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Rob Howard

Rob is the CEO of Telligent, makers of Community Server. His blog is a mixture of technology and business related topics covering his prior experience helping build ASP.NET 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 as well as current perspectives on building and running Telligent. Rob has been blogging since February 2003 while at Microsoft.


Rob Howard's Blog | 12 Nov 2008 16:41

Harvest 2.0 now available!Subscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....Harvest 2.0 is now available. This release includes a significant number of improvements (scorecards, sentiment/tonality, forecasting, and more). Want to learn more? You can watch a great video overview that Jana, the Harvest Program Manager, put..."
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Rob Howard's Blog | 04 Nov 2008 12:58

Telligent hires Sociologist Marc SmithSubscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....Marc Smith, formerly Senior Sociologist Researcher on Microsoft's R&D team, has joined Telligent as our Chief Social Scientist. Marc will lead Telligent's R&D efforts around analytics and business intelligence (tools to help you understand..."
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Rob Howard's Blog | 29 Oct 2008 18:50

McCain or ObamaSubscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....So this is off topic from what I usually like to write about. But it's my blog so tough luck. With the current economic crisis caused in large part by banks making loans to people who really couldn't afford them - and because of people being overly..."
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Rob Howard's Blog | 29 Oct 2008 17:57

Information vs Knowledge WorkerSubscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....I've spent the past couple of days in Redmond, WA at Microsoft's Enterprise Partner Summit. A term Microsoft uses just about everywhere is "Information Worker". They have entire business units formed around "IW". This nomenclature is inaccurate, in..."
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Rob Howard's Blog | 23 Oct 2008 13:06

Social FingerprintsSubscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....One of the really innovative things that the team has been working on, and that we showed at the in.Telligent conference, is something we're calling Social Fingerprints. This is included in Harvest 2.0 which we'll release in the next few weeks. The..."
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Rob Howard's Blog | 17 Oct 2008 17:37

2008 In.Telligent Conference Sold OutSubscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....It came down to the wire, but as of about 10AM today - the Friday before the conference - we sold out! Last year we had approximately 80 attendees + staff. This year we have 200 attendees + staff! It's going to be a great show. Also, all the content..."
Read more »  2008 In.Telligent Conference Sold Out


Rob Howard's Blog | 16 Oct 2008 21:12

Breast Cancer Awareness MonthSubscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....I almost let it pass without realizing it. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is an issue that I'm personally connected to. When I was 21 breast cancer killed my mom. It started when I was about 14 and finally spread into her liver and..."
Read more »  Breast Cancer Awareness Month


Rob Howard's Blog | 13 Oct 2008 19:37

Pragmatic beer - DallasSubscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....Re-posting from Scott Watermasysk: http://simpable.com/code/pragmatic-beer-dallas/ Come join us for a beer and a chat about software. See Scott's post for more details. Posted to Industry Similar Posts Editorializing weblogs.asp.net Podcast on..."
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Rob Howard's Blog | 06 Oct 2008 19:16

Email is part of the DNA of Social SoftwareSubscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....I don't understand why email is so often disregarded when it comes to collaboration software. Everyone wants to talk about how their software gets you out of email - whereas when you look at how organizations operate email always plays a fundamental..."
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Rob Howard's Blog | 06 Oct 2008 18:30

World Golf TourSubscribe to this feed

Rob Howard writes "....The new community for World Golf Tour launched today. This online game with its stunning visuals and great game play feels like a throw-back to the days of Links mixed together with the Electronic Arts Tiger Woods game. You can even create profiles..."
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Rob Howard

Telligent

Dallas, TX, USA

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Rob Howard (robhoward) @LLiu think big :) 8 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Drowning in email. Lots of positive feedback about Harvest 2.0 http://tinyurl.com/6bbm5s - wait until you see what we're planning! 8 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Blogged: Harvest 2.0 now available! http://tinyurl.com/6bbm5s 8 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) retweet: @smcdonaldatdell New Dell Community site just launched today,http://en.community.dell.com/. 13 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Blogged: Telligent hires Sociologist Marc Smith http://tinyurl.com/6qak5w 16 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) @oudiantebi thanks :) 21 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Presentations in Palo Alto are done. Headed back to DFW. Won't get much sleep tonight because of Fallout 3. Oh well. 21 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Back in Palo Alto. Same hotel as 2 weeks ago. A little deja vu going on... 22 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Enjoying a beer with fish and chips at seatac on the way to sfo. When did seatac get so upscale? 22 days ago from twitterrific


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Blogged: McCain or Obama http://tinyurl.com/5dlsrv 22 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Blogged: Information vs Knowledge Worker http://tinyurl.com/5nrc2o 22 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Heading to Bellevue Parlor to shoot some pool at the MSFT Enterprise Partner event. Most of my MSFT friends are in LA. Bummer. 24 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) @evolvingWe @ChrisLove makes me want to drive out to the mountains today ...not work :) 24 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) It's sunny in Seattle - crazy. 24 days ago from Twinkle


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Made a great new hire today! 27 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) @hkarthik yeah or the one at Preston/Frankford. I just don't get why we don't have more drive-thru Starbucks. I don't feel social in the am. 28 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) Today is pure chaos. 28 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) blogged: Social Fingerprints http://tinyurl.com/5zooeo new way to visually profile users in a community. 28 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) well, it's official. the starbucks by my house is closing tomorrow. i guess my $2/day wasn't enough. 28 days ago from web


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Rob Howard (robhoward) @meetdux cool thanks I'll check it out! 29 days ago from web