Here are a few items that came across my reading queue this past week that I found of interest and thought that you may too-Enjoy and thanks for reading,DougSecond Life is pretty intriguing and here’s a New York Times blog post about amping up the reality part of virtual reality even further. At Cisco, our customers are often awe-struck when we conduct a presentation over or give a demonstration of Cisco TelePresence -with its high defini…

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On Monday morning, I was at Claremont High School, in Harrow, London, watching as one of the architects responsible for building the Olympic stadium kept a class of 13 year olds enthralled about the design and engineering challenges involved. Jo Smith from the firm Buro Happold was taking a lesson from Cisco’s  Out of the Blocks StemNet programme bringing real world examples of how lessons about chemical structure; mathematics and physics were a…

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Tags: 2012 london olympics, Cisco London 2012, Cisco_London_2012, education, L2012, London 2012, London Olympics, math, science

AT&T is taking a hands-on approach to marketing its innovative U-verse Triple Play offering by quite literally taking to the streets…especially those that lead to Wrigley Field.  AT&T, in conjunction with the Cubs, and I’m pleased to say, Cisco, is introducing the U-verse Challenge, a social marketing program that combines traditional and social approaches to gain the interest of customers in new and different ways. Here…

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The first rule in improvisational comedy (I have heard) is to say “Yes, and…” to everything.  How different would the current fiscal cliff debate be if improvisational comedy rules were followed? White House: “I’d like to raise tax rates on the wealthiest 1%, so that we don’t have to raise taxes on the middle class.” Congress: “Yes, and we’d like to lower the corporate tax rates so that we can be more competitive globally.” White House: “Y…

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Tags: cnbc, fiscal cliff, improvisational comedy, optimism, rise above, UPS

Last week, Cisco Digital Media Systems (DMS) wrapped up another year at the world’s largest international trade show and conference dedicated to digital signage – the Digital Signage Expo 2011, held in Las Vegas. This year’s event came at an exciting time, just as Cisco was able to announce its 3000-customer milestone in digital signage and our market leadership in this bourgeoning industry after just four short years since joining the market in…

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Tags: collaboration, digital signage, video