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Facebook Agrees: The Key To Its Future Success Is Design

Facebookdesign

Facebook is playing a different design game than the rest of Silicon Valley. Instead of obsessing about making tasks like posting a photo easier or making the interface more beautiful, Facebook is getting its product out of the way. The goal, explains Cox, is to “make the experience of using Facebook as seamless and easy [...]

10 Ways to Humanize Your Brand On Social Media

Mashable

1 Think Like A Social Network-If the world’s largest social network believes companies and people are on equal fitting, maybe you should too. 2 Start With Stuff-In Smart Business-Your employees are the most authentic expression of your brand. Start with them. 3 Keep the Suits in Check-The executive team is simply too far removed from [...]

Google Now Accepting Student Applications For Its 2012 Summer of Code

Summer Of Code by Google

Google has officially opened registration for this year’s Summer Code. Started in 2005, the program offers paid internships for students who want to code open-source projects. The three-month-long global program pays university students a stipend to work on open-source projects with mentors in the field. Students apply to be part of the program and, if accepted, [...]

10 Top Execs Share Their Social Media Secrets

Social Media

Think About Community “Encourage a social culture: Culture and change management is the foundation of true social business transformation. Create a social business agenda, an integrated plan to be more competitive and have a measurable ROE (return on everything) an organizations does socially. – Sandy Carter, vice president, social business evangelism and sales at IBM Careful [...]

10 Strategies for Non-Profits on Pinterest

Pinterest

Non-profits are utilizing Pinterest as an extension of their organizations, using photography, infographics and other visuals to show supporters more about their missions. Pinterest’s goal is to connect “people all over the world based on shared tastes and interests.” Non-profits, then, can use the social site to connect people based on their social passions, and since [...]