Monday, February 15, 2010

Stop! Yammertime!

So I just signed up for Yammer...and I'm falling in love with the potential of this, being a worker who works mostly remotely and would love to see how others with whom I collaborate are working on what they are working on to see how it could affect delivery times, what they could know about something I'm working on, etc.  It does nothing but help focus the tapping of talent of other people you know in the company OR on your project. 

It's like Twitter/Facebook for your workmates.  Online collaboration in what I like to call "livetime". 

AT the same time, I'm wondering if it'll really work for a remote worker such as myself because I'd have to convince the other members in other organizations, etc. to actually use it.  And we all don't have the same hours.

If anything, it helps those on a project team communicate instantly on projects.  But again, I think the main caveat is having the same project hours.  And being on several projects at once in one organization. 

I wonder how it would work for several contractors on one project?  I think drop.io has a better interface, and ability for disparate times and collaborations, keeping the project all in one place.

As far as I could tell, Yammer is great for an already organized team or a business working on several projects. 

What do you think?

Monday, February 8, 2010

Metro Area Entrepreneur's Club

Next Chapter Transitions presents:

The Metro Area Entrepreneur’s Club

Join other like-minded entrepreneurs for an informative
presentation by our special guest:
Chris DiSabatino
of DiSabatino Landscaping
“From Lawn Cutting to a Multi-Million Dollar Operation”
Discover how Mr. DiSabatino went from mowing yards as
a kid to to a multi-million dollar operation and how he
increased profits during the recession.

After the keynote presentation, you are invited to attend
our break-out session. Our inaugural break-out session is
an open forum to discuss your concerns. 
Norman Gaither and Bill Pate, business coaches with over 60 years of
combined experience working with small and mid size
businesses, will lead the discussion. 

Find out how other
companies are navigating this economic climate.
Where: Ramada Conference Center
1700 Van Bibber Rd.
Exit 77A (SR24) off I-95
Edgewood, MD 21040
When: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Networking 11:30am, lunch begins as Noon
The break-out session ends at 1:30
Cost: $16 per person (includes lunch)
RSVP: Visit www.maeclub.net to register.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Thank you SmartFilter!

I'm at the library waiting for the snow to come.  But in any case, decided to write in my blog about the next entry or two on the Top 10 list I listed a few posts back

Google Voice, like other Google services, you ahve to access through invitation only and a Google Account doesn't hurt.  So I requested an invitation and like the geek who can't get into a party...I wait.

Then I tried to justin.tv, and SmartFilter (powered by Bess) listed it as a Chat site and won't allow me to go into there...yet I can MSN message?  Odd.  So now I'm down to Clicker

You can browse by name (THANK GOODNESS!), AND search by name too if you can't find them listed.  Unfortunately, my favorite paranormal show, Ghost Adventures, isn't on there by name, but you can search...but it's like episodes from 2004gotten.  So for me, Clicker.com is probably ok, but it's going to take awhile for them to compile the stuff they have.  I wonder if they have a crawler that does this stuff?

In any case, it's an ok site, I'm sure you can't find everything you need, like Wal-Mart.  Now, I'm not saying you can find EVERYTHING at Wal-Mart, I'm saying that Wal-Mart can't sell everything, as much as they'd like to put that forward.  Much like any large department store, they sell what sells, or will hopefully sell.

Alright guys, hang in there, next post is going to be probably while I'm holed up in snow.  Which isn't so bad for a techie.  Now I have a REAL excuse for being on the computer.  LOL!

I said LOL.

-eggBrain

 

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Galvinell.com is now on MarylandAgriculture.com

One of my projects Galvinell.com is now on MarylandAgriculture.com!

Enjoy!

-eggBrain 

AVG v9.0

Go to free.avg.com and get VERSION 9.0.  I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell that.  Version 8 will probably be unsupported soon.   I've been using AVG for about 5 to 6 years now and it's GREAT!  Get the free version to see if you like it and you can upgrade to whatever version helps you feel more secure online!

-eggBrain

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

eggBrain is FaceBookin'

So yes, this is my BUSINESS Facebook (you'd think they'd give me a badge for Blogger that actually FIT!).

Enjoy.

-eggBrain

Monday, February 1, 2010

eggBrain is on Twitter

Follow us on Twitter!  Ok, so it's one tweet right now.  Don't be a tweehatah.




-eggBrain

Groooovy.

So I checked out grooveshark.com (Grooveshark).  Ok, so it probably won't be something for a small business...or might it?  You can listen to your favorite music while doing your work and not disturbing anybody.

Forgot your iPod?  You can create your own playlist on the site, and even add them to your playlist and the nice side-scrolling menu for the songs is nice.  A bit better than playlist.com.  (check out these playlists:  playlist.com/crazyeggs).  But then again, I haven't really dove into GrooveShark.  But I think it's a great application for listening to music while you're doing your work, in the zone...