OraTweet Ready for Flight
I mentioned a few weeks ago that OraTweet, Noel‘s mirco-blogging package built in APEX, would soon be released to the public after he made some tweaks to get it production-ready. Today, he unveiled it. You can download OraTweet here. It’s provided free of charge, as-is, and requires Oracle 10g or 11g and APEX 3.1.x or [...]
OraTweet Leaves the Nest
First off, thanks for hanging in there while I caught up on my R&R. I came back today to hear the happy news that OraTweet will soon be available to anyone who wants to give it whirl. Noel is prepping the final package for distribution, but if you’re interested now, head over to oratweet.com and [...]
OraTweet in the News
Our buddy Noel (who has a new blog) got some mainstream news coverage today from Michael Hickins at Information Weekly. Hickins mentions OraTweet, calling Oracle as the “unlikeliest company to launch a product of this nature”, and quotes Noel in his post. Very cool indeed for Noel, whose little side project is all grown up [...]
Musings on Relationship Symmetry in the Enterprise
The title sounds pretty highbrow academic. It’s funny to me. Anyway, I just read that according to ComScore, Twitter grew 131% in March. Insanity. That number doesn’t include international or client-based usage. While I read through my feeds today, I got five new follows, all from people I don’t know. Oh, and there’s the whole [...]
Had Enough Twitter Yet?
Twitter is exploding. You’ve probably seen the numbers. 1,382% comparing February 2009 with February 2008. More than 50% from January 2009 to February 2009. By all measures, that’s an insane growth rate. Mainstream media has taken note, and celebrities (and impostors) are flocking to Twitter in droves. Pun intended. Do you have a favorite celebrity [...]
Connect Adds Geolocation
Now, we know where you are . . . but only if you tell us. Yesterday, Rich completed the addition of geolocation tracking to Connect. Now, when you OraTweet your location or update your Connect status with the secret phrase “@location” followed by a place (address or city or country), Connect stores your location. And [...]
More on Social Search
So, yesterday I started making the case for social search as an excellent way to find information locked away within an enterprise, and the ability to get good information from social search pays for investments in social networks. I didn’t cover much detail though. So, that’s the focus of today’s post. Social search in my [...]
We’re in a Book
I just found out this morning from a new friend of the ‘Lab, Emanuele, that our work has been mentioned in print. W00t! Specifically, Niall Cook mentions the IdeaFactory and Mix, in his book, Enterprise 2.0: How Social Software Will Change the Future of Work. Rich is mentioned by name, and his post on building [...]
The Oracle People iPhone App is Here
Update: There is a new version of this app, Oracle People2. It supports iOS 4 and 3.x. See the details here. As before, drop a comment here or on the newer post to get the details from me. With many thanks to Clayton Donley who built the app with help from Rich, Anthony and Noel, [...]
Connect’s Third Version Launches
On Friday, Rich and Anthony updated Connect to what we’re calling 3.0, or that’s what I’m calling it. The UI has changed from blue back to white, and the main navigation is now on the left, versus on the top. Maybe you recognize the UI; remember when we showed off some mockups back in August? [...]
Connect API Goodness
As you probably know already, Connect is our internal social network. It’s been around a while, and we’ll soon be launching a UI redesign, as teased late last Summer. In the 18 months since we launched Connect, we’ve accumulated quite a bit of social data about people: their profiles, avatars, work experience, personal interests, and [...]
Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together
I haven’t had much to say about work lately, but Rich provided a nice nugget today. He integrated OraTweet, Noel‘s internal, micro-blogging app with Connect’s Activity Log. So, now in addition to all the social activity and HR information we surface in the Log, you can also see the (Ora)tweets of your network, your groups [...]
Good Old Fashioned Vote Storm
Not much is happening this week unrelated to OpenWorld, but Rich pointed me at something fun. By now, you’re probably familiar with OraTweet, Noel‘s side-project turned enterprise communication tool. I’ve blogged about it several times because I dig the garage innovation and it’s a perfect OpenSocial app tie-in to Connect. Most recently, coverage of TC50 [...]
Social Observations, OraTweet Edition
I’ve spent a bit of quality time with Noel’s OraTweet this week, mostly because of Ed’s OpenSocial app development adventures. Noel really has done a lot with OraTweet since June, when he first showed it to me. It’s got all the Twitter features you’d expect, and it has “groups”. Don’t get too excited, it’s more [...]
Why OpenSocial Matters and How it’s Good for You
I’ve been drilling OpenSocial for most of the year, talking about why our platforms (Mix and Connect) will be containers, explaining how it’s good for users and even better for developers. Now, I have a couple examples that should stick. Ed commented on my last mockups post: OpenSocial is now officially my new latest favourite [...]
