Social media marketing is like going Beyonce on your customers. (by Gary Vaynerchuk)
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I have no understanding as to why, when you’re 18 to even, let’s say 30, why you wouldn’t try to make what you’re passionate about work for you… If you go and become a lawyer or go to school and do all the things that everybody wants you to do, and don’t do the thing you really love, the real question isn’t what’s going to happen when you’re 23, 27, 31, 36. The question really becomes what’s going to happen when you’re 70 years old and you look back at your life and you’re like, ‘Why didn’t I try?’ There’s going to be a regret factor that I think a lot of times a guidance counselor or parent or teacher tend not to think about… They’re worried about your next ten years. I’m worried about your last ten years. And in those last ten years, you’re going to be thinking back… and realizing, ‘Why didn’t I go to Austin (or L.A. or Nashville… wherever you’re going)? Why didn’t I take a chance?’ and really regret that. And that - that tastes a lot worse than going for it, because that’s when you’re most alive.
The Web is your CV and social networks are your references.
I can’t wait to Lean In, and start reading Sheryl’s new book: Lean In: Woman, Work and the Will to Lead, with my amazingly smart, creative and driven girlfriends, Amanda, Caitlin and Robin.
Maureen Corrigan on Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In:
But, but, but, … there are still some compelling reasons why, echoing some of Sandberg’s supporters, I’d optimistically slide Lean In into my teenage daughter’s bookshelf. First of all, the final two chapters of the book are more hard-hitting, riskier, less worried about alienating those readers, like stay-at-home moms, who may not share Sandberg’s vision. Sandberg kicks off her final chapter by saying:
“For decades, we have focused on giving women the choice to work inside or outside the home. … But we have to ask ourselves if we have become so focused on supporting personal choices that we’re failing to encourage women to aspire to leadership.”
In her famous 2010 TED Talk on the dearth of female leadership, Sandberg sounds more like that: opinionated and challenging.
Kid President: I think we all need a pep talk
What an inspiring little dude!
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# 3. Flash will finally give way to HTML5.
Mobile browsers used to run slowly unless you had a fast 4G connection. That’s changing all across the U.S., which means the technology behind the browser will start to change. Case in point: HTML5 can transmit rich content on your phone without the burden of compatibility. That’s why Peter Friedman, the CEO of content management company LiveWorld, says HTML5 will start to replace Adobe Flash for movies, animations, and other rich content.
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Want to jump on the HTML5 bandwagon, but not sure where to start? Let Skillshare help you out. For a cool 20 bones, you can learn how to code in HTML5 and CSS3 online, from anywhere in the world!
This class is being touted as a great beginners course and complements other development classes offered at Skillshare, such as: Teach Yourself to Code: One Month Rails
Never underestimate creativity, thinking and innovation. An amazing little 15-year old (Kelvin Doe) from Sierra Leone created his own radio station by searching trash cans for spare parts to make batteries, generators and transmitters. On his radio station, he distributes news and information to his community, and taps into his passion, DJ’ing under the name DJ Focus.
You can DONATE to help youth like him via Crowdwise, and the non profit: Innovate Solone. The Program promotes innovation and challenges Sierra Leonean youth to design the solutions to complex problems in their local and national communities.
Thanksgiving Dinner: History Designed It, And Tom Colicchio Critiques It
If you don’t know, now you know… Celebrity chef, Tom Colicchio unveils how a confluence of social, regional, and religious forces brought America Thanksgiving—and its lousy turkey.
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Embarcadero Technologies, HTML5 Builder was picked as one of the Top 7 Programmer picks, in InfoWorld Top Stories for HTML5/PHP/Java development. Woo hoo!
Cheer’s to enabling developers to reach multiple platforms (web and mobile) with a single HTML5, CSS3, PHP, JavaScript code base!
