Year: 2011
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FIR Cut: Crowdsourcing The Big Mac Index
Overflow from FIR #610 on August 1, 2011. The Economist: Fast food for thought: What do hamburgers, lipstick and men’s underwear have in common? The joys of quirky economic indicators The Economist: The Big Mac index: Currency comparisons, to go…
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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #610: August 1, 2011
Content summary: Vote for FIR on Podcast Alley; FIR Speakers & Speeches and FIR Live podcasts posted; the results of Shel’s Google+ poll; listener comments discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Curated social media comes of age during Oslo attacks,…
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A sign of things to come
We see constant news reports these days of layoffs in technology, banks, the media and other industry sectors. The reasons are varied but commonly relate to taking drastic action to restructure and, in some cases, even survive as going concerns.…
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FIR Live #23 – July 30, 2011: Every Company is a Media Company
As newsrooms shrink and people seek more and more content online, companies can help tell their stories through the production of great content that isn’t marketing- or PR-driven. Tom Foremski, who coined the phrase "Every company is a media company,"…
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FIR Speakers and Speeches: July 2011 SF Curators Salon
Tom Foremski (of Silicon Valley Watcher) and Oliver Starr (chief evangelist from Pearltrees) started the SF Curators Salon a few months back. It’s an informal gathering of folks from the San Francisco Bay Area who are interested in content curation…