Sunday, January 31, 2010
Horchata and EXPO COMM MEXICO 2010
I like this song. I want to learn to make Horchata, a popular Mexican drink. I learned about this band and the drink spoken of from friends just now as I was discussing ... EXPO COMM Mexico conference with them. Our company's DIDX and Techistan are media partners and press agents for EXPO COMM.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Zain Mobile is Hiring Finance Directors
Zain Nigeria is hiring finance directors. Don't know who Zain is? Zain Group, is a mobile telecommunications company founded in 1983 in Kuwait as MTC or Mobile Telecommunications Company, and was later rebranded to Zain in 2007. Zain has commercial presence in 23 countries across Africa and the Middle East, with an estimate of 13,000 in its workforce. Its "One Network" is the the world’s first, borderless mobile service offering over 64 million Zain customers in 21 countries favorable rates, free of high roaming charges for cross-border communications. It has fully changed the way people communicate with their friends, colleagues and family members while away from home.
If you want a career with Zain, go look them up, do the work yourself , show them how you are the one to hire and good luck!
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
If you want a career with Zain, go look them up, do the work yourself , show them how you are the one to hire and good luck!
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
DIDX and Techistan Notes Speaker Opportunities for Connect IT Pakistan
Day-1 TELECOM SESSION, Date: 8th May, 2010
Time: 2:30 to 5:30 pm
· Telecommunication Infrastructure optimization & Future Road Map
· Policy and Regulatory frameworks for the Converged Networks
· Mobile Applications - An Emerging Opportunity
· Value Addition in Telecom Services - Latest Trends, Opportunities & Limitations
Day-2 IT SESSION (Hosted by PSEB), Date: 9th May, 2010
Time: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
· Role of ICT in Healthcare
· ICT & E-Government - Trends & initiatives
· IT Governance - Risk Management, Compliance and Information Security
· Scope and Limits of Public Private Partnerships in Pakistan – ICT perspective
· Exploring Animation Business Opportunities
· Pakistan as a BPO Destination - Foreign perspective
Day-3 YOUTH SESSION, Date: 10th May, 2010
Time: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
· Scope of IT and Telecom for Higher Education
· Telecom Consumer Protection and Laws against Criminal Acts
· Public Information Technology and Transformation of E-Governance
Opportunities available . . . . .
Please contact Mrs. Saba Shaikh, Asst. Manager Conferences, sabashaikh at pegasus.com.pk with your application to be a presenter. Due date is February 15, 2010.
http://www.pegasus.com.pk/
You can ...
o Reserve a speaking slot at the Forum
o Sponsor the Forum and get maximum corporate promotion
o Attend the ICT Forum...
Join Connect IT Pakistan on Facebook, Linkedin, and TelecomYou today, too.
... browse some of our team's other blogs and media at http://www.techistan.net/, http://www.didx.net/podcast, http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
End-to-End Domestic LD Calls from USA to Africa Request
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Social Networks, Offline or Online, United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Networks get things done. United we stand. Divided we fall, right? In fact, when I was asked at the ITEXPO "Using Social Media for a Successful Business Campaign" panel why our company chose to use social media in meeting our company goals... I replied, "We wanted to collaborate and get more done, faster, for our clients, vendors and partners, and with a more global reach and group of participants since DIDX is composed of service providers, carriers and operators in 170 nations."
I remember in 2005 when Kelly, my sister-in-law first told me about Facebook, I thought, what a waste of time, I don't want to play games, and maybe later. So, I'm using a few social media sites regularly without wasting time, I don't play games ;-), and getting a lot more done with quality.
You wouldn't believe, people of all walks of life anywhere just about in the world are using social media and social networks to accomplish important things:
1. Find jobs.
2. Make new friends.
3. Finding partners.
4. Getting help on any kind of project.
5. Taking a creative break. (This is one of my favorite.)**
6. Find answers.
7. Ask questions.
8. Plan, promote and execute events.
9. Connect back with old friends, business people and classmates.
10. Introduce people who can really help each other.
11. Showcase whoever you admire and are inspired by and how and why. (This is one of my favorite.)**
12. Find out what your customers need and figuring out with them how to make it happen. **
In this Social Networking in Plain English video in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish or German that Graham Francis of TheSIPSchool.com shared with me, the speaker mentions the fact that a network is only as valuable as people can see. That is something to think about. So, it's like Jimmy Buffet said about Margaritaville. It is wherever you want it to be.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time. I am on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin.
I remember in 2005 when Kelly, my sister-in-law first told me about Facebook, I thought, what a waste of time, I don't want to play games, and maybe later. So, I'm using a few social media sites regularly without wasting time, I don't play games ;-), and getting a lot more done with quality.
You wouldn't believe, people of all walks of life anywhere just about in the world are using social media and social networks to accomplish important things:
1. Find jobs.
2. Make new friends.
3. Finding partners.
4. Getting help on any kind of project.
5. Taking a creative break. (This is one of my favorite.)**
6. Find answers.
7. Ask questions.
8. Plan, promote and execute events.
9. Connect back with old friends, business people and classmates.
10. Introduce people who can really help each other.
11. Showcase whoever you admire and are inspired by and how and why. (This is one of my favorite.)**
12. Find out what your customers need and figuring out with them how to make it happen. **
In this Social Networking in Plain English video in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish or German that Graham Francis of TheSIPSchool.com shared with me, the speaker mentions the fact that a network is only as valuable as people can see. That is something to think about. So, it's like Jimmy Buffet said about Margaritaville. It is wherever you want it to be.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time. I am on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
User-Centric, Technology that Really Works for You and Me
Imagine if your work life were like this:
Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a Hungarian psychology professor, who emigrated to the United States at the age of 22, is known for his well-documented observations, research, and personal observations on the concept of "Flow." According to him, there is common and universal agreement that when there isn't a high correlation between the challenge (the height of the mountain, depth of the dive) and the ability to meet that challenge, fun is something we're definitely not having.
Cool! I've always enjoyed wishing people a happy new year like this: may your new year be the perfect combination of joy and challenge. Maybe I should start saying "challenge and ability?"
Friday morning, some of the DIDX and Techistan team, as well as others in the IP communications and media industry who were attending PTC, will attend a bloggers' breakfast with the topic of discussion "User-Centric Technologies." We'll share more details next week.
Some web sites to check out on user-centric anything:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi
http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/02/post-agile-useability-process
http://webmonkeyswithlaserbeams.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/user-centric-development/ ***
http://www.usercentric.com/news/2009/01/21/whats-driving-mini-cooper-not-user-experience
http://ipcarrier.blogspot.com/2010/01/consumer-centric-communications.html
http://www.slideshare.net/missrogue/vrm-the-citizencentric-future-of-communications
http://auds.org/node/6
and of course, everything at http://www.usercentric.com/
(User Centric's growth has earned a spot on Inc. Magazine's Top 5000 fastest-growing firms for the last two years.)
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
- You are up to the activity.
- You are able to concentrate on the activity.
- The activity has clear goals.
- The activity has direct feedback.
- You feel that you control the activity.
- Our worries and concerns disappear.
- Our subjective experience of time is altered.
- The time you spend with your users has a more positive atmosphere.
Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a Hungarian psychology professor, who emigrated to the United States at the age of 22, is known for his well-documented observations, research, and personal observations on the concept of "Flow." According to him, there is common and universal agreement that when there isn't a high correlation between the challenge (the height of the mountain, depth of the dive) and the ability to meet that challenge, fun is something we're definitely not having.
Cool! I've always enjoyed wishing people a happy new year like this: may your new year be the perfect combination of joy and challenge. Maybe I should start saying "challenge and ability?"
Friday morning, some of the DIDX and Techistan team, as well as others in the IP communications and media industry who were attending PTC, will attend a bloggers' breakfast with the topic of discussion "User-Centric Technologies." We'll share more details next week.
Some web sites to check out on user-centric anything:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi
http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/02/post-agile-useability-process
http://webmonkeyswithlaserbeams.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/user-centric-development/ ***
http://www.usercentric.com/news/2009/01/21/whats-driving-mini-cooper-not-user-experience
http://ipcarrier.blogspot.com/2010/01/consumer-centric-communications.html
http://www.slideshare.net/missrogue/vrm-the-citizencentric-future-of-communications
http://auds.org/node/6
and of course, everything at http://www.usercentric.com/
(User Centric's growth has earned a spot on Inc. Magazine's Top 5000 fastest-growing firms for the last two years.)
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Facebook Event Admin and Linkedin Claim Event Need to Marry
Facebook shouldn't be so rigid in its Events feature. Actually, I see Facebook and Linkedin have two different best practices that should be combined on both. On Linkedin, you can "claim the event," but not have other "Admins" like Facebook lets you. Ideally Facebook should let for example DIDXchange or Techistan add an event either is media partner or press agent for, let anyone else claim it as host such as Pegasus Consulting (Pvt) Ltd. for CONNECT IT Pakistan, and then the host can make the original "partner" like us to Pegasus Consulting (Pvt) Ltd. as another Admin.
See Linkedin "claim event" feature:
Facebook add Admin feature:
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
See Linkedin "claim event" feature:
Facebook add Admin feature:
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Thank You to the Author of the Wakeup Call Email
"Failure to accept responsibility and quickness to blame" attitude and the dismal, depressing situations it can lead to ... I read this in an email just now. What a wakeup call! Thank you to the author of that email.
In fact, the more we accept responsibility for our actions and the less likely we are to so quickly blame another, the more successful we will be. This applies to Earth, country, state or province, city, province, church, synagogue, mosque, temple, club, organization, business and individual. Stop blaming someone else, and let's get up off our lazy, sniveling ... and buck up.
It's called integrity, truth, confidence and healthy belief in the power of self.
People like to be around those I will call "boomshakalakas" who are positive, confident, successful, not afraid to admit mistakes, find a better way, find and bring out the best in others, and collaborative in nature.
They prefer not to be around those I will call "woeismeeveryonepicksonmes" who blame others, complain, whine, and are always angry, full of pride, and insecurity. I hope 2010 will see you and me as the "boomshakalakas!"
This post is more for me and my reminder than anything else.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
In fact, the more we accept responsibility for our actions and the less likely we are to so quickly blame another, the more successful we will be. This applies to Earth, country, state or province, city, province, church, synagogue, mosque, temple, club, organization, business and individual. Stop blaming someone else, and let's get up off our lazy, sniveling ... and buck up.
It's called integrity, truth, confidence and healthy belief in the power of self.
People like to be around those I will call "boomshakalakas" who are positive, confident, successful, not afraid to admit mistakes, find a better way, find and bring out the best in others, and collaborative in nature.
They prefer not to be around those I will call "woeismeeveryonepicksonmes" who blame others, complain, whine, and are always angry, full of pride, and insecurity. I hope 2010 will see you and me as the "boomshakalakas!"
This post is more for me and my reminder than anything else.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Victor and I show the power of Linkedin Recommendations
January 20, 2010, at 2 PM, I join Rob Adler of Vantage Communications, Isaac Hazard of Mzima, and Peter Radizeski of Rad-Info, Inc. to discuss and interact with you the audience at ITEXPO East the topic of "How to Leverage Social Media for a Successful Marketing Campaign."
My take will be that *"leveraging social media for a successful marketing campaign" is not about analysing reams of data, being on every social networking site 24/7, having the most followers or friends, bombarding your audience with commercials or regurgitated news, or cutting your competitor. The key to success online is almost the same as the key to success offline. It's just with online, you have more power.
Adam Nash, blogger and a vice president at Linkedin says, "Fortunately, in the 21st century, with the birth of the social web, we have tools at our disposal that are orders of magnitude more powerful than we have ever had as individuals or as a society."
An example of successful marketing using social media is the Linkedin Recommendations feature. Sincerely and truthfully recommend at least one person in your Linkedin network each week.
One of Pensacola, Florida's most popular Microsoft consultants and open source enthusiasts Victor Rojas and I did exactly that. The positive results of our exchange has been, is and will be exponential. In the last 24 hours since Victor's comments, I've already recieved inquiries to advertise in our Techistan and some looking for Virtul Phone Numbers from our DIDX buyer members. It started with a few sincere words of praise about someone else. Recommend someone on your Linkedin Network this week! Victor and I would like to get to know you and see where we can help each other in business at Linkedin and other social media sites.
*Aw! "Leverage" is really a noun and hasn't quite made it into accepted standard Engish as a verb, but, oh well.
... browse our team's online magazine Techistan (also hard copy first issue soon) and other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
My take will be that *"leveraging social media for a successful marketing campaign" is not about analysing reams of data, being on every social networking site 24/7, having the most followers or friends, bombarding your audience with commercials or regurgitated news, or cutting your competitor. The key to success online is almost the same as the key to success offline. It's just with online, you have more power.
Adam Nash, blogger and a vice president at Linkedin says, "Fortunately, in the 21st century, with the birth of the social web, we have tools at our disposal that are orders of magnitude more powerful than we have ever had as individuals or as a society."
An example of successful marketing using social media is the Linkedin Recommendations feature. Sincerely and truthfully recommend at least one person in your Linkedin network each week.
One of Pensacola, Florida's most popular Microsoft consultants and open source enthusiasts Victor Rojas and I did exactly that. The positive results of our exchange has been, is and will be exponential. In the last 24 hours since Victor's comments, I've already recieved inquiries to advertise in our Techistan and some looking for Virtul Phone Numbers from our DIDX buyer members. It started with a few sincere words of praise about someone else. Recommend someone on your Linkedin Network this week! Victor and I would like to get to know you and see where we can help each other in business at Linkedin and other social media sites.
*Aw! "Leverage" is really a noun and hasn't quite made it into accepted standard Engish as a verb, but, oh well.
... browse our team's online magazine Techistan (also hard copy first issue soon) and other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
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