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Building the Ultimate "Fam Cave"

Don Martelli
Technology, Technorati

Families spend a lot of time together at home these days, typically digesting hours and hours of digital media and entertainment. Mom is in the living room checking her Facebook page and favorite blogs.  Dad is on his tablet checking the latest scores on ESPN. One of the kids is downloading HD movies from iTunes and another is catching up on her favorite TV show on Hulu, while yet another may be streaming and playing the latest MMORPG from Steam.

It’s a challenge for the whole family to spend more time together. Maybe, just maybe, if there was a state-of-the-art media and entertainment center in the home, they all could enjoy it and share their favorite movies, television programs, games, photos and sports with each other.

Here are some ideas for those of you who would like to build the ultimate “Fam Cave.”

Dream World or Lack of Reality?

Don Martelli
Sports, Technorati, Video
There are a variety of things that motivate people: family, entrepreneurial spirit, revenge, etc. Free spirit is another one of those motivating factors and that's the folks featured in this video have.

Specifically, this is a documentary about Jason Paul, a free runner that tries to find new ways in his daily life to fulfill his inner needs. On his journey to London he discovers that friendship and companion are essential values in life.

While this is a cool story, I question this free running concept. Yea, it takes a whole lot of athleticism, courage and creativity, but to me it appears these people lack a grounding in reality.

Facebook Messages Proves that Social Media is Still About Relationships

Don Martelli
, , Technorati

Yesterday's announcement by Facebook about their new messaging service, dubbed Facebook Messages, proves one thing — that social is still about people. 

Despite all the advancements in technology; the connections between services; the ability to create content on the fly; and, the how easy it is to get the info we, as consumers want, social remains to be centered around people.

Services like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Foursquare, Yelp, etc. connect people with people. Yes, people are connecting because of content, but at the end of the day, it's the relationships that we forge via these channels that really matter. 

IBM's Pushing Social Deeper into the Enterprise

Don Martelli
, Technology, Technorati

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Today IBM announced new software and services that indicates Big Blue can see the forest through the trees in terms of social media's potential impact on business.

The new software is part of Lotus Notes Connections 3.0, a platform that provides enterprises with communities, forums, wikis and blogs to help users discuss and refine ideas. Today's announcement adds social analytics capabilities to the platform, which, In essence, helps close the time-to-answer gap for questions like:

  • who worked on that project?
  • who is the expert in this field?
  • what connections do we have to this reporter?

In addition to the software, IBM is launching a new Global Business Services initiative to help companies understand how social networking is being used and how it'll fit into their business.

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