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font-size: 11px; white-space: pre; "><a href="http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/3-qualities-to-look-for-when-hiring-a-community-manager-jennifer-van-grove">3 Qualities to Look for When Hiring a Community Manager</a></span></div>by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', times, serif; color: rgb(86, 86, 86); font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 15px; "><a href="http://www.openforum.com/connectodex/mashable?username=jennifer-van-grove" onclick="s_objectID="www.openforum.com/connectodex/mashable?username=jennifer-van-grove_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: italic; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 42, 103); text-decoration: none; ">Jennifer Van Grove</a> (Mashable)</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', times, serif;font-size:100%;color:#565656;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px; "><p class="posted_on" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(86, 86, 86); display: inline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Nov 16, 2009</strong> -</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(86, 86, 86); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; ">With the prevalence and </span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/the-new-social-google-what-it-means-for-smbs-jennifer-van-grove" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID="www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/the-new-social-google-what-it-means-for-smbs_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: italic; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 45, 103); text-decoration: none; "><u><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">growing importance</span></u></a> of using social media to connect with customer communities, the community or social media manager is fast becoming a commonplace and much-needed position at companies around the world.<br /></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><o:p></o:p></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><br />Determining whether or not you </span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/what-is-a-community-manager-and-should-i-hire-one-ben-parr" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID="www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/what-is-a-community-manager-and-should-i-hir_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: italic; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 45, 103); text-decoration: none; "><u><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">need a community manager</span></u></a> for your small business is a question in and of itself (though this post is not without some guidance on that front). But once you do make the decision to hire someone to be the online and offline face of your company, as well as the go-between for internal resources and external voices, then you need to focus on finding that right person. The best way to start your search for a community or social media manager is to talk to and learn from those already succeeding in the role. I tracked down three recognizable staffers in customer-facing community positions, each with their own creative approach to community building, and asked them to identify one nonnegotiable quality that you should look for during the hiring process. Here's what they had to say:<br /></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><o:p></o:p></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><b><br />1. Intellectual Curiosity<br /></b></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><o:p></o:p></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><br />George G Smith Jr. [</span></span><span times="" new="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16pt; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://twitter.com/GeorgeGSmithJr" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID="twitter.com/GeorgeGSmithJr_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: italic; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 45, 103); text-decoration: none; "><u><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">@GeorgeGSmithJr</span></u></a>] is </span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.crocs.com/" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID="www.crocs.com/_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: italic; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 45, 103); text-decoration: none; "><u><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">Crocs'</span></u></a> rock star resident social media specialist. He believes that all businesses, regardless of their size, "already have a community manager in some form or another," but that if "a businesses' community is growing to the point where they start to question whether they should have an in house Community Manager, then they probably do." His advice for small businesses looking to hire a community manager is to seek out individuals with intellectual curiosity. Smith Jr. says, "I think a quality that almost all Community Managers have is intellectual curiosity. That trait is pervasive throughout their entire job description. You need to have that intellectual curiosity to learn everything you can about the company/brand that you are working for. Whether it’s customer service procedures, specifics about products, or just corporate culture – a successful community manager will have the curiosity to learn it all. On the flip side, they will also take that trait into the community. They will want to engage the members of their community because the curiosity is really a form of passion which will allow them to integrate seamlessly into their targeted community. It won’t be a one way relationship but a true two way relationship." Speaking from my own prior experience as a community manager, I agree with Smith Jr. wholeheartedly. A great community manager is one who has an unquenchable hunger for knowledge. Of course, intellectual curiosity is hard to find from bullet points listed in a resume, so Smith recommends that you, "ask questions about a person’s passions and hobbies in life. I think you’ll find that the intellectually curious will always be discovering new things that they can feel passionate about. Listening to someone talk about the things that they do for fun will reveal a lot about their methodology behind the things that they work on professionally."<br /></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><o:p></o:p></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><b><br />2. Passion<br /></b></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><o:p></o:p></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><br />Brad Nelson has become the poster boy for how to use Twitter to build and support a massive online and offline community. He's been Starbuck's "Official Tweeter" [</span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://twitter.com/starbucks" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID="twitter.com/starbucks_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: italic; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 45, 103); text-decoration: none; "><u><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">@Starbucks</span></u></a>], and has been their product manager on a social media front since before it was trendy to tweet. In fact, Nelson's role, and the visibility of the Starbucks Twitter account, has no doubt influenced countless other big brands to take the Twitter leap. As to whether or not you need a community manager for your small business, Nelson says, "The community manager is the voice for the company externally, and the voice for the customer internally. All types of business have found success in the online space, so don’t think it’s not for you. More than ever, customers turn online to find your company or leave good and bad comments about your company. If you’re approachable, they will turn to you and ask questions. Every company should embrace this role, in some way or capacity. It comes down to being an approachable and friendly company online." The one quality that Nelson says you can't live without in a good community manager is passion. "The most important aspect of any community or social media manager is passion for the company, the product and the people. Every great community manager I’ve ever met loves all of these things. Yes, you need to have someone who is savvy online, but passion is more important. I worked as a barista at Starbucks during high school and college. I really came to love the customers, the coffeehouse and the coffee, so I try to take the type of conversations I had in stores and apply them online."<br /></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><o:p></o:p></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><b><br />3. Knowledge of Your Business<br /></b></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><o:p></o:p></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><br />As JetBlue Airways’ Manager of Corporate Communication, one of Morgan Johnston's tasks is to manage the company’s very </span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: medium; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://twitter.com/jetblue" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID="twitter.com/jetblue_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: italic; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 45, 103); text-decoration: none; "><u><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">popular Twitter account</span></u></a>, putting him on the front lines for fielding costumer and media inquiries and attacks. His take is that, "Every company should at least be monitoring social media. As for those that should take the step of hiring a social media manager? Any company where a large number of their target customers are online; any company where there is a lack of available information online; any company where the customers could benefit from having a community." Morgan advises those small businesses looking to fill a community or social media manager position to pay less attention to social media prowess, and instead put someone in the position with "an intimate knowledge of your business, or the immediate resources to access and apply that knowledge." Morgan also asserts that, "Social media acumen can be learned - and your customers will be more than happy to teach what they want, but what they need is someone with the knowledge and expertise in the subject that only you can provide."<br /></span></span></p></span></i></span></span></div>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-72599575492926381212009-10-22T10:26:00.000-07:002009-10-22T10:29:46.467-07:00FCC Adopts Open Net RulesWASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved a much-anticipated open Internet proposal despite concerns of commission Republicans and big cable and phone companies that the rules aren't necessary.<br /><br />FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the draft rules are designed to protect consumers' right to access lawful content, applications, and services. "Government should not be in the business of running or regulating the Internet," he said.<br />read more<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704224004574489323364051390.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop"> here.</a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-82060362726568111382009-09-08T12:29:00.000-07:002009-09-08T12:39:57.417-07:00LA food on the go!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://laist.com/attachments/la_zach/3-kogibbq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://laist.com/attachments/la_zach/3-kogibbq.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I really enjoyed this <a href="http://laist.com/2009/06/17/the_list_food_trucks_that_twitter.php">post</a> about all of LA's different eateries jumping on the <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a>/ <a href="http://kogibbq.com/">Kogi</a> bandwagon! Yum can't wait to sample them all!Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-6925303531890567102009-08-21T17:18:00.001-07:002009-10-27T09:55:19.479-07:00WHO AM I?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYPcyXJKOSAB0sFHMCAkGjTz7Rg2CtANZAUx2aM1bLi4j3Bpb1E-WPuZGSXJv0atfRhFHDgyKlicls8nr9xdv2VrF15zbYq7GOlPEOq6NPHH5hynN9AAJt4UlFnqnq46x2pyRnGzqTZMP/s1600-h/me.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYPcyXJKOSAB0sFHMCAkGjTz7Rg2CtANZAUx2aM1bLi4j3Bpb1E-WPuZGSXJv0atfRhFHDgyKlicls8nr9xdv2VrF15zbYq7GOlPEOq6NPHH5hynN9AAJt4UlFnqnq46x2pyRnGzqTZMP/s400/me.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372584652075527986" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Alexandra Camille Asselin Hernandez Bio</span><br />Alex Asselin Hernadez currently works at <a href="http://www.nbc.com/">NBC.com</a> as the Online Community Manager while getting her M.A. in Communication Management from the <a href="http://www.usc.edu/">University of Southern California</a> specializing in <a href="http://www.annenbergonlinecommunities.com/">Online Communities</a>. Alexandra Asselin was born in Paris, France and spent her childhood between the United States, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia">Bolivia</a>, and the Dominican Republic. She received her B.A. in Communications from <a href="http://american.edu/">American University</a> in Washington DC, and later moved to Los Angeles to be a freelance film editor. After working on editing for an ongoing webseries, she became increasingly interested in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_media">Digital Media</a> and the Internet as a marketing tool. Before <a href="http://www.nbc.com/">NBC</a>, Alex worked at <a href="http://www.revver.com/">Revver</a>- an online video sharing site, that she helped build from the ground up. At <a href="http://www.revver.com/">Revver</a>, she worked closely with developers to ensure a user-friendly experience, she moderated the community of hundreds of video creators, did editorial and assisted in producing content for the web. Alex was also heavily involved with content acquisition and creator development. She has worked closely with the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a> movement and helped define and protect the rights of online creators. If you want to talk about Online Media as it pertains to social change, community, open source, peer production, UGC, viral marketing, social media marketing, UE, internet video, QA, social networking, or monetization models, she just may be your girl! Alex is a firm believer in using the Internet as a catalyst for social change. She hails from Washington DC but after 6 years calls Los Angeles her home where she lives in <a href="http://echoparkonline.com/">Echo Park</a> with her newlywed husband, 2 pets.Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-47762000145117638772009-07-06T16:44:00.000-07:002009-07-06T16:47:30.192-07:00Survey Monkey is fun and easy!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQZkj3Kj_ctEuX9sOvrxYh3BycSMGkLdWFy5kNJcPIrvR7Vmd9gePnoHkkcaIt315P-NFiX8jR7-gqCCzgweAsZk-9MbOpOSJVHoPPhIJLpKzTnfwQba92-5VGlusm6S-2yuPZVsdl6S5/s1600-h/survey_monkey.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQZkj3Kj_ctEuX9sOvrxYh3BycSMGkLdWFy5kNJcPIrvR7Vmd9gePnoHkkcaIt315P-NFiX8jR7-gqCCzgweAsZk-9MbOpOSJVHoPPhIJLpKzTnfwQba92-5VGlusm6S-2yuPZVsdl6S5/s400/survey_monkey.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355497881103343234" /></a><br />Please take this quick 8 question survey!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iAiYxkJSnYD_2bziYHPlKBhg_3d_3d">Click Here to take survey</a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-63481489554801837902009-07-02T09:42:00.000-07:002009-07-02T09:54:25.620-07:00Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIOzcimEJgDfCkuhVQw0Fbb6RSm5GPICg9ixbKnYV51cmrwQBJ9AoyZVR66FdVA1iVFF8Ag4TaUw3oAle4XRrXqSV85r092nZ60104kqYDvT-vWoYWm4QpviSamtZK27U0cbuUAJ6oFwW/s1600-h/web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIOzcimEJgDfCkuhVQw0Fbb6RSm5GPICg9ixbKnYV51cmrwQBJ9AoyZVR66FdVA1iVFF8Ag4TaUw3oAle4XRrXqSV85r092nZ60104kqYDvT-vWoYWm4QpviSamtZK27U0cbuUAJ6oFwW/s400/web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353907188878153538" /></a><br />New Self Regulating Policies in Web Advertising<br /><br />"The new guidelines recommend that companies tell consumers more clearly when they're being tracked, educate them on how Web tracking works and give them an easy way to opt out of being followed." Read more<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106192044"> here</a>.<br /><br />And what about iPhones and Facebook? Shouldn't the public be concerned there? My good friend Jeffery sent me <a href="http://pushplay.net/blog.php">this.</a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-86323669736624278002009-07-02T09:28:00.000-07:002009-07-02T09:47:33.226-07:00My new favorite siteFor a long time, that’s been a tough question to answer. In dense, bustling cities like Chicago, New York and San Francisco, the number of daily media reports, government proceedings and local Internet conversations is staggering. Every day, a wealth of local information is created — officials inspect restaurants, journalists cover fires and Web users post photographs — but who has time to sort through all of that?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15xGGhBHCa9mDyZJg9p6MO7yAZ38Qz5DA8qdrexE5plCbqF8wWRUAGy7GkLVrFNtwnd7J1jrUSYwjfF8ieFB-JAspITtIN5fmWQTNeCfAEoV_b29yplg3cW2MYFgg4C5EET61Usx8rf3b/s1600-h/2214663385_cfa145a566.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15xGGhBHCa9mDyZJg9p6MO7yAZ38Qz5DA8qdrexE5plCbqF8wWRUAGy7GkLVrFNtwnd7J1jrUSYwjfF8ieFB-JAspITtIN5fmWQTNeCfAEoV_b29yplg3cW2MYFgg4C5EET61Usx8rf3b/s400/2214663385_cfa145a566.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353901091435428018" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.everyblock.com/">EveryBlock</a> is a new experiment in online journalism, offering a news feed for every city block in 15 cities. Enter any address, neighborhood or ZIP code in those cities, and the site shows you recent public records, news articles and other Web content that’s geographically relevant to you. To our knowledge, it’s the most granular approach to local news ever attempted.Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-79520520179959664432009-07-01T11:22:00.001-07:002009-07-01T11:22:48.048-07:00June 25th 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeoiF_12HXEzLVc5oCURn3yPsVRaMdvZXh0oK2MhouPts6ltzisYLqc4EdqhAgJqB0QZZQLowjNeumdddDL_OlOCk0uXQ2omCiA5iUpWmAsf8qNbDwsbr19vMJ7dR-CAgWz_cbnANHCiXl/s1600-h/5131_95825854671_501114671_1895054_7945483_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeoiF_12HXEzLVc5oCURn3yPsVRaMdvZXh0oK2MhouPts6ltzisYLqc4EdqhAgJqB0QZZQLowjNeumdddDL_OlOCk0uXQ2omCiA5iUpWmAsf8qNbDwsbr19vMJ7dR-CAgWz_cbnANHCiXl/s400/5131_95825854671_501114671_1895054_7945483_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353558883362306834" /></a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-83473580288096584562009-05-01T13:52:00.001-07:002009-05-01T16:57:08.522-07:00Revver's days are numberedBu the good thing is we will always have this..........<br /><br /><object width="480" height="392" data="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf?mediaId=689473" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="revvervideoa17743d6aebf486ece24053f35e1aa23"><param name="Movie" value="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf?mediaId=689473"></param><param name="FlashVars" value="allowFullScreen=true"></param><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf?mediaId=689473" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="allowFullScreen=true" allowfullscreen="true" height="392" width="480"></embed></object>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-89763846061861376992009-04-30T11:50:00.000-07:002009-04-30T11:56:31.578-07:00Check this out!Ok- I've seen a TON internet videos in my day, so needless to say it's rare that I find one that really impresses me. Today I was forwarded this by a good friend. <br />I Love it! Thank you Jeffery!<br /><p><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tBb4cjjj1gI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tBb4cjjj1gI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-17797159121724615732009-04-29T10:24:00.000-07:002009-04-29T18:35:24.156-07:00The White House on Flickr<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPNgaVPPXiVe_PaKc5ZEpD6fpKRqJG5bq236-eUXjKO7imIt6MJ1CV8TXNqxHfvud7TK27WK5O_nITBv-L1DxvK9XFc_iiZQomhse43S-aXO-uiWC9OCVOMO4_Y0utNB_CUfbi1HwsGZY/s1600-h/3484849004_1d33efbc59.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPNgaVPPXiVe_PaKc5ZEpD6fpKRqJG5bq236-eUXjKO7imIt6MJ1CV8TXNqxHfvud7TK27WK5O_nITBv-L1DxvK9XFc_iiZQomhse43S-aXO-uiWC9OCVOMO4_Y0utNB_CUfbi1HwsGZY/s400/3484849004_1d33efbc59.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330172441158592114" /></a><br />This week the Obama Administration released it's official <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/">Flickr channel.</a> The pictures are a window into this Administration's first 100 days. Not only do they represent the White House's commitment to embrace social media but also it's fulfillment of promising transparency to the American public. Some of my favorites are below. <br /><br />But first, while on the subject of the President's first 100 days...let us look back at what Mr. Bush (aka the War President) was able to accomplish during <span style="font-style:italic;">his</span> first 100 days...that of course was when Mr. Bush wasn't <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/11/politics/uwire/main3927378.shtml"> taking the record for the most vacations</a> of any US president in history.<br /><br />In President Bush's first 100 days in office he:<br />-Refused to help consumers harmed by the Western electricity crisis. <br />-Opposed comprehensive protections for patients in HMOs.<br />-Proposed large budget cuts and misguided plans for health care.<br />-Refused to provide adequate funding for low-income energy assistance.<br />-Decided to allow cable TV and telephone monopolies to expand.<br />-Endorsed a bankruptcy bill that excessively punished honest consumers hit by unexpected debts.<br />-Proposed killing a program to help low-income consumers who cannot afford to open bank accounts.<br /><a href="http://www.consumersunion.org/telecom/100dc401.htm">(source)</a><br /><br />Change Is Here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OFrvI12QGM7Q_5UOUn0XeyVCjLIRaz38WiHI2EOt0tnr7F26WwPJu9ncbNYyE0O9vs3DZMWGyhyu_mR4jIyPzWHcddmuBqOjVMVOynUDzwhorYNQG84YBjrHFeOiBi0pVptdYTi709Bs/s1600-h/3484051945_f077205a97.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OFrvI12QGM7Q_5UOUn0XeyVCjLIRaz38WiHI2EOt0tnr7F26WwPJu9ncbNYyE0O9vs3DZMWGyhyu_mR4jIyPzWHcddmuBqOjVMVOynUDzwhorYNQG84YBjrHFeOiBi0pVptdYTi709Bs/s400/3484051945_f077205a97.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330169173634422178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddcYgba36A7xGIgV6P3NJCUUYMPgjRgwIvDGKZFm4j9mrqtzUrU5FBu8eVDixPCHVWU6tfg5NzZumGOp9D_yAQEtblKnNj1Cb1REOkOyoz99hwOZBImXMoik8shWNhvGj_mjXBS7yNEHq/s1600-h/3484047877_cc2593d3c8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddcYgba36A7xGIgV6P3NJCUUYMPgjRgwIvDGKZFm4j9mrqtzUrU5FBu8eVDixPCHVWU6tfg5NzZumGOp9D_yAQEtblKnNj1Cb1REOkOyoz99hwOZBImXMoik8shWNhvGj_mjXBS7yNEHq/s400/3484047877_cc2593d3c8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330169170521563794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-gjToQ963-jeEnbfCpWJ_RxWjH-9Apu-B8SQWAqZdXCwh1ZnbazbX9SGYA46JIzgidlvjWBxjkf40QILGYCNllJoXpqjW9Bod2Wx8um1xAfFwnggL2J6quRf_-JB_Wbs8D4_PNsHH9u9/s1600-h/3484005919_131f08b26e.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-gjToQ963-jeEnbfCpWJ_RxWjH-9Apu-B8SQWAqZdXCwh1ZnbazbX9SGYA46JIzgidlvjWBxjkf40QILGYCNllJoXpqjW9Bod2Wx8um1xAfFwnggL2J6quRf_-JB_Wbs8D4_PNsHH9u9/s400/3484005919_131f08b26e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330169166888981586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIQvYtlpb9WAMYbTnNV6rXgSmG_aqOX58WPBDxp6_JlOl1UHFR96JHSo8Uqi-Gkp3Y9YQf9XJMDpVx47KqGQ9-Fw5Gy1DVE8Z7d0NDd8QnICAkhhZxsG6lay5-LwnakYoNPWmyHkmQQwF/s1600-h/3484859588_9dde977dcb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIQvYtlpb9WAMYbTnNV6rXgSmG_aqOX58WPBDxp6_JlOl1UHFR96JHSo8Uqi-Gkp3Y9YQf9XJMDpVx47KqGQ9-Fw5Gy1DVE8Z7d0NDd8QnICAkhhZxsG6lay5-LwnakYoNPWmyHkmQQwF/s400/3484859588_9dde977dcb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330177602133586578" /></a><br />More pictures of the White House on Flickr can be found <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/">here</a>.Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-68345279315849619972009-04-21T15:28:00.001-07:002009-04-21T15:28:55.070-07:00A Gaythering Storm<object width="512" height="328" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_6eddb255b2"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=6eddb255b2" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed width="512" height="328" flashvars="key=6eddb255b2" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_6eddb255b2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div style="text-align:left;font-size:x-small;margin-top:0;width:512px;"><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6eddb255b2" title="from FOD Team, Jane Lynch, Alicia Silverstone, Lance Bass, George Takei, LizFeldman, Jason Lewis, Sarah Chalke, Sophia Bush, and lauren">A Gaythering Storm</a> from <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/jane_lynch">Jane Lynch</a></div>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-71971438567471709142009-04-20T22:59:00.001-07:002009-04-20T23:00:21.307-07:002009 Grilled Cheese Invitational<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3oSyGecngfDShmqCi0zqadA8vjYeDKlIMYm44h_Eqjt494AGZC_PCm9-rSW2YeYNKrpHp_qdwL-_bVntP2O6UyE2td235yL_3SHbz6rKA201u88Sd0xYOSqODkziqA6UhVWaAqnEl3i0/s1600-h/la09logosmall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3oSyGecngfDShmqCi0zqadA8vjYeDKlIMYm44h_Eqjt494AGZC_PCm9-rSW2YeYNKrpHp_qdwL-_bVntP2O6UyE2td235yL_3SHbz6rKA201u88Sd0xYOSqODkziqA6UhVWaAqnEl3i0/s400/la09logosmall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327020268002041602" /></a><br />Los Angeles State Historic Park<br />1245 N. Spring Street<br />Los Angeles, CA 90012<br />4/25/09<br />12:00pm - 6:00pm<br />Competition starts at 1:00pm<br />Admission Fee: $5<br />Competition Fee: $10<br /><br />More info can be found <a href="http://grilledcheeseinvitational.com/?p=2139">here</a>.Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-84260617127781023932009-04-20T22:55:00.001-07:002009-04-20T22:55:51.804-07:00Amazing 3D immersion technology<a href="http://www.gliffy.com/publish/1679221/">WOW</a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-22907847845603195432009-04-14T09:33:00.000-07:002009-04-14T09:37:44.430-07:00Scientists warn of Twitter dangers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItCX8qjaoE2qMQTj6V_uobc-I_RrF_y5NNCQYJ0bt6szY6cQ73YBqY1WTyTndxtGQYRw0g9zETtVuE4ng3S-LITBDiItMCcA3CZwbTXui2omYFrev6pS6US-TGee2Zs_P5Y4XwZXTkMB1/s1600-h/6a010536778fc4970c010536b1931f970b-320pi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItCX8qjaoE2qMQTj6V_uobc-I_RrF_y5NNCQYJ0bt6szY6cQ73YBqY1WTyTndxtGQYRw0g9zETtVuE4ng3S-LITBDiItMCcA3CZwbTXui2omYFrev6pS6US-TGee2Zs_P5Y4XwZXTkMB1/s400/6a010536778fc4970c010536b1931f970b-320pi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324586996399641282" /></a><br /><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/04/14/twitter.study/?iref=hpmostpop">Twitter, which allows users to swap messages and links of 140-characters or less, says on its Web site that it sees itself as a solution to information overload, rather than a cause of it.<br /></a><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/three-hidden-dangers-of-twitter.html">Three Hidden Dangers of Twitter</a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-60850319207961715112009-04-14T09:13:00.000-07:002009-04-14T09:32:28.060-07:00StumbleUpon Goes Independent; Backed by Founders and New Investors<a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/13/ebay-unacquires-stumbleupon/">StumbleUpon Beats Skype In Escaping EBay’s Clutches</a> (TechCrunch)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d5sr7fJ68uCpcX-h4PW_aJay0uV7tYdfgS9oEx59049v1e9ZvqW7t-S8SGHvIDnoyar7fOtdIJIKRqd5Zf3ZdVgTJ9GuObkbprTFT89DCoGfr1NV9jhbCfl3PJ_RUpi6VK_BqS4WKLDZ/s1600-h/ms_stumbleye.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d5sr7fJ68uCpcX-h4PW_aJay0uV7tYdfgS9oEx59049v1e9ZvqW7t-S8SGHvIDnoyar7fOtdIJIKRqd5Zf3ZdVgTJ9GuObkbprTFT89DCoGfr1NV9jhbCfl3PJ_RUpi6VK_BqS4WKLDZ/s400/ms_stumbleye.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324585769065386050" /></a><br /><br />Back in September, we reported that eBay was attempting to sell off StumbleUpon, the website recommendation service it bought for $75 million in 2007. That didn’t happen. And now the company has been spun off to start life over as an independent startup, backed by new investors and the original founders.<br /><br />The new company is led by co-founder Garrett Camp, who now steps into the CEO role. Co-founder Geoff Smith also joins Camp in returning to lead the company, but in an unannounced role. The company is backed by Sherpalo Ventures, Accel Partners, and August Capital. David Hornik from August Capital and Sameer Gandhi of Accel Partners join the board.<br /><br />“The company is amply funded. And everyone is glad that the company is away from eBay,” a source tells us. eBay had previously been looking for a minimum of $75 million for StumbleUpon. It’s likely the spin out valuation was significantly lower than that. Our understanding is that Sequoia placed a competing bid, but Camp and investor Ram Shriram went with Accel and August Capital.<br /><br />It’s not clear if eBay maintains a stake in the company, but that seems fairly unlikely. Really, its interest in the company never made a lot of sense in the first place. StumbleUpon is a way for users to find interesting sites throughout the web. While eBay certainly could have used that technology to find interesting things on its site, it never did that.<br /><br />And StumbleUpon’s traffic has been falling in the past year. In February 2008, the site was at 2.6 million unique visitors. But in February 2009 that number was down to 1.4 million, according to comScore (chart below). Of course, traffic numbers are a bit odd to use with StumbleUpon because the service doesn’t require that you visit its actual site if you use its popular web browser toolbar. But last year it launched a frame-based toolbar that kept you on the StumbleUpon domain in a way similar to what Digg is now doing with the DiggBar.<br /><br />Similarly, just as the DiggBar allows users to shorten URLs, StumbleUpon had been working on a way to do this using the Su.pr domain.<br /><br />This news comes at a time when reports are circulating that VoIP company Skype’s founders are also trying to rip it back out of the hands of eBay. That may be a bit more complicated as eBay bought Skype for a cool $3.1 billion back in 2005.<br /><br />In its former life as a startup, StumbleUpon raised a $1.5 million seed round of funding in December of 2005.Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-85114989909915588062009-04-13T22:12:00.000-07:002009-04-13T22:16:44.365-07:00Obama opens crack in U.S. embargo against Cuba<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE53C3O620090414?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews">Obama opens crack in U.S. embargo against Cuba</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE53C3O620090414?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWO1YrVHF6XSeeEDRKgr22gUiuzNQuuXhVmyoTnepPqA5ATUFh5QwwJtgFJ-lIpuDfiDQ1moKXKPMVz9Eu_AYcFDJezp_xxsPoN3yFdZ0fVIw04ZFxbNXAZVxndOzRqew3xtxuME4ECnd/s1600-h/aa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWO1YrVHF6XSeeEDRKgr22gUiuzNQuuXhVmyoTnepPqA5ATUFh5QwwJtgFJ-lIpuDfiDQ1moKXKPMVz9Eu_AYcFDJezp_xxsPoN3yFdZ0fVIw04ZFxbNXAZVxndOzRqew3xtxuME4ECnd/s400/aa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324411366386791106" /></a></a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-37247384645787141272009-04-10T09:35:00.000-07:002009-04-10T09:39:12.568-07:0010 Twitter tips from early federal adopters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXpHTdlzgskaNtwT5P9cFMVWCYyZu4vO1XAiOwzxSNwY7_-c3w1A4NXIcrqq2NV-_duIUvDz4XkHcgkBrVpOAjby_umqa9FDWf6kLt3MKlQfxSl5oOWj19Pt3uQFHVgy6SDvJyN5758TC/s1600-h/montage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXpHTdlzgskaNtwT5P9cFMVWCYyZu4vO1XAiOwzxSNwY7_-c3w1A4NXIcrqq2NV-_duIUvDz4XkHcgkBrVpOAjby_umqa9FDWf6kLt3MKlQfxSl5oOWj19Pt3uQFHVgy6SDvJyN5758TC/s400/montage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323103198689583922" /></a><br />Having trouble convincing your boss that Twitter isn't a waste of time? Then you might find it interesting to learn that social media evangelists across the U.S. federal government are blasting out Tweets several times a day to their constituents. <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/040909-feds-twitter-tips.html">Here</a> are their suggestions for how to integrate new media tools such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr into a large, old-fashioned bureaucracy:<br />By <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/Home/cduffy%20marsan.html">Carolyn Duffy Marsan</a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-88114534158045696392009-04-06T21:09:00.000-07:002009-04-06T21:10:20.101-07:00Is Web 2.0 Abandoning the UGC Ship?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8wTeuVHLmnOwLyjxtqJC9ncvCuax6n942_4Y3rP9-WzPweVkR0UyLgTaUSsMkJgbav9C48gxHkcLqCl7jtJUkesIUli6T20SnY6qs4uEAXDa9rq68qVuQwuKulEn2gvd-7UNHNhpwm2w/s1600-h/ships-in-a-hurricane-300x225.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8wTeuVHLmnOwLyjxtqJC9ncvCuax6n942_4Y3rP9-WzPweVkR0UyLgTaUSsMkJgbav9C48gxHkcLqCl7jtJUkesIUli6T20SnY6qs4uEAXDa9rq68qVuQwuKulEn2gvd-7UNHNhpwm2w/s400/ships-in-a-hurricane-300x225.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321796976561799154" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/06/is-web-20-abandoning-the-ugc-ship/">Is Web 2.0 Abandoning the UGC Ship?</a><br />Great article by Sarah LacyAngelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-59952947778866067922009-04-06T21:04:00.000-07:002009-04-10T09:44:47.797-07:00CVS joins Google Health Rx network<a href="https://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/promoContent/promoLandingTemplate.jsp?promoLandingId=1074">Google Health partners with CVS.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/jason-kincaid">Jason Kincade </a>writes:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The slow but steady march towards a unified online healthcare management system continues. Google has announced that it has forged a new partnership with CVS, one of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains, allowing CVS customers to import their full prescription history into Google Health. CVS joins other major pharmacies including Longs Drugs and Walgreens in offering the same functionality, which combined now allow over 100 million Americans to import their medical histories into Google Health, which launched last May.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2OLAKnDkrC193F3QN2GI840eeCMifyVcWa0KrTBaVXBJ86gIxRBvxNXP48LM9L6kuzLL3xS7Jmdm-HK45Bhqd-zKDnhB6Qh146VxytfIXAPesNoEkUG7Yp5zCmC8ko1A4lux-Q8HD4W2/s1600-h/cvs.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2OLAKnDkrC193F3QN2GI840eeCMifyVcWa0KrTBaVXBJ86gIxRBvxNXP48LM9L6kuzLL3xS7Jmdm-HK45Bhqd-zKDnhB6Qh146VxytfIXAPesNoEkUG7Yp5zCmC8ko1A4lux-Q8HD4W2/s400/cvs.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321798123107763634"/></a><br />It may not sound terribly exciting at first, but the ability to quickly look up a patient’s past and current medications is actually very important in an age when it seems that nearly everyone is on at least one prescription medication. While national pharmacies can typically look up what medications you’ve filled from other branches of their store, they can’t search through the systems of other chains, so they’re forced to rely on the patient to self-report their medical history.<br />Unfortunately most people have pretty poor memories when it comes to remembering their current and past medications, especially when they’re taking generic drugs, which can lead to some very dangerous drug combinations (the Google blog post notes that as many as 1.5 million Americans a year are harmed by dangerous medication interactions). By aggregating prescription histories in a single place (which users can then share with their doctors and loved ones), Google Health can help cut down on these harmful drug interactions.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXSsH3rqbkmBPToY_wlDQbyqdKMlsd1KFCB_66-G4LYb7hAHs1RRYMtC3VjnaYxpMvo_jvI19xIAL4iW4UNyCsyvE2jabXGmFf5HsEMegmiZ2u-lBdMoIYcl1p585mixmELXsa9LePw0o/s1600-h/pills.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXSsH3rqbkmBPToY_wlDQbyqdKMlsd1KFCB_66-G4LYb7hAHs1RRYMtC3VjnaYxpMvo_jvI19xIAL4iW4UNyCsyvE2jabXGmFf5HsEMegmiZ2u-lBdMoIYcl1p585mixmELXsa9LePw0o/s400/pills.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321797673304866546" /></a><br /><br />Of course, a central hub for your prescription history is only really useful if you can import all of your prescriptions, not just most of them. And Google Health is still missing out on a few major players, including national store chains like Wal-Mart and Target. Google won’t comment on who they’re currently in talks with, but I suspect they’re trying to get as many of these chains on board as possible.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzImCXSF1xkoXGaJr6-GYaP4PjibiW-kqIUKWGi1nt6eJuRjA1386gy8cr05TtpwI-00WPEqBiL_IM2BkiOuaI4mx_Tb2cG6-kC0jv65KUQMw5viBwJ6WQuW84vFry0ONU8tYCdoMj2-b/s1600-h/ghealth-756183.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzImCXSF1xkoXGaJr6-GYaP4PjibiW-kqIUKWGi1nt6eJuRjA1386gy8cr05TtpwI-00WPEqBiL_IM2BkiOuaI4mx_Tb2cG6-kC0jv65KUQMw5viBwJ6WQuW84vFry0ONU8tYCdoMj2-b/s400/ghealth-756183.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321798283506041570" /></a><br />Google Health doesn’t seem to get as much attention as many of Google’s other properties, but my guess is that it will be among the company’s most important assets a few years down the line. The American healthcare system makes accessing past records, prescriptions, test results, and other important data a huge hassle, not to mention the ridiculously confusing (and uncentralized) hubs offered by health insurers and pharmacies. There are privacy issues abound with a centralized system (the fact that Google insists on labeling its health product as a Beta is definitely unsettling, as are the company’s past security issues), but the potential benefits may well outweigh the risks.</span>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-45612856692434945092009-04-06T09:18:00.001-07:002009-04-06T20:56:24.395-07:00Tweetfind<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0sqm8ZGCoo4uvRe-mOB4_VUJ29xthzxEuqkAEOKoM6AQoOqPN6OddKi35COtF5UkZFYkT1FCZOEtr9vsKsHzVXfw88AMUcvir5jiPp-ui1I8O57T-bcgnY3jwxuk8q-duqXluMXAfYFj/s1600-h/twitfind.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 95px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0sqm8ZGCoo4uvRe-mOB4_VUJ29xthzxEuqkAEOKoM6AQoOqPN6OddKi35COtF5UkZFYkT1FCZOEtr9vsKsHzVXfw88AMUcvir5jiPp-ui1I8O57T-bcgnY3jwxuk8q-duqXluMXAfYFj/s400/twitfind.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321793381423489490" /></a><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.tweetfind.com/">Tweefind</a> Applies Google Magic to Twitter Search <br /><br />(Interesting article from <a href="http://mashable.com/">Mashable</a>)<br />Remember how Google conquered the world of search? They figured out a way to tell which web sites are more important than others, by judging how many links are pointing to them, and called it Google PageRank (it’s a bit more complex than that, but it was one of the key parts of Google’s search algorithm). <br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/TweetFind">Now, Tweefind</a> is doing something similar for Twitter. It’s a Twitter search engine which returns results based on rank, hopefully returning more relevant results and users on top. <br /><br />Rank is calculated through several parameters. Creator of Tweefind, luca Filigheddu, lists them: <br /><br /><br /># followers<br /># following<br /># of tweets<br /># of RT he/she receives<br /># of replies<br /># of distinct users who reply<br /># of distinct users who retweet<br /># of RT he/she makes<br /># of links the user shares<br /><br />This approach raises some interesting questions. Are Twitter users with more followers, tweets, replies or retweets more relevant in the context of real time one-to-many conversations? Is there really a “rank” on Twitter that can be calculated and be useful in real world usage? Could an approach similar to Google’s PR algorithm do for Twitter search what it did for Google?Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-18673921665026481162009-03-31T09:11:00.000-07:002009-03-31T09:13:26.550-07:00Botanicalls Twitter<a href="http://www.botanicalls.com/archived_kits/twitter/">Botanicalls Twitter</a> answers the question: What's up with your plant? It offers a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates that reach you anywhere in the world. When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67RKBc6WNAmNRftq4h9ZaGV1b0Lev0Z9UyX4FiEeRz91za7H6fRDdVZU6TMzwFlRzvt-KHP5Eipai4B32w8_FHVRXIkiSQt2F1Qu37m9XvkZ-qQQcoO9GbrAmJuHFOqL_r5MhzjDFg1wJ/s1600-h/dhtfzxqf_100gzb57hg9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67RKBc6WNAmNRftq4h9ZaGV1b0Lev0Z9UyX4FiEeRz91za7H6fRDdVZU6TMzwFlRzvt-KHP5Eipai4B32w8_FHVRXIkiSQt2F1Qu37m9XvkZ-qQQcoO9GbrAmJuHFOqL_r5MhzjDFg1wJ/s400/dhtfzxqf_100gzb57hg9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319385676957001202" /></a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746171068805387193.post-18117037209999970402009-03-30T22:19:00.000-07:002009-03-31T13:47:59.219-07:00How to Start an Online Community.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHREA7OFx-L-sYCO8O_AxoWJR9tHkJLfOhzjDd8ZbMcVJrQF7RyfezUDAZJBAC09YTjHeTau8ptha_2T5OXNHYae6Rfpb47oAGoletEwJRRjkiaS5rkwpIwLmrkczkdJd7QRqEsGYtkQOm/s1600-h/436670816_841228ae10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHREA7OFx-L-sYCO8O_AxoWJR9tHkJLfOhzjDd8ZbMcVJrQF7RyfezUDAZJBAC09YTjHeTau8ptha_2T5OXNHYae6Rfpb47oAGoletEwJRRjkiaS5rkwpIwLmrkczkdJd7QRqEsGYtkQOm/s400/436670816_841228ae10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319432823652038834" /></a><br />This week we need to think about component areas necessary to build a successful Online Community. Here is what I'm finding so far on the subject:<br /><p><br /><a href="http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/06/building_a_succ.html">Building a successful online community.</a><br /><a href="http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/060831miller/">Five rules for building a successful online community.</a><br /><a href="http://www.feverbee.com/2009/03/3monthcommunitystrategy.html">A 3 Month Pre-Community Strategy</a><br /><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Start-an-Online-Discussion-Community">Start an Online Community</a><br /><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Things-to-Think-About-Before-You-Start-Your-Online-Community&id=675651">Things to Think About Before You Start Your Online Community</a><br /><a href="http://www.selfseo.com/story-18668.php">4 Key Things To Start Your Online Forum Community</a><br /><a href="http://vutong.com/2009/02/25/how-to-start-an-online-community-using-a-forum/">How to start an online community using a forum.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYXBhls7atnqbLUQ7XWVo2UDRXtbeQj3KT27MPk1HLB-HCzEX_o3UFW4jTJFAozMvX766RNbLrBzsIMIqXLsEsctF-H8p8pvP2DGxXsV5OIN5hxJp_etg4il0ZRY34OsNtGJGEi6cGzWw/s1600-h/how-overview.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYXBhls7atnqbLUQ7XWVo2UDRXtbeQj3KT27MPk1HLB-HCzEX_o3UFW4jTJFAozMvX766RNbLrBzsIMIqXLsEsctF-H8p8pvP2DGxXsV5OIN5hxJp_etg4il0ZRY34OsNtGJGEi6cGzWw/s400/how-overview.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319453748140409282" /></a>Angelcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239164734225919290noreply@blogger.com1