I am very excited to announce a Lotusphere mini Tweet-up at the Opening Reception. This mini networking event will allow business partners, clients, and friends that are active within the social space to connect and meet in real life.
So far, we have had a very warm response from the community to the tweet-up and I [...]
Casper is a brilliant mashup that displays movement of incoming and outgoing flights on a Google Map live.
It is currently only tracking flights that are flying in and out of the Amsterdam Airport but the mashup can be “configured for any airport.”
The airplanes are colored based on the name of the airline to which they [...]
Lotus Knows Bilal became a father this December of a cute gorgeous baby boy. It has been a truly humbling experience, a life changing moment, a profound experiential realizing of one’s true nature as a father.
As some of you know, I’ve been meaning to find some time get on a computer and write this [...]
TheNextWeb.com just posted this story. Have a read and be ready for a chuckle. – Bilal
Plurk, a very promising social networking startup is claiming that Microsoft (you read that right), has been involved with “blatant theft of code, design, and UI elements.”
What gives? Microsoft could easily just drop the engineers to do it themselves, or [...]
Special thanks to my good friend, Mary Hall, who informed me right away about this offer.
If you’re a Lotus Business Partner planning to attend the special Business Development Day at Lotusphere 2010 on Jan. 17th, your registration will now give you the extra bonus of allowing you to attend the Lotus Opening General Session on [...]
Tomorrow, Wednesday December 9, we are hosting an event at Fordham University, New York City, on the analytic skills business school students will need for the job market. We have a fantastic line up of speakers, including the Dean of the Business School, a venture capitalist, the director of the Center for Urban Future and [...]
Dan Heath, co-author of Made to Stick, explains how to stand out (video) in a crowd. He uses the examples of Voodoo Donut and ZipCar. The gist is that if you’re in a crowded market, you need to do something that no one else does or compete on one dimension and do it ferociously. Watch [...]
Today we are launching an exciting new interactive experience called “TheSmarterCity” on IBM.COM. TheSmarterCity is a tool to visualize how cities can become smarter through the interconnection of data, instrumentation of systems and intelligence gained from analytics.
The website offers an interactive experience of IBM Smarter City agenda by setting up the current challenges, potential [...]
If you haven’t heard already, Lotus Software is being featured at the Wired Store at 415 West 13th Street (between 9th Avenue & Washington Street), New York City.
This year’s WIRED Holiday Store 2009 is magazine’s fifth annual marquee gallery-meets-retail experience. A launching pad for new technology and cutting-edge products as well as a showcase for [...]
Bilal Jaffery, an IBM Marketing Manager specializes in Social Media, Web Marketing and Search Engine Optimization. Currently leading IBM Lotus Social Media Strategy. Currently residing in Toronto, Canada.
