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A new path to social media insight at Vision Critical
Oct 30, 2012 | Career, Vision Critical
People who post frequently on Facebook and Twitter are more than 3 times as likely to care about being the most fashionable person in the room, compared to more passive social media users. That was one of the surprising findings that came out of a major social media...
5 questions about your personal brand and your day job
Oct 28, 2012 | Career, Top Career Posts, Published in The Wall Street Journal
My latest for the Wall Street Journal addresses the challenges that companies face in managing "co-branded" employees: employees who have built a significant reputation and following through social media. The story covers a range of issues managers need to consider,...
How quickly should you reply to email?
Oct 2, 2012 | Career
I'm a judgemental email sender and an anxious email recipient. When I send someone an email, I judge them based on their response time: instant? slow? eternal? And by judgement, let me be clear: I'm not judging them on their email skills alone. Increasingly, I use...
More jobs of the future: essential staff for your tech lifestyle
Aug 22, 2012 | Lifestyle
A while ago I blogged a list of anticipated jobs of the future: new categories of employment that will be necessitated by our increasingly plugged-in lives. Now it's time to add a few to the list: Update concierge: 2 laptops + 2 home computers + 1 ipad + 1 iphone + 2...
Of shoes and men
Aug 15, 2012 | Lifestyle
I have a dear friend who used to say that a woman should always have three men in her life: the one currently in her heart, a second recently dispatched, and a third waiting in the wings. I now have a comparable philosophy about shoes. Every woman should have one...
7 ways to enhance your vacations with Facebook
Aug 8, 2012 | Family, Lifestyle
How Facebook can help you plan a better trip — and help you remember it.
Take a one-way road trip with Ridejoy
Aug 7, 2012 | Lifestyle
Ridejoy is a social network that helps you share rides. Here’s how we used it to take a fantastic one-way road trip.
For a magazine story: seeking business leaders suffering from tech pain
Aug 7, 2012 | Career
I'm writing a story for a leading business travel magazine and I'm looking for interview subjects. Do you have a tech pain point -- whether it's email overload, scheduling, or just finding a way to unplug -- that I can help you solve? If you are the CEO of a...
8 hot ways Evernote can spice up your sex life
Jul 18, 2012 | Relationships
"For doing your taxes". "For shopping and to-do lists". "For home improvement projects". These are three of the very practical suggestions the Evernote blog has to offer as part of their 8 great ways couples can use Evernote shared notebooks blog post, which I just...
Magic browser plugin for retroactive logins across open tabs
Jul 7, 2012 | Idea Liberation Project