The Latest from Big Think

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There’s a pretty big kerfuffle going on about marketing guru Seth Godin’s recent launch of Squidoo brand communities. n Godin launched a service that aggregated the conversation occuring about companies […]
I’m sitting in the conference room of the Courtyard Marriott in LA after my presentation to the International Professionals Network, I met some great members of the LA community and […]
I’m speaking at 1:30pm today (Tuesday, Oct. 6th) on how to build kick-ass Facebook Pages. I’ve pasted the slides here for reference and would love to hear what you think: […]
We’re going through some hiring right now, and every time we do a round of hiring I learn something new. Acting as a hiring manager (especially if the hire will […]
I had a good conversation this afternoon with a friend who works at Google, and we touched on ideas about how the world of search and the world of social […]
This is a great program for social media introduction moderated by Sarah Lacy. Sarah does a fantastic job. n I moderated a panel on this two weeks ago and I […]
The sub-title to this piece is “Patient-Advocates as Harbringers of Hope in the Health Care System.” n Disclaimer: I am a Libertarian-Progressive. I generally trust markets more than I trust […]
Twitter’s foray into search (through last year’s acquisition of Summize) has been commented on by every pundit under the sun. Twitter Search is has proved the benefits of real-time search […]
There’s been some speculation about what would be the Twitter of SXSW 2009. What breakout app would everyone begin to know and love. And while your answer might be foursquare, […]
Facebook Pages is the future. Seriously, it’s amazing. Scoble wrote a sweet article defending the recent facebook redesign which I don’t want to rewrite — so go read it. n […]
On Saturday, I attended The Future of Asia Redpath Seminar. It was an opportunity to learn from some incredible thinkers, I couldn’t have been happier with the mental meal I […]
MIT has conducted a recent study that seems to link socializing face to face with co-workers can lead to a 30% rise in worker productivity. This inherently makes sense, and […]
I pay attention to what smart people pay attention to. n I moderated a panel on social media yesterday for IPN, and got really deep into using facebook and twitter […]
The past three days I’ve gotten in two political arguments with folks who I perceive as creating rifts in the political process and slowing things down. The first was with […]
Happy 4th of July!  Today’s a fantastic day to hang with friends, watch fireworks, dance until 4am, and engage in all sorts of merriment. n Before I head out to […]
My buddy Salman loves Uncov. To be fair, so did I — it was my favorite guilty pleasure.  And before you start asking me questions like “how did it add […]
My Birthday Party is this Saturday (the 18th of October) at MR and is in celebration of Barack Obama. Come listen to music (Dave Lowensohn of Speechwriters LLC is playing […]
This guest post was written by our mechanical friends over at typealizer.com — they have leveraged the most powerful viral channel that exists, blogger’s egos. The analysis indicates that the […]
As a kid, I enjoyed producing written word. I hated the act of writing, but I enjoyed looking down and seeing my words on paper — and feeling like I’d […]
According to this article in Wired I’m in the right business n Involver, where I work, is the best platform to distribute your video content into social networks and build/manage […]