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Twitter Lists and a Time-Saving Application

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Twitter Lists

The List is one of the often overlooked Twitter features, especially for those starting out on Twitter.  The List feature allows you to group Twitter users into your own lists and then check out the activity on that list.  For instance, if you want to focus on what recruiters are saying, you can put people who identify themselves as recruiters on a list, open it up and then read their tweets exclusively.  Twitter allows you to put up to 500 users on one list.    

Avid Twitter users generally like it when they get added to someone’s list (unless it’s a negative list, which I haven’t seen very often).  Adding  people to your list tells them that you took the time to investigate them a bit.  You will often see such lists as “Top Followed” or “Awesome Tweeps” or geographic lists such as “Chicago”.  I will often thank someone for “listing” me.  Listing adds to the social aspect of Twitter and allows you to focus on certain people without getting bogged down by your message stream. 

I just stumbled across a cool little application called ConversationList (http://www.conversationlist.com ).  ConversationList allows you to easily see who you’ve been interacting with on a daily basis.  According to the ConversationList website, “a ‘conversationlist’ is a Twitter list of the people that you talk to (and about) on Twitter. The list is automatically updated daily, so that it always reflects the people that you are paying attention to right now. If you @reply (or @mention) someone, they’re added to your list. If you stop talking to that person, they drop off your list.”  The ConversationList is a time-saver for me because it helps me quickly focus on my interactions for the day.

-Michele Rempel

Mandatek

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Network to Increase Your Visibility

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

At Mandatek, we don’t advertise every networking event that comes our way, obviously, but the one described below should prove to be a great way to find connections and form partnerships. If you’re in the Chicagoland area, please consider joining us.

Click this link to get more information and RSVP for the event: http://tiny.cc/PsqQo

Here are the general details:

Wednesday, January 27th, 5-8pm, Emmett’s Ale House, Downers Grove, IL

I hope everyone had a healthy and prosperous holiday season. I would like to extend an invitation to our next business and social networking event on Wednesday, January 27th.

Let’s start out 2010 getting involved. This is a great way to get started.

Bring plenty of business cards.

Look forward to meeting and networking with you.

-Mike Boehler

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How CLEAR Wi-MAX is different from Wi-Fi

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Mandatek became a CLEAR WiMAX dealer in November 2009. Why? Because it’s awesome. But don’t take our word for it- read on for some more “techy” information about CLEAR to satisfy those who have specific questions about why it’s awesome.

CLEAR 4G WiMAX is next-generation mobile internet from Clearwire that works as fast around town as it does at home. Because CLEAR covers a wide area, you don’t have to find a hotspot—the hotspot goes with you, anywhere CLEAR has coverage. WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. It is a telecommunications technology providing wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access. It is based on the WirelessMAN (IEEE 802.16) standard. WiMAX is a highly scalable, long-range system, covering many kilometers using licensed spectrum to deliver a point-to-point connection to the Internet from an ISP to an end user. WiMAX can be used to provide a wireless alternative to cable and DSL for broadband access, and to provide high-speed data and telecommunications services. WiMAX can also be used to connect many Wi-Fi hotspots with each other and also to other parts of the Internet.

When using a WiMAX device with directional antennas, speeds of 10 Mbit/s at 10 km distance is possible, while for WiMAX devices with omni-directional antennas only 10 Mbit/s over 2 km is possible. There is no uniform global licensed spectrum for WiMAX, although their licensed spectrum profiles are being used generally – 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz. With WiMAX enabled handsets and laptops coming into the market, people could connect to the fast broadband internet from anywhere, without having to depend on the slow rate mobile network data transfer. CLEAR mobile internet is 4 times faster than 3G. So do the same things on the go, at speeds as fast as at home: Watch live sports on a train, email a huge presentation from the park, let your kids play online games while you get your hair cut, call friends and colleagues and watch real-time TV from the top of a forest hill station many kilometers away from the access point, all without compromising on quality, speed or screen size!

Today’s mobile networks were mostly designed for making phone calls (using 3G or Third Generation technology). However, the CLEAR 4G WiMAX network is being built with the internet in mind (using 4G technology). What does that mean? That means service that goes beyond today’s 2G, 3G and even Wi-Fi hotspots. Expect a better online experience for email, videos or music downloads and whatever you need to get done on the web.

More Comparisons

Simply put, if WiMAX provides services analogous to a cellphone, Wi-Fi is more analogous to a cordless phone. Wi-Fi is a shorter range system, typically hundreds of meters, typically used by an end user to access their own network. Wi-Fi is low cost and is generally used to provide Internet access within a single room or building. For example, many coffee shops, hotels, railway stations and bus stations contain Wi-Fi access points providing access to the Internet for customers. WiMAX allows you to roam anywhere there is service, which means you can access the Internet from anywhere in the Chicagoland area.

For more info, call Michele at 630-480-0531.

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