Will Speaking

Naveed pointed me towards the AJAX overview I gave in Boston last year.  Here is the link. It's quite long and mono-tone ;-) http://www.scribemedia.org/2007/02/21/ajax-from-aol-perspective/

The Human Race is on May 12th.    AOL is a key sponsor for the Human Race, as we have been in the past few weeks. This year I'd like to invite you to attend the Human Race on Saturday May 12th.   I'd like to have : - Help on the booth. We will have a booth that people will stop by, say hi and grab food. - Runners and Walkers. If you want to run for team AOL :-)  Bring your family and friends as well to this event !  It's a couple of hours on a Saturday, and generally a lot of fun. http://www.vcsv.us/humanrace/  

AOL Silicon Valley : Fitness Center Please provide feedback on the Fitness Center.  I know HP is informing you that the Fitness Center will be closing. However, they have not officially notified AOL. Here are 3 questions, that I need your feedback on. Feel free to leave a comment on the blog if you have comments too.   I will check on Friday April 27 for results.. Thanks!        

Be sure to enter the "Pimp my POD" sweeps - you can get a cube/pod makeover. http://corpevents.aol.com/public/wapps/sweeps/

Congratulations to the UnCutVideo Team - they have gone global and now in many different languages including Italian, Dutch and Spanish.   Great work! http://uncutvideo.aol.co.uk http://uncutvideo.aol.de http://uncutvideo.aol.nl http://uncutvideo.aol.es http://uncutvideo.aol.it http://uncutvideo.latino.aol.com    

At Web2.0 Expo, AOL announced Open Auth.  This is very cool, and the SNS and dev.aol.com teams worked hard to got this launched. Beyond this though, is the amount of people in the Expo looking for free "swag".   I stood inline just before 4:30 when the doors opened. I was amused as a couple of people said they just want the free t-shirts....   Then as the doors opened it was like New Years Sale at Harrods - people going nuts to get the shirts and free goodies.   The great dev.aol.com booth had lines around the corner as people tried to get those great "Geek" t-shirts.   I tried to talk to a company named "dapper.com". Any company name dapper seemed like a good one to chat to about "RSS".  It was like being pushed and shoved as people tried to get dapper stickers.    All fun, and all good stuff.    And all free.  Priceless.

The AOL Labs team in Irvine is very busy. Check out the demo page of the Celebrity Face Finder.  It looks good ! http://bluffs.nscp.aoltw.net/celebrity-look-alike/  

We now have a "Wii" in the team area on floor 2 next to the fish tank....    Check it out.. We will likely have some team tournments on a Friday afternoon (UncutVideo .v. Pictures .v. my AOL .v. Webmail etc etc).      Enjoy!  And thanks Tammy for getting it so quickly !  

The updated Webmail Cayman beta is looking good.  Check out the new colors (see, user feedback does count!)  and many of the other changes.     The tour of webmail is also nicely done. http://beta.webmail.aol.com/  

I said at the all hands that I want to improve the "office" environment.  I'd like to get your ideas on this - so please send them or add to this blog.   I've got some, but not much yet. Here is a list of ideas from a recent meeting with the mv leadership team. Please let me know!   No idea is bad.   --Will   Plasma displays in local areas (like in the lobby) Top of the list – can we reconfigure the cubes larger.   Bullpens?   Decorating contests (like the old days of bean bag chairs, soda can bridges and indoor putting greens) Ergonomic chairs Music in the hallways, stairwells, bathrooms.   Can people go to a site to put music on a playlist that will be added to the queue Do we want a “green” campus Used book area swap.   Audio book swap for the commuters Amateur photography competition and photo area.   Place to put up photos for public viewing.   Vacation photos Upgrade the brand of coffee used in the k...