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New Phone System

While I was traveling to Detroit for business we had a new phone system installed at the office. This is a very slick system, soft dialing, queues, etc...What I didn't know was another plan was unfolding around the phone system. There was a phone box...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, The Black Fin, Deryl Dorsett, John Balod, Phone System

Xbox 360 Retail Game Library

One of my good friends recently posted his game library as part of his blog. So following that lead here is my collection of Xbox 360 Retail titles. I also have 40+ Arcade titles that may be listed later. 91 Retail Titles Owned (Game Reviews I have written...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Black Fin, Xbox 360, Telligenti, achievement points, NHL 2K7, TheBlackFin, Madden08, Gamerscore, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Halo 3, Star Wars, Bioshock, Game of the Week, NHL 2K8, COD4, Assassin's Creed, Lego Star Wars, NFS Prostreet, Mass Effect, LOST, LOST Via Domus, Gears of War, Army of Two, Dark Sector, Gearsofwar2, Gears of War 2, Madden09, Iron Man

Telligent Named "Best Place to Work in DFW"

I mentioned previously that Telligent was one of the few companies selected as Best Place to Work in DFW by the Dallas Business Journal. Last week was the official luncheon and awards ceremony to find out exactly where we placed in our category and overall...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Black Fin, Rob Howard, Scott Dockendorf, Jason Alexander, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, Dallas, The Black Fin, Social Networking, Culture, Telligent Culture, Best Places to Work, DBJ, Dallas Business Journal

Game of the Week: Gears of War 2

When the dust settled on the original Gears of War release over four million copies were sold and some of the highest critical praise of any title on the 360 to date. So it is easy to say that the expectations around Gears of War 2 are pretty high. Epic...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, Telligenti, achievement points, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, Gamerscore, The Black Fin, Microsoft, Bioshock, Game of the Week, Gears of War, Dark Sector, Gearsofwar2, Gears of War 2, Epic Games

Community Server 2008

On April 15th Telligent released Community Server 2008 . Community Server is the platform that powers communities for the likes of Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Dell and the MySpace.com forums and is the platform of choice for thousands of community implementations...

Filed under: Telligent, Community Server, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, Web 2.0, CS, marketing, viral marketing, marketing strategy, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, Xbox forums, ROI, Community ROI, community, Web 2.0 ROI, Incremental sales value, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Community Server 2008

Madden 09 Announcement

Electronic Arts Madden 09 franchise will celebrate it's 20th anniversary this year. With the release of Madden 09 on August 12th, EA will commemorate the 20th anniversary with a special collector's edition of one of the best selling franchises of all...

Filed under: Telligent, Xbox 360, Telligenti, achievement points, EA, Madden08, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Game of the Week, Madden Bowl XIV

Telligent Voted One of the Best Places to Work

When I first heard the news that we were one of the winners of the “ Best Places to work in DFW ” (announced in the March 14th print edition) I did one of those cheesy jumps you would see in a very cliché movie. Person 1 gets great news/wins the game...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, Dallas, The Black Fin, Telligent Culture, Best Places to Work

Super Bowl XLII

It has been confirmed that I will be going to Arizona for a week of events for Super Bowl XLII . Telligent will be supporting the Gridiron Greats assistance fund . The fund was created by Mike Ditka, Willie Davis, Harry Carson, Gale Sayers and others...

Filed under: Telligent, Community Server, Tom Edwards, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, Dallas, EA, Madden08, The Black Fin, Super Bowl XLII, Gridiron Greats

CES 2008 in closing

It is great to be back in Dallas! CES 2008 was a great event. From the Bill Gates hilarious " last day video " to all of the robots, gadgets and celebrities. CES is a definite must attend event for any tech/gadget lover. Being the avid gamer that I am...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Black Fin, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, Dallas, The Black Fin, CES 2008

Viva Fiñata???

It seems as though the pranks here at Telligent never end. Granted I may have occassionally pulled a prank or two but I was not expecting what happened today. My team put together a lunch for the company on behalf of the sales & marketing departments...

Filed under: Telligent, marketing, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, OU, Oklahoma Sooners, The Black Fin, iPhone, Culture, Telligent Culture

Four Black Fins?

Happy Halloween to everyone... Oh wait that was a few days ago. Well the scariest thing of all happened in the office on Halloween. I walked into the office to be greeted by 3 well how should I put this.... me's. As is the case here at Telligent pranks...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, The Black Fin, TheBlackFin: Tellicast, Telligent Culture

CSDC Live Blogging

This weekend was the first annual Community Server Developer Conference . With around 100 attendees from all over the world discussing development on the Community Server platform as well as sneak previews of upcoming Telligent products it comes as no...

Filed under: Telligent, Community Server, Tom Edwards, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, The Black Fin

Tellicast - Halo 3 Launch Event

Recently I talked about the Halo 3 Pre-Launch Event at the Microsoft campus in Las Colinas. Me, Scott Dockendorf , Karthik Hariharan and Adonis Bitar (disguised as Jason Alexander ) attended the event. It was a great time and our resident film maker Adonis...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, Scott Dockendorf, Jason Alexander, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, Dallas, The Black Fin, TheBlackFin: Tellicast, Microsoft, Halo 3

Tom-Foolery

The past few months we have talked about the pranks that have been played on various Telligenti from Cardboard Rob to Bobblehead Rob . Adonis Bitar , our resident film maker, has dedicated the latest Telligent tellicast to highlighting some of the pranks...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Rob Howard, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, The Black Fin, Culture

Paintball Anyone?

Team Building. That is what it's called when a company has a sponsored outing. In order to partake in team building on this day you had to drive to the middle of nowhere, don camouflage from days gone by (ex-military) and pick up high-powered weapons...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, Dallas, Paintball

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