Integrating Live Twitter Streams into PowerPoint Using Xcelsius
As a frequent presenter, I’ve been wanting to add some more interaction to presentations for a long time. A couple of years ago, I used some .php code I found on the web and an early version of Xcelsius to display a ticker bar during the presentation that contained the subject lines of emails sent to a particular address. And after some frustration, I even managed to put together a simple voting-by-email service that was adapted by the BusinessObjects... [Read More...]
Web 2.0 Presentation Tools from SAP – Integrate Twitter into PowerPoint!
In today’s web 2.0 world, sometimes the presenter on stage is the only one who doesn’t know what the audience is thinking – because everybody else is viewing the Twitter stream. These new prototypes fix that problem, allowing you to give presentations in web 2.0 style, with the comments from your audience appearing directly on the screen, in real time, during your presentation! Based on the SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius dashboarding technology,... [Read More...]
BusinessObjects TweetCloud
Go here to see who’s tweeting about BusinessObjects, and the key terms they’re talking about: http://tweetcloud.com/search/term/businessobjects. My twitter handle, timoelliott, made it into the cloud – oops, I guess I talk about work too much… Thanks to Ricardo Polo-Malouvier for the link! Read More →
Extreme Twitter (Cartoon)
Twittermania? (Cartoon)
If You’re Interested in BI, Should You Be Interested in Twitter?
Twitter use among business intelligence practitioners and analysts has been growing by leaps and bounds. Here’s a selection of blog postings and quotes about using twitter as a business intelligence resource. The bottom line: it’s more interesting and useful than you might think — give it a try! If you’re interested in following me, it’s twitter.com/timoelliott Darren Cunningham of LucidEra, Business Intelligence a Twitter "While... [Read More...]
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