CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-25 01:34:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

~ Jim Rohn

2013-05-24 13:37:58 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

http://youtu.be/LFiIL-M2sX4My daughter is competing for a chance to sing backup for Foreigner this summer. Please vote and support the Royal Oak High School A Capella Choir. 

http://micentral.upickem.net/engine/Votes.aspx?PageType=VOTING&contestid=92124

2013-05-22 20:44:26 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)

I think my cat might be a bit TOO comfy.

2013-05-22 19:38:27 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Looking for Detroit to show Chicago how hockey is played again tonight. 

GO WINGS!

2013-05-22 19:28:40 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 0 +1s)

Yes, please. Can't wait! http://youtu.be/NlOF03DUoWc

2013-05-22 13:55:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

There is something fundamentally wrong, and un-American about being vehemently opposed to helping people, unless they're your own constituents. 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/21/185792100/oklahomas-gop-senators-find-themselves-in-tornado-aid-bind?ft=3&f=127088100&sc=nl&cc=ph-20130522

2013-05-22 13:05:06 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I like Windows 8, but there's certainly room for improvement. This is my top five list of things Microsoft should change to "fix" the OS.

What do you think? Have you used Windows 8 (for more than five minutes while standing in a Best Buy)? What would your top five list be?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2013/05/22/five-ways-microsoft-can-fix-windows-8/

2013-05-21 17:36:14 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Xbox One. Who's in? 

Is there anything in particular that sparks your interest for Microsoft's next-generation game console? Is there anything you hoped for or expected that it lacks?

2013-05-21 15:17:35 (3 comments, 6 reshares, 6 +1s)

This is like a primer on how NOT to market your product, or handle public relations.

If people who love your product spontaneously market it for you, and create sites and recipes devoted to it, and set aside an annual day to CELEBRATE your product--and you don't have to do anything or spend any money to make it happen, you support that effort 1000% and pat yourself on the back for a job well-done. 

Send a cease-and-desist letter forcing everyone to stop promoting your product? Not so much. 

http://boingboing.net/2013/05/20/nutellas-lawyers-shut-down-w.html

2013-05-21 13:00:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

GO WINGS!

2013-05-21 12:56:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

iOS 6 now has security clearance from the Pentagon. That means the iPhone and iPad now join BlackBerry and the Samsung Galaxy S4 to fight for secure military contracts. It also means that other industries that prioritize security like the finance and healthcare sectors can take a closer look at using iOS as well. 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2039256/pentagon-clearance-for-ios-could-open-even-more-doors-for-apple-in-the-private-sector.html 

2013-05-20 22:52:43 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)

Look at this GIF long enough and you can make the train change direction simply by thinking about it

2013-05-20 18:20:39 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

It's somewhat telling that one of the biggest announcements from BlackBerry Live is that the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) app will soon be available for iOS and Android. It's telling because it's too little, too late, and nobody really cares. If that was the highlight of what BlackBerry has to offer, there isn't much hope for the mobile platform. 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2013/05/20/bbm-gamble-wont-stop-blackberry-exodus/ 

2013-05-20 15:49:49 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I guess my kids are just lazy slackers. While this girl is revolutionizing rechargeable battery tech, and another 17 year old girl won a hackathon with a Chrome extension that automatically strips out TV and movie spoilers from Twitter, and another teen developed Summly and sold it to Yahoo for $35 million, and Zach Kopplin is waging a war on behalf of logic and common sense to abolish creationism from science classes...my kids think waking up at 10am is "early", and spend the vast majority of their day gaming or watching really stupid things on the Internet. 

http://www.techhive.com/article/2039254/teen-invents-tech-that-fully-charges-phone-batteries-in-less-than-30-seconds.html#tk.twt_techhive 

2013-05-20 12:48:15 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Marissa Mayer--CEO of Yahoo--has a Tumblr page. She just used it to announce that she now owns all the Tumblr pages thanks to a $1.1 billion deal.

http://marissamayr.tumblr.com/post/50902274591/im-delighted-to-announce-that-weve-reached-an

2013-05-20 12:37:31 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

BlackBerry announced that it's BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) messaging service will soon be available for iOS and Android (smartphones only--not tablets).

It seems like a desperate gamble. It could strengthen the BlackBerry brand and win customers, or it could just give existing ones a smoother way to transition to a rival platform.

What do you think?

2013-05-19 02:32:56 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

What is a Google+ post?

It's very simple for me: A G+ post is either a conversation or show and tell. 

I use G+ heavily for private conversations with family and friends. And those are something else. 

But when I post publicly, I'm starting a conversation or showing people something or both. But mostly it's about the conversation. 

I use Friends+Me to automatically link to my Google+ posts from Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. The link takes them back to the G+ post. 

One prominent tech writer complained on Twitter that I referred to a story, but that instead of linking to the story from my Twitter post, I linked to the G+ post, which he considered an intermediate step requiring another click to see the story I mentioned in my tweet.

But I don't post in order to find stories for people to read. I'm not a newsservic... more »

2013-05-15 19:57:52 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Sometimes I think people don't fully understand the concept of Liking or Following. I seem to get many more people who "Like" or +1 a post, or share a tweet than I get actual Likes or Followers. It's like people see the message from me, and say "Yeah--people should do that!" and share it with their extended social networks, but fail to actually follow through and Like or Follow me themselves.

2013-05-10 20:13:23 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Blackjack? Poker? Or, would you rather gamble with Google Docs?

2013-04-23 16:25:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

ICYMI -- Here is a link to the Huffpost Live segment I participated on discussing pending CISPA legislation. http://ow.ly/klmLG

2013-04-22 15:40:26 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Man, those Moors knew how to live.

I absolutely love Moorish architecture; the Moorer, the better. 

We spent yesterday at Alhambra, which is the Spanish pronunciation for الحمراء‎.  ; ) 

Originating as a crude fortress in 889, it was transformed into the spectacular fortress/palace/town that it is today starting in about 1333, first by Yusef I, the Sultan of Granada, then by subsequent Muslim rulers over the next century and a half (although the labor was done by Christian slaves). 

The same year King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella's investment in Christopher Columbus paid off with the discovery of America (1492), they also conquered the rest of Spain from the Moorish rulers. When they got the chance to check out Alhambra, they were so blown away they moved in. 

I was ready to do the same myself. 
http://en.wikip... more »

2013-04-17 16:48:40 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Do you think Microsoft should cave to the backlash and bring back boot to desktop and the Start button in Windows 8.1 (Windows "Blue")?

Or, do you think Microsoft should have conviction for its Windows 8 design choices and stay the course?

2013-04-17 14:54:05 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

So, at 11pm last night my son got an itch to bake some Ghirardelli white chocolate chip cookies.

2013-04-12 03:58:11 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

I've confirmed with IDC that the Surface Pro and Windows 8 Pro tablets like the Dell Latitude 10, or the Samsung ATIV are NOT considered PCs for the purposes of their tracking data, but a hybrid device like the Lenovo Yoga or the Dell XPS 12 are PCs. Basically, if the keyboard can be detached it's a tablet and not a PC.

Technically, though, a Surface Pro or Windows 8 Pro tablet is just as much a "PC" as any Windows 8 desktop or laptop, so the math will just be wrong until IDC updates the tracking model to adapt to the reality that a tablet is simply a different form of "personal computer"--especially when the tablet is actually running the same Windows 8 operating system.

2013-04-03 22:01:15 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Do us both a favor. Put the Bradley Strategy Group in your Circles. That way you'll still get tech insights and news, and I can stop +1ing and cross-posting the content. :-)

2013-04-03 17:22:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Surface Pro, day 14: Ditch the mouse, get a touchpad. http://ow.ly/jI8dL

2013-04-03 17:22:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Kaspersky report shows why you need to keep your software up to date. http://ow.ly/jHEkf

2013-04-03 01:51:18 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Surface Pro, Day 13: Dealing with limited storage capacity. http://ow.ly/jGo84

2013-04-02 20:23:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Amazon Cloud is great, but not for business. http://ow.ly/jGeVL

2013-04-01 16:57:41 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Either Google Analytics is playing an April Fool's prank, or the BSG site is VERY popular on the International Space Station.

2013-03-30 16:59:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Compared the resolution of a Surface RT vs. Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs. iPad 3 this morning viewing the same page of the same Kindle book.

The iPad 3 is by far the sharpest of the three--noticeably better than the competition.

The Kindle Fire was respectable, but the "white" background is a tad yellow-ish. Surface RT is acceptable. I probably wouldn't complain, but next to the iPad it looks pretty rough.

2013-03-29 20:46:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

4 things Microsoft Office 'Gemini' needs to succeed. http://ow.ly/jA33U

2013-03-29 14:22:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Surface Pro, Day 12: Getting to know the Charms Bar. http://ow.ly/jzljh

2013-03-28 16:14:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

DarkSeoul demonstrates need for sharing security information. http://ow.ly/jxUn2

2013-03-27 17:52:49 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Yes, please.

2013-03-27 13:50:07 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Google Keep enters the fray, but how does it stack up against OneNote and Evernote? Which one should you use? http://ow.ly/jsL70

2013-03-26 15:28:17 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Kaspersky offers free security tools for Android mobile devices. http://ow.ly/jqwN0

2013-03-25 16:30:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

What's in your office?

2013-03-22 15:19:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Surface Pro, Day 11: Using Microsoft Office on a Surface Pro. http://ow.ly/jjWP9

2013-03-22 15:19:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

US Treasury Secretary presses China on cyber attacks. http://ow.ly/jhZqZ

2013-03-22 15:19:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

nCircle Benchmark: Security metrics supporting business initiatives. http://ow.ly/jgicq

2013-03-22 15:19:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Keeping IT GRC simple by keeping IT SaaSed! http://ow.ly/jgbsW

2013-03-20 14:49:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Surface Pro, Day 10: Multitasking on the Surface Pro http://ow.ly/jfqre

2013-03-17 03:11:16 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 9--A closer look at the default apps. http://ow.ly/j4iC4

2013-03-16 15:11:20 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I've been using an iPhone for so long I forgot that most other smartphones actually dial in to phone number to retrieve voicemail messages.

2013-03-15 21:11:35 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Opinion: CISPA isn't the evil, privacy-infringing legislation you think it is. http://ow.ly/j0ArX

2013-03-15 21:11:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The CISO as the Man-in-the-Middle. http://ow.ly/j0y8A

2013-03-15 18:42:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Records management in Microsoft SharePoint. http://ow.ly/j0bkh

2013-03-15 18:41:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Combating cyber-attacks against the financial community. http://ow.ly/iZYeX

2013-03-14 22:46:58 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Bold experiment! Could you give up your PC entirely, and do all of your work from a smartphone? http://ow.ly/iVYy2