"Our guest "8 things" columnist today is Greg Clark from C3 Associates, located in Calgary, Alberta. C3 exists to solve a problem faced by most organizations; how to take advantage of the vast amounts of content (documents, email, engineering drawings, web pages, presentations, photos, rich media files, etc.) generated every day in your organization. "
- Test Information Space
Telligent Releases an Integrated Suite of Collaboration Tools with High Powered Metrics [review by @billives on The AppGap] - http://www.theappgap.com/tellige...
"Rob Howard said, “Telligent’s strategy is to provide a platform where social computing, enterprise technology and traditional communication come together to break down information silos and enhance measurability both inside and outside the organization.” We discussed how tools should be independent of information and that Telligent does not attempt to replace tools such as email but allows you to work with them better in an integrated manner. You can drag and drop content from sources like YouTube into Telligent and add widgets from tools like Twitter in the same manner."
- George Dearing
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Hmm, is this supposed to be competing with stuff like SharePoint, out of interest?
- Tyson Key
Aah, they mention integration with it, so it doesn't sound like it. Still, it sounds like XMPP integration might be useful.
- Tyson Key
Telligent is the company behind Community Server, maybe one of the few community management tools on .NET side. However, their developer network is lacking.
- Ozkan Altuner
the platform integrates very well with SharePoint..Active Directory,Exchange, etc..a lot of Telligent customers use our Enterprise product to spruce up existing SharePoint environments.
- George Dearing
Aah, I recall registering to download one of their products ages ago, but I can't remember if I actually did, or used it.
- Tyson Key
thanks Ozkan..we're working on the developer and partner community..here's a link to one of our Technical communities // http://x.vu/3130
- George Dearing
I can't imagine anyone's death (anyone that I don't know, that is) affecting me more than how I felt after John Lennon died. But then again, I was only 13 when that happened.
- Stephen Mack
Probably Andy Bell of Erasure. I took Brad Delp's death very hard, Gilda Radner's also.
- Tendonitis' Bitch
John Lennon. I was on the air the night it happened, and found it hard to read the teletype copy. I still have it.
- Chris Baskind
I know a ton of people are really upset from Farrah's and Michael's passing today. It's certainly shocking, but I don't feel a sense of personal loss the same way as when, say, Kurt Vonnegut or George Carlin passed away. Perhaps because I had become so alienated from Michael because of all the weirdness.
- Stephen Mack
this one is hitting me pretty hard. I was a fan of michael's before I could walk
- chrisofspades
Steve Martin. When he dies, that will destroy me. Unless, that is, he's lived to 98 and lived well and valiantly to the end. Even so, I'll be sad.
- Ladybug Heather
Billy Connolly I think. Comedy is a treasure..
- Mark Aitken
Aaliyah's death really touched me for some reason.
- April Buchheit
Good question. One that seems may get answered this week for me as celebrities are dropping like flies. By this point, I can't really think of any celebrity where it would hit really hard. Michael Jackson was shocking to me, more because of his age. 50 is kinda young.
- Dario Gomez
If their death was from falling out of a plane, and I was underneath them, then I'd probably have to say John Candy.
- Kevin Fox
I remember when River Phoenix, Brandon Lee and Heath Ledger passed away -- each time thinking such a shame to lose such amazing potential so young.
- Stephen Mack
I remembered that especially, too, April. I was out biking. 9/11 happened soon after that. I don't have a good answer to Stephen's question. I don't usually pay attention to celebrities much. I do feel some sadness about Jackson.
- Kamilah Gill
Kevin, I hate myself for laughing at that.
- Stephen Mack
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Bill Clinton, Lance Armstrong, Bruce Campbell, Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood.
- Alex Scoble
Ooh Alex, good list. And your Bill Clinton one got me -- if Barrack Obama counts as a celebrity in the same way, oh man... If he died while in office, it would be the most enormous story of the century ever, and I would be so depressed.
- Stephen Mack
I keep fearing that I'm going to wake to news that Paul McCartney is dead, sort of like I woke in December of 1980 to hear the news about John. An eventuality, I guess, but not one I'm looking forward to. George Harrison's death shook me pretty good too.
- Jim Hearts FF
Twitter's already dead, doesn't count.
- Stephen Mack
Carlin's death was shocking to me. Maybe Cronkite's will be as well. I grew listening to both of them.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Don't know about "hitting us hard", but I believe Stephen King is a living legend and will never be replaced.
- Louis Gray
Patrick Stewart, Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris. I'm surprised I'm having a hard time thinking of celebrities who are that important to me. Maybe this is a good thing.
- Kevin Fox
Good question, Stephen. Carol Burnett and Lance Armstrong.
- Rick Cogley
The Bigfoot death hit me hard until I found out it was fake, that's why I was skeptical about this at first... Michael Jackson was the last of the classic artists, in the modern era who else can stand to what he has achieved
- Joe Dawson
With Joe Biden at #2, I think losing Obama would hit me the hardest
- Davis Freeberg
Actually there are just a few left. I remember well when K. Cobain died. That was quite sad. All my favourite are quite gone. David Foster Williams was quite shocking to me... I don't like people dying. I I think it's sad. :-|
- diego morelli
I was gutted when David Feintuch died and I guess I'd really miss Eddie Izzard Philip Schofield. Seriously!
- Timothy Griffin
To be honest, I think the death of Jim Henson had the biggest impact to me, personally -- I'm not sure I can think of anyone else that would hit me that hard. It still makes me sad, and is something I think about when I watch his work.
- Jennifer Dittrich
JFK's assassination was truly horrible for those of us old enough to remember. I pray that never happens again. I think that would be the worst.
- Leo Laporte
Maybe he's not a celebrity along the lines that you are thinking but Barack Obama for me...
- BEX
Doesn't look like anyone mentioned my musician favorites: Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John.
- Tony Vota
I'd be really, really upset if anything happened to Maggie Smith, Judi Dench or Patrick Stewart, to name a few. Of course, it'd be hard to imagine a celebrity death that upset me more than Princess Diana's. (Phil Hartman's murder comes close, but it's different.)
- Kate Schmidt
When Willie Nelson passes, I will be a mess. I grew up on his music in my grandfather's music room. So many happy memories of Sunday dinners at my grandparents' house when I was a kid are inextricably linked to Willie Nelson songs. And, if anything happened to Obama, that would be absolutely devastating. There are several authors, atheletes, other musicians, even other political figures I would miss and mourn, but those are the two I actually worry about.
- Chris Munro
Perhaps Stevie Wonder, now that I think about it.
- Kamilah Gill
People only "think' they feel sad when Reagan or some celebrity dies. It's a verisimilitude and a result of sense extension through media. Folks really believe they know these people! That's what I *really feel sad about - *every day. How pathetic is our society?
- Marg Uerite