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Archives for November 30, 2010

Webinar Tip – Increase Production Throughput Using #GXL Aerial

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Looking for a little professional development? Take note of tomorrow’s webinar, scheduled to take place tomorrow (Dec 1) at 10 AM EDT (8 AM Central). The webcast will include an introduction to the PCI Geomatics/Microsoft Vexcel Imaging alliance from Alexander Weichert, Business Director of Microsoft and Managing Director for Vexcel Imaging GmbH, and will be followed by a presentation and demonstration of the GeoImaging Accelerator Aerial production system from David Piekny, Product Manager for PCI Geomatics. See complete details and register online

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Prepare to Believe Again As NORAD Tracks Santa

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I’m not too big into all the Commercial Christmas hooplah yadayada… but I am big into the Christmas tradition and traditional Christmas fun. And so, I’m stoked that Norad Santa will officially go live tomorrow, December 1, 2010… awesome! See http://www.noradsanta.org or if you’re on Twitter you can follow him @noradsanta or on FB see  www.facebook.com/noradnorthcom

I’ve covered off details of NORAD Santa a number of times over the years… add to that, I’ve also used the service to track Santa ever since I was a little kid. For details check out:

The tradition began after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. store advertisement for children to call Santa on a special “hotline” included an inadvertently misprinted telephone number. Instead of Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief’s operations “hotline.” The Director of Operations, Colonel Harry Shoup, received the first “Santa” call on Christmas Eve 1955.

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Ok social checkin fans I’m calling it, watch out for #SCVNGR

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SCVNGR (think scavenger) is a social check in game all about going places. Available on iPhone and Android mobile clients and there’s also developer tools available for those who want to build on the platform. See scvngr.com. USers can enjoy a fun, social gaming experience, share details via facebook and Twitter, snap and include photos, go on a scavenger hunt, create a game, and much more.

Ok social checkin fans I’m calling it, watch out for #scvngr …

Originally uploaded by GISuser.com GIS and Social, Mobile Tech Images

SCVNGR | How To Play from SCVNGR on Vimeo.

Wow, the power of a Twitter Retweet RT and a Social Contest or Give Away

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Do you monitor your Twitter stats? Indeed it takes time and many companies are already quite concerned with the amount of time that social media (and Twitter in particular) can consume. But here’s a suggestion as to how you can qualify your tweets and figure out some patterns showing you just what topics are of interest to your followers resulting in more clicks and added followers via your network.

The graphic shows a sample statistic (using Hootsuite mobile Twitter client) from a recent tweet (Actually a ReTweet) and indicates a tremendous click-through response. when you consider that a tweet really only has signifigant life for a few seconds, securing hundreds of clicks from a single mention is quite impressive. The lesson here, tweet items of interest, encourage others to ReTweet, and consider a contest with real, interesting prizes! Please feel free to ReTweet this posting ;0)

Wow, the power of a Twitter Retweet RT

Originally uploaded by GISuser.com GIS and Social, Mobile Tech Images

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