Weekend Reading

As a long time reader of Joey DeVilla’s excellent blog, Global Nerdy, I take exception to his post Fast Food, Apple Pies, and Why Netbooks Suck:

The end result, to my mind, is a device that occupies an uncom…

We need to spend more time learning about what we think and why vs. repeating what others think. This will be the underlying theme of this week’s posts. A great place to start developing this concept is with…

She said she thinks it is appropriate in the new age of social media and technology to post news of a death or memorialize a loved one on Web sites such as …

However, with the increased popularity of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, the concept has a better shot now. Why should anyone be interested …

It’s been a big year for social media in 2009 with Twitter going mainstream, Facebook passing 300 million users, Twitter real time search being integrated into Google, Monthly online video views passing 25 bi…

And somehow with all that, he has also figured out the secret to using online social media to boost his business. →Position: Executive Chef, Iguana Mexican …

Are you considering whether your company should use social media? Before you decide to encourage your key executives to blog, or start looking at private …

The phenomenon comes at an intersection of two trends: the explosion of social media sites and the sophisticated infrastructure that has emerged after more …

Today’s startups, entrepreneurs and investors live and die by what seem like a series of holy proverbs. “Release early, release often” is perhaps one of the most poignant phrases when considering product launch…

Great overview of 10 things business’ can use Twitter for – quick concise, great list to share w/ clients – http://bit.ly/8SAPE4

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told a live audience yesterday that if he were to create Facebook again today, user information would by default be public, not private as it was for years until the company cha…

In October, I first introduced Searchtastic, a new search engine for Twitter, whose claim to fame is archiving Tweets longer than the standard database, as well as letting you refine your search through live ad…

When blogs first started, the buzz words were all about community and discussion through comments and trackbacks from other blogs. Then it was all about getting subscribers (remember the million little RSS ic…

The recession has been great for social marketing, in fact, I feel it’s spurred the industry on. With overall reduced marketing budgets, companies must innovate, and find new channels that are more efficient…

In 2007, Wired Magazine published an article entitled the See-Through CEO where Redfin founder Glenn Kelman gained the public’s sympathy and a slew of new members by blogging his corporate woes. Lately we’ve be…

As we turn the page from 2009 to 2010, it’s a good time to check the status on Wikimedia’s open strategy exercise, to reflect on the process to date and think about the work ahead. I hope readers of this blog w…

Let’s say you want a list of every Fortune 1,000 CEO in the United States, along with a picture and contact information.

You can look through Google. Top page results may help a bit. But to get the granularity…

photo credit: El Mariachi 94

Modern copyright law can feel extremely broad at times. Every creative work made, whether it is a doodle on a napkin, a photograph or a poem, once it is fixed into a tangible…