Techdirt:
Early on, we predicted that Apple's walled garden approach to apps for the iPhone would lead to developer backlash. Even if it was successful at first, the obvious trajectory was that it wouldn't just lead to problems that drove developers away, but it would eventually limit application innovation, just as other competing (Read More)
Submitted by Mvndrvrt
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When you apply for a job, one of the first things that employers will do is take a look at your resume. Traditionally, this along with a face to face interviews were the steps to getting a job. With the ability to now get information within seconds, traditional steps to getting a job are being substituted by other methods. (Read More)
Submitted by Ivanwalsh
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Meet Captain Jing, eat Alphabetti Spaghetti, create lists in Robohelp, move technical writers to network thinking, LaTeX (not that type!), Why I Wasn’t Sold on Single Sourcing, The Moment I Felt Like an Executive, Does Your Company Need a Dedicated Tweeter? and how much does Darren Rowse earn from Blogging. What are you (Read More)
Submitted by Mvndrvrt
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Last week on the HR Happy Hour show in between some bombs being dropped (certain HR types being described as 'secretaries' or 'blue-hairs') one really interesting technology related point was made. Specifically, experience working in one of the leading HR Technology vendors, perhaps one that focuses on Talent Management tec (Read More)
Submitted by Ferringer
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SharePoint Server 2010 can be installed on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You can find installation steps for different OSes on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx . So is there any difference between these OSes when you want to play with SharePoi (Read More)
Submitted by Simonvreeman
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Given my intense focus on sales and marketing in recent blog posts, I thought it was time to hear directly from the field. I interviewed Adam Honig, CEO of Innoveer Solutions, a marketing consulting and CRM implementation company. My intent was to get insight on what companies are doing to optimize sales and marketing. Some (Read More)
Submitted by Logicalextremes
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A leading genetics company that has pioneered personal DNA testing in health assessments went bust yesterday, raising privacy concerns about the sensitive data it holds. DNA profiles belonging to thousands of people who have paid up to £600 for internet genetic tests are to be transferred to a new organisation, after deCODE (Read More)
Submitted by Adamsherk
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Two weeks ago I weighed in on what Twitter's new Lists function means for the PR business. Since then, I have been curating our own lists for your reference and ours. We'll continue to edit and add new lists, and will look at ways to use a one to follow more immediate issues and see how the industry is getting involved.Co (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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Scoble has a list up of 12 common mistakes that startups make. I’m going to bring out three of them:2. You can’t tell me what you do in a single Tweet. See that super complicated Toyota Prius in my driveway? It gets better mileage than your car. If you can’t explain why your product is better, the way I just did with the (Read More)
Submitted by Mvndrvrt
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There are many free or very cheap services available to businesses.Web hosting, email hosting, file sharing, CRM and more - you can find just about any service you need for free or very low cost, thanks to the growing of the Internet. Think about it, for all the power of Facebook and Twitter, when is the last time you recei (Read More)
HRM Today Featured Posts:
OK…now that I’ve recovered from my rant about the human resources profession, let’s discuss the people part…I’ll start by pointing out the 800 lb elephant in the room. Are there crappy HR people in organizations? Yes. There – I said it. And, there may actually be a lot of them out there. Which is why magazines like Fas (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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After this morning’s more technical sessions, the afternoon of the IBM analyst event this year reinforced the non-technology driven speaking-agenda that IBM has been going on about over the past year, that being “Smart Planet.” That phrase has has come to wrap two things:The Internet of Things realized in an industrial form (Read More)
The Future Buzz:
Something strange has happened. It’s more than just your marketing being dated, although that happened too. There is a deeper shift that has occurred and few have caught up with it.It’s that marketing itself was disrupted. We need something else. And what’s next is going to look more sociology-driven than something take (Read More)
Submitted by Adamsherk
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During his presentation at PubCon, Tony Wright shared a quote that really stuck with me. In my liveblogging craze, I have no idea where the quote originally came from (forgive me. Do share, if you know), but here it is:“If I tell my Facebook friends about your brand, it’s because I like my friends – not because I like your (Read More)
Feld Thoughts:
Over the weekend, I read what I think is going to be my “best book of the year.” It’s Zeitoun by Dave Eggars of McSweeney’s fame. Some people just know how to write. And Eggars is one of them. Wow.As I ran around downtown Manhattan this morning thinking about how radically different my run today was from my typical runs (Read More)