- You send me: Social apps help cut down on email, and 10,000 Words blog applies that to news organizations with a good roundup of tools your office can use, too.
- I'm movin' on: Must-haves for mobile journalism include the features you need on your smartphone, plus some great apps. Hat tip to Joe Bonner for a find I wouldn't have discovered on my own.
- I've been everywhere: You have your Facebook page. But how about 84 localized Facebook pages for your brand? JVC does it, and here's how. Should you consider similar localized strategy?
- Doctor, doctor, gimme the news: Mobile phones are changing healthcare in Africa. Get a peek at the possibilities, from pinging the doctor to diagnosis tools. How might these ideas change your view of mobile technology?
- Jumpin' Jack! SlideShare has ditched Flash in favor of HTML5. Find out why that's a great thing for you and your presentations.
- The circle game: Google+ now lets you share your circles with friends. Keep an eye on this network, which keeps adjusting and expanding its sociability. And Google+ now has 43 million users, a 30 percent jump since it opened up to anybody.
- All I've got is a photograph: Olapic sounds like a great app--it lets you run a photo or video contest on your blog or website. Will you try it?
- We will have these moments to remember: Facebook's timeline could impact your career--and far from a bad thing, it offers you the chance to create a truly unique online picture of yourself, says this Harvard Business Review article. Not the doom-and-gloom reaction, this is a thoughtful, forward-looking piece.
Favorites? Aside from you, here are a few I flagged for later reading:
- Always read Louis Gray, who writes here on subscribing to the stream of consciousness, putting what all this social networking amounts to in poetic and real terms. Stop and think about this one.
- WebInkNow has 10 examples of QR codes for real-time marketing. This tactic's still so new that we can all glean new ideas from posts like this one.
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