Post All of your Pics on the SoCruise Posterous Site and look forward to Social Fresh Cruise II!
Notes:
1. Each Cabin will get 4 Hours of Internet Connection Sponsored by CruiseDeals.com & Carnival Cruise Line!
2. Semi-Formal Dinner, typically Lobster…there are other Menu Options. Men will wear anything from a Suite…to Jacket and Pants, or just a dress shirt and pants. It is your chance to impress or not, your choice. Women typically wear Cocktail Dresses or Dinner Dresses…Sunday’s best.
3. DO NOT FORGET your passport. If you do not have a Passport you must have your Original Birth Certificate and Drivers License.
4. Issues – Call Rich Tucker – 704.965.0228
5. Use your Cell Phone Sparingly on the Ship - - $3.75 per minute roaming charge
6. 4 hour Wifi Access to each Cabin given by CruiseDeals.com & Carnival Cruise Line
7. If you are concerned with Motion Sickness start taking Bonine either the night before or in the morning on 11.12.09.
Rich Tucker
Business Development Specialist|Cruisedeals.com|800.668.6414 ext. 151
"Google Wave is, in short, a remarkably full-featured collaboration and communication tool, powerful enough for enterprise customers and easy enough for civilians. It's also a warning shot across the bow of pretty much every software company anywhere. It's amazing how many people's grills Google is getting up into with this single product. It's real time like AIM and Twitter (and it can talk to Twitter by importing and exporting tweets).
It's social and shares media, like Facebook. Anybody who makes an e-mail client or collaboration software should be paying attention to Wave. This is vintage Google: give away a product that does stuff your competitors charge money for, thereby burnishing your public image and, at the same time, sapping your competitors' will to live.
But Wave isn't actually an e-mail killer. In practice, it's more like an insanely rich IM client. E-mail is asynchronous; you can wait an hour or (if you are, like me, a bad person) a week to answer it.
But because Wave operates in real time, it demands immediate attention like an IM or a phone call or, for that matter, a crying baby. When Wave is up, it's hard to focus on anything else. That isn't a defect, but it does narrow the scope of its usefulness. Getting more information right away isn't always the most efficient way to work." (Time. Com, 2009)
The official Video about Wave on the Google Website
Francisco answered 'Questions Of The Day' questions in All About Me.
The Basics Do you usually dress casual?: ALL the time... member of PAJAMANATION.COM! Do you sing in the shower?: Nah... save it for KARAOKE! Do you wrap your hair in a towel after the ... shower?: What hair? Do you brush your teeth before you shower?: WHILST showering!... MUCH better - and less MESSIER! Do you use deodorant daily?: [SNIFFS, SNIFFS...] Yeah, I think so!
My Favorites feeling?: ENTHUSIASM! (Etymology? "Behavior Of The Gods") oldies song?: "Money" and "Time" by Pink Floyd can Classify? country song?: ANYTHING BlueGrass, SPECIALLY if Allison Krauss is on it! hair band song?: What's a hair-band? NO COMPRENDE! 90's song?: "Let her Cry" ~ Hootie and the Blowfish
This or That Shy or a Flirt?: Ask the missus... pass! Candles or Plug ins?: BURN, BABY BURN!... Candles! Basketball or Football?: BOTH... NCAAF... and NBA... NFL? TOO QUIET FOR MY TASTE!... Where are the LOUD bands in those games! LAAAAME! Fix your own car or take it to the shop?: Shop!... they have an app for that too! White shirt or Black shirt?: Black!
Do You? have someone on your mind you can't stop thinking about?: The Missus; otherwise she reminds me via BB Messenger! watch any football game or just your favorite teams?: Any if I have no choice; religiously watching 'em Gators this year! tell people you love them often?: Yup; too much, they say, that's why they call me "The Smotherer" ever just stay home and don't leave the house?: Yup, all the time! I telecommute, man! watch award shows on TV?: NEIN!... maybe the last hour of The Oscars, if there's no Law & Order somewhere to watch...
Have You Ever not paid your bill and had your water or electricity turned off?: Why are you asking these?... [THUMBS DOWN] taken a cold shower?: All the time!... in Venezuela!... NO AGUA! put makeup on someone while they were sleeping?: Nah!... too mean! let your dog kiss you on the mouth?: ALL THE TIME!!! That's what the li'l one is for!!! LICKY KISSY LUCKY! not realized it was your birthday?: Nupe, I'm too much of a narcissist NOT to start thinkin' 'bout it a month ahead!
Misc. What would you like to accomplish today?: Load up more pics? of our first Halloween ever? What are you scared of?: Loneliness! (Thank God for Facebook!) Do you kill spiders or just put them out the door?: KILL!!!!... Do you read your spouse's mail?: Nupe... that's a boundary right there! Are you good at saving money?: Nupe... that's what Credit Cards are for!
Personal What was the last exercise you participated in?: Some NICE Yoga with Susan Guglielmo as our Teacher! Would you rather stop wearing makeup or a bra for a week?: N/A... I'm a DUDE, Dudes!!!! What has made you a stronger person?: Nam-Myoho-Rengue-Kyo, never fails! Who do you wish you could cuddle with every night?: THE MISSUS, WHO ELSE! (And yeah, Lucky too!) Do you give compliments often?: Too many, they also say!
Firsts fight you and your partner got into?: Money, what else? time you had makeup sex?: What's this??? U guys are weirding me out! time you bought a pet?: Nupe; both are RESCUED! YAY! time you had a beloved pet die?: don't mention it; Lucky's got melanoma, sooo..... time you had a child?: Nupe, never got the forms approved by the man upstairs!
As of Now What time is it?: Don't know, been answering these silly questions for too long! What sound do you hear right now?: Fingers typing away? and KT Tunstall in the Background? Are you alone or with someone else?: Missus is sleeping and dogs are watching me... NEVER alone, thank God! Where are you?: At home? where else? On the Edge of the Packet Cloud as well???? Duh! Are you in love?: WITH LIFE!... and THE MISSUS!... and THE DOGGIES!... and Facebook and the people that live in it!... and Tweeps, too!
And then... another page later!!!
Francisco answered 'The Basics' questions in All About Me.
Hair Color: What Hair? It's mostly gone... and the rest? Tan and Brown and WHITE... in my beard! Eye Color: ah! as Van Morrison would sing it, Height: with or without heels? (heard they were back in for men!... ayayay) Profession: Geek, Nerd, Computer Guru, Go To ...Guy, GSD-Certified, IT, MIS, Techie?... and now, with a side of PM'ing, to boot! Relationship Status: Happily married for most of the past 17 years... and yes, to the same wife! Religious Views: Check my Websites and you shall find out! What's Your Sign?: Cusp of Leo, coming out of Cancer! (and a Wood Snake, while we're at it!) Any Siblings?: Just one... ENOUGH! Shoe size: Large? Where were you born?: Clinica Razetti, Parroquia La Candelaria, Guaire Watershed, Waraira Repano Piedmont... Why? Innie or Outie: Innie!!! ALWAYS!!! Righty or Lefty?: BOTH!... Mousey-wisey, that is! Any pets?: MY DEAR DOGGAS! (TWO!) What month were you born in?: Check the sign thing to find out... PESKY!
From a GREAT book on People... "The Art of Speed Reading People"... Found these excerpts online at ENotAlone.Com
"Before you begin an introduction to Personality Type, it might be helpful for you to know a bit about its history. The basic ideas behind Type are not new. In fact, they were first written about by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung more than seventy years ago.
But it was two American women, Katharine Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Myers, who were really responsible for building on, including developing the fourth type dimension, and making these ideas useful in practical ways to so many people.
One of Isabel's major contributions to our understanding of human behavior was the development of a psychological instrument that reliably identifies sixteen distinctly different types.
She named this the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)®, and over the past several years, millions of people around the world have been introduced to the benefits of knowing about Personality Type through the MBTI®, It is routinely used in business to help managers motivate employees, develop more-productive work teams, and enhance communication.
It is also heavily used by counselors and therapists to help individuals, couples, and families understand and communicate better with each other.
Hundreds of thousands of people have found Personality Type invaluable in helping them make satisfying career choices. And these are only some of its many applications" (Barron-Tieger, 1998)
(and funny enough, look what I found to illustrate? the one and only @ChrisBrogan!)
So, as if I needed MORE encouragement to post photos PROFUSELY... someone gave me a RATIONALE!
"Use photos; use them for anything you can think of. People love photos. I upload one photo and generate 200+ views on it and upwards of 400+ views if I tag someone else in it. Utilize the space to include a link to the company blog in the description box of the photo. Makes sure the photo has a watermark that brands your company with their logo and blog URL. It will bring people back to your page, I promise. People love photos, don’t doubt it, try it out and see for yourself...." (AllFacebook.Com, 2009)
Well, I thought it better then to celebrate this #FF / #FollowFriday with a couple of really valuable #LiveTwittering sessions... the first one, from a Service Provider with a VERY sophisticated product... I'll clip a snippet from their site in order to ellucidate the Tweets that follow... ready?
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Well, as I also keep a blog in Spanish, I recently gathered and posted the proceedings of our latest meeting, towards establishing an archive of its activities, towards creating ever more networking opportunities... Listos?
(Bueno, que mejor manera de darle vida a este blog en castellano que invitar a mis amigos de NetHispanos? El miercoles tuvimos una reunion, la cual me permiti recopilar en video... aqui vamos! ready?)
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Background:
In 2006, people of Hispanic origin accounted for 22% of the total population in Broward County, and 16% in Palm Beach County. Approximately one in five Americans is of Hispanic origin. In 2002, Hispanics in Florida had a purchasing power of $52 billion, growing at a compound annual rate of 8.7%
Hispanics in Boca Raton in 2003 accounted for 8.5% of the total population, a percentage that has grown significantly in recent years as a result of increased immigration of Latinos seeking better employment or financial opportunities and personal safety in the United States due to the economic and political situation in their native countries.
More than a third of Hispanics have some college education and another third have an undergraduate or postgraduate degree. Some of these individuals are business owners, or self-employed professionals. Unfortunately, they are often isolated trying to promote their products and services with some limitations, such as language, lack of knowledge of the American system, lack of economic resources, etc.
Local resources:
There are some organizations that bring together the Hispanic professionals in order to support them, mainly in North Palm Beach County or South Broward. There is also the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, with the Latin Business Professionals Network; however most of this group’s membership consists of non-Hispanics. Additionally, such organizations have costly memberships or other requirements that small business owners or self-employed individuals are not willing or able to absorb.
Why Networking Hispanos:
Networking Hispanos is a non-profit organization. It was created with the idea of providing professionals, entrepreneurs and individuals who offer a product or service in Palm Beach and Broward Counties a means of establishing new business relationships, share information and resources so as to enable its members achieve further professional and personal development.
It is a fact that people do business with people they know and with whom they share language, culture, etc. To satisfy the need in the Hispanic community to engage in an open and flexible manner in the area, Networking Hispanos was established in 2007. Its members currently meet the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Boca Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd. Boca Raton, at 6:30 p.m.
Membership
At present Networking Hispanos has approximately 200 members and is expected to double its membership by 2009. More than 300 people receive communications from Networking Hispanos. This number increases every month.
Sponsorship:
The increasing purchasing power in the growing Hispanic population make this group an attractive target for companies seeking to reach and increase their market share within the group. The purchasing power of Hispanics is increasing at a faster pace than other minority groups: 450 percent, compared with 176 percent of whites.
In order to support the growth of the organization as well as services provided to its members, Networking Hispanos is sponsored by companies who are interested in being recognized in the Hispanic market.
Note: The term “Hispanic” refers to a person from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba or other culture of Spanish / Hispanic / Latino origin, and is considered an ethnic category rather than a racial group.
------ AND NOW, IN SPANISH!!--------
Antecedentes:
En 2006, las personas de origen hispano representaron el 22% de la población total en el condado de Broward, y el 16% en el condado de Palm Beach. Aproximadamente uno de cada cinco estadounidenses es de origen hispano. En 2002, los hispanos en la Florida tenÃa un poder de compra de $ 52 mil millones, creciendo a una tasa anual compuesta de 8,7%
Growing in THIS Country!
Los hispanos en Boca Ratón, en 2003 representaron el 8,5% de la población total, porcentaje que ha crecido significativamente en los últimos años como resultado del aumento de la inmigración de los latinos que buscan mejores oportunidades de empleo o financieros y la seguridad personal en los Estados Unidos debido a la situación económica y situación polÃtica en sus paÃses de origen.
Más de un tercio de los hispanos tienen algo de educación universitaria y otro tercio tiene un grado de licenciatura o de postgrado. Algunas de estas personas son propietarios de negocios o profesionales autónomos. Por desgracia, son a menudo aislados tratando de promover sus productos y servicios, con algunas limitaciones, como el idioma, la falta de conocimiento del sistema interamericano, la falta de recursos económicos, etc
Hispanos en red es una organización sin fines de lucro. Fue creado con la idea de proporcionar a los profesionales, empresarios y personas que ofrecen un producto o servicio en Palm Beach y los condados de Broward, un medio de establecer nuevas relaciones comerciales, compartir información y recursos a fin de permitir a sus miembros a lograr mayor desarrollo profesional y personal.
En la actualidad red Hispanos tiene alrededor de 200 miembros y se espera duplicar su membresÃa en 2009. Más de 300 personas reciben las comunicaciones de red Hispanos. Este número aumenta cada mes.
Patrocinio:
And GROWING as a Demographic, TOO!
El poder adquisitivo cada vez mayor en la creciente población hispana que este grupo un objetivo atractivo para quienes desean alcanzar y aumentar su cuota de mercado dentro del grupo. El poder adquisitivo de los hispanos está aumentando a un ritmo más rápido que otros grupos minoritarios: 450 por ciento, en comparación con 176 por ciento de los blancos.
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