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I've Updated My RSS

Rob Foster — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:19:17 GMT

Please subscribe to my new feed here:

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Twitter Features that Should Exist for Enterprise Social Networking

Rob Foster — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:10:19 GMT

What can I say, I am totally addicted to Twitter and the way that it has changed the way that we communicate. I seem to post at least once a day and see what my tweeps (people that I follow and are following me) are up to at least 10 times per day. Yes, it's still somewhat progressive for the mainstream crowd, but its adoption is really taking off. One question that I have is: "So what's next with Twitter?"

I've been pondering this for a few weeks as I dive deeper into the true enterprise social networking (ESN) world and what would REALLY be a nice addition for Twitter would be the capability to create an isolated group made up from from your tweeps list so that you can create a quick little private conversation that's not accessable to the world. This could change the way that we meet and collaborate on idea, especially in the ESN space.

Another future addition that I think you could add to Twitter would be the ability to integrate into your enterprise collaboration platforms (note that idea 1 would likely have to be implemented first to ensure a private conversation can be held). Being a SharePoint guy, I love the capability of being able to create a document workspace around a document that lives in a document library so that I can collaborate with my team on a particular document. You can create a discussion, change the document, post meeting announcements around the collaboration effort, etc. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to collaborate over that same document with Twitter from wherever you are in the world?

Yes, I know that there are other ways to solve these problems (like throwing back to the old-school way of just sending an EMAIL), but I like options and ESN options for Twitter is just somethiing that I don't have. :-)

12 reasons to Twitter

Rob Foster — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:52:37 GMT

I've been Twittering for awhile now and here are 12 reasons to start now.

Microsoft Sync Framework CTP

Rob Foster — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:16:06 GMT

I've been hearing rumblings of the sync framework for quite some time now and it has finally been released to CTP! I've got to say, if this thing "really" works, then it has the potential to change the way that we consume data. Once I get my home development machine re-imaged (hopefully tonight), I'm going to try to get this thing to work with SharePoint 2007. How cool would that be!

You can read about and download the sync framework here.

Jott.com is cool!

Rob Foster — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:53:01 GMT

Check out Jott.com. It is a really cool transcribing service that you can call and have voice messages transcribed and emailed to your contacts.

It appears to work well with English, but not so well when you speak in Russian. :-)

Are you an MVP in Nashville? Why don't I know you???

Rob Foster — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:56:15 GMT

Ok, so I just stumbled onto yet another MVP (Joe Webb) that's based here in Nashville.

My question is, WHY DIDN'T I KNOW THIS BEFORE??? I actually found Joe on a YouTube video from the MVP summit. So far, here is my list of MVP's that I know of that live here:

Rob Foster (that's me)
Greg Beamer
Kevin Kline
John Kellar
Joe Webb

Are there others? Probably....if you are an MVP in Nash-Vegas, let's meet for lunch or something to connect.

DevLink is coming to Nashville!

Rob Foster — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:14:53 GMT

Do you want to win an XBox 360??? YOU CAN by blogging about devLink.

It's (past) time to start generating a buzz around the annual devLink conference in Nashville.

If you are remotely close to the show, it is something that you shouldn't miss. Register here.

See you at the show!

Congrats to the new and renewed MVPs!

Rob Foster — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:08:57 GMT

Congrats to the new and renewed MVPs. I am happy to hear the news that John Kellar just got awarded an MVP in C#. John is a consultant in Nashville and the chairman of the DevLink conference which is happening on October 12 and 13 in Nashville.

Congrats John and other new MVPs, you have earned it!

Additionally, that puts us up to 4 MVPs in Nashville: myself (Rob Foster), Greg Beamer, Kevin Kline, and now John Kellar.