#7. PRACTICE THE ART OF COLLISION The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup is a metaphor for life. What seems completely new is often just an unexpected combination of the familiar but previously disconnected. This is Innovation 101, but too often we forget, and think the one asset we have is the...

#7. PRACTICE THE ART OF COLLISION The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup is a metaphor for life. What seems completely new is often just an unexpected combination of the familiar but previously disconnected. This is Innovation 101, but too often we forget, and think the one asset we have is the...

edu.cyn.in – Social Software in Schools Maybe it’s time that there be a service that’s only for kids. – Jason Calacanis at 1:13:29 into TWiST #50 Anniversary Show Lon Harris, Creative Director at ThisWeekIn brought up an interesting story on Anthony Orsini, the...

How to turn an unknown social network of yours into your kids safety net and maybe even help you start connecting too. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one. – Bill Gates Background I have two start-up projects underway. The first, Twetailer was inspired by...

Some of us folks in the social software field need to take a lesson from 11 year-olds & Steve Jobs. Apple Specialists are at the heart of our reputation for extraordinary customer service. You love people. Have an encyclopedic knowledge of all things Apple. And can translate...

I never thought assigning homework would be so easy but, this is social software in elementary schools. … a simple process: find leaders (the heretics who are doing things differently and making change), and then amplify their work, give them a platform, and help them find followers-and...