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Recap of PRSA Boston Social Media Event
Mark McClennan, President of PRSA Boston, and CustomScoop’s own Sarah Wurrey have both written good write-ups of the PRSA Boston social media event that took place on Monday night. As I noted before, I was unable to attend because I am out of town for another commitment, but after reading these two posts I wish…
Google Blogsearch Tops Technorati … Or Does It?
Hitwise reports that for the first time Google Blogsearch has generated more pages views in a week than Technorati. So Technorati is now the second place blog search web site, right? Maybe, maybe not. Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch points out that the comScore numbers disagree. Unfortunately, the comScore numbers appear to be highly erratic…
If There Was Any Doubt the Patent System is Broken…
You simply must read this laugh out loud funny list of crazy patents that have actually been awarded by the USPTO. I picked up on it from a post by Seth Levine where he reports on (potentially) good news about pending changes in the way patents are handled. We can only hope. My favorites from…
David Halberstam, 1934-2007
It was with sadness that I saw last night a bulletin that one of my favorite authors had died in a car accident. David Halberstam, writer of American history and sports, was the passenger in a car in Menlo Park, CA the was broad-sided by another. Halberstam was a master story-teller who wrote “popular history” better…
Convio Study Examines Non-Profit Online Engagement
Convio, a provider of constituent relationship management software and services, released a report detailing the continued growth and success of online efforts in the face of the economic downturn. The Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study seeks to measure the growth and success of technology based outreach undertaken by its non-profit clients.
What is Disruptive Innovation?
The name of this blog — “Pardon the Disruption” — derives from the notion of disruptive technology or disruptive innovations generally. But what exactly is that? Or, more precisely, what does it mean to me? Wikipedia says: A disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is a technological innovation, product, or service that eventually overturns the existing…