I've blogged here before about Tyler's Hope and wanted to share a big day for Tyler and his family. This morning CNN.com posted the video below and TylersHope.org is getting bombarded with people wanting to help find a Dystonia cure. How can...
Topics: cnn, dystonia

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As an active investor in social media, I've followed the Word of Mouth Marketing Association ( WOMMA ) since it's founding by a handful of marketers back in 2004. The growth of marketers in the organization is a testament to the power unlocked...
Topics: bloggers, collusion, womma

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An area I've been digging into lately, Twitter Games, got a boost today with the launch of http://PlaySpymaster.com -- created as a "side project" by the iList team. First impressions are good, quality implementation, but I wonder how the..
Topics: playspymaster, spymaster, twitter games

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Rafe's coverage of the Churchill Club Top Tech Trends is worth sharing. Jurvetson's observations about distributed search are very similar to some I've been investigating. For every explicit action people take on the web (e.g. creating a link.
Topics: churchill club, cnet, rafe needleman, real-time web, steve jurvetson, tech trends, vinod khosla

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The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) annual meeting kicks off today with a great mix of sessions and speakers. At a policy level, NVCA Chairman Dixon Doll is also announcing a four pillar plan to help increase liquidity via IPOs. Pillar I -...
Topics: conferences, dixon doll, ipo, mark heesen, nvca

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