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innovation

Admit It: You Are Confused by Net Neutrality

April 7, 2010
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The ruling basically gives Comcast, the largest cable provider in the nation, freedom to block customers’ access to web services. Why would Comcast want to block access to certain sites/online services? Well, the company claims that customers who use services like BitTorrent slow down the network for other paying customers.

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Recycling Can Result in Trash

February 17, 2010
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With so much information at your fingertips and so much being bombarded at you at any given second, you should totally relish in the opportunity to creatively restring ideas. Pretty much anything can be synthesized and made new if you have the brain energy and creativity to do it. But the plagiarists are running rampant.

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Improve Your Ability to Innovate

December 1, 2009
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In December’s Harvard Business Review, researchers identify five skills that separate true innovators from other smart people. What makes one person an innovator, able to trailblaze a path in the media jungle, and another person a wanderer, lost and seeking direction? Here, find descriptions of the skills and my practical advice.

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Carr Recognizes that Young People Are Innovating Media

November 30, 2009
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I’m happy that the Times decided to publish a piece about the entrepreneurial efforts of the unexperienced – I get the sense that most publications aren’t really interested in the struggles of young people trying to make and remake the world. This article marks a turning point in the way we think about the media industry.

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Securing Your Spot with Social Media

September 30, 2009
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We’ve all heard stories about ignorant Facebook users who have lost jobs because of inappropriate content they publicly posted. The time has come for us to stop pretending that we don’t have fun outside of work and celebrate people like Melissa, who are utilizing the power of all their networks (even Facebook!).

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