish hospital is testing 3-D models of the body (IBM development). According to the report, doctors will now be able to make a 3-D image of the body and zoom in and out to their desired level of detail.

As a lay person it appears that doctors can view internal images without surgery. This can positively impact the level of care and hold the potential to reduce costs affiliated with surgery. Of course this is just in the initial step but I am hopeful of the promises this hold for our future healthcare.