Interop 2009 Las Vegas: Web 2.0 At Its Best

I would like to apologize that for the next few days, my posts will be more geared towards Interop (if I do get a chance to post that is). I am taking part as an attendee at Interop 2009 in the place that never sleeps, Las Vegas.

Coming to Interop, I realized that Web 2.0 has taken a brand new toll on companies and individuals today. Almost everybody has been twittering and facebooking about their experience with what they are doing at Interop. Some exhibitors even have a Web 2.0 section in their booth, such as Xirrus. Xirrus has one section in their amazing boxing ring booth that is just for Web 2.0. They encourage you to blog, facebook, twitter, flickr, and feed what is going on at Interop.

There are laptops everywhere and blackberries with twitter enabled. Can’t wait to fill you guys in on what’s happening next at Interop. I got here kind of late so I missed out on one of the boxing matches, but Xirrus employees have captured it on video. They said it would be on their youtube channel very soon, so keep a lookout for that!

Twitter Makes Me Happy B*^tch

Possibly the best Twitter song ever made…ENJOY!

Real Life Twitter

With all the buzz about twitter, Dan of College Humor had to put out something true and funny about twitter. Some people do “twit” about the dumbest things. The best part was when Dan said “LOL!” Twits should be something relevant, useful, gives insight, or even questions that need to be answered. This was pretty on point with what I see from some people on twitter on the daily.

Twitter

Since there isn’t any gadgets that catch my eye today, I wanted to talk about something else. About five months ago I was starting a project for my job that required me to register and maintain a twitter account. At the time, the company didn’t see how twitter would benefit us and it was still fairly small so we pulled the project.

Months had gone by and it seemed as if a lot of people have been jumping on the twitter bandwagon. From friends to followed companies, everyone started the whole twitter movement. Well about three weeks ago, my company decided to start our twitter again. The results have been nothing short from amazing. I understand how companies can benefit from twitter. Companies can interact with customers and potential customers, can address any questions, can update people on everything, and allow everyone to feel personable.

I do think that twitter is pointless for some individuals. Twitter should be for companies and well connected individuals or individuals that are working for a certain company. For instance, people really don’t need to know what you are eating or if you went to the bathroom. Information should be informative and helpful and give people a better insight. For example, retail companies have posted special coupons on twitter for their followers to receive a discount. That is an incentive to follow that will allow the retail company to give more person more updates.

Twitter has become a social platform for everyone to be updated on each other’s lives. However, we should be aware of what content we put out for people to see. Twitter can be a good thing and it can be a bad thing. You can gain an audience and be famous or you can be ridiculed and even lose your job if you twitter too much or about something that makes your company seem negative. If John Mayer could lose his girlfriend because of twittering too much, than of course you see how twitter can mess things up if you do not monitor what you do!

Jennifer Aniston Leaves John Mayer…He Twittered Too Much

Now I don’t really know why everyone is interested in Twitter, but I know people are addicted to it. Even famous celebrities, such as John Mayer. John Mayer was addicted to it so much that Jennifer Aniston left him because he twittered too much. He apparently didn’t have time to write, call or text her, but he had time to twitter. He even twittered, “this heart didn’t come with instructions.”

Now John, I used to listen to your music trying to get women, maybe you should get off that computer and get your woman back if that’s the only reason why she left you!