#0028 More on Twitter for Collaboration

 

I proposed using Twitter for collaboration in my last post, #0027, "Using Social Networking".  After writing the blog, I jumped onto LinkedIn groups and asked for feedback.   This is one of the ways I was suggesting we can use social networking tools: to get and give information.

Results were quick.  LinkedIn VES group member (and former colleague and friend) Torey Alvarez called our attention to Twitter's beta test new business oriented service, CoTweet.

This service has a rich feature set to help business users.  These would also make its use as a collaboration tool within a VFX company even more powerful.  I'm not going to do their marketing job for them, but I suggest you can follow them@cotweet or visit the homepage at http://cotweet.com.

I'm not yet using this service, but I will give it a thorough check out.  

In the meantime, please drop me a Tweet to tell me you're reading 

--and what cool stuff you're working on now. 

@IsaAAlsup

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#0024 Just a quick update ...

 

 

Coins in the fountain   

Hey everyone...
 

Been swamped this week chasing the coin of the realm and haven't moved on to the next installment.  Wanted to mull over and organize my thoughts before I shifted into gear.  When I kick my ideas onto the back burner, my subconscious works in odd ways. Eventually something else, often seemingly unrelated, sparks my motor.
   

I've been updating my personal literature and demos and I slapped together a quick website because I wasn't happy with how my videos were being presented.  http://sites.google.com/site/isaalsup/home

 

Tomorrow I have to re-edit some demos, to narrow my focus more tightly and sharpen the axe.  Always a fun job, because being objective about one's work is a challenge.
 

Perhaps I will do an article about the labor situation.  Would that be of interest to readers?  Perhaps you can send me your thoughts and experiences. I was talking with a friend tonight, and he says unemployment in the Los Angeles area is about 20 percent.  Add the unofficially unemployed, like freelancers who can't claim benefits, and it could jump another 5 percent to 25% -or more.
 

 

Enough about me ....  In a few days I can get back to talking about pipelines.

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