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hello world. my name is Ryan Alexander Boyles. often, it's pronounced the RAB. i'm into declarative living. i am a connector. this is my life-stream / tumblr / blog. call it what you will. find my sxsw posts.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Password-based security mechanisms — which can be cracked, reset, and socially engineered — no longer suffice in the era of cloud computing.
1994 Today Show discusses: “What is Internet, Anyway?”
And you thought you had a hard time explaining Twitter’s value to people. NBC news didn’t know what an email address was in 1994.
(Source: youtube.com)
For Suarez, it’s not just more efficient. It’s a nicer way to communicate. There’s a “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” kind of passive-aggressiveness to the way many people use corporate e-mail, with the strategic bcc and the cover-your-ass e-mail message. “If you have been using e-mail in a corporate environment, you know that plenty of people use e-mail as a weapon against their own colleagues,” he says. “This was also creating a new way of working where you wouldn’t need to justify the work you did. You earned trust from your colleagues by being a lot more public, a lot more open and a lot more transparent in what you do.
IBM Gives Birth to Amazing E-mail-less Man, Luis Suarez @elsua
Pejman Yousefzadeh: I Used to Think This Kind of Story Was Crazy. Not Anymore.
When Luis Suarez decided to live in a world without e-mail, some of his colleagues thought he was making a mistake. After all, he works for IBM, one of the world’s top vendors of e-mail software.
But Suarez was ready to cut the cord. Like any other 21st century…
I know Luis and while he visited Durham NC 2 years ago we discussed this movement towards a more social workplace with less email. Many of us IBMers are moving this direction.
NO FAST” is better than no response at all
Chris Brogan, Say No Faster
QR Codes for list building on mobile, neat example @djwaldow
Jack's twttr
this is awesome. a look back at @Jack Dorsey’s email and IM (i assume) from 5 years ago when Twitter was being designed and built and it was called Twttr. know your history, nerds. :)
The Best and Worst Time to Send Your Emails, via theemailguide.com heard thru @pdub
Email From Steve Jobs RE: Java on OS X (by Scott Fraser)
The Anti-Social Media: You Don't Own Social Media
When I see people really think about social media and business, they always ask the question, “Who owns social media?” This question has a lot of answers. Some people argue marketing. Other people argue PR. I’ve even seen it be argued that HR owns social media. At the end of the day, most people agree that no single department in a company owns social media, and it’s up to the everyone to use it correctly to promote and serve the busineses purposes.
That’s positive, wonderful and unfortunately idealistic thinking. When I look at the question, I tend to turn it around on itself. I think about who really owns social media, and when I boil it down, the answer is always a corporation.
