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Enterprise Geeks Podcast – Pity the Fools

by Ed Herrmann on April 7, 2009 at 7:44 am

Join us in this special April Fool’s episode as Ed Herrmann and Thomas Jung do a round up on the best technology pranks and gags of the week. Also included are a number of other topics ranging from paintball and bawls to ASUG and Twitter.

If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!

Running Time: 76 minutes

 

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Talking Points

1. 00:30 – April Fool’s Chit Chat
   • eGheads like to paintball
   • Enterprise Geeks are April Fools – caught on by Dennis on ZDNet
   • Is points a good reward system to measure quality or quantity?
   • ThinkGeek as always leads the fun with their cool products
   • Gmail Autopilot for April Fool’s
2. 24:32 – Polestar Innovation Challenge update
3. 32:04 – Around the technology horn
   • SAP Enterprise Social Networking Prototype
   • Is Twitter killing RSS?
   • Google acquiring Twitter?
   • Vishal on Open Cloud Manifesto and Dennis’ response and another good article here
   • New pages for Adobe Flash on SDN
4. 64:17 – Wrappin’ it up
   • Don’t miss the eGeeks at the 2009 ASUG / Sapphire conference
   • Upcoming guests Jim Spath and Ryan Stewart
   • FMR 24 Hour Marathon has been rescheduled for April 23rd 9am EST – April 24th 9am EST
   • Ed follows the advice from the eGheads and buys the 32 GB iPod Touch
   • Ed reviews Colgate Max Fresh with Mouthwash Beads toothpaste

Tags: Adobe, asug, cloud, flash, Polestar, rss, SAPPHIRE, social networking, Twitter