Big Business - Big Brother

Interesting revisit to a CNBC piece done back in 2006. Who had a record on you and what records are they keeping? You'd be surprised. Check your local listings for a schedule of the rebroadcast.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15519811

Follow me following you! http://twitter.com/AJSanAgustin and watch for twitter treats!

Next - YouTube 30 second seminars, look for it - coming soon!

In May alone, 37.3 million people visited Twitter, and more than 100 million users now log on to Facebook at least once a day. Now smart HR managers are using Twitter, Facebook, and other online tools to engage employees and drive productivity increases. A recent study from Human Capital Institute reports that nearly half of U.S. companies are using these corporate social networks and more than half have implemented their own internal blogs and wikis.

Southwest Airlines, UPS, Verizon Wireless, Lockheed Martin, Federal Reserve Bank and other top employers are using social media to boost workforce morale and performance.

Web 2.0 is here and it's being used. Fad, fascination, or fabulous, it's technology and culture that warrants serious consideration!

Andrew J. SanAgustin
sanaa@foster.com

ShopSavvy - Barcode Scanning Software for your Wireless

ShopSavvy is a new tool available for cell phones (currently available for the Google phone through T-Mobile) that can read barcodes and provide you with information about a product. You use the camera's built in camera to scan the barcode of an item. The free software will then search for related information about the product. This technology could be adapted for Records Management in the very near future. Who knows, perhaps one day users and Records professionals can use their own mobile devices to manage records of an organization!!!!

Better news for our friend Dean Koga!

Now this is the news worth reporting! After being injured in Copenhagen by a bomb at the Outgames, Dean Koga goes on to win gold!

http://www.outsports.com/os/index.php/component/content/article/52-outgames2009/255-athlete-describes-bomb-attack-at-world-outgames

Dean Koga Injurred in Copenhagen at World Outgames

Our good friend and esteemed colleague, Dean Koga, while in Copenhagen participating in the World Outgames, was injured after small bombs were thrown onto the track.

We hope he recovers quickly, and wish him continued success at the games!

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=&sc3=&id=94294

Full Bio

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Andrew J. SanAgustin has been in the Records and Information Management field for 20 years. Currently, he is the Records and Conflicts Manager with Foster Pepper PLLC, in Seattle, WA. He began his career in Washington DC (where he attended the University of Maryland). His technical knowledge, understanding of Records theory and application, and project management ability lead him to opportunities in Pittsburgh, New York, and Seattle. His experience as a RIM leader spans across different corporate environments and business fields, including banks, real estate firms, accounting firms, city governments, and law firms. Along with managing team members with his solid peopling and coaching skills, Andrew is able to identify the Records needs of a business, and implement effective solutions with positive results - (including document and electronic content management, retention, destruction, offsite management, policy drafting and implementation, disaster recovery, E-Discovery management, Litigation Support, and vital record management­).Andrew is a member of AIIM, ALA, ARMA, a board member of the Greater Seattle Chapter of ARMA, and chairs the Seattle LISG (Legal Industry Specific Group). He is a National Speaker, a Topic Expert Presenter, a lecturer and Advisory Board member of the University of Washington Electronic Discovery Management Certificate Program, and CLE speaker and instructor (through the Washington State Bar Association), and has authored published articles on Records and Data Management.