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5 Customers You Should Fire

January 18, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

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Steve Cody, inc.com

THE CLIMBER

In 18 years of running my own business, I’ve found it’s important to know when to turn the tables and fire a client. Here are those five times.

You may know Inc.com as I do: It’s a veritable treasure trove of best practices wh…

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5 Customers You Should Fire

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TalentBin Takes On LinkedIn

January 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

TalentBin Takes On LinkedIn By Targeting Recruiters
By David Zax, fastcompany.com

By trolling various sites, TalentBin builds a database of people’s hidden talents. Can it reinvent headhunting in the process?

TalentBin, as its founder Pete Kazanjy explains, is a LinkedIn competitor. And yet, if the average person with …

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The Future Of Coworking

January 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management

The Future Of Coworking And Why It Will Give Your Business A Huge Edge
By Lydia Dishman, fastcompany.com

Here are the numbers that support the case for coworking—and why it’s not just for startups or freelancers anymore.

Fun. Friendly. Inspiring. Collaborative. Productive. If you wouldn’t define your workplace with any or all of those ter…

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the (in)complete list of coworking spaces in Canada: part two (karimkanji.wordpress.com)
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Avoid recruiters and put your skills up for auction

December 30, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Hounded By Recruiters, Coders Put Themselves Up For Auction
J.J. Colao, forbes.com

When Pete London posted a resume on LinkedIn in December 2009, the JavaScript specialist stumbled into a trap of sorts. Shortly after creating a profile he received a message from a recruiter at Google. Just days later, another from…

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Why LinkedIn is replacing Monster as job search tool

December 23, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Job Recruiters Eschew Monster to Find Hidden Talent on LinkedIn
By Olga Kharif -, bloomberg.com

In his more than 15 years as a headhunter, Jeff Vijungco has tried Monster, Craigslist, CareerBuilder, and other online job boards. Lately the head of recruitment at Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) has scrapped most of them.

“I think job posti…

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Why Everyone at My Company Has One Job Title

December 23, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

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Issie Lapowsky, inc.com Inc. magazine The Nerdery, No. 99 on Inc.’s Hire Power list, rose above tragedy to give every employee a personal stake in success COMPANY PROFILE Company: The Nerdery Headquarters: Bloomington, MN Founder: Mike…

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Is your resume missing a title? (examiner.com)

Why the resume is dead and profile pages are the new standard

December 23, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Your Online Bio, Supercharged
Jennifer Alsever, inc.com

Inc. magazine

The skinny on three services that help you create personal webpages to encompass your entire online life.

Chances are good that your bio on the company website includes little more than a headshot, title, and career…

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Has Social Media Killed the Resume? (openforum.com)
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Buffer social media turns from websites to mobile streams

December 16, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

With Over 400,000 Users, Social Media Manager Buffer Gets A Refresh On Web & Mobile, Moves Away From Being A Destination Site
Sarah Perez, techcrunch.com

Buffer, the social media manager that allows you to schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, is today launching a redesign of its service on both web and mobile. The updates, six months in development, are meant to increase focus…

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HootSuite vs Buffer (karimkanji.wordpress.com)
Best Social Media Tools For Your Small Business (crowdspring.com)

Big Tech: Mary Meeker Says We’re Giving Up Our Possessions for the Internet

December 14, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Sustainable Design

Michael V. Copeland, wired.com

Mary Meeker (Photo credit: niallkennedy)

Analyst turned VC Mary Meeker sees a lot to be excited about in tech (mobile), and much to be worried about too.

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Big Tech: Mary Meeker Says We’re Giving Up Our Possessions for the Internet

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LinkedIn and identity theft

December 10, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

Identity fraud more common among LinkedIn users – Salon.com
By Natasha Lennard, salon.com

The personal information openly shared on social media sites is a goldmine for fraudsters

The proliferation of personal information shared via social media correlates with a significant spike in instances of identity fraud. In 201…

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Klout and other ways to measure your influence

November 7, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Beyond Klout: Better Ways To Measure Social Media Influence
Adam Popescu, readwrite.com

Measuring social influence online is becoming a more sophisticated, refined and granular process. While the much-maligned early leader in the market, Klout, has scooped up a lot of headlines over the past few years, there’s a better…

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LinkedIn disrupts biotech pharma recruiting

November 5, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

LinkedIn: The Quiet Force Transforming Biotech & Pharma
Luke Timmerman, xconomy.com

Luke Timmerman

Mark Levin’s business is biotechnology, so it’s no surprise he knew zilch about a tech company called LinkedIn as recently as two years ago. But these days Levin sounds like he can barely do his job without…

http://flpbd.it/TIANz

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