Archive for June, 2009

Three Secrets to Make a Message Go Viral | Fast Company

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Not sure what Viral Marketing is? Want to know how to use viral marketing? This article will get you started.

Three Secrets to Make a Message Go Viral | Fast Company.

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Twitter is more than a recreational conversation

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
For those who are still trying to figure out if Twitter has any value beyond entertainment, here is a hint of the incredible potential of social networking tools.
In requesting that Twitter delay a scheduled outage, the Obama administration acknowledged that the message service could change history in Iran.
via http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/middleeast/17media.html
International / Middle East
Washington Taps Into a Potent New Force in Diplomacy
By MARK LANDLER and BRIAN STELTER
Published: June 17, 2009
 

The Obama administration says it has tried to avoid words or deeds that could be portrayed as American meddling in Iran’s presidential election and its tumultuous aftermath.

Yet on Monday afternoon, a 27-year-old State Department official, Jared Cohen, e-mailed the social-networking site Twitter with an unusual request: delay scheduled maintenance of its global network, which would have cut off service while Iranians were using Twitter to swap information and inform the outside world about the mushrooming protests around Tehran. (more…)

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5 Ways to Quiet the Noise

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Peace and Calm

This blog entry from Fast Company is worth a read by itself. It raises some interesting questions.

In this entry, Robert Brunner  hypothesizes:

We are so connected now that peace is elusive. I know I have had to force myself at times to just say no to my iPhone–I find myself in social situations having to stifle the urge to crank up the ol’ pocket pal just to see what is up. We are bombarded constantly with e-mail, IMs, Twitters, RSS feeds, YouTube, iPhone games, the list goes on and on. It’s hard to find moments where the brain can just be still.

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Made to Stick: Hold the Interview | Fast Company

Monday, June 8th, 2009

 

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What does an interview really tell you about a potential employee? If that person interviews well, are they going to bring the skill set you want? How do you really know?

A manager I know needed to hire someone who could master MSExcel. He designed a test consisting of a simple set of actions to be carried out in Excel. One task was to Freeze Panes. No one tested actually knew how to do that. Only one person looked it up in the Help index. (more…)

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7 Ways to Wake Up

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

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Here are a few tips to try when you hit that point in the day where you are struggling to keep your eyes open, and you wish you could just go back to bed.

  1. Put on some peppy music. It is hard to be sleepy when your toes are tapping.
  2. Get up and walk around. Stop by a couple coworker’s offices, and find out how their day is going. When you sit too long, your blood pools in your legs and seat, and your brain doesn’t get as much oxygen.
  3. Caffeine. Go get a cup or can of your favorite caffeinated drink.
    Cinnamon also works as a stimulant for some people.
  4. If you are cold, get warmer. If you are cozy warm, get cooler.
  5. Write a letter to someone you care about. Once you are engaged in communicating, it is difficult to stay sleepy.
  6. Work creatively on a creative project. I’m fighting the midmorning slump by writing this blog entry.
  7. Stretch and yawn. It’s okay, and it really can help.

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