• Charles Leadbeater talks about the threats behind cloud computing by analyzing the position of profit-seeking companies in their attempts at centralizing the Internet #;
• Brand new presentation by chef-superstar Jamie Oliver at TED 2010 #;
• Facebook brings into discussion something about a fully-fledged webmail service able to compete with the big names, dubbed as Project Titan;
• Curious to find out which of the movies nominated for this year’s Oscars were most pirated? #; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 18th, 2010 |Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Apple, cloud computing, Facebook, Vodafone, Windows Phone 7, Yahoo | No Comments »
However nifty or shiny a business card might be, it’s nevertheless SO last century! And, as soon as the information it might contain gets transcribed in a phone-book or somewhere similar, will mostly end up in the back of a desk drawer because it’s nothing more than another business card.
Overcoming average in personal branding requires nowadays more than some distinct fonts printed out on a piece of paper. Still, in order to escape from the herd one does not need to entirely ditch old habits. Instead, why not complete common contact information found on usual cards (e.g. street address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address and website) with new ones able to update in real-time, like personal tweets or Facebook status updates? That’s right – this new breed of business cards updates when you need it to, with no other costly reprints and useless tarring down of trees.
Social media-enabled business cards are a better way to be remembered and to ease further discussions online. Business partners can share LinkedIn details in no-time. And long-seen friends can catch-up with their pals’ online presence as simple as it gets. And the entire process is quite straightforward and user-friendly – it’s a matter of connecting via an internet-enabled mobile device, with the user having total control on what to send to whom.
This sounds to good to be true, doesn’t it? Ehm… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 2nd, 2010 |Filed under: Tech | No Comments »
• Charles Leadbeater talks about the threats behind cloud computing by analyzing the position of profit-seeking companies in their attempts at centralizing the Internet #;