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Implementing Social Media’s Secret Weapon

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Fred Wilson had an excellent post up this morning titled Social Media’s Secret Weapon – Email. My partners and I have continued to invest aggressively in what we believe is social media’s secret weapon which we refer to as the comm channel in a hat tip to the TV show 24.

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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

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She uses the web, Yahoo mail, and Facebook, impressive feats in themselves for someone her age. They didn’t just “grow up with social media,” they grew up with “social media that constantly changes.” My mother is 86 years old.

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The Predictable Flood of Politics Oriented Web Startups

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I received at least one email a day last week pitching a politics oriented web startup. The web and social media are critical tools for any candidate. The emails start off something like this. Over $8 billion dollars will be spent on the upcoming 2012 election.

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The Awesomeness of a Hackathon

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I’ve seen things like help systems, new web sites, better customer support processes, better management of social media activity, and lots of business process stuff created and implemented during hackathons. Not all of the hackathon projects need to be about code.

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How To Predict The Future

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By day he works on web and social media for HP. I also like to calculate these figures myself, even though you can research similar data on the web. Apocalypse , near-term science-fiction novels about realistic ways strong AI might emerge. Follow him on twitter at @hertling or visit his blog williamhertling.com.

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Xconomy Is Looking For A Writer In Boulder / Denver

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We also give high marks for a sense of humor, and those who show a talent for Web publishing tools and social media. We want someone who can work independently, but in close coordination with the team at Xconomy. ( You can learn more about us here.) If this sounds like you, write us at jobs@xconomy.com.

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A Logical AND With @ In A Mainstream World

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There must have been a social media online course somewhere that told people “email all people you know with big twitter followings and ask them to tweet something out for you. But the social media online course (or consultant) forgot to explain that starting a tweet with an @ does a very significant thing.