Geek Nutrition 101

The always entertaining @kevinrose talks geek nutrition with the one and only Dr. Weil.  If you’ve never read any of Dr. Weils books or blogs, we highly recommend them, as he has tremendously simple tips for cleaning up your diet. For all of us late night Tweeting, Red Bull drinking, Diet Coke for breakfast work-o-holics, this clip will shed some light on some healthy alternatives to main stream foods and …

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Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 8:15 am by Tim
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Gmail vs Facebook

We’ve been using Gmail as our corporate email platform since we started.  Like many businesses, we take advantage of the free email, calendaring, task management, IM, collaboration (Wave), RSS reader and docs for our day-to-day business activities.  Google has been killing it lately with some great additions to the Gmail platform making it a no-brainer communication solution for any small business or individual.  With  new features built in the last …

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 @ 6:41 am by Tim
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Google Voice: One Number Rings All

As Google continues its exploration to own the life cycle of the mobile consumer.  Yesterday, they announced a web app for the iPhone and Palm WebOS devices.  I’ve been running Google Voice for months and this new web app is a tremendous upgrade and brings the experience full circle.  This is a great example of how an HTML5 app can provide fast and flexible service directly over the mobile web. …

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 6:50 am by Tim
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Social Media and Politics

When last Tuesday’s special election for the Massachusetts Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy for almost 50 years went to a little known Republican, there was little doubt his excellent use of social channel contributed to his historic win.  Since the blockbuster win by President Obama in 2008, it’s certainly not politics as usual when it comes to putting together a well oiled social strategy during the campaigning process and …

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 7:59 am by Tim
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My Favorite WordCamp Boston Presentations

I know I have complained in the past that conferences often leave me disappointed. WordCamp Boston was without a doubt one of the better conferences I have been to. I spent a lot of time in the development and design tracks, learning a HELL of a lot of information. Here are some of my favorite presentations from WordCamp Boston. JQuery in WP Presented by Jim Doran His Blog- His Twitter- …

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Monday, January 25, 2010 @ 10:39 am by Kevin
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My WordCamp Ignite Session

Today is WordCamp Boston and I am doing an Ignite session on using WordPress as a Social Media Dashboard. Essentially I am covering everything from this post with a few more coding references. You can view my deck below. Using WordPress as a Social Media Dashboard View more presentations from Kevin Palmer.

Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 10:55 am by Kevin
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Is Social Media Changing Your Search Habits?

Do you find yourself using traditional search engines less and less?  Are you using the Bing search functionality in Facebook?  How often do you find yourself using Twitter Search? The answers to these questions may surprise you, as users continue to flock to major social networks as their main information portal.  Everything from news to comments, IM to email, videos to pictures, the web is a very different place than …

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Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 8:48 am by Tim
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2010 Mobile Trends

Below is a great Slideshare deck from TrendsSpotting, discussing the rapid evolution of the mobile device for 2010 and beyond.  The Tweet style format covers mobile predictions and facts from some heavy hitters in the technology space including analysts from IDC, Morgan Stanley, Gartner, Mashable, GigaOM, eMarketer, and the Mobile Marketing Association. 2010 Mobile Influencers: Trend Predictions in 140 Characters, By TrendsSpotting View more documents from Taly Weiss.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 12:56 pm by Tim
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What is the ROI of Social Media? Part II

(This ended up being a really long post, I split it into two parts. You can read Part I here.) Tracking Goals Now that we have goals that we think can be measured we have to work out how we are going to do that. This is another step where you need to stop and think before diving in. What type of metrics do you have access to, what type …

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 10:23 am by Kevin
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What is the ROI of Social Media? Part I

(This ended up being very long, I broke it into two parts so it is easier to digest.) It seems like the ROI debate around social media is continuous. The more and more this industry evolves the more and more answers to that question change. Some people say that you can’t really measure the ROI on any of this and if someone tells you they can it is BS. Others …

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 10:00 am by Kevin
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