As I wrote on Saturday, this year’s Social Slam was a blast. From the affordability to the quality teaching to the food, the Social Media Club of Knoxville did a fantastic job putting on the one-day conference. But as with every conference, not everything went off without a hitch. During Tom Webster’s (@webby2001) keynote address, [...]
Monday Morning Links: Groupon, job cuts, unemployment, ‘Hunger Games’
Last week was a dreadful week for many in the media business, as three major employers began their attempts to layoff over 3,000 employees. The three major media outlets–Yahoo, CBC and Gannett–began their terminations for a variety of reasons. Yahoo announced that it was going to cut 2,000 jobs to “turn around the pioneering Internet company [...]
Monday Morning Links: April Fools, 9-to-5 work weeks, Hunger Games
Last year, Google placed subtle ad in the right hand corner every Gmail account for its new beta technology. On April 1, 2011, the world’s leading search engine announced Gmail motion, a revolutionary new way of sending email using motion detector technology. Or, in other words, an elaborate April Fool’s Day joke. This year, Google [...]