Category: Workplace

  • Job requirement: Twitter followers

    A recruitment ad for a Sr. Manager – Emerging Media Marketing Job at US retailer Best Buy includes an item under the “Preferred Qualifications” heading that applicants have “250 plus followers on Twitter.” I guess it’s one way of noting…

  • Twitter apps: Mobile and sync are the keys

    The two primary Twitter applications for the desktop – TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop – released new versions in the past 24 hours. Both are the latest salvoes in a battle where one winner could gain supremacy as the app on…

  • How to make your business card a smart card

    How to make your business card a smart card

    A post by Frank Eliason on business cards got me thinking a lot about the value of such bits of paper. And they are bits of paper, aren’t they? Name, title, company, logo, address, phone, email, etc, printed on rectangular…

  • Making a difference with IABC

    Even thought it’s Wednesday and mid week, my mind is still full of thoughts about an amazing long weekend that concluded for me yesterday after a whirlwind 10,700-mile round trip to San Francisco and the IABC 2009 World Conference. As…

  • Twitter is the front channel

    I had a great time on Friday at Somesso London 09, the one-day conference about social media and large organizations. So many terrific people to meet, interesting topics to listen to and learn about, and opportunities to experiment with a…