R.I.P. Delicious: You Were So Beautiful to Me
Social bookmarking service Delicious announced five years ago last Thursday that it had been acquired by Yahoo The first comment posted on the blog entry announcing the deal was from TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, saying "Congratulations! Yahoo sure does get tagging I see." When I heard the news, I felt very differently. I was deeply saddened that it wasn't US Library of Congress to acquire Delicious. Five years later, Yahoo announced internally today that it is closing down Delicious. It's a loss not just for the many people who used Delicious to archive links of interest to them around the web, it's a loss for the future - for what could have been. Update: 24 hours later, Yahoo! Above: A leaked slide from the internal deck shown today at Yahoo, listing a host of services Yahoo will sunset, merge or turn into features of other services. How ReadWriteWeb Used Delicious Thanks for All the Bookmarks, Folks angusf - Angus Fraser, Experience Architect at News Digital Media
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As Autodesk‘s social media strategist, Jerome Pineau is no stranger to the inner workings of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like — he leads the 3D design software maker’s efforts on all social channels. But why is social media so critical to the success of Autodesk and its service department? We spoke with Pineau about the use cases, benefits and future of social media in relation to service organizations. Why would a service firm want to turn to social media? What benefits does social media offer a service organization? Does it make sense for any business, small or large, to employ social channels for customer service? How is Autodesk using social channels to connect, engage with and respond to customers? Any tips or best practices for service folks thinking about, or just starting to use, social media for their business? What’s the future hold for social media as it relates to customer service?
Dell Social Innovation Competition Final Event | RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service
We invite you to join us on Monday, May 16 for the Final Event of the Dell Social Innovation Competition, where more than $100,000 in seed funding will be awarded to the world’s top student social entrepreneurs. Selected from a pool of more than 1,400 entries from 85 countries, you’ll be inspired by how our five Finalists are working to effect transformational social change. You’ll also be among the first to discover which team will be crowned the DSIC Grand Prize Winner and given an opportunity to launch their social venture. Learn more about the Finalists here. This year’s Final Event will also feature keynote speeches from Sonal Shah, who heads the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, and from Manoj Sinha of Husk Power Systems, the 2008 DSIC Grand Prize Winner. In addition to enjoying complimentary food and drinks, attendees will be eligible to win Dell prizes, including a laptop and tablet! Join the conversation on Twitter: #DSIC11 Presented By: Sponsored by:
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Next-gen LEGO Mindstorms + Autodesk = Huge educational potential
I thought about getting my wife the new LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set for Valentine's Day, but it won't be available until this fall. And she'd divorce me. In all seriousness, though, the LEGO World exposition opens in Copenhagen today and the company is announcing its next-generation Mindstorms robotics set, called the EV3. LEGO has already made some really significant contributions to STEM education through their Mindstorms program with countless robotics teams, competitions, collaborative class activities, and even adventurous kids who have created thousands of robots and learned to program, all while building with LEGOs (actually sophisticated TECHNIC elements, but they're LEGOs at heart). EV3, though, is a quantum leap forward in functionality from both a hardware and software perspective and a partnership with Autodesk lets users view in 3D how the primary models are constructed.
Momentum: The Key to Making Your Big Ideas Happen in 2011
According to Newton's First Law of Motion, the tendency of a body in motion is to keep moving; the tendency of a body at rest is to sit stil December 27, 2010 According to Newton’s First Law of Motion, the tendency of a body in motion is to keep moving; the tendency of a body at rest is to sit still. In other words, it’s a lot less work to keep moving once you have some momentum, than it is to start moving from a dead stop. It doesn’t matter whether you’re running a marathon or running a business – momentum is key. Here are a few tips on how to build and maintain momentum: 1. As serial entrepreneur Andy Swan has written, one of the most common mistakes is to “set lofty goals from a resting start.” Just as you would start training for a marathon by running a few miles and building from there, if you want to write the next bestselling business book, you might start by blogging regularly in your area of expertise, building a regular readership, then finding an agent, and so on. 2. 3. 4.
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Social Dellight: From social media presence to a social business
How important is social media for companies? To be effective as a corporation today you have to become a social business. Since social impacts just about every part of the business, you have to invest in the social learnings, social understandings and social engagement in order to maximise the current state of your business. At Dell it’s not only one part of the company that’s impacted by social. We have a very prescriptive process of employees being able to rise to the level of social on Dell’s behalf. How has tapping into social media channels affected Dell? A lot of the things we heard when we started back in 2006 were a little bit close to take as there was a lot of negativity about the company. In the first month of launching it negative sentiment on the Facebook page dropped from 27% to 17%, and 13% in the second month. How are brands stumbling on social media? That is, first and foremost, listening. If you have any search paid advertising you can link that to it.
Discover Electronics Kit [2.0] ID: 487 - $49.95
Discover Electronics Kit contains everything you need to learn the basics of electronics and make your own projects. It contains the most common electronics components as well as a prototyping breadboard for you to get started right away. Easy full color diagrams teach you how to bring your own ideas to life.The Discover electronics kit uses standard components. All of these parts can be used by the beginner or the advanced user. As you grow and learn all of the parts in the kit are still useful in more advanced projects and can be expanded on by using additional parts.
