Posted on January 1st, 2009 by aribadler
When the economy is in the tank everyone suffers, right? Wrong.
Throughout history there have been those who have made the most of times when they are bad. There is always something that someone wants or needs that a person has the ability to provide and the wherewithal to provide it at the right moment.
I thought of this the other day when sitting through my annual viewing of “It’s a Wonderful Life” with Jimmy Stewart. As the run was occurring on the banks, rich codgers like Mr. Potter were busy buying up people’s money at 50 cents on the dollar. That’s…
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Posted on December 31st, 2008 by Roseann
The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has taken to using twitter and widgets to try and get the state’s budget passed. He has apparently had enough and is trying to get the word out, in any way possible.
The widget he has developed also counts down the days since they have failed to act, and adds up what the expected budget deficit currently is. The widget is designed to be shared, simply by clicking the get and share link on the bottom. It can be added to most social networking profiles and sites as well as be emailed directly.
The governator also…
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Posted on December 30th, 2008 by Cymberly Pierce
The American Red Cross has created a great page that outlines all their various disaster relief tools that are available. Some of their social networking and web 2.0 tools include banners, Facebook resources, flickr tools, texting, videos and widgets.
Unfortunately, this great resource is hidden and is not easy to find from the main website. Participants may also want to participate by telling others about how they donated blood or volunteered. The American Red Cross could make this page more generic and less about “disaster relief” in order to expand its reach to a wider audience.
CURE International developed this concept in a different way
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Posted on December 30th, 2008 by Bill Bartman
At the end of each year, our print media counterparts love to publish “In and Out” lists. Newspapers and magazines own the ideal format to play up a fun look at what trends are coming in or going out. I noticed a few related to digital new media worth sharing.
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OUT
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IN
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“The Secret”
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“The Last Lecture”
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YouTube.com
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FunnyOrDie.com
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Watching TV on TV
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Watching TV online
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Waiting in line for the IPhone
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Waiting in Line for food stamps
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Sarah Palin
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Tina Fey
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Bushisms (nukular)
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Obamarama (eloquence)
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Okay – that last one I couldn’t resist. As for the Tina Fey item, remember that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and comedian Fey became two of 2008’s biggest…
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Posted on December 30th, 2008 by Bill Bartman
We were living in a dream world. The general public, and to a great extent the press, closed its eyes to the increasingly complex and baffling machinations of the financial industry, which kept screaming that oversight would ruin everything. – Bob Herbert, The New York Times
Bob Herbert’s comment about the U.S. public caught my attention not only because it is so true, but also because of its justified criticism of the nation’s “press.” It is the increasing failures of commercial news media – from missing an easily predictable financial catastrophe to a war started on laughably obvious false pretenses, to…
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Posted on December 30th, 2008 by aribadler
The digital world comes alive with plenty of forwards this time of year as people share their “Top 10 - fill in the blank - of 2008″ stories and lists.
The Associated Press’ member news outlets voted for the top 10 news stories of the year. It’s not a big surprise to see the U.S. presidential election, the economic meltdown and oil prices rounding out the top three spots, respectively.
If you want to know the top 10 YouTube videos, Top 10 computer stories, the top books, the top movies, the top music…all you have to do is look at what arguably could…
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Posted on December 30th, 2008 by Roseann
Twitter started it, Yammer followed suit, and now Wizehive has thrown its hat in the ring, the corporate organizational ring, that is.
WizeHive is an online collaboration and organization tool for busy people. It helps you organize your life and those around you. WizeHive works by allowing you to share notes, ideas, messages, files and todo lists with your coworkers and friends in individual workspaces, yet also lets you see a global view of all your activities in one integrated screen.
WizeHive can be run from a browser but more importantly can be communicated with through any email program or mobile devices. We also…
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Posted on December 30th, 2008 by Roseann
Julio Ojeda-Zapata, and the people at Happy About Books, have released a book designed to help businesses decide how best to use Twitter for business.
He has this to say about this new venture,
As a top U.S. technology journalist, I’ve created a unique blend of professional reportage and social-media insight. My book is based on months of research into Twitter best practices in business, as well as my own extensive Twitter use.
“Twitter Means Business” profiles businesses of all types and sizes that have learned to exploit Twitter in a variety of creative, effective ways.
The book provides an intimate tour of the…
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Posted on December 28th, 2008 by Bill Bartman
Some surprising revelations regarding Internet profitability at a major U.S. newspaper provide me a sought opportunity to clarify my August 2008 comment that newspapers are “doomed.” Speaking this month at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication, Los Angeles Times editor Russ Stanton stated the Times‘ Web site revenue now exceeds its editorial payroll costs. My prediction for the demise of that very place I began my professional career, newspapers, is based on multiple fac
tors starting with digital new media. Among other factors was my now challenged belief that newspaper Web site revenue could never cover the costs of present…
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Posted on December 28th, 2008 by Bill Bartman
When I first began what was to become frequent travel to Europe and Asia in 1985, I clearly recall being very surprised by how advanced electronic equipment was over what we had in the U.S.A. I wondered how the most creative, diverse, innovative culture, and open society could be behind on the technological comforts of life. A few decades later, the U.S. has fallen even further behind. So in his typically excellent latest column, The New York Times’ Thomas L. Friedman asks, “If we’re so smart, why are other people living so much better than we are?”
From cell phones to wireless…
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