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Mitel Presence Tour

February 15, 2007
Today I will be flying to California to speak tomorrow at a conference hosted by Mitel. The name of the tour – I kid you not is the Presence Tour 2007. I will be discussing Unified Communications among other topics.
 
Here is all the info you need to know.
 
It will take place tomorrow in Costa Mesa at the Westin South Coast Plaza. I will be a speaker and am apparently substituting for Sir Terry Matthews – which is a great honor. Terry spoke at the stops in New York, Atlanta and Minneapolis.
 
Here is the agenda:
 
  • 8:00 – 9:00       Registration
  • 9:00 – 9:30       Breakfast
  • 9:30 – 9:45       Regional Sales Director Welcome
  • 9:45 – 10:15     Rich Tehrani – Perspective on Unified Communications
  • 10:15 – 10:45   Paul Butcher – Mitel update
  • 10:45 – 11:15   Q&A/Discussion
  • 11:15 – 12:00   Demos
 
Hope to see you there.

Findnearby.net

February 15, 2007
I happened upon a blog entry from Marc Robins this am discussing the website mashup findnearby.net. I have been a big fan of mashups of the years and this is probably one of the most useful ones out there.
 
The site allows you to enter a product you are looking for as well as a zip code and a search radius in miles. It then checks Wal-Mart, craigslist, Amazon and eBay for your product.
 
I tried it a few times and it seems to work acceptably well. To be better it needs more retailer participation.
 
Still, this is the type of service that can save your rear when you need a product ASAP and want many options.
 
As Marc says, when this thing adds click to call functionality it will be even better.