Curated Stories Feb. 4, 2010

I’m a big fan of the work that Esteban Kolsky has been doing with Social CRM and he recently stated that he is going to be branching over towards the Enterprise 2.0 space. Social CRM and Enterprise 2.0 effo…

Fax machines are going the way of the dodo, yet sometimes there’s no easy way to transfer forms back and forth, especially ones that need to be filled out and sent back. FillAnyPDF steps in to fill the gap.Fill…

["Poor Imitation". The cartoon I sent out to the "Hugh's Daily Cartoon" list a day or two ago...]
It’s been a while since I last wrote about blogging to any great length, but here are some random thoughts, i…

Declaring that “we think resumes are where great experience and personality go to die,” the marketing agency Ink Foundry goes on to say: “In the 10 years that we’ve been in business, we’ve read hundre…

… and is our current Storyteller-in-Chief even telling stories?

Political and communications analysts have written recently about President Obama’s storytelling — or lack thereof — both in his State of…

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Customers of Seattle-based bag manu…

The history of financial reform shows that simple is best. Glass-Steagall was crude but it worked — it was easy to understand and enforce. Whatever measures are introduced this time round need to be equally p…

Morgan Stanleys uber-analyst Mary Meeker recently published her 671(!) page report on the state (and future) of the mobile internet. Of her eight key themes in the report, one really stood out:
Mobile is Ramp…

Microsoft’s Creative Destruction is an Op Ed in the New York Times by former Microsoft VP, Dick Brass. “Unlike other companies, Microsoft never developed a true system for innovation. Some of my former colleag…

I count my lucky stars that my fortunes don’t rely on SEO and PPC alone. I’m happy to be part of a couple of agencies with a full range of interactive and traditional marketing solutions. That means I don�…

With all the talk about social networks and engagement, when it comes to getting things done, we rely on search. The image above was part of the set I used last Fall at the Inbound Marketing Summit when we tal…

Without issuing a recall of its iconic Prius hybrid vehicles, Toyota on Thursday said a software glitch is to blame for braking problems in the 2010 model.

You’re in a meeting with a boss or your client, and it happens.
They present an idea or a plan, and your inner monologue says “WHAT? No way. No, no, no. We can’t do it that way.”
Disagreements and debat…

Brand narratives are a big part of many traditional advertising campaigns, since stories are such a powerful way to connect with others. In social media campaigns, stories become even more important, a panel of…

39% of UK consumers claim that the marketing emails they receive are less relevant than they were 12 months ago, which suggests that brands need to improve to keep customers engaged.
According to an e-Dialog E…

Nice musings by chum David C and Stowe Boyd around this study that suggests its the not the number of connections you have that determines your influence, but rather the nature of those connections – your b…

Wow. Remember when MySpace was the dominant social network? Seems like a long time ago, as the past three years have seen Facebook approach, catch, and blow past MySpace to become our preferred online hangout s…

Brandon started a discussion on an internal mailing list, asking, “The usability lab is now the ________ ?”, and explaining:
10 to 15 years ago the usability laboratory was the must-have for vetting and tes…

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks — The worlds largest Internet search company and the worlds most powerful electronic surveillance organization are…

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Apple Now Lets You Preview iPhone Apps In Your Browser — In November 2009, Apple launched a feature dubbed iTunes Preview, which essentially enabled people to see what music…

SAP’s newly released beta product 12Sprints — a free cutting edge collaborative decision-making tool — adds much needed structure to the idea of real-time collaboration, made popular by Google Wave, and i…

A new study published today by Pew Internet finds that teens and young adults are blogging less and using social networking sites more, with the prominent exception of Twitter.Pew’s Report surveyed 2,253 Amer…

Don’t you hate it when people give you advice that’s confusing and complicated? I have found that the best advice is typically the simplest. So I decided to take a page out of Dharmesh Shah’s book and gi…