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FAST TALK | Comment

Fast Talk: How GrubWithUs Scales Intimacy

BY David ZaxTue Feb 7, 2012

Meet Sen Sugano, Director of Business Development at the dinner-with-strangers startup.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

It's 10 P.M., Do You Know Where Your Employees Are? 4 Steps To Set After-Hours Work Expectations

BY Cali Williams YostTue Feb 7, 2012

Leaders fail to clarify their personal preferences for staying connected to work with technology, and don’t share their expectations of the responsiveness with their direct reports. This leads to misguided assumptions that can wreak havoc on work/life balance--and most leaders have no idea any of this is happening.READ»

BUSINESS STARTEGY | Comment

What is Socializing Business

BY Andrew CollinsSat Feb 4, 2012

The power of social media, technology and even more recent developments in gaming has created enormous opportunities to transform the user experience of many product categories. The concept of ‘socializing business’ first coined by Mailman is meant to capture the essence of this phenomenon.READ»

FACEBOOK IPO | Comment

The Facebook IPO Players Club: Jeff Rothschild

BY Kit EatonFri Feb 3, 2012

They were doing just fine before, but the biggest of Facebook's minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what current employee Jeff Rothschild will do with his new millions, here's a look at what got him and all these guys where they are today.READ»

BUSINESS | Comment

Would President Romney Be Good For Tech, Science, And Space Innovation In The U.S.?

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 31, 2012

What would President Mitt do for science, technology, and startups in America? And would he use his missionary zeal to drive policy in these directions?READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Leadership Lessons From Community Maven Tara Hunt: When Not To Listen To The Crowd

BY Lydia DishmanTue Jan 24, 2012

Any entrepreneur or community-building connector worth their salt should know when to crowdsource, and when to listen to their inner voice.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

What Timothy Leary Can Teach Us About Enjoying The Holidays

BY David LavendaThu Dec 29, 2011

In 1967, Timothy Leary advised youth to "turn on, tune in, and drop out." But rather than endorse drugs or withdrawal from society, Leary's words are strong medicine for today's digitally exhausted holiday partiers.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

8 Essential Business Rules For Those Who Don't Believe In Rules

BY Ronen ShiloWed Dec 28, 2011

Conduit has grown from a company started in Ronen Shilo’s garage into one of the largest networks of users and publishers in the world, powering branded toolbars and free mobile apps for publishers large (Zynga, MLB) and small. Here are some rules Shilo's developed along the way.READ»

FACEBOOK | Comment

Open Source Apps that Make Facebook Better

BY JD RuckerTue Dec 27, 2011

Open source is a term often associated with developers, tech-geeks, and even hackers. It invokes an oddly negative response among those who don't understand what it really means. To help introduce open source to the non-tech-savvy world, is there a better way than to show how it integrates with the site that nearly everyone is using?READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

How Santa Anita Park Represents The Future Of Mobile Technology

BY JD RuckerSat Dec 24, 2011

When people think of horse tracks, they rarely consider them to be a part of the cutting edge of mobile technology. The mobile-wagering format at Santa Anita Park brings to light a form of mobile technology that we will see duplicated and innovated often in the coming years.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

10 Bold Tech Predictions For 2012

BY David LavendaTue Dec 20, 2011

Cloud, tablets, social business--here are the technology trends to watch out for in 2012. READ»

CO.CREATE | Comment

Can You Learn To Code In One Day? We Sent A Non-Nerd To Find Out

BY Louise JackMon Dec 19, 2011

A U.K.-based program called Decoded promises to teach n00bs to code in a day. Writer Louise Jack (and many ad industry types) signed on to find out if they can walk in with a civilian's basic web knowledge and walk out with an app.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

3 Reasons CIOs Need Scenario Planning

BY Daniel W. RasmusMon Dec 19, 2011

As the future seemingly becomes ever more uncertain, functions within organizations, not just the organizations themselves, need tools like scenario planning to help them think about a wide range of issues. READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Three Reasons CIOs need Scenario Planning

BY Daniel W. RasmusMon Dec 19, 2011

As the future seemingly becomes ever more uncertain, functions within organizations, not just the organizations themselves, need tools like scenario planning to help them think about a wide range of issues. In information technology, scenarios can help create better technology plans, drive innovation and provide context to fragile system.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

The Click Clique: Apple, Microsoft, And Others Don't Care About Your New TV Remote

BY Kit EatonWed Dec 14, 2011

Television remote controls are evolving more than they have at any time in the past 60 years--but where we're going, we may not need them.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Why Girls Don't Want Careers In Tech

BY Belinda ParmarWed Nov 30, 2011

Instead of boring girls to death with IT classes or video games, we should introduce our young women to cutting-edge skills like coding, software development, and game design, showing them that a career in technology is more about creating and building than it is about number crunching.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

5 Newsworthy Teaching Tools For The Future Of Education

BY JD RuckerTue Nov 29, 2011

There is a generation gap between children and their teachers that can make it hard for them to relate. So teachers are using new techniques and technology to recapture the interest of their students.READ»

TECH SUPPORT | Comment

Upgrade Your Family And Coworkers' Tech Without Becoming Their Help Desk

BY Kevin PurdyTue Nov 29, 2011

Installing a bunch of new stuff for a less tech-savvy person just leads to future "Where's My ... Fill In The Blank?" calls. Here's how to set someone up to solve their own dilemmas.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Welcome To Co.Create Nation

BY tyler gray, teressa iezzi, nancy millerMon Nov 21, 2011

#mod-content {width:615px; padding: 0 18px 0 0;margin-right:10px;border-right:1px solid #ff3300;} #mod-content .arrow-up{display:block;width:14px;height:20px;position:absolute;top:0px;left:627px; background: transparent ...READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Windows, Get your Sexy Back!

BY Prasad ThammineniMon Nov 14, 2011

Windows, my dear friend, don’t take this the wrong way, but you’ve gotten old, slow and even a little hairy these days. You take too long to boot up, and you’re chock full of programs I never use. It’s time for you to ...READ»