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Extending a Knowledge Community and Marketplace from netFORUM

Daniel Smith — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:56:31 +0000

I recently spoke at the Avectra Users Group Conference in Orlando, FL. I figured I would upload the presentation so all could see.

Extending a Knowledge Community and Marketplace from netFORUM

Back from SEMA Show

Daniel Smith — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:22:51 +0000

I am back from the SEMA Show, check out the album when you get a chance! I will post some details on the latest projects that I am involved with for SEMA when I get a chance!

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Co-Worker Featured on Youth Trending Sessions

Daniel Smith — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:50:06 +0000

Pretty awesome if you ask me. Co-worker and friend Elizabeth Baranik is featured on Youth Trending Sessions. If you aren’t sure about the life of a Marketing Director at a creative interactive marketing firm, check this out.

An Update, Mail, Ubuntu, etc

Daniel Smith — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:36:19 +0000

So it has been a very good week indeed. We finished our switch at NFi Studios over to MailTrust, and after some getting used to it, I am very happy with out choice. It is a relief to know that our email is being hosted with such a great team. Their migrations team did everything to make sure that our setup is as complete as it needed to be, and as anyone who has ever moved email knows, it is rough. So a big thanks to Matt, Scott and the rest of the MailTrust team.

As I have written in the past, I moved my blog over to SliceHost and we picked Ubuntu Intrepid as the OS (mostly due to Derek Gallo’s previous experience with his Slice running it.) It has been a great choice for me and Ian Merkel. Well after using this server for a while, I decided to try installing the Ubutu Desktop 8.10 on a spare PC I had laying around. So far it is a very swift operating system (considering its running on a Pentium4 with 768 MB of RAM). I will try installing Apache2, PHP and MySQL and report how it runs.

I really do think it is time to build a new computer. If Ubuntu works out it would be a perfect OS to run on such a machine.

SliceHost and Rackspace

Daniel Smith — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:25:34 +0000

Moved off of Mosso, and onto SliceHost. But are part of the Rackspace family. Love Mosso a lot but this was a cost decision! So far a very enjoyable experience.

Finished moving all of NFi’s sites off of Peer1 and back to Rackspace. Moved SVN and Trac over to its own dedicated Slicehost (great decision). Rackspace really rocks!!

NFi Studios Launches Paper Less Events!

Daniel Smith — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:36:12 +0000

From www.paperlessevents.com:

Benefits of Paper Less Events include:
Custom Tailored Software and Hardware that adds Credibility to any organization’s event
Streamlined attendee check-in
Event Website promotes attendee networking
Sponsors have many opportunities through ad placement and digital signage to promote their brand
Event technology makes the entire event convenient, reliable, and private
Green conventions or green meetings are events which are conducted in ways which minimize the environmental burdens imposed by such activities. Green event and convention planning is now an established trend.
More and more companies and event organizers are thinking â€greenâ€œ Some of the statistics are proof in themselves that going Green is thriving and successful. The adoption of Green meetings and events sends a message to all that event organizers care about reducing their impact on the environment.