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• 270

  Why 270? What does it mean? Why is it the title of this post? This number is very meaningful to me. Well at least today it is. You see 270 represents the number of days between the last shutout in our office hockey competitions. The last time it happened... Posted Jul 14 2008, 05:40 PM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, The Black Fin, NHL 2K8

• 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... Posted May 15 2008, 03:39 PM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards 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. Retail Titles (Game Reviews I have written are... Posted May 09 2008, 06:00 PM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Madden08, Xbox 360, achievement points, NHL 2K7, Telligenti, Black Fin, TheBlackFin, Gamerscore, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Halo 3, Star Wars, Bioshock, NHL 2K8, Game of the Week, COD4, Lego Star Wars, NFS Prostreet, Mass Effect, LOST, LOST Via Domus, Army of Two, Gears of War, Dark Sector, Gears of War 2, Gearsofwar2, Madden09, Iron Man, Assassin's Creed

• 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... Posted May 08 2008, 08:22 PM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Scott Dockendorf, Rob Howard, Dallas, Telligenti, Jason Alexander, Black Fin, TheBlackFin, 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... Posted Apr 19 2008, 08:35 AM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, achievement points, Major Nelson, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, Gamerscore, The Black Fin, Microsoft, Bioshock, Game of the Week, Gears of War, Dark Sector, Gears of War 2, Epic Games, Gearsofwar2

• 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... Posted Apr 17 2008, 08:52 PM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, ROI, Web 2.0 ROI, Community ROI, Incremental sales value, community, viral marketing, Community Server, Xbox 360, Xbox forums, Telligenti, marketing, CS, Web 2.0, marketing strategy, TheBlackFin, 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... Posted Mar 31 2008, 01:15 AM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Madden08, EA, Xbox 360, achievement points, Telligenti, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, 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... Posted Mar 17 2008, 10:42 AM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Dallas, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, 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... Posted Jan 16 2008, 05:02 PM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Madden08, Community Server, EA, Dallas, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, 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... Posted Jan 12 2008, 10:00 AM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Dallas, Telligenti, Black Fin, TheBlackFin, The Black Fin, CES 2008

• Viva Finata???

  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... Posted Jan 03 2008, 04:25 PM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Oklahoma Sooners, Telligent, OU, Telligenti, marketing, TheBlackFin, 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... Posted Nov 01 2007, 11:57 AM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, The Black Fin, TheBlackFin: Tellicast, Telligent Culture

• CSDC Live Blogging

  Today kickoff the first annual Community Server Developer Conference . With around 100 attendess from all over the world discussing developing on the Community Server platform as well as sneak previews of upcoming Telligent products it comes as no surprise... Posted Oct 20 2007, 02:25 PM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Community Server, 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... Posted Oct 02 2007, 06:39 PM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Scott Dockendorf, Xbox 360, Dallas, Telligenti, Jason Alexander, TheBlackFin, 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... Posted Sep 05 2007, 11:10 AM by TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Rob Howard, Telligenti, TheBlackFin, The Black Fin, Culture