Tag Archives | Silicon Valley

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LinkedIn roundup for 4/20/2012

By + on April 20, 2012 in Just in case

My weekly roundup of all things LinkedIn!

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#hottoppix for July 5, 2011

By + on July 5, 2011 in Uncategorized

Things we’ve been tracking in the past 24 hours… Pursue Happiness July 4, 2011   WordPress 3.2 now available July 4, 2011     Related articles Before and after; Nilofer Merchant ‘total beauty makeover’… (e1evation.com) nothing says love like beer! (e1evation.com)

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nothing says love like beer!

By + on July 3, 2011 in Just in case

my good friend nilofer merchant recently let me do her a favor — somehow in the process though, she got confused and thought it was actually me that was doing her the favor! in her confusion, she was kind enough to sign me up for a beer of the month club. silly me I thought [...]

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Curato, ergo blogito, ergo sum

By + on June 26, 2011 in Just in case
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There’s an old joke that goes like this: Descartes walks into a bar and the bartender asks him “Would you like a drink?” to which Descartes replies “I think not” and immediately disappears. Get it? If not, here’s a quick primer on ‘I think, therefore I am’… Cogito ergo sum (French: Je pense donc je [...]

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Before and after; Nilofer Merchant ‘total beauty makeover’…

By + on June 23, 2011 in Blogging, Featured

The good Lord has put some amazing people in my path. For a guy ‘straight outta Wisconsin’, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to collaborate with some pretty high octane people. One of them is Nilofer Merchant. Now Nilofer herself is not in need of a ‘total beauty makeover’ but her web presence was another [...]

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Let’s roll, Nilofer!

By + on June 6, 2011 in Blogging, Just in case

Nilofer Merchant is a kick-a$$ woman from Silicon Valley about whom I have posted several times before [search box!]. Here she is at TED speaking about innovation… I think you can why I’ve been blown away by her for years — she’s a deep thinker and engaging communicator, Nilofer totally rocks! Well, today Nilofer just [...]

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#hottoppix for May 28, 2011

By + on May 28, 2011 in Blogging, Content Management, Facebook, Social Media, Thoughts

All the topics that interest US in the past 24 hours… Smartphones threaten TV advertising May 27, 2011   Smartphone Makers Bow to Demands for More Openness May 27, 2011   Facebook Profile Photos By The Numbers May 28, 2011   WordPress turns 8 today May 27, 2011   The Art of Small Business Blogging [...]

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Steve Jobs: Master of Irony

By + on June 4, 2010 in Featured
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I’m not sure if it still is, but at one point in time this commercial was the most popular of all time… Now, ironically, Robert Wright of the New York Times says Steve Jobs has become the ‘Big Brother’ that Apple warned us about in 1984… “Jobs stands accused of what in Silicon Valley is [...]

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