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  • German Lawmakers Seek To Limit Usage of Social Media Info By Employers

    Image via CrunchBase Germany seems to take privacy pretty seriously. According to reports this week Germany is seeking to enact legislation that would restrict the usage of information about prospective employees garnered from social media sites by employers. The legislators are drawing a line between “pure” social networking site and the more professional ones. “The…

  • Hollywood To Make Google Film?

    I guess it’s inevitable that someone somewhere would want to make a film about Google. If Facebook gets its own film, then Google should have its own … According to a recent article in the Telegraph plans are afoot for a film based on the book “Googled: The End of the World As We Know…

  • Fantasy Animals, Pets and Pretzels More Popular Than Businesses

    If you frequent the “twittersphere” or Facebook you’ll often come across businesses and their staff trying to market their products and services to you. There’s nothing wrong with that. Of course, how they actually do it is another matter entirely … But how successful are most of their attempts to “tap in” to “social media”…

  • Spontaneous Success Cannot Be Created

    It may seem obvious, but you cannot force something to be spontaneous. Spontaneous is that – spontaneous. It cannot be contrived or manipulated. If you don’t believe me check the definition in any good dictionary. Why is it that some “experts” believe that they can “cod” people (their clients and the media) into believing that…

  • Snake Oil Vendors – We Really Don’t Love You

    I’m sick of “experts”. I’m sick of people claiming that they know more about a subject than anyone else when it’s pretty damn obvious that they’ve missed the basics I’m tired of people selling solutions that they obviously don’t believe in. So I really really like this graphic which illustrates how much we, the public,…

  • Actions Speak Louder Than Words

    Whether it’s Twitter, Facebook or simply a blog people sometimes forget that their audience is fickle. If you spend too much time and energy “planning” and making grandiose promises of “things to come” will anyone really care or notice? With Facebook “pages” there is little to be gained from putting up a “holding page” –…