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  John Pope Lead Editor/Moderator
  21 Posts	About John Pope, a.k.a. JohnP@Dell, has been involved with social media since 2006 and computers since, well, let's just say... Recent Posts New One-Stop Warranty Service Available to U.S. Consumers Web Cams on Ubuntu? Easy as Saying Cheese 100 Things to Better Brand Yourself Online Online Conversations Circa 2138 And the Most Dangerous Web Domain for Web Surfers is …

  

  Jay Pinkert Raconteur

  11 Posts

  About To paraphrase the Bard, some are born great bloggers, some achieve great blogging and some have blogging greatness thru... Recent Posts The ROI on GPS Dell Dock Rocks (and/or Rolls) with Its Own Momentum Dell (PRODUCT) RED laptops now available with Windows Vista Home Premium Color (Connect and Organize) My World: Dell launches the “Studio” brand and Dell Dock Surf the Web at 30,000 Feet … Possibly on a New Dell XPS

  
  

  Natalie M. Davis Manager, Global Operations for Community Team
  11 Posts	About Natalie and her team engage in conversations on Dell and non-Dell social media sites. She has over 10 years of marketi... Recent Posts Protect It, Without Comprising Chic Geek Style Wishing Prosperity, Wealth to the Superstitious Olympic-Bound Chic Geek A Girl’s New Best Friend: The Price-Is-No-Object Mobile Phone Le Chic Geek, Sur La Plage Green with Envy of the Eco-Chic Diva

  

  John Blain Gaming Guy
  9 Posts	About John has been active in social media at Dell since April of 2006, starting with the blog outreach team, and now as the ... Recent Posts Memory Lane: The Making of a Gaming Griefer In Search of Joe Average Gamer PC Gaming on a Budget There’s a Fine Line Between Gamer and TV Producer, Apparently The Keyboard Concern

  

  Anne B. Camden Consumer Product PR
  8 Posts	About Anne has been with Dell Corporate Communications for 10 years, proudly practicing product PR the entire time. Started o... Recent Posts So Easy Your Mom Can Do It Drinking From the Fire Hose Dell’s "Excellent" Desktop PCs Something from Dell at D6 Calling All Gamers…

  
  

  Chris Byrd Digital Life Liaison
  7 Posts	About Chris works closely with the online community on all things "digital life" and is known on Twitter as @ChrisBatDell. Wh... Recent Posts Hey DJs! It’s the Million DJ March Techno Tots – Graco iMonitor BLIP – What Are You Listening To? IndiFlix Presents MyFestival Reebok NXT Speaker Backpack vs. the Boom Box

  

  Randy Gibson Imaging & Display Guy
  5 Posts	About Randy is a technical writer and senior analyst for the Dell Solution Network. A nine-year veteran of Dell, he specializ... Recent Posts Your One-Stop Solution for Photo Editing New Options for Home Theater Inkjet Printer Tips for Great Photo Quality Pain-Free Wireless on the Way Print Photos You Want Fast and Easy

  

  Jesse Leonard Vista and Ubuntu Linux Liaison
  4 Posts	About Jesse Leonard, a.k.a. Dell-Jesse_L within the online Dell community, has been involved in the Dell Forums for eight yea... Recent Posts Firefox 3 Download Day Logs More than 8 Million Takers Firefox3 Update Latest Mozilla Firefox 3 Update Firefox 3 Fans Target World Record for Downloads

  

  RichardatDELL Two Ears, One Mouth Advocate
  4 Posts	About After a career in Canadian politics, Richard moved to the U.S. to build out a career in communications. He joined Dell ... Recent Posts RichardatDELL Finds a More Beautiful Way to View Photos on the Web That Dreamy Infrared Photographic Feeling Returns, Thanks to LifePixel Geotagging Your Photos Online Photo Fun

  

  

  Richard Bernier Dell Community Security Liaison
  3 Posts	About I have been with Dell for five years; two of those have been spent with the conversations group. You may have seen me o... Recent Posts Show a Little Laptop Love! Same Phish, Different Scales Look Out for Phishing E-mails

  

  Winnie Wong Alienware Marketing Communications
  2 Posts	About Winnie has been a part of the Alienware family since 2000, when there were only 64 employees on the payroll. Her passio... Recent Posts Microtransactions Becoming Major Issue with Gamers First Sighting

  

  Lionel Menchaca Chief Blogger
  2 Posts	About Lionel Menchaca (LionelatDell in Twitter) has lived and breathed social media for the last couple of years and wishes ... Recent Posts Alternative to Roku for Streaming Netflix Vista Tip: Use Snipping Tool for Screen Captures

  

  Ed Hassinger Software Engineer for Austin-based NetQoS
  2 Posts	About It feels like I bought my first "IBM-compatible PC" just last year. And despite two decades and stints with nine failed... Recent Posts Windows Vista + Windows XP: The Best of Both Worlds The Vista Media Center PC – This Isn’t Your Father’s DVR

  

  Jacqui Zhou Lead Editor/Moderator of Direct2Dell Chinese (http://chinese.direct2dell.com/)
  2 Posts	About Born and raised in Shanghai, China, Jacqui always wanted to travel and see the world. After she earned a college degree... Recent Posts “Bandit” Cell Phones: Part II “Bandit” Cell Phones Find Favor Among Chinese Consumers

  

  Ellen Murphy Consumer Public Relations, EMEA
  1 Posts	About Ellen works on the Consumer PR team in EMEA. She has nine years of marketing and communications experience, ranging fro... Recent Posts Dell UK Formula 1 Test Day Event at Silverstone

  

  Bob Blomquist Senior Manager, Electronic Media
  1 Posts	About Bob has spent 15 years at Dell working in a number of communications roles ranging from video productions to broadcast ... Recent Posts Social Network for Pedal Mashers

  

  Ricardo Guerrero Global Online Project Manager & "Twitter Dude"
  1 Posts	About Hailing from Colombia, South America, Ricardo has worked at Dell since 1999 as a content developer, and most recently ... Recent Posts Twitter: It’s Not Just TMI About Your Friends!

  

  Dawn Lacallade Lead Stormchaser
  1 Posts	About Dawn has been with Community for several years and is currently the Lead Stormchaser for Dell Ideastorm. She has been w... Recent Posts Wii Fit: Who Says Exercise Can’t Be Fun?

  

  MoneyGuyBK
  1 Posts	About MoneyGuyBK is one of our most active and helpful customers on the Dell Community Forum, where he has earned “Supersta... Recent Posts You and Your Idle PC Can Help Humanity

  

  Jennifer Allison Global Consumer Internal Communications
  1 Posts	About Jennifer joined Dell’s Corporate Communications group in 2006 to focus on executive and employee communications for t... Recent Posts Separating Ourselves from the Animals

  

  Matt Parretta Dell Analyst Relations
  1 Posts	About Matt has been at Dell since 2006 and is responsible for relationships with consumer industry analysts. He spent four ye... Recent Posts Photography PhD Not Required

  

  Eric Erway Program Manager, Global Online
  1 Posts	About Eric serves as a program manager for Dell’s Global Online team, working with multiple groups to translate customer re... Recent Posts Making Technology Work for You

  

  Rick Scott
  1 Posts	About Rick is a PADI open water scuba instructor and photographer. He splits time between his home in Austin and his ranch ne... Recent Posts For Under $500, Gear Up for Amazing Underwater Shots

  

  Todd Smart Dell Community Outreach Administrator
  1 Posts	About My job is to support our Community Liaisons as they help to resolve customer issues. I’m originally from Western New ... Recent Posts Wireless Networking is Great, But There Are Practical Concerns

  

  Jennifer Hughes Community Content Manager
  1 Posts	About Jennifer leads the content coordination for Dell’s social media properties. She has been involved with social media s... Recent Posts Technology to Tri

  

  Geoff Knox Supervisor, Global Operations for Community Team
  1 Posts	About Geoff has been with Dell since 2005 and has been working with Dell’s social media efforts since 2006. He has been a f... Recent Posts To Be, or Not To Be, on the Vista SP1 Bandwagon?

  

  aikiwolfie Frequent Contributor to IdeaStorm
  1 Posts	About I got my first Atari when I was only 2 years old - 1980 I think - and I've had a computer of some kind ever since. Past... Recent Posts Thoughts on Simplifying IT and After-Sales Support

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  • Hey DJs! It’s the Million DJ March
  • Show a Little Laptop Love!
  • In Search of Joe Average Gamer
  • Web Cams on Ubuntu? Easy as Saying Cheese
  • Protect It, Without Comprising Chic Geek Style
  • Memory Lane: The Making of a Gaming Griefer
  • The ROI on GPS
  • New One-Stop Warranty Service Available to U.S. Consumers
  • Windows Vista + Windows XP: The Best of Both Worlds
  • Microtransactions Becoming Major Issue with Gamers

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  • The Asus EeePC 900 has a
    touchscreen option available for
    it. I submitted an idea for ...
  • I have never heard of using a
    vacuum to clean a notebook. But, I
    will try it out if it...
  • Basically I like the Dell Dock,
    however, I am sorry to say that I
    rather keep my Object...
  • Now you can download it from
    Dell for Windows
    Vista XPS/Dimension
    420 XPS/Di...
  • It's available for all Dell
    Computers ! Just go to the
    Driver-page! (i tried it on m...
  • I already picked up the
    battlechest. Yep, the graphics in
    the older games are bad by to...
  • Looking really forward to get new
    Win 7. Jaak, http://shop.it.ee/
  • Twice faster than ee PC, screen
    from border-to-border, same
    size/weight and equipped wi...
  • You can download it for
    free http://www.sightspeed.com/del
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  • Unfortunately I throw my sticks in
    my suitcase(purse) I throw it in
    the car seat. I lea...
  • John: I have to admit... I've spent
    an obscene amount of time playing
    Diablo I and II, ...
  • The game looks like it will be a
    winning. I am looking forward to
    its release. Thanks...
  • These were most wonderful articles
    - my sincere congratulations and
    warm regards, Boris Petrov
  • Wow, it is nice to see that
    something is being done about these
    scams! ;)
  • I'm glad there is an option to have
    North American tech support now but
    I'm not impress...

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About: John Pope Lead Editor/Moderator John Pope, a.k.a. JohnP@Dell, has been involved with social media since 2006 and computers since, well, let's just say since portable computers weighing 50 pounds were considered slim.

Recent Posts

1. Web Cams on Ubuntu? Easy as Saying Cheese July.2.2008_8:24 am

   Categories: Operating Systems, Social Media, Tips

   A number of you have asked for Linux tips on Your Blog. So with a tip of the hat, I’m pleased to pass along a nugget submitted by community member aikiwolfie:
   A quick and very simple way to get web cams working in Ubuntu is to install a Gnome application called Cheese. Installation is very simple.

   Open […]

3. New One-Stop Warranty Service Available to U.S. Consumers July.1.2008_8:13 am

   Categories: Customer Service, Desktops, Displays, Laptops

   Dell is launching a premium 24×7 warranty service called “Your Tech Team.” It’s the result of customer feedback on IdeaStorm and elsewhere, plus experience we’ve gained with a 30,000-customer pilot project in the New York metropolitan area.
   The idea behind “Your Tech Team” is to offer consumers a one-stop, $99 option for all their Dell support […]

5. 100 Things to Better Brand Yourself Online June.19.2008_10:47 am

   Categories: Social Media, Tips

   If you think you’re arriving late to the social media party, relax. It’s just beginning.
   In your quest to master our new Web 2.0 world, here’s a thought: Why not start with yourself? Chris Brogan recently penned a brilliant post on 100 things you can do to better brand yourself online. Home Base, Passports, Outposts and […]

7. Online Conversations Circa 2138 June.17.2008_12:11 pm

   Categories: Social Media

   Reading Natalie’s post below on outrageously priced cell phones led me to recall a recent news story about a copy of the world’s first telephone book, circa 1878, surfacing in Connecticut, which in turn got me to wondering what online conversations might be like in 130 years.
   I can only speculate based on what I’ve read […]

9. And the Most Dangerous Web Domain for Web Surfers is … June.4.2008_10:52 am

   Categories: Security

   Cnet says that a report due out today will finger the Web’s most dangerous domains. Topping of the most-dubious list: Hong Kong (.hk).
   Here’s an excerpt from their post:
   The McAfee Mal Web report, which serves as a safety guidebook to risky online neighborhoods, reveals that 19.2 percent of all Web sites ending with the .hk domain […]

11. Bloggers’ Little Helper for Finding Images June.3.2008_9:50 am

    Categories: Photography, Social Media, Tips

    One of the great banes of blogging is the toil it takes to come up with just the right image, and not to sweat the legal issues. Well, help is here in the form of Compfight, a Web app that lets anyone who can type a keyword quickly and easily search a wealth of Flickr […]

13. Music Lovers: Show What You Know May.28.2008_12:27 pm

    Categories: Music, Social Media

    Real music lovers – like my wife, who is amassing a collection of digitized tunes that at last count can run non-stop for 28 days – are always on the hunt for new ways to glean more information about favorite artists and discover new ones. ReadWriteWeb highlights a Web site called The Rock Hard Times, […]

15. Squeezing Blood from a Gas Pump May.23.2008_3:58 pm

    Categories: Environment, Tips

    NPR reported this morning that crude oil prices are hitting prices unimaginable just a few months ago, but the impact on U.S. driving plans for this Memorial Day weekend is projected to be minimal. OK, so we’re still going to hit the highways but, thanks to technology, we don’t have to take a full hit […]

17. Be Aware of Crime Hotspots with SpotCrime May.22.2008_4:48 pm

    Categories: Social Media

    After discussing white-collar capers with Your Blog readers sugarbear, jervis961 and Quint in connection with my password post yesterday, I ran across a mashup called SpotCrime. It takes police blotter and news reports in a variety of major U.S. cities – over the time period you designate – and plots incidents like robberies, burglaries and […]

19. Top 10 Most Common Passwords … Duh! May.21.2008_10:41 am

    Categories: Desktops, Laptops, Security, Tips, Uncategorized

    My mother used to counsel that if you couldn’t say anything nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.  Moms are almost always right, but after reading a blurb over at PC Magazine on the most commonly used computer passwords, I’ve got to go on record that people whose passwords are on this list are […]