Editor’s note: This post is authored by guest contributor Thor Muller, a New York Times best selling author. His latest book, "Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business" is available now.
This is the story of how a young Irish fine artist accidentally became a materials scientist, founding a high-growth company that created a whole new product category.
A clip lasting just seconds was enough to put the real people of Silicon Valley in a tizzy over a Bravo reality television show tentatively titled "Silicon Valley."
The show, still in development, will chronicle the lives of five relative unknowns "on the path to becoming Silicon Valley’s next great success stories."
Echoing a grievance germinating across Google+ Circles, Facebook Timelines, and Twitter updates, Pete Cashmore, Mashable's CEO and my former boss, berated the very premise of the show.
I was presenting a webinar on the intersection of mobile and social with my colleague Jeremiah earlier this week, when, in the Q/A an interesting question arose, amidst the other tactical queries about partners, data points and development philosophy, this question stood out because of it's seeming simplicity and inherent complexity:
What is an "app" and how do you define it?
We used to see this a lot with MySpace hires, where new execs would come on board having never used the product.
I think Twitter's new PR Chief Gabriel Stricker is a great PR exec from my past interactions with him. But the man went through the entire interview process without ever actually having sent a tweet (here's…
Spotify continues to push the boundaries of streaming music. This morning it released the "Play" button, a widget that lets people embed songs from Spotify on any website. You need at least a free Spotify account to listen, which will no doubt help to grow the company's user base. It also means there is now a simple, legal way to bring millions of music tracks to any site.
OMG. Pinterest now has over 10.4 million registered users, 9 million monthly Facebook-connected users, and 2 million daily Facebook users, according to Inside Network's AppData tracking service. With gorgeous photography, and links to shopping sites, Pinterest is becoming an obsession for flocks of women. And they're not afraid to show it, I mean, Like it. AppData and Facebook's advertising tool show that over 97% of Pinterest's Facebook fans are women.
Started my career in communications, explored journalism and PR initially. Finally enjoying social media, and photography.
Recently set up this blog to share insights and opinions on social media related issues. Hopefully you will find the gateway to your information search through this alley.
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