A Frenzied Day......and It's only 10am!!!

Today is busy for 3 reasons:

1. 7am webcast for Finextra PaymentsLive! - This bombed. The streaming feed was problematic throughout - well, at least for the first 30 mins. I dropped from the cast, as it wasn't working efficiently. Plus, the webcast will be available on Finextra in a couple of hours.
After watching the replay, if this is any good I'll blog about it. Stay tuned....

2. 10am webcast for Twitter for Businesses - I know, I know, I've been trashing Twitter for a long time. Ironically, the Finextra webcast used Twitter for questions, comments, etc. Since the webcast bombed, I don't have an opinion on the use of Twitter in this manner. I'm still convinced Twitter is a bomb.....for personal usage. However, there are some uses that may be viable for businesses. None are new, they just leverage the Twitter platform to be more efficient. Examples include: direct marketing (opt-in, of course), customer feedback (like forums, but easier), opt-in public group instant messaging to name a few. In my opinion Twitter may be a good option for businesses, but Twitter should just white-label their services - there's no need for people to know it's 'powered by Twitter'. Maybe more on this later....we'll see.

3. A bunch of follow-ups from the BayPay event last evening. This was a very cool event last evening. It was held at the Google campus - very cool, right up there with the Microsoft campus. There were probably 100 people at this event. I spoke with a handful and was able to do some serious networking - as a result, I have a ton of follow-ups, so my fingers will be aching from my typeing and dialing. I'm back to be optimistic that I'll be able to find something soon - wish me luck!



Cool site of the day: BayPay (probably only 'cool' if you're a Payments geek, like me)