Office 2.0 Blog

RE: Taking Office 2.0 to the Next Level

scott.mark — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:36:48 GMT

Ismael -

Again sorry I couldn't make it this year, and sorry for the short notice on speaking. Looks like you had another fabulous event this year. Great job!

I love the timing next year - this works out much better for those of us with kids starting school in early September, and also planning to run an ultramarathon (http://www.uppermidwesttrailrunners.com/superior/fall/)! I'm looking forward to it.

My company should be on your target list next year, but either way I will be putting my name in the hat again to speak. Talk soon.

Scott

RE: Exchanging Contact Information

ghalimi — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:57:26 GMT

Antoine,

I really like this application, but we need a solution that can work with any smart phone.

-Ismael

RE: Exchanging Contact Information

simpledude — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:40:36 GMT

You could have a look at snappr.net, they seem to have a quite cool and clean service.

RE: Exchanging Contact Information

atoulme — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:30:41 GMT

Hey Ismael,

There is the shake solution too:

The coolest feature without a doubt is the new "Handshake": put two iPhones running Friend Book together, shake them up and down, and the personal contact information of the phones' owners will be beamed through the net to the paired phones. Handshake doesn't work through a device-to-device connection, but instead passes location data back to Tapulous' servers — two shaking phones in the same location means it's time to swap information.

RE: Exchanging Contact Information

streetstylz — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:58:50 GMT

I recommend the NeoReader for all of your mobile barcode needs.

RE: Exchanging Contact Information

ghalimi — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:48:59 GMT

Doron,

Thanks for sharing this story. I think we're talking about a very similar system.

Best regards

-Ismael

RE: Exchanging Contact Information

d_leaper — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:46:03 GMT

Hi,

Well, I don't have a name of a company or service, but I have another direction you can explore.

I recall reading a few years back about theme parks who gave visitor an id tag that contains something like a barcode, but not a traditional one, but a mix of colors, or something like that. Then, photographers took pictures of the visitors, and if you wanted to buy the pictures, they scanned that id tag, and then search for it in all the photos to find if they took your pictures as well. I think it will give you the same result.

Another option would be to use Google face recognition inside Picasa, but they don't support anything beside taging pictures, and you'll have to teach the system who is who, and make sure they are identified correctly. But it would probably work in a year or two.

Good luck,

-Doron

RE: Taking Office 2.0 to the Next Level

ghalimi — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:50:39 GMT

Martin,

We will definitely have a few sessions dedicated to non-profits.

As a matter of fact, it would be interesting to bring representatives from large non-governmental organizations. Any idea where I could find a top 50 or top 100 list?

Best regards

-Ismael

RE: Taking Office 2.0 to the Next Level

martyns — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:43:19 GMT

Thanks for all the work necessary in putting on this conference. I am the CTO for WELS and I manage the technology initiatives for this medium size non-profit. As part of my job, I also get to advise about 2,000 churches and schools across our organization about their use of technology. I was intrigued by many of the panel discussions related to doing most, if not all, things "in the cloud." Over the coming year I'll be exploring some of those concepts and perhaps recommending use where appropriate.

For future conferences, it would be nice to have some focus on SMBs rather than Fortune 500 companies (or perhaps a few "tracks"). I know I would personally benefit from frank discussions about working in a non-profit environment, and best practices around Office 2.0 there. It's not all about ROI for us, but providing solid tools that volunteers can use as well. Just a thought.

RE: Presdo is Magic

ericly — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:17:18 GMT

Frederic, that sounds like a great idea! I'd love to keep in touch and see how your idea works out.