Barack Obama and the Permanence of Paper
Wednesday, 11/5/08 | 7 Comments

Business Week’s David Kiley says “Obama is great for newspapers” and describes his search for a newspaper this morning, only to find there were none available at the many locations he looked.
Mr. Kiley wraps his …

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Suggested Reading For 08/21/07
Tuesday, 21 Aug, 2007 – 19:46 | No Comment

A Recipe for Mediocrity
(tags: competition business)

Suggested Reading For 08/20/07
Monday, 20 Aug, 2007 – 19:34 | One Comment

Taking Down the Walled-Gardens Online; Facebook Opens Up
(tags: facebook socialmedia socialnetwork)

Why cellphone books are taking off in Japan
(tags: ebooks econtent mobile)

Five Productivity Ideas I’m Not Buying (Yet?)
(tags: productivity)

How Blogs can help a Corporation
(tags: blogging socialmedia)

Nielsen/NetRatings …

Suggested Reading For 08/16/07
Thursday, 16 Aug, 2007 – 19:39 | No Comment

First 4 Steps in Social Media for Businesses
Great overview of Social Media’s role in business
(tags: socialmedia social marketing business)

Has EMI benefitted from its DRM-free options? Lessons for e-book publishers?
(tags: econtent ebooks drm)

360|Flex day 1: Flex …

Suggested Reading For 08/15/07
Wednesday, 15 Aug, 2007 – 19:31 | No Comment

HarperCollins Publishers - Browse Inside for the iPhone(tags: iphone books publishing)
14 Books on Phones(tags: oreilly econtent iphone mobile)
Big NewsScott Karp is striking out on his own.
(tags: media socialsoftware publishing)
iphone.facebook.com sets the standard(tags: facebook iphone programming)
Social …

Suggested Reading For 08/14/07
Tuesday, 14 Aug, 2007 – 19:42 | No Comment

Confessions of a Facebook Feed Spammer. (Facebook Notes = Blogs. People Tagging = Feed Spam.)
(tags: facebook socialnetworks social)

Suggested Reading For 08/13/07
Monday, 13 Aug, 2007 – 19:40 | No Comment

How to Self-Study for a Computer Programming Job
(tags: development programming jobs)

E-Books: What’s the Deal?
(tags: ebooks publishing)

Post Secret Shares a Video
(tags: books video postsecret)

Robert Scoble is taking a Break from Blogging
(tags: scoble blogs blogging)

Social Media, From …

Look What I Found on 08/11/07
Saturday, 11 Aug, 2007 – 19:32 | No Comment

I Shoulda Read the Contract
Unbelievable…
(tags: publishing books authors contracts)

Mind of the Innovator: Taming the Traps of Traditional Thinking
(tags: innovation)

Signal vs Noise in the Attention Economy
(tags: web2.0 media)

Look What I Found on 08/10/07
Friday, 10 Aug, 2007 – 19:32 | No Comment

Editors as Their Own Media Brands
(tags: marketing media publishing)

WSJ.com for free? We’ll think about it
It’s only a matter of time…
(tags: wsj content)

The Chess game of social networking
(tags: facebook socialnet socialnetwork socialnetworking socialsoftware)

30+ Tools to Turn …

Look What I Found on 08/09/07
Thursday, 9 Aug, 2007 – 19:43 | No Comment

Amazon Launches Lulu Competitor
(tags: amazon.com pod)

CoDe Magazine: Microsoft XNA: Ready for Prime Time?
Includes interview with Wrox Author Benny Nitchske and mentions his XNA book.
(tags: xna xbox360)

Look What I Found on 08/08/07
Wednesday, 8 Aug, 2007 – 19:39 | No Comment

Sell Your Application on InsideFacebook
Facebooks programmers are finding markets for their applications. Hype, or is Facebook a legit platform?
(tags: facebook programming)

Guest Blogger: Chris Brogan - “BusinessWeek Readers and Facebook”
(tags: facebook linkedin socialnetworks)