So, Tim mentioned last night that Oracle Mix had launched this year’s iteration of Suggest a Session. There are big changes from last year’s inaugural run. First off, it’s no longer called Suggest a Session, but rather Vote for Sessions. From the name, you can get an inkling of the biggest change, i.e. you won’t… Read More
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OpenWorld 2009 Suggest a Session Starts June 16
Mark your calendars for June 16. The Oracle OpenWorld Blog announced today that Suggest a Session will be back on that day for this year’s mega-conference (which will be October 11-15, 2009 at Moscone in San Francisco as usual). If you recall, last year’s Suggest a Session for OpenWorld was a big hit. Confused? Here’s… Read More
What’s New in Connect 4.0?
As I mentioned last week, we’ve released the 4.0 version of Connect, which includes a boat-load of new stuff. Our main goals for this release were: Put the focus on people, not on objects. Make it dead simple to share anything. Aggregate information by supporting multiple sources. Provide intelligent filtering for easy viewing. Consolidate output… Read More
I Guess We’re a Product Team After All
Well, our big redesign of Connect, version 4.0, is finally live. Anthony and Rich are knocking out some final issues, but we cut over earlier this afternoon. Luckily, it’s the weekend. So, our users aren’t using right now. Unluckily, it’s the weekend, and everyone on the team has plans. Next week, I’ll fill you in… Read More
What is it about Kudos?
Last week, Paul spoke on a webinar panel hosted by Communitelligence about social networking inside the firewall. Also on the panel were Lee Aase of the Mayo Clinic and Polly Pearson from EMC. I didn’t attend the webinar, but Paul mentioned that Kudos was well-received. We did a follow-up meeting with some folks from EMC,… Read More
Social Search Wins
When you start talking to an enterprise crowd about social networking, inevitably someone asks for real business benefits, a.k.a. ROI. I know, hard to believe. When we first started the ‘Lab, Paul used to ask how many people have a Facebook/MySpace/LinkedIn account. Usually less than half the room would raise hands, and that number went… Read More
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… Read More
Embedding in Mix
I promise not to cross-post every single Mix blog post, only the ones that I think you’d like. If you use Mix and want to keep up with where it’s going, you really should add the Mix blog to your feed reader if you haven’t already. Or if you’re not into RSS or don’t know… Read More
Mix Adds Account Merge
Just saw a post from Tim over at the Mix blog, and it looks like they’ve rolled out some new stuff to Mix. Nothing terribly noteworthy, except for the long-anticipated ability to merge accounts. In the past, we had several requests to merge the accounts of people who had left jobs and wanted to bring… Read More
The Oracle Mix Blog
So, a couple days ago, Tim started The Oracle Mix Blog, which will be the official home for all things related to Mix. That’s not to say we won’t talk about Mix here, but if you want to hear news from the source or want to get the attention of those guys, that will be… Read More
It’s That Time of Year, Again
I hope everyone had an enjoyable week of holiday fun. As promised, here’s the first of those obligatory year-end posts, and as is customary, let’s look back at 2008 before we peer ahead into 2009. I would have done this anyway, but friend of the ‘Lab Jim dropped a note asking to see the top… Read More
Mix Listed on Ruby on Rails.org
Over the weekend, David Heinemeier Hansson, affectionately know as DHH, creator of Rails, made updates to rubyonrails.org. One change was the addition of Oracle Mix to the list of production apps running Rails. Check out the list; you’ll probably recognize several of the apps there, and about the middle of the page, below the fold,… Read More
Mix: Year One
Mix is one year old today. Seems like it’s been around forever, at least to me, but you’ll recall we launched it to very little fanfare at the beginning of OpenWorld 2007. Mix didn’t really get much promotion at all until Marketing decided to solicit session ideas from the community for OpenWorld 2008 back in… Read More
Mix to the Rescue
On my way to PDX, I caught this tweet from the OCP Advisor (aka Mohan Dutt): Naturally intrigued, I clicked through on the link to find an “idea” from Debra Lilley called simply: Get me out of this lift, please , stuck in lift #11 at the Marriott Eagle-eyed users of Mix, namely John Bedford,… Read More
Oracle Listens Launches
Justin teased this earlier in the month, and today, Oracle Listens took over oracle.com. I’m glad they overcame the hiccups that initially postponed its launch, and I’m nervously waiting for a flood of email to hit our support distribution list. If you read here, you’ll remember that we’ve shifted our focus to Connect, our internal… Read More
Separated at Birth?
While answering comments today, a separated at birth popped into my head for Google Chrome, the HAL 9000. The Chrome logo is also very reminiscent of eyes the CG Transformers have in last year’s live-action movie. I don’t recall that Skynet had a logo, but I’m sure it would be the type of shiny eye… Read More
Mix Gets a Makeover
If you use Mix, you probably noticed something new today. Lost weight? Tan? Haircut? Yes to all of the above, applied to a web app. Mix got a branding makeover last night, among other things, to reflect more closely its siblings in the *.oracle.com family. You may have noticed less chatter on this channel about… Read More
More Connect Mockups
Rich has finished a few more mockups of the changes we’re making to support OpenSocial. Since our last episode, he’s finished the Profile page. Take a look. One thing (other than location data, which will return soon, promise) people have been missing since we upgraded Connect to the Mix JRuby code line is status. More… Read More
Another Call for OpenSocial App Thoughts
Last week, I asked you what OpenSocial apps you’d like to see in the Connect (and eventually Mix) app directory. Which seeded apps? Any apps you’d like to build or see built? And generally, are you stoked about OpenSocial apps? Not much in the comments, but somehow, I think there’s interest out there. OpenSocial is… Read More
More Connect UI Mockups, Do You Care?
If you’ve been away, welcome back, and by the way, I’ve been blogging our design process for the changes we need to make to support OpenSocial in Connect. Today, Rich posted a few new mockups today of his vision for our Connect (and ultimately, Mix) OpenSocial UI. The first mockup shows Rich’s vision for the… Read More