Social Media

Flowtown’s 2010 Social Networking Map. But shouldn’t LOLCats be bigger?

I love Flowtown’s wry look at the state of social networking. For the entire... 

What would happen if we all took 24 hours offline . . . together?

When it comes to digital media, is it possible to have too much of a good thing?... 

Mom fined for locking her son out of his Facebook profile.

I imagine there are a few gazillion Moms who might happily zap their kidlets’... 

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Cool New Stuff

Not a “Morning Person?” This Tour’s For You.

At last. Now non “Morning People” have travel rights. Is there anything... 

Get paid in chocolate? Hotel Chocolat introduces Chocolate Bonds.

So a couple of weeks ago, I attended a terrific conference on financial innovation... 

Mon dieu! Chocolat meets the iPhone.

According to a recent study, there’s an undeniable connection between chocolate... 

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Featured Friends

What’s hot and what’s not in 2010: Toy Trends Expert Sherry Younger Artemenko’s take on Toy Fair.

Guru’s Note: Many moons ago, when my “executive” job in toyland consisted of cobbling together lines for Strawberry Shortcake (”Have a berry, berry good day!”) and the Care Bears (”Dream on, little starshine”), I looked forward to ferociously tackling the annual new products frenzy that is the International... [Read more of this review]

Eileen Calandro, Chief Mom Connector

Guru’s Note: To meet @calandro5 online is to love her. To meet her IRL over a piece of Madonna Inn pink champagne cake is to love her even more. Eileen is a perfect example of the social media phenomenon I’ve dubbed ‘Strategic Serendipity.” She’s also the poster child for the way natural leaders bubble up organically during... [Read more of this review]

Meet Laurie Petersen, New Media Pioneer.

In honor of my friend Laurie Petersen’s visit this week to the Bay Area, I will cut and paste a smattering of her incredible Digital and New Media Pioneer credentials:   Editor-in-Chief at MediaPost’s Marketing Daily Senior Vice President at Gruppo, Levey & Co. Executive Producer at The Deal.com Editorial Director at Barnesandnoble.com Supervising... [Read more of this review]

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