You know what else is dying?

My toothbrush. Seriously, the batteries have just about run out of juice. I was thinking about asking for a rechargeable electric toothbrush for Christmas. Then I thought about how common electric toothbrushes are becoming. And I thought ‘wow… Manual toothbrushes (teethbrush?) are dying… Someday they’ll cease to exist.’
Such an important item [...]

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Only 1 in 33 employees access Facebook at work

“Last July, Nucleus Research reported that productivity dropped 1.5% at companies that allow full access to social media. This is probably because they also found that 87% of use was not work-related.  The headlines are a little alarmist, however, because they also note that only one in 33 employees accessed Facebook at work.”
From Positively Media
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Ooo… well that’s new

I opened up my Feedly this morning (which, by the way, turns my blog roll into my morning/mid day/evening paper.  I love it!) and began reading “Social Media Mavens – An Interview with Citi’s Terry O’Neil“.  I haven’t gotten past the first sentence yet.
One of the elements of social media that’s been really exciting to [...]

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Oh no I Didn’t! (finger wag included)

Oh yes I did. I did, I did, I did. It’s unthinkable. It’s ludicrous. This time I’ve gone too far. What did I do? I cut off my Internet at home.
Say what now? You heard me. Internet. BAM! Gone. Finito.
I’ve been all about [...]

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What did you do before the internet?

Recently I’ve been taking a lot at just how much I use the internet.  How much more productive I am because of it, and how much less I’m accomplishing because of it.  These days, I do everything on the web, banking, keeping up with friends, research, reading, listening to music, watching videos, buying concert tickets… [...]

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