Should Raleigh's Christmas parade wait for Thanksgiving?
Matthew Eisley, writer for News & Observer vs. John Odom, executive director of the Greater Raleigh Merchants Association. What do you think Raleighites?
IBM.com has been upgraded to Connections 2.5
via Suzanne on the Synch.rono.us Lotus Connections blog:
Check out the IBM.com/communities site
FourSquare and Social Business Design
(via Being Peter Kim)
OMG. Yes. Peter Kim just gets it. Fantastic way to connect the dots.
Social Media: It’s Not What You Say That Matters
(It’s what you do.)
Ryan Boyles is at Internet Summit 2009 - Raleigh, NC - Whrrl
Photos from the 2nd Annual Internet Summit.
20 Ways Businesses Use Twitter: IBM: A Really Big Company Newsletter - BusinessWeek
“The world’s largest technology company may also be the world’s “tweetingest.” More than 1,000 employees in various countries use Twitter to talk with both their co-workers and customers. Twitter lets employees demonstrate their expertise and serves as a real-time IBM community newsletter, getting time-sensitive word to the company’s global ecosystem faster than by any other means…”
Sneaker wars: Adidas and Puma
Yes, there really was a sneaker war. I’ve always found this story interesting — the feud between German brothers, Adi and Rudolf Dassler who dissolved their shoe-making business many years ago to set up rival sneaker businesses Adidas and Puma (I’m partial to the later). Both successful businesses and popular brands are now coming together, many years after the founders went to their graves mid-feud. Though the reason for their rivalry is still unknown, the book about their story, Sneaker Wars might be a good read. Here’s more on the story in the New York Times. (via cynthya peranandam)
