Merry Christmas to all our customers… We will be closing our doors for the holiday season this afternoon and will reopen on Monday the 4th January 2010! Hope you all have a nice break and a prosperous New Year.
All at Applied Signs & Display.
Some of our most recent Banner Stands produced…
City Jet Economy Banner Stands - Applied Signs & Display
Friends First Pull Up Banner Stand
Motorsport Ireland Roller Banner Stands
Connector Economy Pull Up Banner Sign
Codec Pull Up Banner Stand
Chartered Accountants Swift Banner Stand
Ablify Roll Up Banner Stands
Some recent stands produced for Dunlop, BMW and Bank Of America…
Bank of America Display Stand Kiosk - Dublin Airport
BMW 5 Series Nomadic Display Pop Up Stand with Graphics
Dunlop/Motorsport Ireland Pop Up Stand
We are delighted sponsor Connector’s Christmas Party event in Lillie’s Bordello which will incorporate the Tribe Awards 2009. The event takes place on Thursday 10th December, and is sponsored by Perroni Beer. As the event is free (including entrance into Lillie’s Bordello nightclub) donations of €5 will be sought in aid of Temple Street Children’s Hospital.
Register for this event on Facebook Events (or if you don’t have a Facebook account, Register Here >>)
So, Google Wave is billed as Google’s new Real-Time Communication and Collaboration Platform, and its causing some ripples among the growing number of users who have been invited to join it in its current, beta-testing incarnation. People are clamouring for invites and SAP are said to be planning a rival application called Constellation in the near future… At this stage, Google are limiting the number of users and increasing the amount gradually as they test the site’s functionality, but more and more invites seem to be becoming available in the last few weeks.
Some people are still scratching their heads trying to figure out the real value of Google Wave, while some are persevering with their quest to use it for business and networking needs, while others still are using it purely for fun, as an alternative to Facebook or Twitter. One novel use which might provide a taste of the varied future of Google Wave is the Seattle Times’ wave set up to try and track down a four-time killer. The reaction was mixed, with some participants and viewers impressed by the real-time instantaneous-ness and excitement, while some found it to be over-whelming and difficult to follow.
TheHarmonyGuy has highlighted what he believes to be some serious security gaps which could lead to social hacking or spamming becoming a problem for Google Wave users.
Many users are also finding it really difficult to get to grips with, spreading this adage around Twitter: ‘Google Wave was a program built to show younger people how older people feel when they attempt to use the interment’.
However Google are using this time to make changes to Google Wave with these test users, so presumably the usability and security, as well as info about how and why to use the site, should be improving all the time.
Some Tips For New Users:
The first issue most people have is that they can’t see anything happening when they first log in – they have no buddys and therefore aren’t included in any waves… There are two solutions to this:
1. Enter ‘with:public’ in the search box, and you will suddenly threads which are accessible by all and to which you can contribute
2. Use your other social networks to search for existing contacts who are also using Google Wave – a quick tweet or facebook update will let your friends and colleagues know that you wish to connect – they might be looking for Wave buddies too.
You might also get invitations from Google Wave to send to your own network of selected contacts, but this might take a while so do take the above steps to get connected in the meantime.
When you do get some contacts and start to communicate:
3. Search for “onlyto:me, is:unread:” and this will isolate the private messages you have not yet seen, kinda like your email inbox…
4. Likewise “creator:me” will bring up waves you wrote/started, like the sent box in your email
To go more in-depth:
5. Explore more search terms to get more out of Google Wave, e.g. “onlywith:”, “dfrom:”, “before:”…
Have fun 
