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Apple Moves iTunes to the Clouds and How This in Part Moves Us from the Me Generation to the We Generation

January 22, 2010
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Some rather amazing news has been released about Apple’s intentions to put iTunes into their own cloud infrastructure. The TechCrunch article below talks about the impact on their bottom line as they increase sales of music and, of course, make it significantly easier for us users to access our iTunes library like we access our [...]

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BMC Today iPhone App – Get BMC Software News and Media On the Go

January 20, 2010
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I’m personally excited to tell you about an iPhone app called BMC Today and you can
download it now.

To create this app I had the honor of being involved throughout the entire development process with Techendeavour. They are an both technically competent at building mobile apps for a variety of smart phone platforms and [...]

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Why We Will Be Disappointed in the Apple Tablet

January 19, 2010
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Assuming this upcoming Apple event January 27th is actually about the so called (mythical) Apple Tablet then yes I have a sense we may feel disappointment. Why? Partly because there is so much wild speculation and expectation surrounding this charming yet mythical new device.  I remember seeing devices like this at Disney World where there [...]

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New Twitter list @tparish/enterpriseleadership-org – EnterpriseLeadership.org Interviewees

December 15, 2009
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As host and overseer of the EnterpriseLeadership.org community I’m making some end of year changes to get us going for 2010. One rather fun update is building a Twitter list list of 21 amazing individuals who have been interviewed by me and Elizabeth Ferrarini.  The Twitter list widget sits on the home page and updates [...]

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What Do you Do Differently Online Now Versus Last Year?

December 12, 2009
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Let’s have some fun. For just a moment stop and think about what you’re doing differently online now versus last year. What software, what device where and how you’re using the Internet. Email me or leave a comment below.
What’s different?
Tom
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Tom Parish Inc. Fan Page on Facebook

December 12, 2009
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For those who follow me on Facebook I am posting my more technical geeky topics and projects on the Tom Parish Inc. fan page on Facebook.
I still post of course nearly the same things at http://twitter.com/tparish. Clearly I need to spruce up the fan page but for now it’s there and functional and thankfully quite [...]

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[video] Trends in Enterprise Storage—Cloud Computing/Virtualization:Mike Karp, former EMA Storage Analyst

December 8, 2009
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In this podcast, Mike Karp, a former storage analyst for Enterprise Management Associates, talks about how technology trends, such as cloud computing and virtualization, will continue to reshape enterprise storage, and what CIOs must know to take advantage of these trends. More at EnterpriseLeadership.org

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Tom Parish at the Austin Rotary Downtown Mtg – Social Media for Business Video Presentation

November 21, 2009
Tom Parish speaking at the Austin Rotary Club

This is what I presented to the folks at the Austin downtown Rotary Club. Great group. Must have been near 100 folks there with lot of relevant questions. Many thanks to Allison Allen for getting me on the agenda for November.

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Doonby the Movie – A Short Conversation with Writer and Director Peter Mackenzie

November 15, 2009
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Visit http://www.DoonbytheMovie.com for more information – it’s going to make a difference in how you view yourself, life and others. Click through to see the video.

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Facebook Fan Page for Tom Parish Inc.

November 15, 2009
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Tom Parish Inc on Facebook
I am separating out my personal from business activity streams for Tom Parish (personal) and Tom Parish Inc. (business).
Become a FAN!
Tom

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Why It’s Taking So Long for Google Wave To Really ‘Be Here’ For Everyone

October 21, 2009
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If you think about it, the complexities of building out modern data center infrastructure (locally and inside the Google Cloud)  necessitates really watching and learning from the data traffic patterns across a field of Wave servers. There is a great deal of complex data being exchanged in real time as it interconnects with so [...]

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Google Wave – A Writer’s Tool?

October 20, 2009
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I wonder if others are seeing what I’m seeing in Google Wave. I am finding Google Wave a perfect tool for writing down ideas and refining them before publishing. I create a Wave, jot down some thoughts then come back to them when I’m ready to expand the notion into a blog post.   I realize [...]

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This is a Test Post from Google Wave to My Blog – tomparish.posterous.com

October 19, 2009

This is a Test Post from Google Wave to My Blog – tom.parish@posterous.com
Fascinating. Seems to work. I’m going to take a screencast of this. I will not do any editing. Might do a screengrab just in case.
Tom
via google-wave-robot

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Some Ideas on Best in Class Podcasts for B2B and B2C

October 6, 2009
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This mindmap is a good start for someone wanting to know more about the elements you need to consider before jumping in fully to produce a show.  Although it’s important to be entertaining I sometimes think podcast shows are trying too hard to be funny. For the business to business environment (B2B) the bottom line [...]

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Podcast Interview Production Process

October 5, 2009
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We get asked about our process for producing audio and video podcasts.  To do it well it takes time to research topics, schedule interesting people, coordinate with marketing groups,  edit the interview and keep the show moving forward each week with a fresh feel. Here is a general outline of the production flow we use [...]

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New EnterpriseLeadership.org Site is Up

October 1, 2009
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Other news for today, the new EnterpriseLeadership.org website (ELO as we call it) is up. My team moved roughly 200 written interviews and 200 podcasts with show notes to a new platform called Jive/Clearspace.  As with the previous platform I have divided up the content into 7 topics areas:

Best Practices
Innovation
Governance
IT Management
ITIL
Security
Strategy

The Jive/Clearspace platform is rich [...]

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Getting Going on Google Wave – October 1st Thursday Morning

October 1, 2009

Last night, very late, I received my Google Wave Beta invitation. This morning I'm sending out invitations. Google Wave isn't much fun to use by yourself. It's like using chat by yourself. You just sit there and stare at it waiting for someone to come online.
I've sent 4 invitations out in the last hour [...]

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Carousel Player of recent BMC Podcasts and ELO Podcasts

September 20, 2009

Here is a sampling of the video podcast interviews I’ve done for BMC.com.  More to come in the next couple of months.

 

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A Tactical Plan for Deploying External Social Media: Dave Evans, Social Media Strategist and Author

September 5, 2009

Whether you are a chief information officer or a chief marketing officer, you need to know how to leverage technology, especially social media, to understand how customers perceive your brand both positively and negatively, and what changes you need to make to your products to get more positive responses. You have the challenge of influencing [...]

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Video Podcast: Andres Carvallo, Austin Energy’s CIO, on Developing Smart Grid Technology for a Public Utility

September 5, 2009

Despite the economy, Austin, Texas, has seen a spike in major businesses, such as google.com and Hewlett-Packard, moving into the area, as well as more people relocating there to find jobs. Meanwhile, Austin Energy, the nation’s ninth largest community-owned electric utility, is making sure it can meet the power demands of its one million residential [...]

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