There was a time to learn how to use e-mail, texting, and even an
ATM, but when is the right time to begin using social networks? The
answer may be that you have already started.
Thirty-five percent of American adults already have a profile on a
social media web site. While it falls short of the 65 percent of [...]

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Here are some of the more interesting leads of the week coming from Twitter users:
> Print your blog. Yes, take it from the paper-saving Interwebs to paper. Just like they used to print news
on.   http://www.theprintedblog.com. Thanks to @danschawbel for the find.
> 6 Sources of Inspiration for Tech Bloggers http://tinyurl.com/bpluyw by @corvida.
Thanks to @fastcompany for the [...]

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President Obama loves to keep in touch with his Blackberry, and now his new NSA approved unit.
The rest of us look for the candy – the applications – that make our Blackberry more useful for work, business and for fun. Here are my picks for some of the best apps to help you make it [...]

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With a tip of the hat to mediatransparent.com for the post, and to the creator Michael Reissinger for posting it on Vimeo, here is a (very entertaining) review on advertising from the 1940’s to today and the role that social media plays.
Scholz & Friends: “Dramatic shift in marketing reality from Michael Reissinger on Vimeo.

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The lights, the music, the stars… It’s Broadway!
Some 16 Broadway plays are closing or have closed in the span of a few months. Observing Broadway’s sharp downward trend, I looked for a similar upward trend. I found that trend in the growth of social media.
“Hairspray”, “Young Frankenstein”, Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe’s horsing around in “Equss”, [...]

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Many companies tout it, people want to work where it’s happening, and, in a recession, big companies pull back on it. The “IT” is Innovation, and many executives today take the approach that “I don’t know what it innovation is, but I know it when I see it.”
Innovation is “any change that creates value,” according [...]

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