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Author Archives: Hellmuth Broda
Metcalfe’s Law and Marketing
Ian Dainty recently published an article on EzineArticles.com on Metcalfe’s Law and Marketing. He muses: If you aren’t using Social Media to its utmost, and posting messages at least once a week, you’re missing out on thousands of potential clients. … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged Internet Marketing, LinkedIn, Marketing and Advertising, Metcalfe's law, Twitter, YouTube
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My Top 5 Social Networking Sites For Business
Michel Ruggaber (@miruggaber) pointed me to a useful article discussing Social Media sites for business: Top 10 Social Networking Sites For Business (Social Networking Marketing Stress Relief) I don’t necessarily agree with the entire list but do agree with the … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged Facebook, LinkedIn, Social media, Social network, Twitter, WordPress, YouTube
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Google’s New Privacy Policy: What Has Changed and What You Can Do About It
Wired.com today published an article from a blog at webmonkey.com: Google’s New Privacy Policy: What Has Changed and What You Can Do About It | Webmonkey | Wired.com. I posted an update towards the end of this article describing “Tom Henderson’s … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Management, Internet, Security, Social Media, Web
Tagged Gmail, Google, Privacy, Privacy policy, Search, Tor
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How to Use bit.ly to Track Clicks On Your Links
Many are aware of Google Analyticsto measure web site traffic on their own pages. But setting the tool up correctly is quite involving and many give up half way through. Google analytics, once you succeeded in setting everything up correctly … Continue reading
Posted in On blogging, Social Media, Web
Tagged bit.ly, Google Analytics, Social media, URL shortening
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Social Media Revolution 2011 (Video)
Some amazing facts on Social Media—and many companies still think they don’t have to deal with Social Media. That Social Media are only for kids… I saw the link to this video on Michael Neuwerth’s Social Media Zeitung following a link in … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, Social Media
Tagged Facebook, LinkedIn, Social media, Social network, Twitter
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Check Your DNS Settings Now! Combat DNSChanger!
(Reposted from C|net and other sources:) Note: Following March 8, 2012 your computer if infected will lose internet connectivity and — if worst comes to worst — be redirected to malicious sites. The malware scam DNSChanger that has affected numerous computer … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Security, Web
Tagged DNS, DNSChanger, Domain Name System, Federal Bureau of Investigation, MacOS, Malware, Trojan Horses, Windows
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Another Strong Personal Vote For the Cloud
Friday (I seem to be very lucky with Friday’s–see my earlier vote for the cloud) my “smart”-phone spontaneously started rebooting. It had done this before. This behavior is inconvenient for the user since one does not realize that the phone … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing, Internet, Social Media, Web
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Act Now: Set Your LinkedIn Privacy
Retweeted from several messages that I received: In case you don’t know it, without attracting too much publicity, LinkedIn has updated their privacy conditions. Without any action from your side, LinkedIn is now permitted to use your name and picture … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, New and Noteworthy, Security, Social Media
Tagged LinkedIn, Privacy, Social advertising, Social media, Social network
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300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds
Here is a quite interesting video on “300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds.” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w] Reposted from a Facebook post of Christian Kobler. A personal observation on the subject of fossil fuels: My last rental car was a Toyota … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, New and Noteworthy
Tagged Energy, Energy development, Fossil fuel, Global warming
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Teenager + Fibonacci = New Hope For Solar Energy
Welcome to my first blog of 2012. I would like to start the New Year with some hope. Hope that we experience when we look at the young generation (no—not that one, even younger): A report in yesterday’s Wall Street … Continue reading
Season’s Greetings!
Dear reader of this blog. I want to thank you for your interest in these articles, for the numerous emails, “likes” and your encouraging comments on this blog and different other social media platforms where the links to this blog are being … Continue reading
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Plastic Bottles Lighten Up the Slums
As recently reported in our local newspaper in Basel (Plastikflaschen für den Klimaschutz – News Wissen: Technik – bazonline.ch) philanthropist Illac Diaz from the Philippines is using simple low-tech discarded plastic bottles filled with water to bring light into the … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, Social Media, Unusual
Tagged Philippines, Plastic bottle, Social media, YouTube
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Telekinetics? Bed-Bound Patients Move Robots Using Just Thoughts
“They’re not quite psychic yet, but machines are getting better at reading your mind. Researchers have invented a new, noninvasive method for recording patterns of brain activity and using them to steer a robot. Scientists hope the technology will give … Continue reading
Liquid Robotics’ Wave Gliders Begin Historic Swim Across Pacific
A few days ago, “four Wave Gliders—self propelled robots, each about the size of a dolphin—left San Francisco for a journey that combined will total 60,000 kilometers. Built by Liquid Robotics, the robots will travel together to Hawaii, then split into … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, Unusual
Tagged James Gosling, Liquid Robotics, Robotics
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If Zuckerberg Deleted Facebook: Social Networks – Can We Survive Without Them?
In many previous postings I have been pondering on the importance of Social Media for business and how it will change our cooperation. Today I would like to discuss our dependence on such technologies: I still remember the days in … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, On blogging, Social Media
Tagged Business, Email address, Facebook, Social media, Social network, TechCrunch, Twitter
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How to Use Google Search More Effectively [INFOGRAPHIC]
Josh Catone yesterday published a blog on “How to Use Google Search More Effectively [INFOGRAPHIC]“. Although the Infographic is geared for students us mere mortals might benefit from it as well. Efficient use of search can really save you time … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Google, Infographic, Information graphics, Search, Search Engines, Web search engine
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Ten Sloppy Social Media Mistakes to Fix NOW
Corey Eridon has some advice on mistakes to avoid and she warns not to be sloppy about Social Media. She writes in her blog on hubspot.com: “What makes the following social media mistakes particularly sloppy is that they cost little … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, Web
Tagged Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Social media, social media strategy, Social network, Twitter
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How to Back Up Your Social Media Accounts
Now that we learned to make the occasional backup of the files on our computers using external hard disks and — the audacious ones among us — using cloud services (BTW: check out Wuala for backup. Files get encrypted on … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing, Security, Social Media, Web
Tagged Backup, Cloud computing, Data center, DropBox, Facebook, Hard disk drive, Social media, Twitter
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Slow Food for the Mind
For many years our focus has been on making things faster and faster. Computer chips are doubling their speed about every 18 months (Moore’s Law). But in our faster and faster spinning world we rarely focus on really long-lasting or long-term … Continue reading
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