I’m just aching to know if the new Apple tablet (insert caveats, weasel words and qualifiers here) is a potential Cintiq competitor. I don’t think it will be, but you never know. It may also have a built in barometer and bird call generator. I’m never sure if Apple does themselves more good than harm with the secrecy and anticipation that surrounds the run-up to these announcements. Unless there’s something truly jaw-dropping about whatever device rises from the stage when Steve Jobs reaches that particular slide in Keynote, the reaction may be muted disappointment: “Oh.” “Huh.” “Wait a minute… my life is still the same miasma of thwarted potential and spiritual anomie that it was half an hour ago!” Sponsor That said, what are you expecting on Jan. 27? More Noise to Signal. Discuss
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Cartoon: Apple Tablet: Now With Barometer and Bird Call Generator
It was the okay-est of times, it was the meh-est of times. From the election of the first American social media president… to a nod to social media from the mainstreamiest of mainstream media ( Oxford Dictionary, for god’s sake! )… it’s been a big, tumultuous sprawling toddler of a year, prone to tantrums and potty accidents but adorable nonetheless. Here, then, is 2009 the way it was meant to be remembered… in doodles. Sponsor More Noise to Signal. Discuss
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2009 In Social Media: A Cartoon Review
‘Tis the season and all that, and this time of year I find myself thinking a lot about my parents. This is exactly the sort of thing they’d have said (if my childhood had been, oh, 20 or 30 years later), and it would have driven me CRA-ZEE. Funny thing: It’s also exactly the sort of thing I find myself saying to my own kids. Sponsor And speaking of ’tis the season, thanks and all the best to all of you who’ve read, tweeted, forwarded and commented on Noise to Signal this year. Have a great holiday if you’re celebrating, and just have a lovely week or two if you aren’t. I’ll see you in 2010. More Noise to Signal. Discuss
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Cartoon: Don’t Push Me
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The debate rages on over whether social networks (and Twitter, and YouTube, and, and, and) have any legitimacy in the workplace, fueled in no small part by people who sell tools to block them . But employers who turn their noses up at Facebook et al. may well discover that their coveted Millennials (a.k.a. Generation Y, a.k.a. those damn kids who won’t get off your lawn) are happy to return the favour when recruiting time rolls around. Blocking access to Facebook looks a lot like those IT departments that wouldn’t install web browsers on your computer a decade ago… or external email access a few years earlier. Sponsor And like those tools before them, the social web today is increasingly being used by companies and organizations for productive, collaborative work. So it’s not just a question of denying your HR department a hiring pool of cool kids. Blocking social media from your company can mean cutting yourself off from an important potential source of productivity, innovation and increased efficiency. Of course, that’s an argument I like to make to people who haven’t just received a dozen Farmville notifications. More Noise to Signal. Discuss
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Cartoon: Friends With Benefits
You have to wonder how often this happens these days. High-speed coverage (or at least coverage that’s advertised that way) is now widespread, and there have to be times when a solid 3G connection can beat an understaffed checkout line hands-down. Which means customers are bringing the competition into the bricks-and-mortar stores with them —
A while back, a friend of mine wondered about LinkedIn’s somewhat limited options for indicating how you know someone. (“I vomited on their shoes at the office party” isn’t on the list, for example.) We had a back-and-forth on her blog , and I came up with a list of some potentially useful additions to LinkedIn’s categories. You’ll find them below… but they’re only a starting point. Kindly add yours in the comments, and maybe – just maybe – they’ll be coming soon to a form field near you. Sponsor More Noise to Signal. Discuss
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Cartoon: That’s What Friends Are For
A few weeks ago, I spoke to someone who had finally reached the end of her rope with an obdurate boss. Having suggested a series of social media initiatives, only to see them wither on the vine as he refused to either push them forward or cancel them, she was ready to move on – not just to another job, but a whole different organization. (Possibly the mob. She has recently dreamed up some innovations on the homicide front that she’s eager to try.) Sponsor One of the reasons social media can be so challenging is that it often challenges hierarchies… and people at the top of those hierarchies have grown comfortable there. Some see the potential advantages of an engaging, open online presence, but others feel threatened and vulnerable. They have a wide range of hostile responses at their disposal: from the passive-aggressive (my friend’s boss) to the outright belligerent (see below). What’s your experience? Have you found yourself inadvertently threatening the powers that be? More Noise to Signal. Discuss
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Cartoon: Head Count
