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Linked – Medium says it can’t make money selling ads so it’s laying off a third of its staff

In a blog post shared on Wednesday, Williams said he wants to move away from ad-supported content, which is how most stuff on the internet generates revenue. Williams described that business model, which is almost entirely dependent on clicks and views, as a “broken system.” “The vast majority of articles, videos, and other ‘content’ we…

Peyton Manning Tribute and The Power of Handwritten Notes
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Peyton Manning Tribute and The Power of Handwritten Notes

If you watched the NFL Draft on Thursday night, you may have caught Gatorade’s commercial tribute to Peyton Manning. If you didn’t, you can see it here:   As I watched it, the one thing that jumped out at me was that all of these people who had handwritten notes from Peyton that they had…

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Linked – The Internet of Things has a dirty little secret

“If Nest wanted to increase profits it could sell your home’s environment data to advertisers. Too cold? Amazon ads for blankets. Too hot? A banner ad for an air conditioner. Too humid? Dehumidifiers up in your Facebook.To be clear, that hasn’t happened yet but Nest already shares “anonymous” data with “partners” and Google just happens…

People Are Acting Like People and That’s Bad for Facebook and Twitter

People Are Acting Like People and That’s Bad for Facebook and Twitter

I’m sure you’ve all seen the news that has spread across the internet and social media recently. Teens are not using Twitter and Facebook, they’ve moved on to other social networks. Well, I did see one article that tried to explain why they are spending their time on other networks, and it’s not just because…

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New Year’s Tradition – Favorite Photos of 2012

An annual tradition around here is to put together a Flickr Set of my favorite photos from the past year. 2012 was a busy, busy year and brought about some very unexpected changes for me professionally, ones that caused our lives to be much different than we expected too! Your personal life can’t help but…