insights on technology » Uncategorized http://www.elwinwitzke.com My thoughts on technology, business, culture, family and anything else that seems interesting. Brought to you from Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:58:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Yammer at AAA http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2010/07/yammer-at-aaa/ http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2010/07/yammer-at-aaa/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:05:36 +0000 Elwin Witzke http://www.elwinwitzke.com/?p=826 I was browsing through my Facebook pages and noticed a posting by Yammer  referencing a series of video testimonials from some of their customers. I really liked this one from AAA of Northern California.

AAA Yammer Testimonial from Yammer on Vimeo.

Jaimee Clements talks about AAA’s experience with Yammer microblogging. She provides great information about why Yammer (or any microblogging application) helps within a distributed organization:

  • finding pockets of knowledge
  • solving long simmering problems
  • engaging staff and executive
  • connecting a distributed workforce

]]> http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2010/07/yammer-at-aaa/feed/ 0 It just might be the time to start over http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2010/07/it-just-might-be-the-time-to-start-over/ http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2010/07/it-just-might-be-the-time-to-start-over/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:11:08 +0000 Elwin Witzke http://www.elwinwitzke.com/?p=814 Several years ago I decided to jump into the world of blogging. I thought it would be easy to create a new content, link to interesting articles and discuss a wide variety of topics. Well, that was easier said than done. You know me!

So I will start over but I really need to think how all these social networks and aggregators will work with one another.

]]> http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2010/07/it-just-might-be-the-time-to-start-over/feed/ 0 Technical leadership http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/11/technical-leadership/ http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/11/technical-leadership/#comments Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:52:41 +0000 admin http://witzke.wordpress.com/2006/11/03/technical-leadership/ Leading a technical team can be challenging, especially when there are many capable and knowledge members. But in the end they look to the team lead or architect to make the final call. Shahid N. Shah offers some great advice on technical leadership. His key points are:

  • Make decisions
  • Lead by example
  • Be transparent
  • Mentor
  • Be inclusive
]]> http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/11/technical-leadership/feed/ 0 Paper phone – Have I seen this before? http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/06/paper-phone-have-i-seen-this-before/ http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/06/paper-phone-have-i-seen-this-before/#comments Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:45:00 +0000 admin http://witzke.wordpress.com/2006/06/17/paper-phone-have-i-seen-this-before/ Gizmodo reports on a concept for a paper phone that can be recycled. This concept comes from Yanko Design.

Paper PhoneI remember a number of years ago of another paper phone. This one was in the middle of a pizza menu. It included enough minutes and battery life to place an order.

There are other concepts and patents out for disposable, pre-paid cell phones. I just haven’t seen them on the shelves.

]]> http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/06/paper-phone-have-i-seen-this-before/feed/ 0 Better late than never http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/05/better-late-than-never/ http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/05/better-late-than-never/#comments Wed, 03 May 2006 05:23:00 +0000 admin http://witzke.wordpress.com/2006/05/02/better-late-than-never/ It looks like Gartner group is being taken to task again for finally coming up with their statements on something that was so obvious to all.
Whatever you do, get on the bandwagon makes reference to the large amounts of money spent by large enterprises on their research.

]]> http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/05/better-late-than-never/feed/ 0 VeriSign to acquire Kontiki http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/04/verisign-to-acquire-kontiki/ http://www.elwinwitzke.com/2006/04/verisign-to-acquire-kontiki/#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:54:00 +0000 admin http://witzke.wordpress.com/2006/04/08/verisign-to-acquire-kontiki/ CNET reports that VeriSign to acquire Kontiki. This is good news for the online content distribution ecosystem. I’ve used Kontiki in the past and it has very robust architecture that can be used to reduce bandwidth costs both inside enterprise networks and for B2C secure content distribution.

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