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I was briefed as an analyst by Adam Nash, LinkedIn's Vice President, Search & Platform Products to learn about today's announcement around opening their network as a platform. Announcement: Access LinkedIn Data From Other Locations Using The - Perfect Porridge

Community is a word that is used regularly and has many contextual meanings and definitions—an online community, a professional organization, a place where people look out for one another. Sometimes it's literally your friends and neighbors. - Perfect Porridge

If you printed the Internet, reading it would take 57k years, 24 hrs/day, 7 days /week, non-stop - Perfect Porridge

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So join me on this (unscientific) tour of the last 210 years of information + 10 more years into the future. - Perfect Porridge

Tony Stewart, current point leader for the Nascar Sprint Cup Series and avowed fan of BK's Whopper, will have his enthusiasm put to a polygraph test in a series of TV commercials and on a Webcast. - Perfect Porridge

Managing staff who participate in social networks. This list also includes policies called; Staff blogging policies, enterprise social network guidelines, Employee Blogging Policies, Staff engagement in online communities, and so on. I've done a fe - Perfect Porridge

Remember the "The Machine is Us/ing Us" video from two years ago? Here's a pretty good reinterpretation with new stats/approach: - Perfect Porridge

This is what I’ve heard Andy Stanley refer to as symbolic leadership. Symbolic leadership says “just because you can’t do something for everyone doesn’t mean that you cant do it for one.” In his leadership podcast entitled “Mutual Submission” Stanley says, “I know I can’t do for al,l but what I can do for one I’ll do for one. The temptation is the higher up you go in the organization the more excuses you have not to do anything for anyone.” - Perfect Porridge

The massive shift into self-publishing platforms (aka “the era of social media” – yawn) has radically enabled individuals to expose virtually every “truth” that’s out there. - Perfect Porridge

Nielsen data shows that users ages 13 to 24 text disproportionately more than those in other age groups. In fact, in Q1 2009, 13-to-17-year-olds sent and received more than three times as many texts on a monthly basis as the next-most-avid group of texters, those ages 18 to 24, and over 50 times as many as the least active texters, those ages 55 to 64. That said, it is noteworthy that no age group is immune to the draw of text messaging. - Perfect Porridge

Quick explanation for those not familiar with Facebook Connect. It is a service developed by Facebook that lets Facebook users login into partner sites using their Facebook account and share information with Facebook friends. Basically, a single sign - Perfect Porridge

It's my guess that the majority of managers with responsibility for large teams and significant businesses either do not possess the requisite skills of a manager — or they just don't put them into practice. Why? There are three main reasons. First, lack of time and pressure to deliver results make it almost impossible for executives to reflect, consider, and apply their new skills. Second, budget constraints can result in a lack of support and follow-through on the best intentions. Finally, behavioural change is difficult — it's all too easy for a development plan to slip to the bottom of the to-do list. - Perfect Porridge

WCCO breaks news of Brett Favre signing via Twitter - Perfect Porridge

More than half of the marketers we surveyed said that effectiveness of direct mail, TV, magazines, outdoor, newspapers, and radio would stay the same or decrease within three years. In contrast, well over 70% expected the effectiveness of channels like created social media, online video, and mobile marketing to increase. - Perfect Porridge

While companies have used traditional contests for years to generate buzz, a Twitter contest is superior because "retweeting" spreads brand awareness even quicker, says Dan Zarrella, a social-media consultant based in Boston. - Perfect Porridge

Considering how many small towns exist in the U.S., #20 is pretty great. - Perfect Porridge

Happy B-day, Chuck! - Perfect Porridge

note to self: Boston Police will admit to zombie bites - Perfect Porridge

It can't find your keys, so screw it! lol. - Perfect Porridge

Some day I'll get to this level of coolness...some day - Perfect Porridge

The Federal Trade Commission wants bloggers to disclose when they've been wooed with cash or freebies from companies they cover - Perfect Porridge

Forget the classifieds, these days unemployed workers are finding more job opportunities through social networking sites - Perfect Porridge

Twitter is abuzz with angry complaints about FTD not delivering flowers to recipients on Mother’s Day. Apparently a number of Moms didn’t receive their FTD flowers even though the senders made the orders early in the week. - Perfect Porridge

Young startup Get Glue is the early steps of how every product and website will be social –impacting recommendations and marketing. It ushers us into the early steps of the Era of Social Colonization, the third era of five in the evolution of the social web. - Perfect Porridge

Let's get real. No one owns it. No one company, no one specialty, no one individual has all the answers to address the fundamental changes taking place. The changes are too sweeping, too fast moving, too complex for anyone to talk in absolutes. We're still in the early stages of a media disruption that affects marketing communications in ways yet be fully understood. - Perfect Porridge

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"where did I put my keys" with an average of 72 searches per month; "Where did I put my glasses" with an average of 320 searches per month; "Have you seen my stapler" with an average of 390 searches per month. - Perfect Porridge

After reading a thread of his tweets highlighting “PR Fail 1,2 etc” of the day, our office began to discuss what has been a recurring question “what is the best way to communicate with bloggers … without being completely obnoxious?” After bouncing thoughts around the room, we decided to go straight to the source and ask blog writers themselves. - Perfect Porridge

Popular online sites such as Facebook and Twitter have created huge followings, prodding companies to harness social networks for business uses. - Perfect Porridge