Posts Tagged ‘current events’
Google Wave: The Positive Influence of Disruptive Technology
Technology has rocked our world repeatedly in profound ways. This will happen many more times and is about to happen again with Google Wave. It’s going to be a tidal wave! Imagine email, instant messaging, document sharing and much more integrated into a real time platform. Or don’t imagine it and just wait a few ...Read more.
Twestivals & Brushfires: How Social Media Continues to Bring People Together
As the old phrase “technology is killing face to face communication because everyone is buried in a computer or mobile device” continues to be spoken by some, it simply doesn’t ring true for people who are actually using social networking sites. Yesterday we saw a stunning example of this in Australia with emotional tweets bringing ...Read more.
Barack Obama’s Inaugural Influence
You may have heard that tomorrow there’s some inauguration thing going on. Apparently there’s been a little bit of news coverage on this event. Actually, there’s been more media coverage on Barack Obama’s inauguration than any other previous inauguration. In fact, tickets for the inauguration are going for thousands of dollars online. It seems that ...Read more.
How to Use Twitter For Your Business
More and more individuals and businesses are starting to catch on to the power of social media for brand building, customer relations, connecting with peers to learn and share with, etc. One of the reasons that it can be more powerful than traditional media is that it facilitates a two way (or more) authentic conversation. ...Read more.
Work From Home Making $500 a day for 30 minutes of Data Entry …or NOT
In the current job climate many people are more vulnerable than usual to work at home scams. I work from home, but not for a multi-level company promising the moon for very little work. I’m a consultant and my clients are legitimate companies that hire me for concrete services like copywriting, designing and implementing marketing ...Read more.
How the Mainstream Media Actually Works
This video of The Young Turks helps to point out how political pundits lie to the public while kissing up to the most powerful politicians until they begin to lose power. Then, like magic, the truth that everyone knew all along comes out of their mouths for the first time …years after it could have ...Read more.
Economic Crisis? – Your Perception is Your Reality
It’s not news that how you think the world is defines how it is for you. What’s amazing is how many of us learn this, but continue to go through life thinking that our way is THE way. Is your glass half full or half empty? With the unending drum beat about the economy “crisis,” ...Read more.
