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June 17, 2008 News and Trends

OneSpot Makes Publishing Personalized Memetrackers Simple

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:10:20 PDT
News aggregation sites that can help highlight the freshest, most relevant or most popular news from around the Web are essential to separating the signal from the noise. But all too often, these memetrackers are siloed, without readers having all that much input into what's considered most relevant, or determining what content gets in and what doe

WORKLIFE: Time off on summer Fridays gains steam

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:14:44 PDT
Employers are looking for new perks to attract talent today and attempting to raise job satisfaction without raising salaries. Many small companies are adopting a hot new trend - offering Fridays off in the summertime.

Talent management trends - PageUp People podcast

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:39:43 PDT
If you are a human resources professional keen to stay on top of the latest talent management research and trends without continually scrolling the web for resources, the PageUp People podcast is for you.By subscribing to this podcast, interviews with leading professionals and research findings are automatically sent to you as they become available

Video-game news: Xbox aims for role-playing fans (AP via Yahoo! News)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:06:59 PDT
Real news from the virtual world:

London Tabloid Inaccuartely Portrayed Bishop

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:10:40 PDT
The "news" has flashed across blogs and chain-mail lists and even onto at least one Catholic news site:Medjugorje had been condemned -- proclaimed as evil -- by the Vatican.

Mitt Romney Named John McCain's Veep by Karl Rove

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:05:17 PDT
"Romney is already vetted by the media, strong executive experience both in business and in government, has an interesting story to tell with saving the U.S. Olympics, and also helps McCain deal with the economy, because he can speak with the economy with a fluency that McCain doesn't have," Rove told "Fox News Sunday."

Bad news deals blow to blather of boosting US rates - Globe and Mail


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Bad news deals blow to blather of boosting US rates
Globe and Mail, Canada - 14 hours ago
Yesterday's reports followed news last week that consumer confidence plunged to a 28-year low in June, as soaring gasoline and food prices, ...
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Seven Traits of Highly Effective Community Developers

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:46:45 PDT
Note: this post first appeared last friday in Poynter.org's E-Media Tidbits column. Much thanks to Amy Gahran for the great editing job! Getting back from the New Pamphleteers conference, I considered how many news organizations sites that, one way or another, are doing some sort of community building. This can mean anything from using Topix Forums to implementing a custom-built community tool (with the hopes of repeating the success of Bluffton Today. More often than not, most of the attentio

My Review of #1 NY Times Best Seller: The Shack

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:36:03 PDT
My Review of #1 NY Times Best Seller: The Shack William P. Young wrote a fiction novel to teach his six children about his relationship with God. It is allegory about God’s grace healing brokenness. Young planned on making a few copies of the book at Kinkos. But then he shared the book with a few friends. They told a few more friends and through word of mouth marketing the book is now number 1 on the NY Times Best Seller list with over one million copies in print. It has been on USA Today’s

Malware Originators & Illegal Online Pharmaceutical chain

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:56:44 PDT
Update to 2008 Internet Security Trends Report Analyzes Impact of Sophisticated Social Engineering-Based Botnet Attacks dugg by www.fullofbugs.co.uk

Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation Announced for the DS

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:23:52 PDT
Today, Koei announced a new game that will appeal to any young fashionista that owns a Nintendo DS. Entitled Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation, this game will allow players to run their own retail fashion boutique. You'll scour the streets in search of the latest Tokyo fashion trends and then create new outfits and accessories.


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