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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Nerd Love: Building a Community for Engineers

 
 
 
Tired of hearing the buzz word Web 2.0 and want to see a real world examples of technical collaboration online?  Then, check out the new NI Developer Zone Community.    Just in time for Valentine’s Day, this platform allows a community of engineers and scientists worldwide to connect and share example code, tutorials and textbook [...]

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Google Maps Enterprise Edition — Cool or Overpriced?

I was looking to do a Google Map of all NIWeek 2007 attendees; however, the cost is outrageous.
Below is an email I received from a Google representative after filling out some information on their maps enterprise software.  Check out the links below and let me know your thoughts.  Personally, I can’t believe they chare [...]

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