Curated Stories Mar. 27 & 28, 2010

My latest blog post is a shout-out to two of my favorite burger bars in my hometown of Milwaukee, WI. I dive deep into the work AJ Bombers has done with Twitter, Facebook and FourSquare. Theirs is a story o…

A recent research study by IBM indicates that micro-blogging sites like Twitter can be a powerful internal workplace communications tool.
The study said that despite the inherent simplicity, microblogs are evo…

by Bob Wachter, MD
One of my interns was “running the list” with me last week (giving me a thumbnail update on the plans for each of our inpatients). It was standard stuff until he got to Ms. X, a 80ish-yea…

Last week I scribbled about the future of the social health community. This week I’m in Australia speaking about screaming babies, practical parenting, and social media — such divergent things.
I’ve liste…

David Hunkar submits: An article in the Wall Street Journal on Friday lays out one reason why many U.S. states are facing deep budget deficit issues. From the article: “What if government workers earned the a…

[This is the first of a series of guest blog posts, based around the "Remember Who You Are" riff I'm always talking about. Today's post comes from my friend and mentor, Seth Godin, the great marketing author.]…

We’re less than a week away from getting our hands on the much-awaited Apple iPad. As iPaday approaches, more and more details about the iPad experience are emerging. Many are speculating on what apps wil…

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.If you’ve already searched for s…

We’ve featured a number of things to do with old books, but what better use for an old book than turning into a new book? Craft blog Craftzine highlights the b…

Only a few pockets within the Providence team have access, for now, to social media, Jennings said. But she and other managers have identified several …

Frank Rich:

The Republicans haven’t had a single African-American in the Senate or the House since 2003 and have had only three in total since 1935. Their anxieties about a rapidly changing America are we…

List of game-changing brands – and how they’re doing it – http://bit.ly/cF5hZH (via @frogdesign)

Useful list of 8 tools to analyze your websites accessibility – http://bit.ly/b2jstN (via @jophillips)

Do you want to stay on top of the press releases that are published by PRNewswire? We’ve aggregated them for you at PRNewswire.alltop. This is a very easy way scan hundreds of press releases in seconds.

Perhaps the most forwarded poem ever, from a full time poet no less. You can buy his book, too. (Thanks, Rod, for the link). [Video includes a coarse but common gesture, in case you need the alert].Linchpin t…

Don’t let anyone tell you it is easy to create a successfully engaging Facebook Fan Page. It is not.
It’s not an insurmountable task either. But it requires planning, time, some kind of HTML knowledge, desi…

Trying to control, or even manage, your online reputation is becoming increasingly difficult. And much like the fight by big labels against the illegal sharing of music, it will soon become pointless to even tr…

Here’s another dirty little secret about your brand and how you manage your online reputation…

Theres no difference between whats being said online and in the real world.

In fact, let’s call a moratorium on…

“Social media is so popular — for 350 million people to be active users, and for 50 percent to log in every single day … for something to have that kind …

While we brought you 15 amusing Google Street View sightings when the service launched back in 2007, in the last few years Google has expanded its coverage around the globe, which also means expanding the chan…

Annie OakleySo she’s using up all the ammunition she can get her hands on and accessing the power of social media to do her bidding. Will she succeed? …

Despite its walled-in history, many of Facebook’s recent strides have trended toward making what was once private public, and that which was previously unavailable to search engines discoverable. The company, c…

Want to know if the Digital Marketing agency youre working with truly understands the marketing part of your business equation?

All you have to do is see how well that Digital Marketing agency integrates with…

If you’re a friend of mine on Facebook or Twitter, you more than likely also know that I am a HUGE fan of Foursquare, a location-based social community where you check-in to different venues and rec…

It’s happened again. Another week, jam-packed with expert insights, has flown by. You’ve probably caught a few of the week’s essential resources, but there’s always that chance you missed something th…

When it comes to skateboarding it is definitely a skill that leaves me standing on the sidelines but one that I appreciate for the ability to seemingly bend the laws of gravity. I once tried skateboarding and…

I’ve always believed in the sheer power of “living the brand” internally, which is where effective employee communications can play such a powerful role. Recently I asked my communications colleagu…

Changes announced today to Facebook’s privacy agreement suggest the company is about to flip the switch and add location-based capabilities to the social network. Some think this might mean the en…

I was invited to spend a little time at the River Valley Charter School in Newburyport, MA, thanks to Christine Cohen. We knew each other by Twitter, and she was responding to my post about how new ideas could…

I got an email from someone who had hired a consulting firm to help his company find their true brand selves. They failed. He failed. He asked me if I could recommend a better one.My answer:The problem isn’t th…

Just a quick one, posting up of a press release, really. But important news – not the first time we’ve seen this but it’s been ages since say, the Pepsi announcement. Hat tip @inspiredadv…

Wikipedia talks about social media transforming the traditional media monologues, which were made up of one person or group speaking to a passive audience …

When Apple first introduced the iPad to the world, there was more than a bit of consternation around the fact that the new device, which finally ships next week, wouldn’t support Adobe Flash. While limiting a…

How, I wondered, might employers attempt to manage employees’ social media use, given the sheer number of sites and complexity of the emerging landscape? …

10 principles of #UX – love hearing different POV’s on things like this – http://bit.ly/d0yRyv (via @bokardo)

Luke Knowles is the founder of numerous money-saving websites including Coupon Sherpa, Gift Card Granny and Mr. Free Stuff. In 2008 Luke founded Free Shipping Day, now a red-letter discount date for online hol…

Location-based social networking apps like Foursquare are some of the hottest mobile trends of 2010. More than 500,000 people have joined Foursquare alone, and that number is growing fast.
But Foursquare is hop…