Get Satisfaction’s Ads

Published on November 10th, 2008 View Comments

I found this nugget in Paul’s Google Reader Shared Items feed: “Get Satisfaction Launches Socialized Ad Policy“.
As previously documented here, we like what Get Satisfaction does, and even though ads usually put me right into a coma, my curiosity about how ads could be “smart” (from Paul’s note in Reader) overcame me.
Turns out it is [...]

Help Me Plan My Week

Published on September 16th, 2008 View Comments

Inspired by Eddie, who blogged his schedule for next week, and others, I decided to wade into the OpenWorld show guide to set up my week.

I had planned to use the Schedule Builder, but I guess that’s not for employees. So, I started combing the Content Catalog and soon got a headache trying to read [...]

Decision 07: (more…) vs. More

Published on October 13th, 2007 View Comments

Funny thing, Rich has a draft in WP called “Time to Give Jake a Break”. You’ll notice it hasn’t been published yet. We are really buried preparing for OpenWorld, so keeping this blog going has been tough.
The title put me in mind of the trucking term Jake Brake. Signs like this one have puzzled me [...]

What Do You Want from Us?

Published on October 2nd, 2007 View Comments

Over the past month or so, I’ve watched our traffic decline, our subscirptions fall, and our comments slow to a trickle. This being New Web, I thought I’d throw a question out there:
What do you want to read about here?
Paul’s post on trust got loads of comments and trackbacks. The MetaLink search plugin thread [...]

ASU Pilots ERP Implementation 2.0

Published on September 26th, 2007 View Comments

The WSJ ran a story yesterday about Arizona State University’s Oracle ERP implementation and the unique approach they’ve taken.
The university’s head technology dude, Dr. Adrian Sannier (his blog), decided to take a New Web approach to the implementation.
From the WSJ:
In order to avoid the cost overruns that are typical with projects like this, the university [...]

11g Doc Makeover: Part 2

Published on September 14th, 2007 View Comments

About a month ago, I blogged about the 11g R1 documentation’s Easter Egg feature, comments. At the time, I recall thinking this was a great, easy way to engage people, but wondered if anyone would a) comment or b) reply to comments.
Color me surprised. Today, Steeve Bisson blogged about comments he made to the [...]

AppsLab Events Widget

Published on September 13th, 2007 View Comments

Maybe you noticed our newest widget, it’s right down there on the right, just under the Archives. If you’re too lazy to look, here’s the shot.
This widget shows events that have been posted to our upcoming group, aptly called appslab. Anyone can join and use upcoming, and anyone can join and post events to the [...]

You Can Get Satisfaction

Published on September 13th, 2007 View Comments

Rich created an Oracle space over at satisfaction, a startup focused on crowdsourcing customer service.
Their site allows companies to give customers “people-power customer service”.
I know for a fact we already have real-live people in support, but the aim here is to facilitate an open conversational approach, centered around more general issues and questions, rather than [...]