Everybody in the Pool?
Posted by Suzie Amer under Web/Tech
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In December, we received a press release announcing a new website from Starwood Hotels: sheratonplay.com. Today I had the time to visit the site. And I’m not sure I get it.
I mean, I get it: the site is a launching point to information about Sheraton’s 400 hotels worldwide and its reward program. But it’s the gimmick that’s confusing me. When you get to the site, you can choose to join one of two games, a virtual pillow fight (you see a photograph of a hotel bed) or a virtual splash fight (you see a photograph of a hotel pool). If you choose the bed, your cursor becomes a pillow, among other moving pillows, and releases a puff of feathers when you click your mouse....
Respond to article (0)PowerPoint Hits a Milestone
Posted by Marshall Krantz under Web/Tech
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Perhaps nothing has impacted modern presentations -- for good and bad -- more than PowerPoint, which celebrates its 20th birthday this year.
Those who loath PowerPoint presentations are legion; "Death by PowerPoint" is probably the phrase most associated with the Microsoft program.
Microsoft's Tabletop Computer
Posted by Marshall Krantz under Web/Tech
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The digerati's most prestigious event of the year, the D: All Things Digital conference, is wrapping up today at the Four Seasons Aviara, in Carlsbad, Ca, and for me the big news was not that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs shared a stage for the first time in about two decades.
High-End Audio/Video Show Hits NYC
Posted by Will Ng under Web/Tech
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This weekend, I’m 90 percent sure that I will spend at least a few hours at the Home Entertainment Show 2007, the annual consumer high-end audio and video fest in New York. This year, the event is being held at the Grand Hyatt New York. Good luck, Grand Hyatt.
Web Rage
Posted by Marshall Krantz under Web/Tech
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The recent incident of tech blogger Kathy Sierra and the death threats she received highlights the importance of communities that are deeply rooted in face-to-face meetings rather than those that interact primarily online.
Fearing for her safety, Sierra cancelled her appearance as a speaker at the ETech Conference, held this week in San Diego, and instead called the cops.
Mobile Meetings
Posted by Marshall Krantz under Web/Tech
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Cisco Systems' decision to buy web-conferencing application provider WebEx (announced today) hints that some day in the not too distant future people will routinely hold online meetings while on the go.
Better “Boob Tubes” in Hotel Rooms
Posted by Mariana Lemann under Web/Tech
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If hotels follow Marriott’s suit, it will become harder for planners to convince meeting attendees to turn off their TVs and leave the room.
Last week, an online trade publication reported that Marriott International, Inc. has started swapping thousands of its guest room television sets.
The new TV displays, developed by LG Electronics, will swivel 178 degrees and will work in conjunction with a pivot desk. In addition, the TV set will be converted into an entertainment and information center/aggregator. The TV sets will allow guests to connect laptops, iPods, iPhones, video games, and camcorders directly to the screen.
The TV replacements will occur over three years; 25 percent of the rooms will have new sets by the end of 2007.
Besides Marriott’s initiative, it seems that other hotels are investing in state-of-the-art room entertainment and connectivity as well. LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation, a provider of interactive TV and broadband for hotels, has signed contracts with several hotels to install its high definition service in more than 80,000 guest rooms.
With increasing scrutiny on how corporations treat the environment, I wonder what will be made of all these old TV sets at Marriott. They’ll be donated, I would think.
The iPhone, Events, And The Next Big Thing
Posted by Marshall Krantz under Web/Tech
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The big news this week out of the country's biggest technology trade show was a really big television, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs stole the show, and he wasn't even there.
While 150,000 people gathered in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, Jobs dazzled 40,000 Apple devotees at Macworld, in San Francisco, and dominated the headlines with his announcement Tuesday of Apple's long-awaited iPhone.
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Leave the Event Planning at Work!
Posted by Rob Carey under Web/Tech
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Over the years, I've said the following more than once, and I mean it a little bit more every time I say it: I respect meeting and event planners, but I do not envy them.
The latest reason for this to pop into my mind is a recent survey we did on www.MiMegasite.com that shows that three out of four of you are expected by the family to plan the holiday get-togethers--whether you want to or not. And when it comes to family vacations and reunions. . .
Mind Your E-Manners
Posted by Vincent Alonzo under Web/Tech
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Remember when all we had to do to be considered well-mannered meeting attendees was to stop fidgeting?
It’s a lot more complicated than that today. All of the communication devices designed to keep us in a state of constant connection with friends, family, and business associates do tend to compete for our attention when we are in meetings. Those in the greatest danger of succumbing to the siren’s call of connectivity are the army of BlackBerry users. The lure of e-mails and phone calls in the palm of your hand creates an itch that is very hard not to scratch.
So as a public service, here is a five-point strategy guide for keeping your BlackBerry in check whenever you are attending a meeting.
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