Great ideas
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 20. August 2010
The last 3 days we have had our regular team meeting. It was very productive, enlightening and fun for yet again another time. Infrastructure worked, people were willing to share information and did so in a comprensible way, ideas came up, decisions were made and our team culture grew.
So being back and retrospecting the past few days I am considering the lessons learned from this last trip:
- It’s always great when meetings are successful, but it sure takes a certain amount of preparation otherwise you can be sure they will fail. Need some tips about that? That’s fine, just check out this post… (more…)
Tags: Creativity, Ideas, Meetings
Life without i-Devices
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 11. August 2010
Returning from my summer holidays taken in a small island somewhere in the middle of the Greek aegean see, I cannot help but asking myself how I could ever manage and make it on time catching my plane flying me back home. I don’t ware a watch, I don’t need one as I always carry my iPhone in my pocket. While on holidays not only I had not checked the time on the cell phone but barely even used it for calls, or text messages. Theoretically I could check my emails when being near an open WiFi, but in fact this had never really worked out because either the WiFis were password protected or my battery was that low that upon connecting to the open WiFi the device would simply shut down by itself. (more…)
Successful meetings
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 24. June 2010
Returning from our ProjectWizards’ team meeting, which I feel was very successful, I happened to stumble upon this article: 10 top tips for successful meetings. The list is in my opinion complete. Is there however something you would like to add? We would love to get your comments.
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Photo: View from the window of our conference building showing the Main Plaza skyscraper (in the middle), back side of House of Literature (bottom left) and the famous Frankfurter skyscraper skyline (in the right) - Frankfurt on Main, Germany
Tags: Meetings
WWDC 2010
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 10. June 2010
These are some of the photos we’ve got from our developers attending this year’s WWDC:
Does this sound like my parents went to Saint Francisco and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt? 
Not a fitting comparison if you ask me… We are very excited and looking forward to hearing from them upon their return. There is surely so much to tell about interesting new developments, attended workshops, new connections to other developers or the applications presented and how all this new knowledge and experience can influence Merlin’s further development.
CeBit 2010
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 2. March 2010
Merlin and ProjectWizards are this year as intended at the CeBit 2010 in the OS X Business Park. According to the organisators, CeBit is
… the world’s foremost tradeshow for the digital industry in Hannover – Germany
If you prefer some independent information about Cebit 2010 you may want to check this one.
OS X Business Park: 25 companies with business solutions for Macs and iPhones. A fitting place for your favourite wizard.
Our CEO, Frank Blome presenting Project Managent on the Mac OS X with Merlin.
Tags: Business solutions, CeBit, Germany, Hannover, Mac OS X, Merlin
Macworld 2010, photo impressions
Frank Blome on 14. February 2010
Welcome to MacWord 2010…
Inside the expo…
Macworld expo
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 9. February 2010
Macworld Expo kicked off today and even though Merlin is not presented in a booth our CEO, Frank Blome, is very busy in San Francisco taking with PMs from all over the world and doing last minute preparations for the Merlin co-sponsored ‘Cirque du Mac’ party.
We have read Jeff Gamlet’s post at the Mac Observer about the importance or unimportance of Apple’s absence at the conference. The author points out that:
Macworld Expo is about interacting with your colleagues, friends, session instructors and the companies that make the products we buy.
So it is an Expo for consumers and a special event for everyone taking place.
That’s all very nice and cool, but what we find most interesting is your opinion.
How important is Apple’s presence for you and how does it influence your decision whether to visit the expo or not?
The Merlin and iPhone presentation in London
Antoni Cherif on 27. February 2009
Last night I had the opportunity to demonstrate Merlin on the Mac and unveil Merlin iPhone at the Apple Store in London, Regent Street
As the 5pm presentation start time approached, seating was nearing capacity and set-up had gone without a hitch. I just wish I could say the same about the rest of my day leading to the presentation. Those who follow me on Twitter (fblome) know my travails all too well; my flight to London was first delayed due to technical issues, and then cancelled altogether. End result? I dashed back into my car and drove from Münster to Düsseldorf to catch another flight to London (yes, this one fortunately left on time). All told, I touched down in London five hours later than I should have, but fortunately, I still made it in time for my Merlin presentation at the Apple Store. Here are the slides from my presentation:
Update: We are excited to learn that the editors of http://www.slideshare.net have just promoted our presentation to be featured on their home page!
Get together in Atlanta (Oct 6th)
Administrator on 13. September 2007
While we are in Atlanta, GA from October 6-9 for the PMI World Congress (booth 1113), I think it 
would be a great opportunity to meet all the Mac users and PM’s who are using Macs on their projects. Of course developers and users of other applications can join us as well.
We are thinking Saturday (the 6th) might be a good day for doing that. We’ll start at 7:30 pm. Let us meet in the Embassy Suites at Centennial Olympic Park in the Bar.
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