Here’s the Flickr set.

It was a hectic June and I’m finally starting to distill some of my conversations and briefings. I was in Boston a few weeks back for the Enterprise 2.0 Conference and while I definitely came back energized, the best part was the old-fashioned version of social networking — pressing the flesh as the saying goes.

I was there as media and while I would’ve liked to have blogged more about the show, I did manage to get some microblogging in courtesy of CoverItLive’s service. I realized early that I’d be attending a bunch of sessions with a crappy Wi-Fi connection in the backdrop, so I figured I’d cut my losses and get as much micro content in place as possible.

The widget below is the snapshot of my ad hoc meetings, session tracks, and a few hallway and bar conversations. Some of the latter were definitely the more interesting as I had several instances where I connected with folks I’d blogged with and collaborated with through Twitter and other channels.

I ran the CoveritLive widget on the Content Management Connection and ECM Blog after the show and noticed it had about 500 unique views over the course of a few days. How much of that had to do with the novelty of the service remains to be seen. Janet Lee Johnson thought it was cool enough to blog about it, and I noticed it had enough lift to light up Twitter with a few Tweets.

A few weeks back I tripped over Wordle.net on Twitter. It’s nothing terribly revolutionary as tagcloud creators and folksonomy generators go, but the implementation and design of the service is top-notch. Give it a del.icio.us username or plug in an RSS feed and watch the creation and compiling begin.

Before you get too Wordle-y on us,go here and make sure you have the latest JAVA software update.

My del.icio.us Wordle:

 My Marketing Blog Wordle:

Fun stuff.

• Report says enterprise mashups on the rise
  Forrester says business mashup market will reach $700 million by 2013
  (tags: mashups enterprise+social+platforms web+apps social+software+applications)

• SaaS, Web Services Top Software Priorities For Businesses | InformationWeek
  “The No. 1 ranked criteria for vendor selection of SaaS was deployment speed and ease of integration.”
  (tags: SaaS web+services technology+adoption collaborative+technologies cloud+computing)
• Intel® Mash Maker : Browser-based Mashups
  Pretty easy to use and has a nice Windows Media Player plugin.
  (tags: mashup plugin software web2.0 intel mashups mash+maker)
• So What Is an Enterprise Mashup, Anyway?
  Here’s some ROI for you too: “..It combined the service with its loan application system on its Web site. In the first two months, 80 percent of its 72,000 applicants used e-signatures, which cut its costs in this area by 75 percent.”
  (tags: mashups web+apps SOA web+2.0 APIs enterprise+2.0)

• Google, Amazon Lead Disruptive Cloud Computing Wave, Microsoft Again Behind Curve
  Blodget comments on Microsoft’s SaaS strategy
  (tags: microsoft google trends SaaS cloud+computing amazon)
• Nokia CIO Aims for Enterprise Web 2.0 Balance
  “[Many Web 2.0 services] are good from a consumer point of view, but don’t lend themselves to corporate demands and rigor. If they were, why didn’t Microsoft and SAP go out of business overnight?”
  (tags: C-suite nokia web+2.0 business+strategy enterprise+2.0)

• SharePoint altering ECM landscape, survey says
  It has utility but lacks a user experience focus.
  (tags: sharepoint ecm ecm+vendors content+management collaboration microsoft)

• CIO - Web 2.0 - it may be social, but is it profitable?
  It’s still about traffic and how to monetize it.
  (tags: web2.0 CIO social+computing digg business+strategy startup social+web)
• Web 2.0 finally gets down to business - Fortune
  “If we hadn’t seen those Twitters, we might not have fixed that problem for six months.”
  (tags: technology trends twitter web2.0 networking facebook social+web linkedin)

• Welcome to Conference 2.0
  Good piece on how participants are taking more control at events using social media.
  (tags: conferences facebook socialmedia twitter web2.0 unconference)

• How Microsoft Is Fighting a War on Three Fronts | GigaOM
  GigaOm analyzes Microsoft’s challenges.
  (tags: microsoft google enterprise+2.0 software business gigaom)

• Google Goes After Another Microsoft Cash Cow
  If Sharepoint can bring in $1B a year, anything’s possible.
  (tags: collaboration Google internet web2.0 tools microsoft web+apps microsoft+office)

• InformationWeek’s Content Management Weblog
  Hope you’ll bookmark Information Week’s Content Management Blog..send your questions and comments on to me at george@dearinggroup.com
  (tags: information+week content+management CMS information+management CMP+Media technology+blogs)

• Web 3.0: The Next Web
  The machines are getting smarter.
  (tags: web+3.0 semantic+web mashups internet)

• Make Web 2.0 deliver business benefits
  “When we start talking about problems, we have to find people and content that could help through a community. Blogs have become like lighthouses. If the world is flat, then blogs and wikis are the hills by which you can see everyone.” - Andy Mulholland,
  (tags: web+2.0 cap+gemini enterprise+2.0 tools blogging wikis RSS)
• Selling Web 2.0 projects to the business
  It’s not that hard to sell if you start small and solve a business problem.
  (tags: web2.0 business+strategy technology blogs wikis social+computing social+networking)
• Social Media Will Change Your Business
  “Your customers and rivals are figuring blogs out. Our advice: Catch up…or catch you later.” - BusinessWeek
  (tags: social+computing social+media tech+trends blogs web+2.0 business+week)

• Enterprise 2.0: Five Innovations the CIO Shouldn’t Miss
  “E2.0 social networking innovators like Facebook are on the leading edge of application integration—using mash-up technology to introduce new functionality quickly.”
  (tags: social+media social+computing C-suite CIO enterprise+2.0 social+networking blogs sharepoint)

• Pointing The Way To New Web Worlds
  “..it was clear from the mass deployment to tens of thousands of workers at Wells Fargo and other major firms, that Enterprise 2.0 can unleash better collaboration, communication and innovation amongst employees and between organizations.”
  (tags: enterprise2.0 jive+software social+text wells+fargo web+2.0 social+computing)

If you’re into content management, or in a broader sense, information management, I hope you’ll pop in occasionally at one of my new homes on the web. (RSS feed here)

I’m part of Information Week’s blog crew and recently started covering all things related to content and information management. And what the heck isn’t related to managing content these days? It’s such a broad topic I know, but my goal is to bring a business person’s voice to it all.

If you’re a vendor, make your PR pros earn their money by sending along story ideas and vendor news. If you’re a client and want to get some pub on how you’ve mastered the content beast, you can also drop me a line.

Here’s some of my latest posts..and as always, thanks for reading.

• Top 5 Content Management Trends For 2008
  
• Oracle’s BEA Acquisition Makes Things Interesting
  
• Oracle Captures A Key Component To Its ECM Strategy
  
• Clickability Clicks On All Cylinders
  
• How Web 2.0 Affects Content Management
  
• IBM Hints At FileNet 2.0
  
• Open Source Funding Signals CMS Shakeup
  
• Engineering Content Management For A Web 2.0 World
  
• Are Enterprises Finally Waking Up To RSS?
  
• SaaS Trendwatching With Clickability

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• IBM’s Web 2.0 scuffle will dwarf clashes against Microsoft
  Big Blue’s got some catching up to do.
  (tags: IBM microsoft enterprise+2.0 enterprise+software social+computing web+2.0)
• Are You Obsolete?
  No, are you? Read on about how corporate tech groups are changing the way technology is delivered.
  (tags: enterprise2.0 information+technology web+2.0 C-suite technology ROI innovation)
• KonoLive | Instant Collaboration Software
  Looks like a useful collaboration app..i like the rich media apps that integrate all your communication tools.
  (tags: collaboration IM software kono+live web+office web+apps web+2.0 demo+2008)

• Bigger budgets go to strategic IT
  IT budgets are going up 3.3 percent across the nearly 1,500 companies that Gartner surveyed
  (tags: information+technology technology C-suite enterprise+software tech+spending recession)
• IBM Advances Web 2.0 Platform for Business
  When Big Blue spends this kinda money retooling its platforms, you know this stuff’s for real.
  (tags: web2.0 IBM enterprise+2.0 mashups social+computing social+web enterprise+social+media)
• Open source business model reaching tipping point
  With the right business strategy, open source can be your friend.
  (tags: opensource software SaaS REST venture+capital business+strategy)

• 5 Disruptive Technologies To Watch In 2008
  “around here, e-mail is the new snail mail” — presence awareness will change the way your company will communicate in 2008.” ~ Jive Software CTO Matt Tucker
  (tags: technology trends 2008 information+week jive+software presence+awareness disruptive+technology)