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Is My Online Influence (Klout) Really Worth Anything?

Posted in BusinessHypothesisPhilosophy

Seth Stevenson wrote an interesting article for Wired’s Epicenter blog about Klout and what that online influence is beginning to mean in the real world (such as when getting a job). In an excerpt from the article, Last spring Sam Fiorellawas recruited for a VP position at a large Toronto marketing agency. With 15 years [...]

Video: The Beauty of Being Busy Little Creatures

Posted in PersonalPhoto

Originally posted 2011-08-05 10:49:14. When you sit back and think about how many people there are on this planet and all the things we've built, you will quickly realize that there is a constant energy on this planet racing through our cities and in our office buildings and from sky to ground. The video below [...]

How Do You Feel About Your Phone?

Posted in DataMobile

Originally posted 2011-08-03 13:14:58. A new survey by GPS mobile apps developer TeleNav tries to gauge the American mobile obsession, especially among iPhone users. Now I'm a big gadget freak and a technology nerd and everything else you can think of with the words "electronics" and "computer" attached to it. Bit give up sex for a [...]

Infographic: State of Mobile Malware

Posted in InfographicsMobile

Originally posted 2011-08-22 13:34:19. A rather disturbing infographic on mobile malware. The worst? Nefarious applications with bogus reviews to make them seem legit. From In the Mind of Jason Thibeault, post Infographic: State of Mobile Malware

To Be Connected or Not To Be Connected…

Posted in CloudReviewTechnology

Originally posted 2011-07-13 17:21:27. If HP is any sign of things to come, it won't be long until everything is network-aware: http://www.informationweek.com/news/h... In a recent press conference, HP indicated that they were moving to make their printers "web enabled and cloud aware:" We decided that above a certain price point, every printer will be connected [...]

Startups, Startups Everywhere

Posted in Business

Originally posted 2011-07-18 14:12:14. It's always interesting to hear about different startups in different locations and although Chicago might not seem the hotbed of technological creativity, they have a fair number of startups emerging that look promising. The link below lists eight of them as gathered by The New Web: http://thenextweb.com/us/2011/07/17/e... The one that most [...]

Quote: On Hugh Heffner Marrying a 25-year Old

Posted in Present

Originally posted 2011-07-12 09:18:22. I didn't get why Hugh Hefner marrying a 25 yr old was weird until Dave said it's like docking an iPhone to an Apple II. –Paul Alfieri, via Twitter From In the Mind of Jason Thibeault, post Quote: On Hugh Heffner Marrying a 25-year Old

The Moon in Glorious 3D

Posted in KnowledgePhoto

Originally posted 2012-02-15 13:51:14. Thanks to a new 3-D map of the moon, earthbound viewers can see its landscape with a clarity that only Apollo's astronauts have previously enjoyed. "NASA put out some amazing digital elevation data of the moon late last year, but nobody had released it in true 3-D. So I decided I [...]

Defining the "Mobile" In Your Video Strategy

Posted in BusinessMobileVideo

This was originally published on the Limelight Blog as part of my role as Sr. Director, Solutions Marketing for Digital Media (and acting Streaming Product Manager). Perhaps you are only just incorporating video delivery into your online presence. Perhaps you are an old-hand with a business built on delivering video. Regardless, video is increasingly becoming [...]

Tenants of Mobile Search

Posted in Mobile

Originally posted 2011-07-12 14:43:49. Great piece on hot mobile search trends: http://mashable.com/2011/07/12/mobile... In short: 1. Mobile search is growing 2. It's not that different from PC searching 3. We search because we want to take action. This is a very different behavior set than PC-based search simply because we are on the go, not sitting [...]