Jul 22 2010
Twitter is used mainly to exchange information (81.6 percent), NHN’s social networking service MeToday for fun (60.8 percent), Cyworld to network and keep in touch with friends (90.9 percent) and Facebook for business (26.7 percent).
The Chosun Ilbo
Jul 20 2010
“Every few days at The Washington Post, staffers get a notice like this: “Please welcome Dylan Feldman-Suarez, who will be joining the fact-integration team as a multiplatform idea triage specialist, reporting to the deputy director of word-flow management and video branding strategy. Dylan comes to us from the social media utilization division of Sikorsky Helicopters.”
Jul 19 2010
thedailywhat:
Sign Of The Times of the Day: Does this mean I’ll finally be able to be Facebook Friends with nana and pop-pop? Oh happy day!
[gizmodo.]
Jul 15 2010
Other defectors told similarly horrific stories. One said her appendix was removed without anesthesia and her hands and feet were bound to prevent her from moving during the procedure. Others told of entire cities with no ambulances.
This is North Korea. Humanitarian crisis doesn’t begin to describe the misery of North Korea.
Founders of the most successful companies are motivated less by the lure of riches than the dream to solve an important problem and benefit the world. As a young, self-taught computer engineer, Mitch Kapor saw an opportunity in the early 1980s, another recessionary period, to create software tools for personal computers that would help businesses be more productive. So in 1982 he founded his own software company called Lotus.
“When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices.”
Jul 8 2010
— Dan Ariely
A TED.com talk on irrational behavior.
Jul 7 2010
“Some start-ups put a lot of emphasis on work-life balance. I try to work the hardest I can without burning myself out.”
— Justin Kan from Justin.tv
a profile in Inc.
“We’ve begun tracking employee relationships. When employees log in to their computers, we ask them to look at a picture of a random employee and then ask them how well they know that person — the options include “say hi in the halls,” “hang out outside of work,” and “we’re going to be longtime friends.” We’re starting to keep track of the number and strength of cross-departmental relationships — and we’re planning a class on the topic. My hope is that we can have more employees who plan to be close friends.”