I just thought it was interesting to look at some different articles that basically use similar information but come to different results. CNN.com calls Cyber Monday a myth in their article, while MSNBC.com notes that Cyber Monday has become real. They both point out that Cyber Monday started as an online response to Black Friday [...]
Archive | November, 2010
How to Do Stuff and Be Happy
This is part of our ongoing series on Geekend 2010, highlighting some of the seminars and what we learned. For more Geekend posts click here. I was excited for this session, mainly because doing stuff and being happy are two major challenges! Roy Christopher gave a laid back presentation that basically went through some ideas [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving. For the next couple of days the only Social Networking we are interested in is happening offline as we spend time with our friends and family. Raise wishes all of our friends, colleagues, and clients a Happy Thanksgiving and three good football games!
Job Search and Recruiting Within Social Media
This is part of our ongoing series on Geekend 2010, highlighting some of the seminars and what we learned. For more Geekend posts click here. A very timely session indeed as unemployment continues to run in the double digits, this session was intersting both for people looking for employment and for companies looking for employees. [...]
Cyberspace, Citzenship, and Solidarity: Can We Be Curious Together?
This is part of our ongoing series on Geekend 2010, highlighting some of the seminars and what we learned. For more Geekend posts click here. This was by far the most surprising of the sessions that I attended. I didn’t end up taking notes as this was the only session where I closed the computer [...]
