Engineering TV: NI LabVIEW Nintendo Power Pad

Miss the old-school Nintendo Power Pad? I know I do. While I’m addicted to my Wii, there is something still so magical about old-school games like Track & Field.
This week, I was featured on an episode of Engineering TV, an online video program focused on technical B2B engineering topics. This great video [...]

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Selfish Plug – Vote for Me!!

I’m reaching out to my loyal blog readers for some help. I’ve submitted a proposal for the 2009 SXSW Interactive Conference titled, “Nerd Network: Building an Online Community for Developers.” Here is the summary:

Although often laggards in interactive marketing, B2B tech companies are successfully tapping into the groundswell to improve [...]

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MDS: Community Marketing and Social Media Homework

Today, Heidi Baschnagel, the director of marketing communications at National Instruments, asked me to put together a list of recommended readings for students in the NI MarCom Leadership Class, internally known as the “NI MBA.” Having gone through this class in 2006, I am extremely excited about the opportunity to share some nuggets of wisdom [...]

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Bright as the Sun…Microsystems

Here is another brilliant move by Sun Microsystems! Instead of having to click on the link to see content on the next page, Sun has implemented cool call-outs on its Developer Communiy section. I think this better than the window preview pane used by many bloggers because it’s readable and makes the content standout. [...]

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