Category: Workplace

  • Think before you tweet

    A bit of a kerfuffle blew up last week when Twitter engineer Alex Payne tweeted some insider views on what’s cooking at Twitter – his workplace –regarding forthcoming usability features on the Twitter website. Payne wrote, “If you had some…

  • Precision in search is the key

    If you’ve ever wondered how searching for information on the web works, and why Google seems to produce accurate results search after search – thankfully, it seems to me, in spite of what you type in that search box at…

  • Best-practice predictions for social software

    One of the challenging aspects of understanding the role of social media in the communication mix is how it may develop in future in organizational use. How will a tool like Twitter evolve, for instance? What will Facebook,LinkedIn, Xing and…

  • Recruiters really care about your online reputation even if you don’t

    Did you know that Thursday January 28 was Data Privacy Day, an annual event celebrated in the United States, Canada, the UK and 26 other European countries? No, I didn’t either. Its aim is to raise awareness for consumers around…

  • The overwhelming appeal of self-creating your own iPhone app (and soon for Android)

    When I heard about AppMakr last week, a website that lets you create your own iPhone app for $199, I thought, wow! This is getting very affordable – anyone can now create an iPhone app in literally a few clicks,…