http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/ Tidbits I find on SOA, BPM, Portals and related technologies]]> en-us 2010-03-11T21:40:30-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007388.php Christina Warren over at OPEN Forum lists her choices for most useful iPhone apps for the small business. She includes everything from working with MS documents to faxing.Technorati Tags: iPhone, Small Business Apps... Business Sense AlphaPatriot 2010-03-11T21:40:30-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007383.php This story is just chock full of new information. First, there's a site for married people looking to have an affair. Second, they surveyed their 1.9 million members to find the top professions that are looking to cheat on their partners.For Women:1. Teachers 2. Stay-at-home Moms3. Nurses4. Administrative Assistants5. Real Estate AgentsFor Men:1. Physicians2. Police Officers3. Lawyers4. Real Estate Agents 5. EngineersI don't think I'll ever trust a real estate agent with the keys to my home ever again!HT to BoingBoing.Technorati Tags: Cheating Spouses, Adultry in America... Entertainment and Lifestyle AlphaPatriot 2010-03-10T23:13:10-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007382.php Imagine a billboard that identifies the age and sex of passer-bys and chooses the best advertising to display accordingly. This idea is currently being tested in Japan. A little scary? The manufacturer says the facial images are immediately erased but there are still some fears:In Minority Report, a billboard tells Cruise's character he could do with a drink. US stores have started testing another system which texts vouchers and offers to customers' phones within a mile of a branch.Around 65 per cent of people receiving the alerts went into the shop. The scheme could be extended to the UK in six months.Privacy: a thing of the past.Technorati Tags: Dynamic Marketing, Intelligent Billboards, Text Marketing... Cutting Edge Technologies AlphaPatriot 2010-03-10T22:48:26-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007379.php Mashable passes on some interesting statistics resulting from a Barracuda Labs study of about 19 million Twitter accounts (PDF). New Twitter account creation spiked when the media started covering it because celebrities started tweeting (e.g., Oprah and Shaq), which Barracuda Labs refers to as the "red carpet era." Mashable summarizes the remainder of the report:It started with one assumption: an active or “True” Twitter user has at least 10 followers, follows at least 10 people, and had tweeted at least 10 times. By that definition though, only 21% of Twitter users are active users.There’s a great deal of interesting data in the breakdown. Only 26% of Twitter users had 10 followers or more by December 2009, while only 40% were following 10 people or more (in fact, a majority of Twitter users, 51%, were following less than five people).In terms of tweets, the report estimates that 34% of Twitter users hadn’t tweeted even once, while a whopping 73% of Twitter’s users tweeted less than 10 times. That means nearly all of the tweets on the social network were coming from about 1/4 of the userbase. Power users dominate.That jives with my own experience as I am by far the most active tweeter of all my friends, even though they are geeks and nerds.Technorati Tags: Twitter... Social Media AlphaPatriot 2010-03-10T21:43:55-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007378.php I ran across Grouply, a service that takes your bland Yahoo! or Google group and makes it look like a professional site. According to the site, you can:Brand it – Start with one of more than 30 professional themes then make it unique with your own logo and color scheme. Point your own web address to your new site and remove all Grouply references so it looks like you built it all yourself!Expand it – Add as many pages as you like. Bring in pages from other sites. Set some pages for “members only” and open others to the public to attract new users.Make it cool – Browse the Grouply App Store and select from over 25 useful applications such as Event Management or Chat Room. Add “widgets” such as YouTube videos, slideshows, and games from anywhere on the web.Nice! Makes me want to start a Yahoo! group just so I can give Grouply a try.Technorati Tags: Grouply, Yahoo! Groups, Google Groups, Social Media... Online Offerings AlphaPatriot 2010-03-10T21:09:54-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007376.php Head over to Tom Bearden's and check out the post about the EV Gray and the "fuelless engine" Fascination car:That's just cool. Wish it had made it to production.HT to BoingBoing.Technorati Tags: EV Gray, Fuelless Engine, Fascination Car... Cool Stuff AlphaPatriot 2010-03-10T18:30:23-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007374.php Manymoon is a Social Productivity, Project Management and Task Management offering from Google. It is free to Google Apps users and includes: Attach Google Docs to tasks, projects and eventsAdd project information to shared Google CalendarsGadget for collaborative task management in Google Sites HT to TFrankfurt Technorati Tags: Manymoon, Google Apps, Project Management, Task Management... Online Offerings AlphaPatriot 2010-03-09T22:22:15-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007373.php iSmashPhone offers up 12 iPhone Tricks You Might Not Have Known (iPod Touch Tricks Included). And they're right -- they have a couple that I have found very useful but didn't know about.For instance, tip #3: Domain Suffix [On firmware 2.0 only] Hold down the ".com" key for ".net, .edu, .org" keys.Nice. I knew you could do that on the keyboard for alternate characters, but didn't think about trying it in Safari.Technorati Tags: iPhone Tips and Tricks... Phones AlphaPatriot 2010-03-09T22:06:32-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007369.php The essential Mashable (fast becoming my new favorite site) has ten tips for the non-profit to engage in fundraising. They certainly start out right:First and foremost, always keep in mind that the power of Twitter is merely a reflection of the power of community. Twitter is not a fundraising machine; people are.Precisely.Technorati Tags: Twitter, Fundraising, Philanthropy, Non-profits... Philanthropy AlphaPatriot 2010-03-09T19:45:41-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007368.php Mashable gives tips for leveraging social media sites to land a job.We know it’s possible to land a job with social media know-how but the bigger question is how? In putting together this post we turned to those with the most knowledge on the subject matter: individuals who have secured jobs thanks to social media.Not overly useful, but when you out of work any avenue to revenue is worth exploring.Technorati Tags: Social Media, Unemployment... Social Media AlphaPatriot 2010-03-09T15:41:08-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007367.php Pew Research Center has a short test to see how much you resemble the kids today. I got a 63, which is pretty close.Look at me, I'm just a tat and an Obama tee away from being a member of the infamous Generation Y.Technorati Tags: Pew Research Center, Generation Y, Millennial Generation, Echo Boomers... Miscellaneous AlphaPatriot 2010-03-09T12:29:25-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007364.php Mashable has an excellent article on how to use social media to build trust. Must read for any organization today.Technorati Tags: Building Trust in the Digital Age, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube... Social Media AlphaPatriot 2010-03-09T11:27:34-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007362.php OK, it's no AlienWare, but this is pretty darn awesome: Am I right?Technorati Tags: Rolltop Laptop, Orkin Design... Cool Stuff AlphaPatriot 2010-03-09T08:27:29-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007361.php Honda showed this 3-wheeled personal transporter concept at the Geneva Motor Show:The battery electric drivetrain is mounted low in the three wheeled chassis, therefore keeping the centre of gravity low and thus improving stability.The 3R-C has a clear canopy that covers the driver's seat while it is parked and not in use. When 3R-C vehicle is in motion, the canopy becomes an enveloping wind-shield that provides the pilot, who sits low in the vehicle, with significant protection from the bodywork and doors.The high sides of the safety shell seat give greater safety to the occupant, reducing the threat from side impacts and improving weather protection. In front of the driver is a lockable boot area, which gives significant secure storage for luggage or other items. The 3R-C's designers created a flexible cover that surrounds the upper torso to reduce exposure to bad weather and improving comfort.Sounds all very well for something we'll never get to see on the showroom floor. I wonder where the inspiration came from?Technorati Tags: Honda 3R-C, Concept Vehicles, Geneva Motor Show, Inspiration from Pop Culture... Cutting Edge Technologies AlphaPatriot 2010-03-09T08:19:37-06:00 http://www.alphapatriot.com/alphait/archives/007360.php Engadget has TiVo on deathwatch:Why? For the same reason that's plagued the company for five damn years now: it's hard to sign up new subscribers when the cable company offers a similar good-enough product for less money, especially when TiVo can't access cable VOD. . . . but until TiVo stops playing ball with the same cable companies that actively try and cut it off at the knees and starts going for the jugular with features and pricing, we don't think things are going to get any better.I was hoping that the renewed cooperation between TiVo and DirecTV would save TiVo -- not to mention give me a reason to stay with DirecTV, whose DVRs are feature-poor and bug-ridden.Technorati Tags: TiVo... Miscellaneous AlphaPatriot 2010-03-08T22:30:55-06:00