Thank You: Veterans Day 2009

Today is Veterans Day. It’s perhaps one of the most important days of the year. It’s a day to remember and pay our respect to those who have made every other day of the year a day we can grow and enjoy.Who are our veterans? They are mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, cousins, nieces, [...]

Today is Veterans Day. It’s perhaps one of the most important days of the year. It’s a day to remember and pay our respect to those who have made every other day of the year a day we can grow and enjoy.

Who are our veterans? They are mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, cousins, nieces, nephews, friends. You’re family. We cannot thank you enough. We love you. We miss you. We honor you. We’re proud of you — past and present. For those of you out there serving right now, no words can express our gratitude for your service. We wish you a safe journey and a speedy return. 

On behalf of the RD2 Team, thank you all.

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EfficientEnterprise.com Launches!

We have officially launched Dell’s new Efficient Enterprise website this morning!
This signifies a huge success for RD2 as well as what will be a global success for Dell. Given the current economic landscape every business, large and small, has been re-assessing and adapting to survive. Being able to adapt is one thing, but becoming innovative [...]

We have officially launched Dell’s new Efficient Enterprise website this morning!

This signifies a huge success for RD2 as well as what will be a global success for Dell. Given the current economic landscape every business, large and small, has been re-assessing and adapting to survive. Being able to adapt is one thing, but becoming innovative will be the true test of a business’ ability to thrive in the future. One of the main driver’s of innovation today is through being efficient in how every penny is spent. Dell has created a new foundation by which companies can streamline IT budget and reallocate much needed dollars towards innovation.

We like to think we took the spirit of Dell’s efficiency strategy and applied it to this project. RD2 started this project four weeks ago and was able to concept, design, develop and deploy in that timeframe. This was definitely a challenge, but a challenge we wanted to prove to Dell and to ourselves. We think the end result was a great success. An added bonus this project yielded was a huge presence for Efficient Enterprise on the Dell.com homepage. Currently all main images and call outs on Dell’s home page take you to the Dell Efficient Enterprise website.

Stay tuned in the coming days as there will be more to add to this story.

In closing I would just like to say a big THANK YOU to Dell and the entire RD2 team involved with this project. I am constantly in awe of how talented and exceptional the entire RD2 team is when faced with such a challenge. It is humbling to know that I work with such a rich group of people.

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Sweet Tweets: Week of 10/25 – 10/31/2009

What’s a “Sweet Tweet?” A quick Bing search yields lots of delectable goodness from distant places. I’m sure I’ve seen this used before for the intention I’m using it here….to categorize tweets that I think are in some way interesting to us or our business. Or, at least, tweets that I’ve taken the time to [...]

What’s a “Sweet Tweet?” A quick Bing search yields lots of delectable goodness from distant places. I’m sure I’ve seen this used before for the intention I’m using it here….to categorize tweets that I think are in some way interesting to us or our business. Or, at least, tweets that I’ve taken the time to read thoroughly what they referred to and found them useful.

OK, OK, I’ll admit. The other day I was twittering while watching “Dude Where’s My Car” (yeah I was very sick that day). I started wondering how I could organize the tweets that come in that are in some way relevant to our business. Then when watching the scene where the “dudes” got tattoos, one reading “Dude” and the other reading “Sweet,” got me to thinking. “Sweet Tweets.” Yeah it’s really THAT lame but I started forwarding the best nuggets to myself with the title of “Sweet Tweets.” These can then be recalled later. So for now I’ll try posting these on a weekly basis. And, I’ll try to purge all the motorcycle/cycling stuff that’s less on target.

Sweet Tweets: Week of 10/25 – 10/31/2009 (plus or minus a day or so):

• @KathySierra – [post] – Why your presentation should NOT flow (& more) on @OliviaMitchell excellent/useful blog about presenting: http://bit.ly/presentationFlow
• @KathySierra – [post] – Last quote was from the amazing presentation “Digital Strangelove” http://bit.ly/1guhW5
• @behoff – [post] – Google Social Search Goes Live http://bit.ly/1FcdOk
• @UXBooth – [post] – From the AM: 10 UX Blogs You Should Be Reading http://bit.ly/2tSr3D (via @UXBooth)
• @engadget – [post] – Motorola DROID review http://bit.ly/44AITC
• @kiwilark – [post] – RICKSHAW BAGWORKS http://ff.im/aKyZz
• @kiwilark – [post] – New blog post: Collecting Experiences http://bit.ly/43NMH1
• @kiwilark – [post] – Behind Closed Doors: What’s On the Mind Of Chief Marketing Officers: http://bit.ly/3A6lYX
• @DesignerDepot – [post] – From the archives: The Evolution of Apple Design Between 1977-2008: http://bit.ly/PkJF
• @inspiredmag – [post] – 10 Essential Social Media Blogs You Should Definitely Bookmark http://bit.ly/3WJLqP
  

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