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This year, Aurora WDC launched Aurora Sports to make it possible for SCIP09 attendees who enjoy exercising to have an opportunity to get in a scenic run around Chicago’s waterfront, a stress-relieving yoga class, or a casual gym workout. All you need to do is show up and you could win a 32" Samsung LCD HDTV.



Anyone and everyone is invited and no RSVP is necessary.… Continue

There were a few suggestions after I sent around my newsletter from yesterday that I cross post here as a blog entry so here it is. I'll try and get the event online as well and sharable.



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Our good friends at SCIP's DC chapter are having what looks to be a great CI workshop today called "New Ways of Knowing 2.0" - check it out directly on the Twitter search page or I've dropped a feed onto the top of the Ning site as well. Description is below for those interested - looks like they're just finishing up snacks before program start at 12:45… Continue

Greetings from New Orleans!



I'm at the Frost & Sullivan CI meeting in New Orleans this week and I know a few of you are here as well.



August Jackson and I (at least) are twittering the meeting blow-by-blow, so follow the action from the homepage where I've dropped a temporary feed reader or on Twitter directly, then add your comments, feedback… Continue

The SCIP annual conference in San Diego this month was my last field excursion for the spring (our baby is due to arrive May 9th) and, I confess, I was becoming more and more nervous that the downside risk of a poor turnout could make for a diminished return, not only, for Aurora’s investment as an sponsoring exhibitor, but for the CI community at large.

Having seen a steady arc of growth in recent years we’d been hoping to see a…

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"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. "…

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"A study of the map will indicate where critical situations exist or are apt to develop, and so indicate where the commander should be."

~ General George S. Patton, Jr., Commander U.S. Third Army Europe



Coming up Wednesday 30 April 2008, beginning at 1:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 AM Pacific time, Aurora's COO and Director of Research, Derek Johnson, will be host of… Continue

"Business is a game, the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it."

~ Thomas J. Watson, Founder of IBM



Coming up next week, Wednesday 9 April 2008, beginning at 1:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 AM Pacific time, Aurora WDC's COO and Director of Research, Derek Johnson, will be host of Aurora's next live, free 75-minute webinar, featuring Dr. Niall Fraser co-founder and principal scientist of Open… Continue