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Where does the time go?  Holy cow, where did June go?  For that matter where did the first half of 2008 go?  Can you believe it's the second half of the year already?  All those projects at work that I've been pushing off until the end of the year are now fast approaching.  Those will all have to wait until I can get this other stuff done. 

Here is a short list of what I've been working on:

• eTech Channel Web Site:  This is an internal web site that my group developed.  We are creating CNET TV like videos on the technology we are working on.  We launched the site on teh 23rd and so far the feedback has been good.  It's done in .Net which I'm not happy about but it will do for now.
• Digital Signage: DS seems to be taking off lately.  We have one call center installing it now with another agreeing to install yesterday.  I'll have a meeting next week sometime with the President of the newest call center. I've been told  I need to create some content to WOW him.  I am working on a web site where users can create messages and have them posted on their digital signage board.  In short this works with the web site posting the message to the database and then the digital signage server reading the database for message and displaying them on the monitors. 
• Thunder:  Need to get caught up on our PolyVision Thunder Room.   Haven't performed too much on this project lately, although we did get network and power to all four tables in the room.  Thats 16 ports of network and 16 power jacks folks.  Go ahead, plug in!  I need to come up with a project to promote Thunder with amoung the employees in Dallas.  I think I'm going to call it "Thunder Days".  We want people to come see the room and then sign up to use the room for real meetings 

Those seem to be the big three projects lately.  I've also be working on other little things but nothing work noting.  Lots of documentation. 

Last Friday AT&T announced that we are moving our headquarters from San Antonio to Dallas.  That annoucment sure has shook things up here.   We have people moving others moving out.... crazyness.  I did get to meet our CEO, Randall Stephenson, yesterday.  That was very exciting, he's very tall!

Thats all for now.  I am still running and loving the Garmin 201 Forerunner device that Jenell let me borrow.  Ran almost 30 miles in June.

Good Day!
Ryan

Anyone know why this happens?

Good Day!
Ryan

Have you heard about the website ITookThisOnMyPhone.com?  It's a website hosts pictures taken from you camera phone.  At the heart of the site is an application that you download to your Windows Mobile or Blackberry device.  The application then send any pictures you take to your personal ITookThisOnMyPhone.com site.  My site is http://www.itookthisonmyphone.com/rme8494.  I have to say that the web site is not the greatest but the application itself is pretty cool.  There are plenty of options for uploading including:

• Always ask before uploading
• Delete after sending
• Send GPS information (gps enabled phone required)
• You can also label you pictures before you send them up

Once the picture is up on the site you can add a label and description.  You can also see where the phone was taken using the GPS information gathered from the phone and Google Maps.  Next you can tag the photos and put them into albums as well.  Like I said the site needs some work but the technology is neat.

Here is what I'd like to see from the web site

• Comment notification when someone comments on your photo
• The ability to havae friends, they have a contacts area but no way to add one
• RSS feeds
• A new look, it's pretty dated

Also of note make sure you have an unlimited data plan before downloading the application and sending photos. 

Good Day!
Ryan