Internet of Things Leuven Meetup: DatePicking First Community Event ‏

Hello to all you IoT Groupies – We are hot!

I first wanted to check the response on this group … I must say that in the last months I've talked to a lot of people and I think we've got "a burning platform" in our local region. Which is fantastic because IoT comes with a huge load of opportunities.

So now that summer holidays are long gone and everybody is back in the daily routine it's time to really get up to speed with our Internet of Things community. I've got a few possible locations and 2 or 3 possible speakers, depending on the exact date and number of attendees. To facilitate the date picking I've created a doodle so please enter your availability asap.

List of possible topics: IoT in general, smartcity, smarthome, technical building blocks on IoT, business opportunities. Let me know if you have other topics you would like to see discussed or if you know somebody who can come and talk on any related aspect of IoT.

Join our community on http://www.meetup.com/Internet-of-Things-IoT-Leuven/

I'll be putting this message on twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and my blog. Don't forget to spread the word on all possible social media, hope to CU soon in large numbers!

Bart

http://about.me/bart.keybergh

Should you use twitter for business ?

Twitter, twitter, tweet, tweety (wasn't that the little yellow bird :-)) everywhere!

It seems that overnight Twitter bursted onto the scene and created quite a stir. At first, I found it ridiculous that little short one-liners about meaningless things would be anything I'd want to involve myself with as a professional. Well, I changed my mind, and I'll tell you why.


So, the real question is why you would use Twitter. If you look at it on the surface, it really can appear to be a colossal waste of time ... and it can be.

The best way to help you answer the "Twitter" question is to share with you the reasons I choose to use Twitter on a regular basis.

1. I find it is a valuable way to network and connect with other people in my line of work who have similar interests.
2. I have learned to quickly scan through those short little "Tweets" and stay in touch with business thoughts and ideas.
3. With all the links that are available in those brief 140 characters, I have access to a much broader and deeper knowledge base.
4. I find a steady stream (I sometimes refer to it as a rushing river) of ideas, links, resources, content and valuable tips.


Happy tweet!!