Specialized Perceived Value Trumps Real World Value (18)
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If you've attended college, or at least know somebody who has, you know that students are willing to pay hundreds of dollars a term for some of the most mind-numbing texts alive. Students will wait in line for hours, or go store to store to acquire these textbooks, which might only be available in one location, knowing that to not pay these exorbitant prices and, therefore, miss out on the texts, could lead to lower ...
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Gavin Rehkemper said:
Wait - so Facebook is like college textbooks? Better get studying ...
Please Give Us Your Email Password (14)
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A number of people whose opinions I greatly respect have turned me on to Yelp over the last six months or so. Yelp is a community review site, and a great way to discover cool new places in whatever neighborhood you happen to be in. I've enjoyed using Yelp, and I wanted to participate by submitting my first review, so I created a new account there. As part of the account creation process, I was ...
16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School at Personal Development with The Positivity Blog (24)
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Image by foundphotoslj. I am 28 now. I don’t think about the past or regret things much these days. But sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. That perhaps there had been a self-improvement class in school. And in some ways there probably was. Because some of these 16 things in this article a teacher probably spoke about in class. But ...
The web doesn't care _Seth's Blog (93)
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When I first started talking about Permission Marketing ten years ago, marketers asked, "sure, but how does this help us?" A decade later, marketers look at Wikipedia or social media or the long tail or whatever trend is finally hitting them in the face and ask the same question. Here's the essential truth: This is the first mass marketing medium ever that isn't supported by ads. If a newspaper, a radio station or a TV ...
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Maria Reyes-McDavis said:
Amazingly simple break down of what social media comes down to.
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Boris said:
so true. the new web is for the users. viva la revolution
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Jeff A Coon said:
I love this. Our question as a marketer must be "How can we help our potential customers meet their goals."
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Graham English said:
This is obviously happening to Twitter in a big way right now. New people are getting turned on to Twitter because they think there's something in it for them. "I'm an internet marketer (along with millions of other people) and I can get rich using Twitter. Maybe I'll even write an ebook about how I got rich using Twitter and sell it." Ugh.I'm much more apt to befriend a dad who likes parasailing or a college student studying medicine than I am an "internet marketing guru."
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Doctor Setebos said:
"It's entirely possible it could be used that way, but it doesn't owe you anything. The question to ask isn't, "but how does this help me?" as if you have some sort of say in the matter. You don't get a vote on whether Google succeeds or whether your customers erect spam filters.The question to ask is, "how are people (the people I need to reach, interact with and tell stories to) going to use this new power and how can I help them achieve their goals?""
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bigstrings said:
Liked this: The question to ask isn't, "but how does this help me?" as if you have some sort of say in the matter... The question to ask is, "how are people (the people I need to reach, interact with and tell stories to) going to use this new power and how can I help them achieve their goals?"
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Daniel said:
The Web Doesn't care: Seth explains why companies need to drop their sense of entitlement and realize that the web is a different media animal because it isn't advertising supported.
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exactaBob said:
Billion dollar question, at the end of Seth's excellent post, that all marketers should ask themselves.
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Gavin Rehkemper said:
The question to ask is, "how are people (the people I need to reach, interact with and tell stories to) going to use this new power and how can I help them achieve their goals?"
Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning (143)
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Management guru Peter Drucker noted that companies attracting the best knowledge workers will "secure the single biggest factor for competitive advantage." We and other forward-looking companies put a lot of effort into hiring such people. What are we looking for?At the highest level, we are looking for non-routine problem-solving skills. We expect applicants to be able to solve routine problems as a matter of course. After all, that's what most education is concerned with. But ...
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MiramarMike said:
Tkae note parents of kids - this is what Google (and ALL other knowledge companies - ie, 99.9% in Wellington) are looking for!!
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Steve said:
The example here (routine vs non-routine) is a good example of what sets Google apart. Lots of other search companies where already there when Google arrived. But Google does it better with the "non-routine."
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J.Wo said:
"When an issue arises or a decision needs to be made, we start with data. That means we can talk about what we know, instead of what we think we know." --- If you can do that in life, you'll go far.
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Jardenberg said:
Jonathan Rosenberg berättar vad han (och google) letar efter när de anställer folk. En "mjuk" lista. Hur ser dina kriterier ut?
New campus unit logo standards (1)
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With few exceptions, the campus is are asking that all campus units phase out the use of campus unit logos, use the campus logos, refer to themselves with text, and continue to use a comprehensive visual identity that incorporates the campus logos.
iTunes is Anti-Web (14)
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Ever find yourself clicking on links to music or videos and getting blasted in the face with this delightful little number? That's right -- links to any sort of music, TV shows, movies, podcasts, audiobooks or anything else available through Apple's iTunes store requires custom software to be installed on your computer before they will display thing one to you. Is it so unreasonable to expect links in your browser to resolve to, oh, I ...
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Michael D said:
iTunes is another browser - and the most successful / profitable one.
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Vlado Handziski said:
"For all the buzz about the Apple "it just works" mystique, the current iTunes Store design surely doesn't -- at least not the same way the rest of the web does. And I, for one, can't get behind that." - Jeff Atwood
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Ryan said:
Very good comment on how iTunes just doesn't fit the web browsing paradigm.
Ira Glass on Working Through the Suck (25)
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YouTube - Ira Glass on Storytelling #3 Video featuring terrific advice from This American Life’s Ira Glass on having the tenacity to get better at the creative work you’re passionate about — even through the times when you know what you’re making isn’t as good as you’d like. I admire Ira’s courageousness in using himself as an example of how to do it wrong. (Also, now that I’m aware of that tic where radio people ...
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Greg said:
This is how I feel about Beer Tip of the Week.
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Kyle D Hebert said:
I've seen this before, but I needed it today.
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katylava said:
I hope this is also true for programmers, because I reallly don't like my code these days.
The statesman, the lawyer and the marketer (11)
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There aren't so many statesmen. People who speak truth to power. Leaders who describe what they see, whether or not it serves their short-term interests. They say what needs to be said, do what needs to be done, as long as it serves the long-term needs of their constituents. No wonder we like them so much. Lawyers are sworn to be advocates. It's their duty. They take a side and they argue it. They're not ...
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Gavin Rehkemper said:
Sounds like the "Miracle on 34th Street" logic.
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Petr said:
"Marketing culture has become a culture of lawyers."
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Josh said:
I'm completely on board with this. A lot of marketers deserve the reputation of "slime-balls" that they have. Honesty counts for so much
The new standard for meetings and conferences (8)
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If oil is $130 a barrel and if security adds two or three hours to a trip and if people are doing more and more business with those far afield... and if we need to bring together more people from more places when we get together... and if the alternatives, like video conferencing or threaded online conversations continue to get better and better, then... I think the standard for a great meeting or a terrific ...
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Gavin Rehkemper said:
The new rule seems to be that if you're going to spend the time and the money to see someone face to face, be in their face. Interact or stay home!
Punctuality Counts (3)
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For years, I could be counted on to be late. Got a lunch meeting at 11:30 am? Dustin will be there at 11:40. Got a class at 9:00am? Dustin will be there at 9:20. Is there a meeting at 6:00 pm? Dustin’s there by 6:30. Work hours are 8:30 am to 5 pm? I’m in by 9:00. People joked about it. It was my “thing” — I was on “Dustin time”. It was all very ...
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Don said:
Damn I need to learn how to follow these rules.
Co-founder of BET donates $4 million to UI School of Music (1)
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URBANA – The University of Illinois was not exactly a diverse place when Sheila Johnson arrived in 1966. One of perhaps 150 black students on campus, the promising musician and future millionaire found a friend and mentor in Dan Perrino.
Cleaning Your Display and Keyboard (2)
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Let's say, just as a hypothetical, you're sitting at your computer, casually chatting up a fellow programmer. You begin to describe some bit of code, then bring it up on your display to illustrate. You want to highlight some particular part of the code. Perhaps you move the cursor invitingly over the area to bring it to their attention, or gesture towards it with your hand. What happens next? When I said there were two ...
New Chief Illiniwek portrayers announced (1)
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URBANA – Logan Ponce is the latest Chief Illiniwek, and likely will be the second in a row who never gets to perform the famed halftime dance at University of Illinois events. Ponce, a junior from St. Charles majoring in general engineering, was announced as the 37th Chief Illiniwek on a rainy Monday morning in front of the Alma Mater statue on campus. UI sophomore Rob Zaldivar of Palatine was announced as assistant Chief Illiniwek.
The ultimate cure for startup stress (1)
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Last night Mike Arrington, Brian Sugar, and Heather Harde hosted 2,000 of their friends at an epic party in Hollywood. I haven't seen this level of party since Silicon Alley Reporter threw the blow out bash at the Chelsea Piers. Toward the end of the night I grabbed Arrington and threw him in my car--he was exhausted in the best way. The way someone who's accomplished great things feels when the last page of the ...
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