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  1. Free 1-day AIIM seminar: 8 Factors to Consider in Creating Info Mgmt Strategy in a SharePoint World. Houston, TX, March 25. www.aiim.org.
  2. Check out the Microsoft oil and gas blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/oilandgas/ Comment freely, as they do listen.
  3. Useful resource: HARO = Help A Reporter Out = HelpAReporter.com. Three chances per day to put out the good word about what you are doing.
  4. Coolest Job Title Ever: Chief Innovation Officer. That's what I want to be when I grow up!
  5. Number of text msgs sent on cell phones doubled from 48 billion in 2007 to 110 billion in 2008, according to the US Census Bureau stats.
  6. Oil Patch Gift Idea: Barrel of Wine = 4 wines + corkscrew + 3 pourers in a wooden barrel. $85 from www.WineoftheMonthClub.com. Send me one!
  7. IBM Study: Top-performing companies are 15 times more likely to apply analytics to strategic decisions than underperforming peers.
  8. How to Make Technology a Team Player = free webinar, 12/16/09, 1PM EST. www.focus.com/webcasts/collaboration. iPod nano to be given away .
  9. Xiotech extends Cash for Disk Clunkers to 12/31. Pays $1K/TB for old storage disks when you trade in for ISE technology with 5-yr warranty.
  10. Free Webinar Use Digital Oilfield Info for Asset Improvement, 10am 12/10. http://bit.ly/8kVV7V
  11. SMT opens office in Abu Dhabi, with team headed by Andrew Burr, Director for Middle East and South Asia, SMT.
  12. Register for Microsoft Global Energy Forum Jan. 21, 2010: http://bit.ly/PpcJi CEO Steve Balmer will speak!
  13. NEWS FLASH: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will speak in Houston on January 21 at 2010 Microsoft Global Energy Forum! Last visit 5 years ago.
  14. US time spent on social networking up 83% 2008-09. US advertisers spent $1.4B on SocNet sites in 2008, predicted to rise to $2.6B by 2012.
  15. 9% small & midsize biz use Twitter for marketing, 32% plan to include Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace in the next yr, 31% plan ads on blogs.
  16. Laredo CEO Randy Foutch says natural gas industry employs 3 million Americans & added $385B to US economy in 2008. 100 years of gas left!
  17. PLS Inc. and Derrick Petroleum Services reported $21B of oil and gas deals were announced 3Q2009 due to economic recovery, stable oil price.
  18. For information about global rollout events for Paradigm's Rock & Fluid Canvas 2009 │ Epos 4.0, visit www.askparadigmhow.com.
  19. Met with Superior Energy Services guys to get info about their riserless intervention system for my World Oil article (Nov issue).
  20. Marathon Oil listed at #100 on Newsweek's Green Rankings. $1.5B LNG plant in Equatorial Guinea helped cut carbon emissions by 40% 2004-08.