Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’

The Economics of Culture and Clutter

December 4 | Posted by admin | regular Tags: , , ,

Seth Godin writes about the culture of clutter:   Economics tells us that the right thing to do is run the factory until the last item produced is being sold at marginal cost. In other words, keep adding until it doesn’t work any more. In fact, human behavior tells us that this is a more permanent effect than we realize. Once you overload the... Read more

WikiLeaks

December 1 | Posted by admin | regular Tags: , , ,

Social media channels are created to serve the purpose of a more social world. Making the web social has done more good than bad and has helped create a closer relationship between business and client. But how far should that client-business relationship go? Wikileaks,the government-neutral organization which seeks to expose just that, takes that question under consideration. In a world where visibility... Read more

Social Overload

November 24 | Posted by admin | regular Tags: ,

The late Father Paul Locatelli, S.J., once President of Santa Clara University, told the outgoing Class of 2008 at their commencement ceremony to turn off their cell phones, shut off their laptops and make time for ample reflection. In a world where information easy to come and not much time to reflect upon, Locatelli’s words make more sense than ever. According... Read more

The Rules of Engagement (Part 1)

October 19 | Posted by admin | regular Tags: , , , , ,

Consider the following data that came out today for Apple’s 3rd quarter (Via Yahoo!) $20 billion dollars in profit. $4.3 billion in net income, from 2.5 billion dollars in the previous quarter. Net income increased 70% in the 3rd quarter over previous quarters. Apple’s PC sales with the iPad included grew 24% over the past quarter (if you consider the iPad a PC, like... Read more

All It Takes is a Question

October 16 | Posted by admin | regular Tags: , , ,

We all know how it goes — Isiah Mustafah and his chiseled body, eclectic personality and never mind the shampoo and scent took over our television sets and YouTube channels this summer in force as he made us all think that Old Spice was the shampoo that we should be using if we were to be like him.  Oh, the... Read more

How can you fight the bullying culture?

October 14 | Posted by admin | regular Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Gay bullying is nothing new to this country as it’s been an issue for longer than a decade, most notably the death of Wyoming native Matthew Shepard in 1998. Times have certainly changed since then with the implementation of gay marriage laws in Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont in addition to various countries around the world but much has yet to be... Read more

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