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Bathing in Statistics – Shift Happens Video
September 16, 2009 – 1:35 pm | View Comments

I always appreciate the “Did You Know” series of videos produced by the Shift Happens folks.   It is a form of infotainment to sit back and have a wide array of statistics -some are profound, …

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When All News Is Breaking News – Everything Gets Broken
September 15, 2009 – 4:46 pm | View Comments
When All News Is Breaking News – Everything Gets Broken

The headlong rush into the real-time web means yet another acceleration of the news cycle.   At a certain point (some may say the daily paper, others the hourly blog or yet others, the 15 second …

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The Failure of Newspapers and What it Means to the Rest of the World
September 15, 2009 – 3:46 pm | View Comments

This is a cross-post from Radar.
Speculation about the demise of the news business and advice about what they should do about it is everywhere. It makes for great, self-congratulatory sport but it won’t …

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To Tweet Or Not to Tweet – Handling Employee Use of Social Technologies
September 14, 2009 – 2:31 pm | View Comments

This is the second installment of my new series on Forbes focusing on Social Media Guidelines and Etiquette.

Here is a rough transcript of this segment:
Q.
How should I deal with employees using tools like Twitter for …

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Ecommerce by Invitation
September 2, 2009 – 12:48 pm | View Comments
Ecommerce by Invitation

I just found The Gilt Groupe. From their site:
Gilt Groupe provides access, by invitation only, to Men’s, Women’s and Children’s coveted fashion and luxury brands at prices up to 70% off retail. Each sale lasts …

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Social Sense and Sensibility – New Video Series on Forbes
August 26, 2009 – 9:36 am | View Comments

This is a new video series that I have begun with Forbes.  I have long wanted a larger forum to discuss the issue of social media etiquette.  While the term “etiquette” often conjures an image …

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Why I Love Posterous
August 23, 2009 – 3:35 pm | View Comments
Why I Love Posterous

I recently began experimenting with a new web publishing service called Posterous.   I love it.  Here is why:
Posterous begins with something nearly everyone knows how to do (email) and uses that as the basis for …

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Skills Focus vs. Customer Focus
August 16, 2009 – 11:50 pm | View Comments

I was reviewing some notes for an upcoming presentation and found this gem of a quote from a BusinessWeek interview with Jeff Bezos.
Q: Every company claims to be customer-focused. Why do you think so few …

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The Productivity Myth – Step Away From the Twitter – Get Back to Work
August 12, 2009 – 4:44 am | View Comments

This is a cross-post from Radar
Ever since I posted a how-to on establishing guidelines for social media in the workplace, the issue that has generated the most energy concerns productivity. Employers it seems are very …

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Alert: Joshua Ross is Up to No Good
August 5, 2009 – 2:50 am | View Comments

Does your name contain your fate?  Or some clues into your personality?
One of the easiest ways to see where you are showing up on the Internet is to set up a Google Alert. Just …

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