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05 Jan 10

Academic Staff - Staff by Role - Contact - School of Geography - University of Nottingham

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on active research contracts to a value of over £20m
Co-I in the Nottingham University Doctoral Training Centre for Location Aware Pervasive Computing which will fund over 50 4-year post-doctoral students starting over the period of October 2009–2013.

04 Jan 10

Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition | Outside the Lines - CNET News

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he address book and Pulse combined will change the way people navigate through thousands of choices of content
which will allow developers to create applications that run on any set-top boxes.
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- We understand that consumers are looking in lots of places for content, and it should be tied into one easy-to-use interface

03 Jan 10

High school seniors sending friend requests along with applications - dailypress.com

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"Facebook makes things friendlier, but becoming friends with an admission counselor on the Web site may be crossing the line,
more than 70 percent of admissions counselors at some of the country's top universities say applicants have requested their friendship on Facebook or MySpace.
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- Broaddus tells his admissions counselors not to "friend" prospective students, but instead refer them to the department's Facebook page
- "We don't want to be imposing our messages on them, and we don't want them to think we're invading their privacy."
- most just want to know more about the people who'll be making a decision on their applications

08 Dec 09

The Infrastructural Challenge: Populating the Contextual Cloud

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he Contextual Cloud – to underpin our vision of a ubiquitous digital economy
modelling of users
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- connects diverse devices and information sources.
- egular releases
- commercially available chargeable cloud infrastructure, which will be scalable and self-financing based on demand
- emerging cloud infrastructures strategies.

Exposing the Digital Footprint

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how behavioural information gleaned from a lifelong contextual footprint could creatively offer new insights and services
move beyond their current approach of ‘targeted profiling’ to explore new ways of presenting contextual information
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- how they might view and understand such information collected about them
- issue of user control is core to their concerns
- how to present contextual information to users at multiple scales over long periods of time

The Connected Journey

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move beyond current visions of transport management and navigation systems

Creative Visiting

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concept of a lifelong contextual footprint
move beyond the current generation of digital guidebook and recommender systems
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- Nottingham region as a test-bed for future urban and rural visiting
- augmented physical sites
- creative connections between visitors and residents
- events

The Innovation Challenge: New Values and Models of Digital Innovation

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new models and approaches to economic analysis
blurring the roles of producer and consumer,
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- Instead of ring fencing resources including IP and other assets, corporations are increasingly embracing open, interoperable, and end-to-end principles in driving the consumption, production and personalization of digital products and services
- productive
- creative
- connected
- reflexive

18 Oct 09

Real-Time Social Identity Platform Cliqset Launches Desktop And Boxee Apps

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lets users merge and share a vast variety of social information, including status updates, location, photos, and more, onto one platform
aims to be a one-stop-shop for social communications, pulling in content from close to 70 social networks and services
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- update their status, and share photos, bookmarks, reviews on Cliqset and push them out to wherever they choose
- Boxee app and an Adobe Air-powered desktop app
- app lets users chat with their friends or any other user in real-time while watching TV episodes, movies or other video content on Boxee
- lets you comment on any videos you are watching within Boxee
- same functionality as the website, but users can organize and filter streams in stacks, similar to Seesmic or Tweetdeck
- share content, such as text, links, photos and bookmarks, and can also create various activity streams broken down by type of service
- The app also has a notification system that alerts you to comments made in a stream you are attached to.
- only complaint about Cliqset’s desktop app is that it is powered by Adobe Air, which tends to be buggy and slow my computer down
- with a target audience of users who aren’t as technologically savvy
- plans on launching and iPhone app and an Andoird app in the near future.
- the real-time social media stream is fast becoming a crowded space with Threadsy, Streamy and others launching compelling platforms. And who knows what Facebook will do with FriendFeed.

17 Oct 09

Forum Nokia - Near Field Communication

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inhibits eavesdropping on NFC-enabled transactions.
logistics and item tracking
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- Download music or video from a smart poster.
  Exchange business cards with another phone.
  Pay bus or train fare.
  Print an image on a printer.
  Use a point-of-sale terminal to pay for a purchase, the same way as with a standard contactless credit card.
  Pair two Bluetooth devices.
- payment and ticketing
- service initiation
- payment and ticketing
- contactless tickets and
  cards that are stored in mobile devices
- Rather than having to carry transit tickets, loyalty cards, and credit cards in their
  wallets, consumers can now store several cards in their NFC-enabled phones
- contactless smart cards that are used worldwide in credit cards and in tickets
  for public transit systems
- the customer can pay by simply waving the phone at a point-of-sale reader
- pick up information from our environment

06 Oct 09

BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobiles hope to be 'smart wallet'

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Mobile phones are seen as powerful tools for NFC technology because they are able to download new pieces of information
Fourteen mobile network operators are working together to develop NFC applications
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- They are Bouygues Telecom, China Mobile, Cingular Wireless, KPN, Mobilkom Austria, Orange, SFR, SK Telecom, Telefonica Móviles España, Telenor, TeliaSonera, TIM, Vodafone and 3
- Mobile data association has reported.

08 Jun 09

CubeTree Launches As A Facebook + FriendFeed + Twitter For Enterprise

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social networks are increasingly becoming viable systems for information management
Facebook
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- FriendFeed
- The combination of social graph plus information is a powerful one
- Twitter
- enterprise
- collaboration suite
- familiarity is part of the idea to getting this to work on the enterprise level
- two main components to CubeTree: The Feed and the Profile
- you see updates from coworkers
- profile
- emphasis on information and documents
- I think a lot of businesses may be receptive to that because a lot of their employees have already been trained to use social networks of this ilk
- currently testing with has about 100,000 employees
- give an employee a face
- CubeTree places a large emphasis on the micro-updates
- rationale behind this is that there are often things people maybe want others to know, but don’t want to send out an email to everyone in the company
- With status updates, employees can give passive updates to coworkers which show up in their stream throughout the day
- CubeTree can import elements from other social services such as Google Reader shared items, TripIt trips, Salesforce data and others
- anyone can now comment on these items in the feed

10 Mar 09

Nine Ways to Build Your Own Social Network

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Ning provides the best platform for setting up good-looking, sophisticated social networks
KickApps provides the best platform for integrating social networking components into existing websites
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- CrowdVine and Haystack are viable options for organizations that are looking for simple social networks to improve personalized communication online
- CollectiveX
- hybrid
- GoingOn

03 Mar 09

Eye Tracking Analysis Service | Operation / Support | Mitsue-Links

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scientific method used in fields of research involving psychology and cognitive science
subject's face, eyeballs, and corneal reflex
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- infra-red analysis
- track the movement of subjects' eyes
- where the user's line of vision is when browsing websites and what they focus on
- strategy for improving Web usability
- based on the analysis of identified problems and issues, and incorporate this into website design
- using the latest eye tracking technology
- The muscles in the eyes are very strong with the eyeball able to shift the eye's line of vision at very rapid speeds
- eye tracking tools can accurately measure this movement
- thereby enable us to ascertain what users are actually looking at
- what they focus on
- what order
- eliminates arbitrary judgments
- objective assessment

14 Jan 09

How to Change the World: How to Use Twitter as a Twool

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You must buy into the theory that products and services reach critical mass because mere mortals spread the word for you
Reliance on influentials is flawed because the Internet has flattened and democratized information
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- don’t have as much special access, special knowledge, and distribution
- it’s better to have army of committed nobodies and than a few drive-by somebodies
- if enough nobodies like what you do, the somebodies will have no choice but to write about you
- Ignore people who tell you that it’s the quality of your followers not the quantity
- two kinds of Twitter users: those that want more followers and those that lie
- more followers is the law of big numbers: the more followers, the more people talking about what you do, the more you can reach the tipping point
- If you think you “know” exactly who can and will help you, you are deluding yourself.
- if you go with your name, you need to not tweet only about your company—indeed, you have the moral obligation to tweet informative posts that have nothing to do with your company. You can see what I do here.
- You can do this here
- Twilert.com
- By simply monitoring what people are saying about you, you’re using Twitter better than 95% of the companies out there.
- Ask for help.
- Twitterfeed is a service where any RSS feed can automatically appear as your own tweets
- Here’s a guideline for creating something great. Here’s how to build trust. Here’s a complete explanation of evangelism.
- Make it easy to “post to Twitter.” One day I met with Rashmi Sinha, the CEO of Slideshare. We got to talking about how she increased her traffic
- When people are viewing a Slideshare page like this hilarious one about getting old, they can click on the “Post to Twitter” link under the frame and a window opens with a preconfigured tweet to send to followers.
- More is less when it comes to offering people multiple ways to spread the word by clicking on rating services like Digg, Delicious, and Yahoo Buzz, pick one and be done with it.
- Twitter because it doesn’t involve a popularity contest to get on any front page
- Offer advice deals to Twitter users
- Amazon does by clicking here and what Whole Foods does by clicking here. Also, check out the stream of Twitter deals here.
- Therefore, letting a vocal few limit your use of Twitter is a big mistake

10 Jan 09

If Ambition Were All It Took, YourNight Would Be Sitting On Gold

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“every person and business in the world a free web presence, multiple free search engine placements, free advertisement, and free entertainment from TV, radio, email, chat, games, networking, dating & more …”
openly boasting
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- EEI even put out a press release about receiving a $30 million valuation based on a stock purchase to the tune of $180,000 for 0.6% ownership made by PlanLogix
- And then there’s this bizarre gem, straight from the press release:
  EEI recently announced its nationwide search for a CTO. Starting from the top, EEI has contacted Aber Whitcomb, current MySpace CTO, as well as Sean Parker, Founder of Napster and Former President of FaceBook
- Series A capital round of $10 million.

09 Jan 09

~ Supply Chain - Green Technology~ ~Leadership - Life~: A Case for Inspirational Leadership

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77 percent of them say their industry is in a state of crisis
even more important that leaders at every level keep their teams inspired, motivated and focused
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- evidence to support the idea that companies with inspiring leaders perform better
- A whopping 55% stated ‘inspiration’
- Create sense of pride:
- Instead what would drive them is to know how what they do at work is affecting the big picture
- reach out and connect to their emotions, create sense a pride and invoke a passion
- "I'm building a great cathedral!"
- Jim Collins and Jerry Porras have summarized in their book 'Built to Last'
- did not find ‘maximizing shareholder wealth’ or ‘profit maximization’ as the dominant driving force or primary objective through the history of most of the visionary companies
- pursue a cluster of objectives, of which making money is only one — and not necessarily the primary one.”
  - This shows that it is all about "making meaning" (Guy Kawasaki), about keeping close to the core of the company ethos and vision or mission. - on 2009-01-09
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- Spread positivity and enthusiasm:
- Show respect:
- Equality
- This should start at the top, only then it will be emulated across the organization.
- Have two-way communication:
- between management and employees.
- an avenue where employees can provide feedback and express their concerns about a new development or to even submit general feedback
- necessary to provide counter-feedback to the concerns raised so that they know that their opinions are being heard.
- Show that you care and say thanks genuinely:
- “People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
- one on one
- unannounced
- professional goals
- what they need to be successful at work
- commitment
- career path
- develop and grow
- helping
- dignity
- during a difficult situation be in the trenches with them.
- compassion
- Create a culture of informal recognition founded on sincere appreciation
- ake new hires feel welcome and important
- Empower and equip to achieve your vision:
- Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”
- participative management
- Participative leadership is an active style that stimulates involvement
- spreads a sense of ownership on the decisions being made
- Empower your employees by giving them responsibilities and support your staff in their decisions

03 Jan 09

I’m Sorry Robert, But It’s Time For A Friendfeed Intervention

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You sure do like Twitter and Friendfeed.” His response - “Yeah, but I wonder if that was such a smart investment of my time.”
“I invested a lot of time this year in FriendFeed and Twitter instead of my blog. Was that the right decision?”
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- he says he spends at least seven hours a day, seven days a week, actually reading and responding directly on those services.

30 Dec 08

Social Media stats and demographics for 2008 « The BrandBuilder Blog

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Does anyone know how many people use Twitter? Which cities have the highest Twitter usage? Who exactly uses Social Media and where? What do we know about the demographics of Twitter users?
doesn’t show why platforms are growing the fastest - just which ones have the most users for each country
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- Twitter still has a looong way to go - which may not be a bad thing. Quality over quantity and all…

29 Dec 08

Some Online Ads Thrive in a Miserable Economy - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

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Take Raymond Galeotti, the owner and president of Evesaddiction.com, a five-year-old online seller of sterling silver jewelry
The secret to his success: more aggressive online advertising, especially on Google.
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- But because of better targeting and measurement tools from Google — as well as offering selective discounts at Evesaddiction.com — his “conversion” rate, the percentage of clicks that turn into sales, has grown as well, more than offsetting his higher ad budget
- he gets four new customers for every hundred clicks now
- “customer acquisition cost” has gone down from $25 a customer (50 cents, times 100 clicks, divided by two) to $20 (80 cents, times 100 clicks, divided by four).
- The search companies, and many analysts, have long said that, even in a recession, search marketing should fare better than other forms of advertising, precisely because it is a cost-effective and measurable way for retailers to get customers into their stores
- increased search ad spending on Google by about 25 percent this year, to about $1 million

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The Infrastructural Challenge: Populating the Contextual Cloud

Exposing the Digital Footprint

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