SKILLS: Mastering Web Research

Sometimes you have to ask yourself, am I ruling the internet, or is it ruling me? In today’s world you can easily get overwhelmed with the amount of information and conversations – that seem to be increasing exponentially. Part of my work has me continually polling the internet for both daily news and also my [...]

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SOCIAL: Thoughts On Google’s OpenSocial

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock lately, you know that Facebook is presently the industry darling in social networking, having largely pushed MySpace off the industry’s stage, as it seems to offer a more compelling model for social interaction to users overall. Just as importantly, Facebook also lets any other company that wants to [...]

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TECH: Craigslist + GoogleMaps = Cool New Tool

It seems like the greater promise of the web is beginning to happen. In case you’re not aware, I wanted to point out an important trend that’s beginning to gel nicely! Web Sites are growing beyond being just destination sites, but are increasingly providing core services through published APIs, allowing their value propositions to be [...]

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