Bonobos prefer to share food with strangers Karl Bates-Duke, futurity.org DUKE (US) — For bonobos, building a social network and making new friends are as valuable as food, say researchers. If you opened a pack of gum while standing in line somewhere, would you give a piece to the coworker standing on one side of……
Guest Blogger, smartblogs.com There’s no doubt that Pinterest is generating considerable amounts of referral traffic for businesses. Many people were using Pinterest for business by finding ways around the settings meant for personal users, but now Pinterest is officially open… Getting started with Pinterest for business Related articles Getting Visual with Pinterest Marketing Strategy –…
40 Things To Say Before You Die Jessica Hagy, forbes.com Before you’re sprawled on your deathbed, there are some things you really have to say. They’re not complicated. They’re not poetry. They’re just short sentences with big meaning. I hope they get you talking. 40 “I… RT @Forbes: 40 things to say before you die…
Eric Markowitz, inc.com Inc.com staff Jan 16, 2013 Lynda.com, a 17-year-old online library of training videos, just raised $103 million, underscoring the massive online education boom. Forty years ago, the United States government spent $16 billion on workforc… RT @Inc: Need proof that the online education boom is real? @Lynda just raised $103 million. http://flip.it/mXA94…
Re:Re:Fw:Re: Workers Spend 650 Hours a Year on Email Megan Garber, theatlantic.com Unless you happen to get some sort of obsessive compulsive satisfaction from keeping your inbox in shipshape — and hey, if you do, more power to ya — dealing with email has got to be one of the most deadening aspects of any…
How REI Put A Bow On Social Marketing And Wowed Customers By Ekaterina Walter, fastcompany.com As marketers, we talk a lot about real-time response and true social agility. But very few brands were able to master the art. So is agile marketing a myth? A lot of brands struggle with agility in marketing: thinking on…
17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley By Linda Tischler, fastcodesign.com David Kelley is well-known for his astute application of design thinking to many of life’s intractable problems. Less known is that he’s also a veritable Dr. Phil of good advice about life, careers, and the importance of not being a… RT @FastCompany: “You’re the…
Anonymous Forum Users Can Be Identified By Linguistics By CARMEL MELOUNEY, fastcompany.com Researchers discover ways to identify the authors of anonymous online comments through linguistic analysis. If you want to ensure your anonymous comments online really do stay anonymous, it’s probably wise to start using leetspeak. … http://flip.it/IVsls Related articles Linguistics Identifies Anonymous Users (disinfo.com)…
10 Job Interview Tips From A CEO Headhunter By Russell S. Reynolds, Jr., with Carol E. Curtis, fastcompany.com Whether you’re being interviewed to be an intern or a CEO, you’re going to run into a few notoriously tricky questions—here’s a road map of what you’ll be asked, and how to craft impressive answers to even…
Shakespeare and Wordsworth boost the brain, new research reveals By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent, telegraph.co.uk The works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth are “rocket-boosters” to the brain and better therapy than self-help books, researchers will say this week. RT @TelegraphSci: Shakespeare and Wordsworth boost the brain, new research reveals http://flip.it/o4phh http://flip.it/iIR1N Related articles Difficult Texts Boost…