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Tthis is a helpful read to squash some bad PR habits.

This one really grabbed my attention Corinne! I was really expecting to see the phrase, "I don't know" in there as well, but maybe that one is too obvious. In the few jobs I've had that required speaking to the media, it was really stressed to never say "I don't know," even if you really didn't know how to answer the question.

How was this affect how you get your news?

I will be paying - can't live without my morning globe and mail

People will start going to free sites to get their news.

An interesting court case that concerns privacy over user data in social media. It also draws on the importance of social media policies in the workplace.

A new feature on Facebook that is interesting, will it change the way you use Facebook or is this just another incremental change that will have no long term impact?

"Within an hour that tweet was being discussed, as the most popular tweet of all time, garnering more than 300, 000 retweets" 

So even though we are very pro-social media and information sharing, this article shows the other side of the coin. Apparently many people were annoyed with being bombarded with election related votes - something that I hadn't considered until now. Pretty interesting read.

Interesting article about the increasing blend of work life and personal life. I'm not sure if I'd advocate adding a friend on Facebook - while I can control my own posts I'm not sure I can trust that I'd be able to manage my Facebook in a way that would absolutely ensure a manager wouldn't see an undesirable post from someone else before I had time to delete it.

Incredibly relevant given our discussion in class today. I know what I said this morning about not believing anonymous comments to be integral to free speech, but I have to say I'm not at all keen on the proposal of this type of law.

Plan B: working remotely during Hurricane Sandy. The business must go on.

This is really interesting article following the ways in which Lady Gaga has capitalized on using social media to promote her brand - especially now that she has her own social networking site for her fans that launched earlier this summer. I don't consider myself an avid fan of hers, but I'm really impressed with the way she uses social media to interact and connect with her fans; which is basically the only reason why I follow her on Twitter.

Interesting discussion after last week's Procom Mash-Up and the discussions about Big Data. This article is looking at the positive sides of big data.

The past few years have seen a steady influx of new investment, new companies and new opportunities in education technology. With this demand comes personalized learning, including mobile apps for learning. Good article!

Just a light-hearted, funny post I thought you guys might enjoy since it also coincides with Reading Week. Personally, I'm guilty of #2, #3, #11, #20 and #25

Wow, this is a pretty amazing thing. And a great article for synchronous tech! Please have a look. This revolutionary five-experiment exhibition highlights the way technology allows people to connect and engage with each other in real-time. It's the online component of a year-long physical exhibition in London's Science Museum featuring a series of interactive Chrome Experiments that bring the intricacies of the web to life. In what is a truly global exhibit museum visitors can interact with the technology at the same time as online participants.

Last week's discussion in Virtual Org got me thinking about effective ways to communicate change. This is a high-level view of some tips for communicating change. More to come on this topic!

For those of you who heard my educative presentation you probably already know about this but I think it is an interesting new use for LinkedIn.

I thought this was interesting considering we have been talking about user generated content. Also, it is a good example of how social media has changed the way we look at major events.

This is an interesting article that explores the connection between indecision, workplace communication.

Facebook and google looking at mobile ads for their source of revenue considering the increased use of mobile applications. Elaborates on the discussion this past week on how our identities are being readily made public allowing public companies to target specific users.