“Each man reads his own meaning into New York.” – Meyer Berger
Over 50 people from all over the world are going to meet in the center of the biggest city in the United States this weekend. Why?
Because they connected with each other. (more…)
Author: Peter G McDermott
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The White House is Hanging Out Tomorrow
Image via Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon No word yet from +The White House, +Barack Obama or +Steve Grove as to whether or not my question made it into the queue or if I’ll be part of tomorrow’s hangout. But, nonetheless, it should be great to see the President using this incredible technology and platform to interact with some of our country’s citizens.
I really hope that politicians start to embrace and understand the power of connecting with their citizens and constituents using social media and things like hangouts that allows them to connect with people in their congressional districts while they’re busy working in Washington. (more…)
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It's my Birthday, Buy me a Drink!
So, here’s a sad story. It’s my birthday, and my sweetheart has left to visit her family. I’m going to go out and celebrate tomorrow and would love to have a loaded PayPal debit card to use when I have a few drinks. If you like the content you’ve been reading and would like to support my cause, buy me a drink!
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Why Google Needs a Better Set of Controls
photo by Dominique Huet GMail, Google Docs, Blogger, YouTube, Google+, the list of products seems almost endless, and odds are if you are a power user of one, you use many of them.
Over the last several years Google has been adding to the list of its publicly available product and moving people’s workflow to the cloud. Successful businesses are now being started with the simple power of tools like GMail, Google Docs, Google Sites and AdSense.
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How to Create Opportunities for Yourself
photo by Michele Bighignoli There was a time when people said, “when an opportunity knocks, take it.” That was before there were seven billion people on the planet.
Before technology so rapidly advanced, things were a lot different. Peoples connections weren’t as broad and usually couldn’t fill more than a Rolodex. Finding work was much easier, because the selection pool was much smaller.
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The Misinformation Age
Do you remember 10 years ago when people said, “don’t trust everything you read on the Internet?” It seems that statement has almost come full circle as uninformed politicians and news commentators tackle subjects like SOPA and Google’s new consolidated privacy policy.
We now live in an age where our country’s (and world’s) economic engine runs on the ability for people to easily connect around the globe. This is not done with wireless telegraph, overseas phone transmissions or airmail, but by a network of computers connected through a series of switches, routers and other transmission devices.
